Our Research Publications

Updated August 2025

Title Authors Year Journal Link to Article Intended Audience Purpose
Human leukocyte antigen-G upregulates immunoglobulin-like transcripts and corrects dysfunction of immune cells in immune thrombocytopenia Li X, Sheng Z, Sun Y, Wang Y, Xu M, Zhang Z, Li H, Shao L, Zhang Y, Yu J, Ma C, Gao C, Hou M, Ni H, Peng J, Ma J, Feng Q 2020 Haematologica View Researchers Basic research
Multi-laboratory assay for harmonization of enumeration of viable CD34+ and CD45+ cells in frozen cord blood units Fournier D, Lewin A, Simard C, Trépanier P, Néron S, Ballerini L, Codinach M, Elmoazzen H, Halpenny M, Kogler G, Liedtke S, Louis I, Molluna CA, Pineault N, Prasath A, Querol S, Saccardi R, Sutherland DR, Thérien C, Urbani S 2020 Cytotherapy View Researchers Benchmarking and standard setting
Using umbilical cord blood for regenerative therapy: Proof or promise? Allan DS 2020 Stem Cells View Researchers Clinical research
Concentré de recherche: Les dons de sang effectués avant la grossesse sont sans danger pour les mères et les bébés Chassé M 2020 Blood.ca website Researchers Clinical research
Trans people and blood donation Goldman M, Butler-Foster T, Lapierre D, O'Brien SF, Devor A 2020 Transfusion View Blood operators New or improved product or process
Evaluating the quality of red blood cell concentrates irradiated before or after cryopreservation Turner TR, Lautner L, Hill A, Howell A, Skeate R, Acker JP 2020 Transfusion View Researchers Basic research
Antithrombotics from Frog Skin Secretions Ni H 2020 Thromb Haemost View Researchers Basic research
Blood donation and the global COVID-19 pandemic: areas for social science research Haw J, Holloway K, Masser B, Merz E-M, Thrope R 2020 Vox Sang View Researchers New or improved product or process
Comparison of short-term mortality between mechanically ventilated patients with COVID-19 and influenza in a setting of sustainable healthcare system Lee J, Lee YH, Chang H-H, Choi SH, Seo H, Yoo SS, Lee SY, Cha SI, Park JY, Kim CH 2020 J Infect View Health care providers Clinical research
High-dose IVIG plus cangrelor platelet "anesthesia" during urgent heparin-CPB in a patient with recent SRA-negative HIT-thrombosis with persisting platelet-activating antibodies Koster A, Nazy I, Birschmann IE, Smith JW, Sheppard JI, Warkentin TE 2020 Res Pract Thromb Haemost View Health care providers Clinical research
Mouse Models of Rheumatoid Arthritis for Studies on Immunopathogenesis and Preclinical Testing of Fc Receptor-Targeting Biologics Lewis BJB, Branch DR 2020 Pharmacology View Researchers Basic research
The systematic use of evidence-based methodologies and technologies enhances shared decision-making in the 2018 International Consensus Conference on Patient Blood Management Van Remoortel H, Aranko K, Mueller MM, De Buck E, Devine D, Folléa G, Meybohm P, Tiberghien P, Wood EM, Vandekerckhove P, Seifried E 2020 Vox Sang View Researchers Benchmarking and standard setting
Age-Specific SARS-CoV-2 Infection Fatality and Case Identification Fraction in Ontario, Canada Fisman DN, Drews SJ, Tuite AR, O’Brien SF 2020 medRxiv View Researchers Clinical research
Characterizing the ability of an ice recrystallization inhibitor to improve platelet cryopreservation Waters L, Ben R, Acker JP, Padula MP, Marks DC, Johnson L 2020 Cryobiology View Researchers New or improved product or process
Crosstalk Between Platelets and Microbial Pathogens Li C, Li J, Ni H 2020 Front Immunol View Researchers Basic research
Evidence for sustained mucosal and systemic antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 antigens in COVID-19 patients Isho B, Abe KT, Zuo M, Jamal AJ, Rathod B, Wang JH, Li Z, Chao G, Rojas OL, Bang YM, Pu A, Christie-Holmes N, Gervais C, Ceccarelli D, Samavarchi-Tehrani P, Guvenc F, Budylowski P, Li A, Paterson A, Yun YF, Marin LG, Caldwell L, Wrana JL, Colwill K, Sicheri F, Mubareka S, Gray-Owen SD, Drews SJ, Siqueira WL, Barrios-Rodiles M, Ostrowski M, Rini JM, Durocher Y, J.McGeer A, Gommerman JL, Gingras A-C 2020 medRxiv View Researchers Basic research
