Our Research Publications
Updated August 2025
| Title | Authors | Year Sort ascending | Journal | Link to Article | Intended Audience | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rapport de surveillance 2024 | O'Brien SF | 2024 | Professionaleducation.blood.ca | View Rapport de surveillance 2024 | 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 Prolonging the circulatory half-life of C1 esterase inhibitor via albumin fusion | 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 Lay Science Writing Competition 2024: Evaluating umbilical cord blood transfusion efficacy and safety in neonates | 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 Fournir des lignes directrices essentielles en temps de crise : soutien à la recherche sur la COVID-19 | 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 Reply to: "Population-based screening works: Effect of integrating screening for hepatitis B and C into the general health check-up in Germany" | Researchers | Epidemiology research |
| The effects of pen ink and surface disinfectants on red blood cells stored in plasticized polyvinylchloride transfusion bags | Uy RJ, Serrano K, Hadjesfandiari N, Shih AW, Devine D | 2024 | Transfusion | View The effects of pen ink and surface disinfectants on red blood cells stored in plasticized polyvinylchloride transfusion bags | Researchers | Basic research |
| Red cell concentrates from teen male donors contain poor-quality biologically older cells | Mykhailova O, Brandon-Coatham M, Phan C, Yazdanbakhsh M, Olafson C, Yi QL, Kanias T, Acker JP | 2024 | Vox Sang | View Red cell concentrates from teen male donors contain poor-quality biologically older cells | Researchers | Basic research |
| Intravenous albumin in cardiac and vascular surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis | Skubas NJ, Callum J, Bathla A, Keshavarz H, Fergusson D, Wu B, Stanworth S, Shehata N | 2024 | Br J Anaesth | View Intravenous albumin in cardiac and vascular surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis | Health care providers | Benchmarking and standard setting |
| Normal Morphology and Physiology of Human Blood Including Main Clinical Parameters and Microscopy | Phan C, Brandon-Coatham M, Rahman A, Acker J | 2024 | The Optics of Blood: A Handbook | View Normal Morphology and Physiology of Human Blood Including Main Clinical Parameters and Microscopy | Researchers | Basic research |
| Prevalence of Hepatitis B in Canadian First-Time Blood Donors: Association with Social Determinants of Health | O’Brien SF, Ehsani-Moghaddam B, Goldman M, Drews SJ | 2024 | