Our Research Publications

Updated August 2025

Title Authors Year Journal Link to Article Intended Audience Purpose
Correlation of the Transfusion Camp knowledge assessment test with clinical transfusion practice Tordon B, Meirovich H, Malkin A, Pavenski K, Moorehead A, Ginsborg L, Saeed S, Shehata N, Callum J, Cserti-Gazdewich C, Lieberman L, Pendergrast J, Lin Y 2024 Transfusion View Health care providers Education research
Comparative virulome analysis of four Staphylococcus epidermidis strains from human skin and platelet concentrates using whole genome sequencing Yousuf B, Flint A, Weedmark K, Pagotto F, Ramirez-Arcos S 2024 Access Microbiol View Researchers Basic research
Making blood donation more inclusive with sexual behaviour-based screening for all donors Canadian Blood Services' Innovation & Portfolio Management 2024 Blood.ca website View General public Other
Transforming research to improve therapies for trauma in the twenty-first century Juffermans NP, Gözden T, Brohi K, Davenport R, Acker JP, Reade MC, Maegele M, Neal MD, Spinella PC 2024 Crit Care View Researchers New or improved product or process
Reconsidering Routine Repeat Group and Screens During Pregnancy-Personalizing Pregnancy Care Tran A, Clarke G, Callum JL, Smith G, Somerset D, Thorne J, Lieberman L 2024 J Obstet Gynaecol Can View Health care providers Clinical research
An international review of the characteristics of viral nucleic acid-amplification testing (NAT) reveals a trend towards the use of smaller pool sizes and individual donation NAT Faddy HM, Osiowy C, Custer B, Busch M, Stramer SL, Dean MM, Acutt J, Viennet E, van de Laar T, Tsoi W-C, Styles C, Kiely P, Margaritis A, Kwon S-Y, Qiu Y, Deng X, Lewin A, Jørgensen SW, Erikstrup C, Juhl D, Sauleda S, Camacho Rodriguez BA, Soto Coral LJC, Gaviria García PA, Oota S, O'Brien SF, Wendel S, Castro E, Navarro Pérez L, Harvala H, Davison K, Reynolds C, Jarvis L, Grabarczyk P, Kopacz A, Łętowska M, O'Flaherty N, Young F, Williams P, Burke L, Chua SS, Muylaert A, Page I, Jones A, Niederhauser C, Vermeulen M, Laperche S, Gallian P, Satake M, Addas-Carvalho M, Blanco S, Gallego SV, Seltsam A, Weber-Schehl M, Al-Riyami AZ, Al Maamari K, Alawi FB, Pandey HC, França RA, Charlewood R, Virology t, Surveillance RA, Policy subgroups of the ISBT WP-TTID 2024 Vox Sang View Researchers Benchmarking and standard setting
Unintentional bias in donor screening Canadian Blood Services' Innovation & Portfolio Management 2024 Blood.ca website View General public MSM research
Toward a Sociology of Plasma Products Holloway K, Grundy Q 2024 Int J Soc Determinants Health Health Serv View Researchers Social science research
Ice recrystallization inhibitors enable efficient cryopreservation of induced pluripotent stem cells: A functional and transcriptomic analysis Mommaerts K, Okawa S, Schmitt M, Kofanova O, Turner TR, Ben RN, Del Sol A, Mathieson W, Schwamborn JC, Acker JP, Betsou F 2024 Stem Cell Res View Researchers New or improved product or process
SARS-CoV-2 immunoassays in a predominantly vaccinated population: Performances and qualitative agreements obtained with two analytical approaches and four immunoassays Renaud C, Lewin A, Gregoire Y, Simard N, Vallières É, Paquette M, Drews SJ, O'Brien SF, Di Germanio C, Busch MP, Germain M, Bazin R 2024 Vox Sang View Researchers Epidemiology research
New impact report: Supporting research and education for the Canadian blood system Wolfe A 2024 Research.Education.Discovery (R.E.D.) Blog View General public Other
Améliorer la sécurité du sang en adoptant une approche fondée sur le risque pour la prise de décisions complexes Canadian Blood Services' Innovation & Portfolio Management 2024 Blood.ca website View General public Other
Renforcer l’inclusivité du don de sang : sélection basée sur les comportements sexuels pour tous les donneurs Canadian Blood Services' Innovation & Portfolio Management 2024 Blood.ca website View General public Other
Advancing the cryopreservation of cells, tissues and organs using model biological systems Acker JP 2024 Cryobiology View Researchers Basic research
Évaluation de l’acceptabilité et de la faisabilité d’un programme de don de plasma-source pour les HARSAH de la communauté gaie de Montréal Canadian Blood Services' Innovation & Portfolio Management 2024 Blood.ca website View General public MSM research
Analysis of HLA matching between deceased organ donors and cord blood units from a national bank network as a basis for potential platforms for chimerism-based immune tolerance after solid organ transplantation Crocchiolo R, Lombardini L, Sacchi N, Lombardi I, Blake J, Allan D, Sobh M, Puoti F, Trapani S, Gallina AM, Sacchi M, Pupella S, Bergamaschi P, Rossini S, Cardillo M 2024 Blood Transfus View Blood operators Clinical research
Rapport de surveillance 2024 O'Brien SF 2024 Professionaleducation.blood.ca View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Prolonging the circulatory half-life of C1 esterase inhibitor via albumin fusion Sivananthan S, Bhakta V, Chaechi Tehrani N, Sheffield WP 2024 PLoS One View Researchers Basic research
Lay Science Writing Competition 2024: Evaluating umbilical cord blood transfusion efficacy and safety in neonates Yazdanbakhsh M 2024 Research.Education.Discovery (R.E.D.) Blog View General public Other
Fournir des lignes directrices essentielles en temps de crise : soutien à la recherche sur la COVID-19 Canadian Blood Services' Innovation & Portfolio Management 2024 Blood.ca website View General public Other
