Our Research Publications

Updated August 2025

Title Authors Year Journal Link to Article Intended Audience Purpose
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
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
ResearchUnit: Risk of HIV did not change with expanding eligibility criteria for gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men Walsh G 2022 Blood.ca website View Regulators MSM research
Inductively-Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry-Novel Insights From an Old Technology Into Stressed Red Blood Cell Physiology Stephenson D, Nemkov T, Qadri SM, Sheffield WP, D'Alessandro A 2022 Front Physiol View Researchers Basic research
Circulaire d'information utilisation de composants sanguins humains: Plaquettes Stewart T 2022 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Utilization of a surgical database to provide care and assess perioperative treatment and outcomes in patients with bleeding disorders Olasupo OO, Haddix C, Nakar C, Maahs J, Greist A, Ghafoor A, Donfield SM, Iorio A, Shapiro AD 2022 Eur J Haematol View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
HIV incidence and compliance with deferral criteria over three progressively shorter time deferrals for men who have sex with men in Canada Caffrey N, Goldman M, Osmond L, Yi Q-L, Fan W, O'Brien SF 2022 Transfusion View Regulators MSM research
Transfusion thresholds in myelodysplastic syndrome - Helping patients live better Balitsky A, Arnold D 2022 Transfusion View Health care providers Clinical research
A cross-sectional study of haemolytic disease of the newborn in Uganda Dhabangi A, Nankunda J, Okaba V, Nakubulwa S, Hume HA, Dzik WH, Heddle NM 2022 Vox Sang View Health care providers Clinical research
The Cost Effectiveness of Axicabtagene Ciloleucel Versus Best Supportive Care in the Treatment of Adult Patients with Relapsed or Refractory Large B-Cell Lymphoma (LBCL) After Two or More Lines of Systemic Therapy in Canada Hillis C, Vicente C, Ball G 2022 Pharmacoeconomics View Researchers Clinical research
The evaluation of constant coronary artery flow versus constant coronary perfusion pressure during normothermic ex situ heart perfusion Qi X, Hatami S, Bozso S, Buchko M, Forgie KA, Olafson C, Khan M, Himmat S, Wang X, Nobes DS, Acker JP, Nagendran J, Freed DH 2022 J Heart Lung Transplant View Researchers Basic research
Summary of adverse transfusion reactions 2017-2022 Yan M 2022 Blood.ca website View Blood operators 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
International pediatric thrombosis network to advance pediatric thrombosis research: Communication from the ISTH SSC subcommittee on pediatric and neonatal thrombosis and hemostasis van Ommen CH, Albisetti M, Bhatt M, Bonduel M, Branchford B, Chalmers E, Chan A, Goldenberg NA, Holzhauer S, Monagle P, Nowak-Göttl U, Revel-Vilk S, Sciuccatie G, Sirachainan N, Male C 2021 J Thromb Haemost View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Cold-stored leukoreduced whole blood: Extending the time between donation and filtration has minimal impact on in vitro quality Schubert P, Chen Z, Bhakta V, Culibrk B, Wambolt R, Sheffield WP, Devine DV, McTaggart K 2021 Transfusion View Researchers New or improved product or process
Concentré de recherche: Le plasma de convalescents est un traitement inefficace pour les patients atteints de la COVID19 Modi D 2021 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Clinical research
Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia after ChAdOx1 nCov-19 Vaccination Greinacher A, Thiele T, Warkentin TE, Weisser K, Kyrle PA, Eichinger S 2021 N Engl J Med View Researchers Clinical research
Spontaneous HIT syndrome: Knee replacement, infection, and parallels with vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia Warkentin TE, Greinacher A 2021 Thromb Res View Researchers Clinical research
Early warning and rapid public health response to prevent COVID-19 outbreaks in long-term care facilities (LTCF) by monitoring SARS-CoV-2 RNA in LTCF site-specific sewage samples and assessment of antibodies response in this population: prospective study protocol Lee BE, Sikora C, Faulder D, Risling E, Little LA, Qiu Y, Gao T, Bulat R, Craik S, Hrudey SE, Ohinmaa A, Estabrooks CA, Gingras A-C, Charlton C, Kim J, Wood H, Robinson A, Kanji JN, Zelyas N, O’Brien SF, Drews S, Pang X-L 2021 BMJ Open View Regulators New or improved product or process
Blood bank storage of red blood cells increases RBC cytoplasmic membrane order and bending rigidity Himbert S, Qadri SM, Sheffield WP, Schubert P, D’Alessandro A, Rheinstädter MC 2021 PLoS One View Researchers Basic research
Venous Thromboembolism and Mild Thrombocytopenia after ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 Vaccination Gabarin N, Patterson S, Pai M, Afzaal T, Nazy I, Sheppard JI, Arnold DM, Warkentin TE 2021 Thromb Haemost View Health care providers Clinical research
Circular of information for the use of human blood components: Red blood cells, leukocytes reduced (LR) Jenkins C 2021 Blood.ca website Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Determining Optimal Treatment to Correct Preoperative Anemia and Reduce Perioperative Allogeneic Blood Transfusions in Cardiac Surgery: A Retrospective Cohort Study Peel JK, Trudeau J, Tano R, Jadunandan S, Callum J, Moussa F, Lin Y 2021 J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth View Health care providers Clinical research
