Our Research Publications

Updated August 2024

Title Authors Year Journal Link to Article Intended Audience Purpose
The impact of biological age of red blood cell on in vitro endothelial activation markers Alshalani A, Beuger BM, Tuip-de Boer AM, van Bruggen R, Acker JP, Juffermans NP 2023 Front Physiol View Researchers Basic research
How do I provide rare red cells to patients? Laureano M, Clarke G, Yan MTS 2023 Transfusion View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Unique features of vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia; a new anti-platelet factor 4 antibody-mediated disorder Venier LM, Clerici B, Bissola AL, Modi D, Jevtic SD, Radford M, Mahamad S, Nazy I, Arnold DM 2023 Int J Hematol View Researchers Clinical research
Surveillance Report 2022 O'Brien S 2023 Blood.ca website View Blood operators Benchmarking and standard setting
La maladie hémolytique du nouveau-né (immunisation antirhésus et anticorps non ABO) International Collaboration for Transfusion Medicine Guidelines 2023 ICTMG.org View General public Other
Barriers and enablers to and strategies for pro-moting plasma donation: overarching protocol for three systematic reviews Etherington C, Palumbo A, Holloway K, Meyer S, Labrecque M, Rubini K, Shorr R, Welch V, Gibson E, Foster T, Haw J, Vesnaver E, Maharshi MT, O'Brien S, MacPherson P, Dogba J, Steed T, Goldman M, Presseau J 2023 PsyArXiv View Researchers MSM research
Significant rosettes observed in monocyte monolayer assay due to complement-binding antibodies Sandhu G, Lipman T, Bodnar M, Bienz MN, Branch DR 2023 Transfusion View Researchers Basic research
Reconsidering sickle cell trait testing of red blood cell units allocated to children with sickle cell disease Hajjaj OI, Cserti-Gazdewich C, Dumevska L, Hanna M, Lau W, Lieberman L 2023 Transfusion View Health care providers Clinical research
Supplemental information Modular adjuvant-free pan-HLA-DR-immunotargeting subunit vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 elicits broad sarbecovirus-neutralizing antibody responses Kassardjian A, Sun E, Sookhoo J, Muthuraman K, Boligan KF, Kucharska I, Rujas E, Jetha A, Branch DR, Babiuk S, Barber B, Julien J-P 2023 Cell Rep View Researchers Basic research
Exploring the increasing need for plasma collection: Perspectives of voluntary nonremunerated donors on payment for plasma in Canada Holloway K 2023 Transfus Med View Blood operators Ethical, legal & social implications research
Evolving the gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men time-based deferral to sexual risk screening for all donors: The contribution of Canadian research programmes Caffrey N, O'Brien SF, Walsh GM, Haw J, Goldman M 2023 Vox Sang View Researchers MSM epidemiology research
Cost-effectiveness of Fibrinogen Concentrate vs Cryoprecipitate for Treating Acquired Hypofibrinogenemia in Bleeding Adult Cardiac Surgical Patients Abrahamyan L, Tomlinson G, Callum J, Carcone S, Grewal D, Bartoszko J, Krahn M, Karkouti K 2023 JAMA Surg View Health care providers Clinical research
Correction of haemorrhagic shock-associated coagulopathy and impaired haemostasis by plasma, prothrombin complex concentrates or an activated protein C-targeted DNA aptamer in mice Eltringham-Smith LJ, Meixner SC, Pryzdial ELG, Sheffield WP 2023 Sci Rep View Researchers Basic research
Importance du fer chez les donneurs de sang total : la perspective canadienne Khandelwal A, Pambrun C, Goldman M 2023 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
The Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Unrelated Allogeneic Hematopoietic Donor Collections and Safety Parmar G, Allan DS, Morris G, Dibdin N, Ganz K, Mostert K, Paulson K, Petraszko T, Stevens N, Seftel MD 2023 Curr Oncol View Health care providers Clinical research
Engineered Compounds to Control Ice Nucleation and Recrystallization William N, Mangan S, Ben RN, Acker JP 2023 Ann Rev Biomed Eng View Researchers New or improved product or process
The under-appreciated world of the serpin family of serine proteinase inhibitors Bouton M-C, Geiger M, Sheffield WP, Irving JA, Lomas DA, Song S, Satyanarayanan RS, Zhang L, McFadden G, Lucas AR 2023 EMBO Mol Med View Researchers Basic research
