Research teams page

Jason Acker

Senior development scientist

Professor, department of laboratory medicine and pathology

Research areas:

• component production
• cryopreservation
• red blood cell biology
• cryobiology
• blood product process development and quality 

Edmonton, AB

Lidice Bernardo Reyes

Scientist

Research areas:

• blood product and process development
• in vitro quality of blood components
• pediatric doses of blood components
• analytical method development

Ottawa, ON

John Blake

Research engineer

Professor, department of industrial engineering

Research areas:

• process engineering
• operational research
• blood collection
• blood components distribution​  

Halifax, NS

Donald Branch

Senior scientist

Professor, medicine and laboratory medicine and pathobiology

Research areas:

• red blood cell biology and hemolysis
• autoimmune diseases phagocytosis
• red blood cell allo- and autoantibodies
• immunotherapy
• infectious diseases (HIV, Ebola, Coronaviruses)

Toronto, ON

Carmen Charlton

Medical microbiologist

Associate professor, department of laboratory medicine and pathology

Research areas:

• microbiology
• virology
• hepatitis
• infectious disease screening
• emerging pathogens

Edmonton, AB

Steven Drews

Professor, department of laboratory medicine and pathology

Research areas:

• microbiology
• emerging pathogens
• assay development
• transfusion-transmissible diseases
• infectious diseases immunology

Edmonton, AB

Mindy Goldman

Medical director,
donation policy & studies

Adjunct professor,
faculty of medicine

Research areas:

• donor health
• donor eligibility
• transfusion-transmissible diseases

Ottawa, ON

Jennie Haw

Scientist

Adjunct research professor, department of health sciences

Research areas:

• sociology of donation
• sociology of health
• qualitative methodologies

Ottawa, ON

Kelly Holloway

Scientist

Assistant professor, university of Toronto institute of health policy

Research areas:

• donor behaviour
• medical sociology
• health policy
• political economy and blood collection

Toronto, ON

Manu Thomas Kalathottukaren

Scientist

Research areas:

• Blood product process development and optimization
• Assay development and validation

Vancouver

Alan Lazarus

Senior scientist

Scientist, keenan research centre of the Li Ka Shing

Research areas:

• IVIg
• anti-D
• Fc receptors
• phagocytosis
• autoimmune diseases
• immune thrombocytopenias

Toronto, ON

Harinad Maganti

Research scientist

Scientific director, cellular therapies research and development

Research areas:

• hematopoietic stem cell biology and therapies
• genetic engineering
• epi-transcriptomics
• “off the shelf” immune cell therapies
• GMP manufacturing

Ottawa, ON

Heyu Ni

Senior scientist

Professor, department of laboratory medicine and pathobiology

Research areas:

• platelet biology
• immunohematology
• hemostasis
• thrombosis
• autoimmune and alloimmune thrombocytopenias​

Toronto, ON

Sheila O'Brien

Associate director, epidemiology and surveillance

Adjunct professor, school of epidemiology and public health

Research areas:

• donor health
• donor criteria
• transfusion-transmissible diseases
• epidemiology
• public health

Ottawa, ON

Chantale Pambrun

Senior medical director, innovation and portfolio management

Research areas:

• donor wellness
• blood system surveillance
• new product development

Ottawa, ON

Nicolas Pineault

Senior development scientist

Adjunct professor, faculty of medicine biochemistry

Research areas:

• blood stem cell biology
• cellular therapies
• hematopoiesis
• cryobiology
• culture optimization

Ottawa, ON

Ed Pryzdial

Senior scientist

Faculty, centre for blood research

Research areas:

• clotting factors
• thrombosis
• thrombolysis
• virology
• plasma protein products
• hemostasis

Vancouver, BC

Sandra Ramirez-Arcos

Senior scientist

Adjunct professor, university of Ottawa

Research areas:

• microbiology
• blood product and bacterial contamination
• bacterial biofilm formation​
• bloodborne bacteria
• Staphylococcus

Ottawa, ON

William Sheffield

Director, research, and senior scientist

Professor, department of pathology and molecular medicine

Research areas:

• plasma biology
• recombinant proteins
• coagulation
• blood component process development and quality 

Hamilton, ON

Geraldine Walsh

Lead development scientist

Research areas:

• blood components
• product and process development
• in vitro quality
• red blood cells, platelets

Vancouver, BC