Phenotype matching and storage age of blood for sickle cell patients: A review and recommendations for transfusion practice Morin P-A, Skeate R, Clarke G 2020 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Safety and efficacy of self-administered romiplostim in patients with immune thrombocytopenia: Results of an integrated database of five clinical trials Kuter DJ, Arnold DM, Rodeghiero F, Janssens A, Selleslag D, Bird R, Newland A, Mayer J, Wang K, Olie R 2020 Am J Hematol View Researchers Clinical research
The unique characteristics of COVID-19 coagulopathy Iba T, Levy J, Conors J, Warkentin T, Tachil J, Levi M 2020 Crit Care View Health care providers Clinical research
ResearchUnit: Reducing bleeding after cardiac surgery: fibrinogen concentrate vs cryoprecipitate Karkouti K 2020 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Clinical research
The use of IVIg in fetal and neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia— Principles and mechanisms Wabnitz H, Khan R, Lazarus AH 2020 Transfus Apher Sci View Researchers Clinical research
Centre for Innovation Annual Progress Report 2019-2020 Levy I, Pambrun C 2020 Blood.ca website Other Other
COVID-19 Case-Age Distribution: Correction for Differential Testing by Age Fisman D, Greer A, Hillmer M, O'Brien S, Drews SJ, Tuite A 2020 medRxiv View Researchers Clinical research
Influenza Vaccine Does Not Increase the Risk of Coronavirus or Other Noninfluenza Respiratory Viruses: Retrospective Analysis From Canada, 2010–2011 to 2016–2017 Skowronski DM, Zou M, Clarke Q, Chambers C, Dickinson JA, Sabaiduc S, Olsha R, Gubbay JB, Drews SJ, Charest H, Winter A-L, Jassem A, Murti M, Krajden M, De Serres G 2020 Clin Infect Dis View Health care providers Clinical research
Perioperative oral eltrombopag versus intravenous immunoglobulin in patients with immune thrombocytopenia: a non-inferiority, multicentre, randomised trial Arnold DM, Heddle NM, Cook RJ, Hsia C, Blostein M, Jamula E, Sholzberg M, Lin Y, Kassis J, Larratt L, Tinmouth A, Amini S, Schipperus M, Lim W, Vishnu P, Warner M, Carruthers J, Li N, Lane S, Kelton JG 2020 Lancet Haematol View Health care providers Clinical research
Transitioning to Full Field Digital Mammography in Nova Scotia: Using Interrupted Time Series Methods to Study the Impact of Technology Change on Mammography Volumes Brydon M, Kephart G, Payne JI, Blake J 2020 J Med Imaging Radiat Sci View Researchers New or improved product or process
Association of Influenza Activity and Environmental Conditions With the Risk of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease Berry I, Tuite AR, Salomon A, Drews S, Harris AD, Hatchette T, Johnson C, Kwong J, Lojo J, McGeer A, Mermel L, Ng V, Fisman DN 2020 JAMA Netw Open View Health care providers Clinical research
Cluster-randomized trials in transfusion medicine Sirotich E, Barty R, Li N, Arnold DM 2020 Transfusion View Researchers Clinical research
Development of an Ordinal Scale Treatment Endpoint for Adults Hospitalized With Influenza Lee N, Smith SW, Hui DSC, Ye M, Zelyas N, Chan PKS, Drews SJ, Zapernick L, Wong R, Labib M, Shokoples S, Eurich DT 2020 Clin Infect Dis View Researchers Clinical research
Good practice statements (GPS) for the clinical care of patients with thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura Zheng XL, Vesely SK, Cataland SR, Coppo P, Geldziler B, Iorio A, Matsumoto M, Mustafa RA, Pai M, Rock G, Russell L, Tarawneh R, Valdes J, Peyvandi F 2020 J Thromb Haemost View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Promoting access to COVID-19 convalescent plasma in low- and middle-income countries Bloch EM, Goel R, Montemayor C, Cohn C, Tobian AAR 2020 Transfus Apher Sci View Health care providers Clinical research