Effect of Convalescent Plasma on Organ Support–Free Days in Critically Ill Patients With COVID-19: A Randomized Clinical Trial Writing Committee for the REMAP-CAP Investigators 2021 JAMA View Health care providers Clinical research
Converting factor and nonfactor usage into a single metric to facilitate benchmarking the resources consumed for haemophilia care across jurisdictions and over time Stonebraker JS, O'Mahony B, Noone D, Iorio A 2021 Haemophilia View Researchers Benchmarking and standard setting
Blood shortages planning in Canada: The National Emergency Blood Management Committee experience during the first 6 months of the COVID-19 pandemic Prokopchuk-Gauk O, Petraszko T, Nahirniak S, Doncaster C, Levy I 2021 Transfusion View Regulators Benchmarking and standard setting
Concentré de recherche: Précision et efficacité accrues dans la gestion des réserves de sang Li N 2021 Blood.ca website View Health care providers New or improved product or process
Examining prescribing practices with respect to oral iron supplementation for post-partum anemia: a retrospective review Iancu AM, Buckstein J, Melamed N, Lin Y 2021 J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med View Health care providers Clinical research
Evaluation of the sexual health in people living with hemophilia Germini F, Chai-Adisaksopha C, Pete D, Curtis R, Frick N, Nichol MB, Noone D, O'Mahony B, Page D, Stonebraker JS, Thabane L, Crowther MA, Skinner MW, Iorio A 2021 Haemophilia View Researchers Clinical research
Chapter 4: Clinical transfusion procedures Clarke G, Al-Riyami AZ, Roxby D 2021 Educational Modules on Clinical Use of Blood View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
ResearchUnit: Platelet Transfusion in Children with Cancer Barty R 2021 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Circulaire d'information utilisation de composants sanguins humains: Plaquettes Jenkins C 2021 Blood.ca website Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Screening of Feijoa (Acca Sellowiana (O. Berg) Burret) Fruit Effect on Proliferation and Apoptosis using Bone Marrow derived Stem Cells Model Rasekh H, Mahrabani D, Hosseini Farahi M, Masoumi S, Acker J 2021 Electron J Gen Med View Researchers Basic research
Determinants of the intention to participate in a programme of plasma donation for fractionation among men who have sex with men Veillette-Bourbeau L, Otis J, Lewin A, Godin G, Germain M, Daunais-Laurin G, Lalonde F, Caruso J, Myhal G, Pronovost F 2021 Vox Sang View Researchers MSM research
Viper venoms drive the macrophages and hepatocytes to sequester and clear platelets: novel mechanism and therapeutic strategy for venom-induced thrombocytopenia Shen C, Liu M, Mackeigan DT, Chen ZY, Chen P, Karakas D, Li J, Norris PAA, Li J, Deng Y, Long C, Lai R, Ni H 2021 Arch Toxicol View Researchers Basic research
Recommendations for the clinical and laboratory diagnosis of VITT against COVID-19: Communication from the ISTH SSC Subcommittee on Platelet Immunology Nazy I, Sachs UJ, Arnold DM, McKenzie SE, Choi P, Althaus K, Ahlen MT, Sharma R, Grace RF, Bakchoul T 2021 J Thromb Haemost View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Aspirin nonsensitivity in patients with vascular disease: Assessment by light transmission aggregometry (aspirin nonsensitivity in vascular patients) Khan H, Zamzam A, Gallant RC, Syed MH, Rand ML, Ni H, Forbes TL, Al-Omran M, Qadura M 2021 Res Pract Thromb Haemost View Researchers Clinical research
Chapitre 2: Les composants sanguins Gupta A, Bigham M 2021 Guide de la pratique transfusionnelle View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
A homogeneous split-luciferase assay for rapid and sensitive detection of anti-SARS CoV-2 antibodies Yao Z, Drecun L, Aboualizadeh F, Kim SJ, Li Z, Wood H, Valcourt EJ, Manguiat K, Plenderleith S, Yip L, Li X, Zhong Z, Yue FY, Closas T, Snider J, Tomic J, Drews SJ, Drebot MA, McGeer A, Ostrowski M, Mubareka S, Rini JM, Owen S, Stagljar I 2021 Nat Commun View Researchers New or improved product or process
Releasates of riboflavin/UV-treated platelets: Microvesicles suppress cytokine-mediated endothelial cell migration/proliferation Schubert P, Culibrk L, Culibrk B, Conway EM, Goodrich RP, Devine DV 2021 Transfusion View Researchers Basic research
A trend of dropping anti-SARS-CoV-2 plaque reduction neutralization test titers over time in Canadian convalescent plasma donors Drews SJ, Devine DV, McManus J, Mendoza E, Manguiat K, Wood H, Girardin R, Dupuis A, McDonough K, Drebot M 2021 Transfusion View Researchers Basic research
Recommended primary outcomes for clinical trials evaluating hemostatic blood products and agents in patients with bleeding: Proceedings of a National Heart Lung and Blood Institute and US Department of Defense Consensus Conference Spinella PC, El Kassar N, Cap AP, Kindzelski AL, Almond CS, Barkun A, Gernsheimer TB, Goldstein JN, Holcomb JB, Iorio A, Jensen DM, Key NS, Levy JH, Mayer SA, Moore EE, Stanworth SJ, Lewis RJ, Steiner ME 2021 J Trauma Acute Care Surg View Researchers Benchmarking and standard setting
ResearchUnit: Treating bleeding during cardiac surgery: Is prothrombin complex concentrate a substitute for plasma? Kron A 2021 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Clinical research