Diminished Neutralization Capacity of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.1 in Donor Plasma Collected from January to March 2021 Lin Y-CJ, Evans DH, Robbins NF, Orjuela G, Abe KT, Rathod B, Colwill K, Gingras A-C, Tuite A, Yi Q-L, O’Brien SF, Drews SJ 2023 Microbiol Spectr View Researchers Clinical research
Risk of variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease in a simulated cohort of Canadian blood donors Pozzo di Borgo A, Germain M, O'Brien SF, Delage G, Renaud C, Lewin A 2023 Vox Sang View Researchers Clinical research
Cultured CD71+ erythroid cells modulate the host immune response Alshalani A, Beuger BM, van Bruggen R, Acker JP, Juffermans NP 2023 Transfus Med View Researchers Basic research
Antigen copy number and antibody dose can determine the outcome of erythrocyte alloimmunization inducing either antibody-mediated immune suppression or enhancement in a murine model Wabnitz H, Cruz-Leal Y, Lazarus AH 2023 Transfusion View Researchers Basic research
La maladie hémolytique du nouveau-né (incompatibilité ABO) International Collaboration for Transfusion Medicine Guidelines 2023 ICTMG.org View General public Other
Desialylated Platelet Clearance in the Liver is a Novel Mechanism of Systemic Immunosuppression Li J, Karakas D, Xue F, Chen Y, Zhu G, Yucel YH, MacParland SA, Zhang H, Semple JW, Freedman J, Shi Q, Ni H 2023 Research View Researchers Basic research
Transfusion Camp Rwanda: A prospective feasibility study evaluating the delivery of Transfusion Camp to a multidisciplinary group of postgraduate medical trainees in Rwanda Hagumimana J, Skelton T, Pendergrast J, Nizeyimana F, Masaisa F, Kanyamuhunga A, Gashaija C, Chargé S, Kapitany C, Morgan M, Meirovich H, Lin Y 2023 Transfusion View Health care providers Education research
Do Children With an Allergic Transfusion Reaction Require Premedication or All Blood Products? Bahabri A, Barty R, Li N, Liu Y, Kovalova T, Chan AKC 2023 J Pediatr Hematol Oncol View Health care providers Clinical research
How do we forecast tomorrow's transfusion? Applying social science approaches to meet tomorrow's transfusion needs: Blood donors and donation Haw J, Holloway K, Goldman M 2023 Transfus Clin Biol View Researchers Ethical, legal & social implications research
Donor sex, pre-donation hemoglobin, and manufacturing affect CD71+ cells in red cell concentrates Li W, William N, Acker JP 2023 Transfusion View Researchers Basic research
The high prevalence of occult hepatitis B infections among the partners of chronically infected HBV blood donors emphasizes the potential residual risk to blood safety Ye X, Li T, Yu B, Zeng J, Shi Y, Xie H, Branch DR, Loriamini M, Li B, Chen L 2023 J Med Virol View Blood operators Clinical research
HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis, Blood Donor Deferral, Occult Infection, and Risk of HIV Transmission by Transfusion: A Fine Balance Between Evidence-Based Donor Selection Criteria and Transfusion Safety Leblanc J-F, Custer B, Van de Laar T, Drews SJ, Germain M, Lewin A 2023 Transfus Med Rev View Researchers Clinical research
Hepatitis B virus genotype surveillance in Canadian blood donors and a referred patient population, 2016–2021 Osiowy C, Giles E, Lowe CF, Matic N, Murphy DG, Uzicanin S, Drews SJ, O'Brien SF 2023 Vox Sang View Researchers Epidemiology research
Taking lessons from nature to improve cell therapy cryopreservation Acker J, William N, Coatham M 2023 Cell Gene Ther Insights View Researchers Basic research
Molecular Screening of Blood Donors for Babesia in Tyrol, Austria Bloch EM, Siller A, Tonnetti L, Drews SJ, Spencer BR, Hedges D, Mergenthal T, Weber-Schehl M, Astl M, Patel EU, Gaber M, Schennach H 2023 Transfus Med Hemother View Researchers Clinical research
Characteristics of VITT antibodies in patients vaccinated with Ad26.COV2.S Huynh A, Arnold DM, Michael JV, Clare R, Smith JW, Daka M, Ianosi-Irimie M, McKenzie SE, Kelton JG, Nazy I 2023 Blood Adv View Researchers Clinical research
