Our Research Publications

Updated August 2024

Title Authors Year Journal Link to Article Intended Audience Purpose
Chapitre 19. Plaquettes à teneur réduite en agents pathogènes Blais-Normandin I, Tordon B, Anani W, Ning S 2022 Guide de la pratique transfusionnelle View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
National Blood Foundation 2021 Research and Development summit: Discovery, innovation, and challenges in advancing blood and biotherapies Holmberg JA, Henry SM, Burnouf T, Devine D, Marschner S, Boothby TC, Burger SR, Chou ST, Custer B, Blumberg N, Siegel DL, Spitalnik SL 2022 Transfusion View Researchers Benchmarking and standard setting
Development and internal validation of a clinical prediction model for the diagnosis of immune thrombocytopenia Li N, Mahamad S, Parpia S, Iorio A, Foroutan F, Heddle NM, Hsia CC, Sholzberg M, Rimmer E, Shivakumar S, Sun HL, Refaei M, Hamm C, Arnold DM 2022 J Thromb Haemost View Researchers New or improved product or process
Surveillance report O'Brien SF 2022 Blood.ca website View Blood operators Benchmarking and standard setting
Circular of information for the use of human blood components: Whole Blood Stewart T 2022 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Massive Hemorrhage Protocol: Quality Metrics Portal Pilot Thompson T, Callum J 2022 Ontario Regional Blood Coordinating Network February 2022 Newsletter View Health care providers Clinical research
Survey of blood centre readiness regarding removal of DEHP from blood bag sets: The BEST Collaborative Study Razatos A, Acker JP, de Korte D, Bégué S, Noorman F, Doyle B, Zia M, Min K, The Biomedical Excellence for Safer Transfusion Collaborative 2022 Vox Sang View Researchers New or improved product or process
International Forum on the Management of Major Haemorrhage: Responses Green L, Stanworth S, McQuilten Z, Lin V, Tucker H, Jackson B, Badawi M, Hindawi S, Chaurasia R, Patidar G, Pandey HC, Fasola F, Miyata S, Matsumoto M, Matsushita T, Rahimi-Levene N, Peer V, Pavenski K, Callum J, Thompson T, Murphy M, Staves J, Maegele M, Abeyakoon C, Rushford K, Wood E, Nuñez MA, Mellado S, Saa E, Triyono T, Pratomo B, Apelseth TO, Dunbar N 2022 Vox Sang View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
International survey of strategies to mitigate transfusion-transmitted Trypanosoma cruzi in non-endemic countries, 2016–2018 Crowder LA, Wendel S, Bloch EM, O'Brien SF, Delage G, Sauleda S, Leiby DA, for the WP-TTID Subgroup on Parasites 2022 Vox Sang View Researchers Benchmarking and standard setting
(NZW × BXSB) F1 male mice: An unusual, severe and fatal mouse model of lupus erythematosus Almizraq RJ, Frias Boligan K, Loriamini M, McKerlie C, Branch DR 2022 Front Immunol View Researchers Basic research
Genome-wide association study of platelet factor 4/heparin antibodies in heparin-induced thrombocytopenia Giles JB, Steiner HE, Rollin J, Shaffer CM, Momozawa Y, Mushiroda T, Inai C, Selleng K, Thiele T, Pouplard C, Heddle NM, Kubo M, Miller EC, Martinez KL, Phillips EJ, Warkentin TE, Gruel Y, Greinacher A, Roden DM, Karnes JH 2022 Blood Adv View Researchers Basic research
Plasma transfusion practices: A multicentre electronic audit Khandelwal A, Minuk L, Liu Y, Arnold DM, Heddle NM, Barty R, Hsia C, Solh Z, Shehata N, Thompson T, Tinmouth A, Perelman I, Skeate R, Kron AT, Callum J 2022 Vox Sang View Health care providers Clinical research
Chapter 17. Hemostatic disorders and hereditary angioedema Poon MC, Goodyear D, Rydz N, Lee A 2022 Clinical Guide to Transfusion View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Assessing the quality of stored red blood cells using handheld Spatially Offset Raman spectroscopy with multisource correlation analysis Vardaki MZ, Georg Schulze H, Serrano K, Blades MW, Devine DV, F. B. Turner R 2022 Spectrochim Acta A Mol Biomol View Researchers New or improved product or process
Circular of information for the use of human blood components: Plasma Components Stewart T 2022 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
The Market in Noninvasive Prenatal Tests and the Message to Consumers: Exploring Responsibility Holloway K, Simms N, Hayeems RZ, Miller FA 2022 Hastings Cent Rep View Regulators Ethical, legal and social implications research
Complement contributions to COVID-19 Conway EM, Pryzdial ELG 2022 Curr Opin Hematol View Researchers Basic research