Reply to: "Population-based screening works: Effect of integrating screening for hepatitis B and C into the general health check-up in Germany" Thompson LA, Charlton CL 2024 J Hepatol View Researchers Epidemiology research
End of selection criteria based on sexual orientation: An international symposium on alternatives to donation deferral Lewin A, Goldman M, Busch MP, Davison K, van de Laar T, Tiberghien P, Shinar E, O'Brien SF, Lambert G, Field S, Hervig T, Tan DHS, Custer B, Drews SJ, Lanteri MC, Klochkov D, Widmer E, Domingue M-P, Renaud C, Germain M 2024 Vox Sang View Researchers Benchmarking and standard setting
NAC Recommendations for the Use of Solvent-Detergent Plasma in Canada Quinn JG, Pavenski K, Webert K, Ye S 2023 National Advisory Committee on Blood and Blood Products View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
FAQ : Information destinée aux professionnels de la santé sur les plaquettes d’aphérèse traitées au psoralène (PATP) et les plaquettes d’aphérèse non traitées dans la solution additive pour plaquettes PAS-E Ning S, Nowry A, Zeller M 2023 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
The Specialist in Transfusion Science program Clarke G, Holovati J 2023 Immunohematology View Researchers Other
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
The importance of iron for whole blood donors: a Canadian perspective Khandelwal A, Pambrun C, Goldman M 2023 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Chapitre 14. Aphérèse thérapeutique Oliver M, Patriquin C 2023 Guide de la pratique transfusionnelle View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Extracellular vesicles: effectors of transfusion-related acute lung injury Kuebler WM, William N, Post M, Acker JP, McVey MJ 2023 Am J Physiol Lung Cell View Researchers Clinical research
Adjudicating the Diagnosis of Immune Thrombocytopenia in a Clinical Research Study Gabe C, Mahamad S, John M, Duncan J, Kelton J, Arnold D 2023 TH Open View Researchers Clinical research
Validation of a flow-cytometry-based red blood cell antigen phenotyping method Liwski R, Clarke G, Cheng C, Abidi SSR, Abidi SR, Quinn JG 2023 Vox Sang View Health care providers New or improved product or process
Hepatitis B Blood Donor Screening Data: An Under-Recognized Resource for Canadian Public Health Surveillance O’Brien SF, Reedman CN, Osiowy C, Bolotin S, Yi Q-L, Lourenço L, Lewin A, Binka M, Caffrey N, Drews SJ 2023 Viruses View Researchers Clinical research
Eleven-month SARS-CoV-2 binding antibody decay, and associated factors, among mRNA vaccinees: implications for booster vaccination Asamoah-Boaheng M, Grunau B, Haig S, Karim ME, Kirkham T, Lavoie PM, Sediqi S, Drews SJ, apos, Brien SF, Barakauskas V, Marquez AC, Jassem A, Goldfarb DM 2023 Access Microbiol View Researchers Clinical research
An association between intracellular ICE recrystallization-induced dna damage, the cell cycle, and chromatin condensation William N, Acker JP 2023 Cryobiology View Researchers Basic research
Simulation-optimisation approach to support management of blood components inventory Silva Magalhães V, Pinto LR, Rodrigues LF, Blake JT 2023 J Simul View Blood operators Benchmarking and standard setting
Canadian Blood Services traceback investigation of a suspected case of transfusion-transmitted malaria Tordon B, Drews SJ, Flahr F, Bennett K, Gaziano T, Anderson D, Nahirniak S, Gerges H, Tyrrell GJ, Mah J, Ndao M, Bigham M, Seftel M 2023 Transfusion View Health care providers Clinical research
Microbiological environmental contamination in the blood supply chain: An international survey by the bacterial subgroup of the ISBT Transfusion-Transmitted Infectious Diseases Working Party Ramirez-Arcos S, Garcia-Otalora M, McDonald C, ISBT Transfusion-Transmitted Infectious Diseases Working Party Subgroup on Bacteria 2023 Vox Sang View Researchers Benchmarking and standard setting
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
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
An online immunohematology educational resource for post-graduate hematology trainees: LearnSerology.ca Arsenault V, Yan MTS, Tait G, Lewin A, Pendergrast J 2023 Transfus Apher Sci View Health care providers Education research
Impact of SERPINC1 mutation on thrombotic phenotype in children with congenital antithrombin deficiency-first analysis of the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis pediatric antithrombin deficiency database and biorepository Kumar R, Bakeer N, Dawson J, Al-Mughairy A, Stanek J, Dunn A, Male C, Chan A, Williams S 2023 J Thromb Haemost View Researchers Basic research
How do I/we forecast tomorrows’ transfusion: Blood components Pereyra N, Devine DV 2023 Transfus Clin Biol View Health care providers New or improved product or process
Use of selective phenotyping and genotyping to identify rare blood donors in Canada Tordon B, Montemayor C, Clarke G, O'Brien SF, Goldman M 2023 Vox Sang View Blood operators Clinical research
The chemokines IP-10/CXCL10 and IL-8/CXCL8 are potential novel biomarkers of warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia Branch DR, Leger RM, Sakac D, Yi Q, Duong T, Yeung RSM, Binnington B, Bloch EM 2023 Blood Adv View Researchers Basic research
Enfermedad hemolítica del feto y del recién nacido (EHFRN): incompatibilidad ABO International Collaboration for Transfusion Medicine Guidelines 2023 ICTMG.org View General public Other