Hemocompatibility of bCyclodextrin-Modified (Methacryloyloxy)ethyl Phosphorylcholine Coated Magnetic Nanoparticles Li S, Sharaf MG, Rowe EM, Serrano K, Devine DV, Unsworth LD 2023 Biomolecules View Researchers Basic research
Q&A: Anemia in Hospitalized Patients Siegal D, Callum J, Sztainert T 2023 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Clinical research
Comparing two extracellular additives to facilitate extended storage of red blood cells in a supercooled state William N, Isiksacan Z, Mykhailova O, Olafson C, Yarmush ML, Usta OB, Acker JP 2023 Front Physiol View Researchers Basic research
Evaluating the inventory impact of utilizing low titer platelets in regional hospitals Blake JT, Clarke G, Bodnar M, Stepien J 2023 Transfusion View Blood operators Benchmarking and standard setting
Lessons learned from the CONCOR-1 trial Callum J, Bégin P, Jamula E, Liu Y, Kron AT, Auclair MC, Cushing M, Arnold DM 2023 Transfus Med View Researchers Clinical research
An evaluation of the clinical impacts of 7-day platelets Ning S, Gabarin N, Li N, Liu Y, Lucier K, Barty R, Acker J, Webert KE, Warkentin TE, Arnold DM, Heddle NM 2023 Transfusion View Researchers Clinical research
Validation Plan for Lower Volume Blood tubes Siegal D, Callum J, Sztainert T 2023 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Malattia emolitica del neonato (HDN): malattia di Rhesus (Rh) e MEN da altri anticorpi non-ABO International Collaboration for Transfusion Medicine Guidelines 2023 ICTMG.org View General public Other
Desialylated Platelet Clearance in the Liver is a Novel Mechanism of Systemic Immunosuppression Li J, Karakas D, Xue F, Chen Y, Zhu G, Yucel YH, MacParland SA, Zhang H, Semple JW, Freedman J, Shi Q, Ni H 2023 Research View Researchers Basic research
Transfusion medicine education delivery in Rwanda: Adapting Transfusion Camp to a resource-limited setting Skelton T, Nizeyimana F, Pendergrast J, Hagumimana J, Masaisa F, Kanyamuhunga A, Gashaija C, Callum J, Pavenski K, Khandelwal A, Lieberman L, Chargé S, Kapitany C, Morgan M, Meirovich H, Lin Y 2023 Transfusion View Health care providers Education research
Cross-Canada Variability in Blood Donor SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence by Social Determinants of Health O’Brien SF, Caffrey N, Yi Q-L, Bolotin S, Janjua NZ, Binka M, Thanh CQ, Stein DR, Lang A, Colquhoun A, Pambrun C, Reedman CN, Drews SJ 2023 Microbiol Spectr View Researchers Clinical research
Evaluating variation in perioperative red blood cell transfusion for patients undergoing elective gastrointestinal cancer surgery Zuckerman J, Coburn N, Callum J, Mahar AL, Lin Y, Turgeon AF, McLeod R, Pearsall E, Martel G, Hallet J 2023 Surgery View Researchers Clinical research
Innovation & Portfolio Management Annual Impact Report 2022 – 2023 Canadian Blood Services' Innovation & Portfolio Management 2023 Blood.ca website View General public Other
Granulocyte transfusion therapy Gardner E, Fernandes M, Latour C, Seftel M, Acker J, Clarke G 2023 Clinical Guide to Transfusion View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Leveraging Donor Populations to Study the Epidemiology and Pathogenesis of Transfusion-Transmitted and Emerging Infectious Diseases Bloch EM, Busch MP, Corash LM, Dodd R, Hailu B, Kleinman S, O'Brien S, Petersen L, Stramer SL, Katz L 2023 Transfus Med Rev View Researchers New or improved product or process
International Forum on Blood Donation in Individuals with Current, Past or Germline Predisposition to Malignancy: Summary Baggio D, Fox LC, Wood EM, Aditya RN, Goldman M, van den Berg K, Kayser S, Wuchter P, Namba N, Tsuno NH, Makino S, Lee CK, Akhtar N, Shah F, Miflin G, Prati D, La Raja M, La Rocca U, Richard P, Tiberghien P, Harley RJ, Raouf MY, Sharma R, Kaur S, Bruijns S, Prakke-Weekamp H, Dunbar N 2023 Vox Sang View Blood operators Benchmarking and standard setting
Alternatives to blood donor deferral of gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men: Acceptability of screening the sexual risk behavior of all blood donors Fisher WA, Kohut T, Woo H, Haw J 2023 Transfusion View Blood operators MSM research