Sustained Depletion of FXIII-A by Inducing Acquired FXIII-B Deficiency Strilchuk AW, Meixner SC, Leung J, Safikhan N, Kulkarni JA, Russell HM, van der Meel R, Sutherland MR, Owens AP, Palumbo J, Conway EM, Pryzdial EL, Cullis P, Kastrup CJ 2020 Blood View Researchers Basic research
Whole Blood and Apheresis Collection of Blood Components Intended for Transfusion Acker J, Razatos A 2020 AABB Technical Manual, 20th Edition Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
A stressful predicament for blood bankers! Branch DR 2020 Transfus Med View Blood operators Basic research
Alpha-Dystroglycan Supports Platelet Aggregation and Thrombus Formation Wang Y, Gallant RC, Neves MAD, Lei X, Gupta S, Coelho R, Wong T, Cohn RD, Campbell KP, Ni H 2019 Blood View Researchers Basic research
Defining certainty of net benefit: a GRADE concept paper Alper BS, Oettgen P, Kunnamo I, Iorio A, Ansari MT, Murad MH, Meerpohl JJ, Qaseem A, Hultcrantz M, Schunemann HJ, Guyatt G, GRADE Working Group 2019 BMJ Open View Researchers Clinical research
Human red blood cell stroma: an alternative to traditional allogeneic adsorption methods Wilson EM, Branch DR 2019 Transfusion View Researchers Basic research
Neutrophil and Monocyte Counts in Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia Hui M, Sheppard JI, Li N, Warkentin TE 2019 Thromb Haemost View Health care providers Clinical research
Routine clinical care data for population pharmacokinetic modeling: the case for Fanhdi/Alphanate in hemophilia A patients Chelle P, Yeung CHT, Bonanad S, Morales Munoz JC, Ozelo MC, Megias Vericat JE, Iorio A, Spears J, Mir R, Edginton A 2019 J Pharmacokinet Pharmacodyn View Health care providers Clinical research
Evaluation of immunohematology knowledge in hematology trainees Yan M, Arsenault V, Pendergrast J 2019 Transfusion View Health care providers Other
Kell System: Anti-Kpa Peng S, Meunier D 2019 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Prevalence of Babesia in Canadian blood donors: June–October 2018 Tonnetti L, O'Brien SF, Grégoire Y, Proctor MC, Drews SJ, Delage G, Fearon MA, Brès V, Linnen JM, Stramer SL 2019 Transfusion View Researchers Clinical research
Système MNS : l’anticorps anti-M Clarke G, Côté J, Lane D 2019 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Paracrine Factors Released by Osteoblasts Provide Strong Platelet Engraftment Properties Abu-Khader A, Law KW, Jahan S, Manesia JK, Pasha R, Hovey O, Pineault N 2019 Stem Cells View Researchers Basic research
Eluates from DAT-positive patients with or without hemolysis after high-dose IVIG yield predominantly IgG isoagglutinins of IgG2 subclass Yung GP, Seebach JD, Baerenzung N, Pendergrast J, Cserti-Gazdewich C, Branch DR 2019 Transfusion View Health care providers Clinical research
Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) or IVIg-treated macrophages reduce DSS-induced colitis by inducing macrophage IL-10 production Kozicky LK, Menzies SC, Hotte N, Madsen KL, Sly LM 2019 Eur J Immunol View Researchers Basic research
Platelet rich plasma in treatment of musculoskeletal pathologies Mehrabani D, Seghatchian J, Acker JP 2019 Transfus Apher Sci View Researchers Basic research
Système Diego : l’anticorps anti-Dia Meunier D, Peng S, Clarke G 2019 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Test-retest properties of the Patient Reported Outcomes, Burdens and Experiences (PROBE) questionnaire and its constituent domains Chai-Adisaksopha C, Skinner MW, Curtis R, Frick N, Nichol MB, Noone D, O'Mahony B, Page D, Stonebraker J, Thabane L, Crowther MA, Iorio A 2019 Haemophilia View Researchers Clinical research
Acellular pertussis vaccine effectiveness and waning immunity in Alberta, Canada: 2010–2015, a Canadian Immunization Research Network (CIRN) study Bell CA, Russell ML, Drews SJ, Simmonds KA, Svenson LW, Schwartz KL, Kwong JC, Mahmud SM, Crowcroft NS 2019 Vaccine View Health care providers Clinical research