Balancing non-discriminatory donor selection and blood safety in the Netherlands: Evaluation of an individual risk assessment of sexual behavior Hahn B, Quee F, Prinsze FJ, Gregoire Y, O'Brien SF, Germain M, van de Laar T, Zaaijer HL, van den Hurk K 2022 Transfusion View Blood operators MSM research
Evolving policies for donors with diabetes: The Canadian experience Miller O, Caffrey N, O'Brien SF, Goldman M 2022 Vox Sang View Researchers New or improved product or process
Current status of rapid bacterial detection methods for platelet components: A 20-year review by the ISBT Transfusion-Transmitted Infectious Diseases Working Party Subgroup on Bacteria Schmidt M, Ramirez-Arcos S, Stiller L, McDonald C, ISBT Transfusion-Transmitted Infectious Diseases Working Party Subgroup on Bacteria 2022 Vox Sang View Researchers Benchmarking and standard setting
2021 Chinese consensus on the diagnosis and management of primary immune thrombocytopenia in pregnancy Zhang X, Chen F, Chen X, Cheng Y, Fang M, Feng J, Fu H, Gao H, Han Y, He A, Hou M, Hu Y, Huang R, Huang W, Jing Z, Kong P, Liang A, Liang M, Liu D, Liu J, Liu L, Liu X, Ma L, Mei H, Ni H, Niu T, Peng J, Qiao J, Ren J, Song Y, Tang LV, Tong T, Wang S, Wang X, Wang Z, Wei H, Wu D, Wu G, Xu C, Xu X, Xu Y, Yang L, Yang R, Yang T, Yin C, Yu L, Zhang G, Zhang L, Zhang L, Zhang X, Zhao W, Zhao Y, Zhou D, Zhou H, Zhou Z, Zhu T, Wang J, Huang X 2022 Chin Med J (Engl) View Health care providers Clinical research
Acute thrombocytopenia suggesting thrombotic microangiopathy Venier LM, Patriquin CJ, Warkentin TE 2022 Am J Hematol View Health care providers Clinical research
An uncertain association between influenza season, recent influenza vaccination campaigns, and unconfirmed repeat reactive syphilis serology assay results in Canadian blood donors Drews SJ, Bodnar M, Gill B, Carson D, Hawes G, Yi QL, Tran V, Zhou HY, Bigham M, O'Brien SF 2022 Transfusion View Researchers Benchmarking and standard setting
A Qualitative Comparison of the Abbott SARS-CoV-2 IgG II Quant Assay against Commonly Used Canadian SARS-CoV-2 Enzyme Immunoassays in Blood Donor Retention Specimens, April 2020 to March 2021 Abe KT, Rathod B, Colwill K, Gingras A-C, Tuite A, Robbins NF, Orjuela G, Jenkins C, Conrod V, Yi Q-L, O’Brien SF, Drews SJ 2022 Microbiol Spectr View Researchers Benchmarking and standard setting
Blood is a politic of place-making: Blackness, queerness and the construction of the donor Dryden OH 2022 Harriet’s Legacies: Race, Historical Memory, and Futures in Canada View Researchers MSM research
Automated closed volume reduction process for apheresis stem cell grafts: From development to clinical implementation Howell A, Letcher B, Murphy K, Elmoazzen H, Petraszko T, Acker JP, Pineault N, Holovati JL 2022 Transfusion View Researchers New or improved product or process
A data-informed system to manage scarce blood product allocation in a randomized controlled trial of convalescent plasma Li N, Zeller MP, Shih AW, Heddle NM, St. John M, Bégin P, Callum J, Arnold DM, Akbari-Moghaddam M, Down DG, Jamula E, Devine DV, Tinmouth A 2022 Transfusion View Researchers Clinical research
Rapport de surveillance O'Brien SF 2022 Blood.ca website View Blood operators Benchmarking and standard setting
Circulaire d'information utilisation de composants sanguins humains: Plaquettes Stewart T 2022 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
International Forum on the Management of Major Haemorrhage: Summary Green L, Stanworth S, McQuilten Z, Lin V, Tucker H, Jackson B, Badawi M, Hindawi S, Chaurasia R, Patidar G, Pandey HC, Fasola F, Miyata S, Matsumoto M, Matsushita T, Rahimi-Levene N, Peer V, Pavenski K, Callum J, Thompson T, Murphy M, Staves J, Maegele M, Abeyakoon C, Rushford K, Wood E, Nuñez MA, Mellado S, Saa E, Triyono T, Pratomo B, Apelseth TO, Dunbar N 2022 Vox Sang View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Reply to: Concerns about estimating relative risk of death associated with convalescent plasma for COVID-19 Bégin P, Callum J, Cook R, Jamula E, Liu Y, Finzi A, Arnold DM 2022 Nat Med View Researchers Clinical research
Removing the men who have sex with men blood donation deferral: Informing risk models using Canadian public health surveillance data Caffrey N, Goldman M, Lewin A, Grégoire Y, Yi QL, O’Brien SF 2022 Transfus Clin Biol View Researchers MSM research
SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence among Vancouver public school staff in British Columbia, Canada: a cross-sectional study Goldfarb DM, Mâsse LC, Watts AW, Hutchison SM, Muttucomaroe L, Bosman ES, Barakauskas VE, Choi A, Dhillon N, Irvine MA, Reicherz F, O’Reilly C, Sediqi S, Xu RY, Razzaghian HR, Sadarangani M, Coombs D, O’Brien SF, Lavoie PM 2022 BMJ Open View Researchers Clinical research
Doxorubicin-Induced Platelet Activation and Clearance Relieved by Salvianolic Acid Compound: Novel Mechanism and Potential Therapy for Chemotherapy-Associated Thrombosis and Thrombocytopenia Ma W, Rousseau Z, Slavkovic S, Shen C, Yousef GM, Ni H 2022 Pharmaceuticals View Researchers Basic research
Chapitre 5. Concentrés pour les troubles de l’hémostase et l’angiœdème héréditaire Poon MC, Goodyear D, Rydz N, Lee A 2022 Guide de la pratique transfusionnelle View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Circular of information for the use of human blood components: Pathogen Reduced Platelet Concentrates Stewart T 2022 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
International Forum on Gender Identification and Blood Collection: Summary Pandey S, Gorlin JB, Townsend M, Van Buren N, Leung JNS, Lee CK, van den Hurk K, Casamitjana N, Valles R, Alonso E, Miller YM, Richard P, Woimant G, Tiberghien P, Zhiburt E, Butler-Foster T, Goldman M, Nissen-Meyer LSH, Espinosa A, Kamel H, Bravo M, Filho LA, Pecego M, Germain M, Rabusseau I, Shinar E, Raz H, Choudhury N, Bhatnagar N, Hurt K, Lopez M, Reik RA, Nie Y, Hung Y, Pheello L, Dunbar N 2022 Vox Sang View Blood operators Benchmarking and standard setting
ResearchUnit: Whole blood: longer holding times before leukoreduction may be a safe to explore option Chen ZY 2022 Blood.ca website View Regulators New or improved product or process
Spotlight on animal models of acute traumatic coagulopathy: An update Ask A, Eltringham-Smith L, Bhakta V, Donkor DA, Pryzdial ELG, Sheffield WP 2022 Transfus Apher Sci View Researchers Basic research
A naturally present autoantibody to senescent red blood cells? Badior KE, Bloch EM, Branch DR 2022 Transfusion View Researchers Benchmarking and standard setting
Opposing roles of CLK SR kinases in controlling HIV-1 gene expression and latency Dahal S, Clayton K, Been T, Fernet-Brochu R, Ocando AV, Balachandran A, Poirier M, Maldonado RK, Shkreta L, Boligan KF, Guvenc F, Rahman F, Branch D, Bell B, Chabot B, Gray-Owen SD, Parent LJ, Cochrane A 2022 Retrovirology View Researchers Basic research
A data-driven approach to determine daily platelet order quantities at hospitals Mirjalili M, Abouee-Mehrizi H, Barty R, Heddle NM, Sarhangian V 2022 Transfusion View Researchers New or improved product or process
Minimal impact of anticoagulant on in vitro whole blood quality throughout a 35-day cold-storage regardless of leukoreduction timing Schubert P, Culibrk B, Bhakta V, Closas T, Sheffield WP, Devine DV, McTaggart K 2022 Transfusion View Researchers Basic research
Novel contact–kinin inhibitor sylvestin targets thromboinflammation and ameliorates ischemic stroke Zhang Z, Shen C, Fang M, Han Y, Long C, Liu W, Yang M, Liu M, Zhang D, Cao Q, Chen X, Fang Y, Lu Q, Hou Z, Li Y, Liu Z, Lei X, Ni H, Lai R 2022 Cell Mol Life Sci View Researchers Basic research
Resistance of SARS-CoV-2 beta and gamma variants to plasma collected from Canadian blood donors during the spring of 2020 Drews SJ, Abe KT, Hu Q, Samson R, Gingras A-C, Colwill K, Rathod B, Wang J, Fazel-Zarandi M, Yi Q-L, Robinson A, Wood H, Tuite A, Fisman D, Evans DH, Lin Y-CJ, O'Brien SF 2022 Transfusion View Researchers Clinical research
Epidemiology of Hospitalized Patients with Babesiosis, United States, 2010-2016 Bloch EM, Day JR, Krause PJ, Kjemtrup A, O'Brien SF, Tobian AAR, Goel R 2022 Emerg Infect Dis View Health care providers Clinical research
Bacterial contamination of blood components Bloch EM, Benjamin RJ, Ramirez-Arcos S 2022 Rossi's Principles of Transfusion Medicine View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Closed system processing variables affect post-thaw quality characteristics of cryopreserved red cell concentrates Howell A, Turner TR, Hansen A, Lautner LJ, Yi Q, Acker JP 2022 Transfusion View Researchers Basic research
Development and validation of a sensitive flow cytometric method for determining CECs in RBC products Li W, Acker JP 2022 Clin Chim Acta View Researchers New or improved product or process
Canadian blood suppliers: An expanding role in public health surveillance? O'Brien SF, Drews SJ, Lewin A, Osiowy C, Drebot MA, Renaud C 2022 Can Commun Dis Rep View Health care providers New or improved product or process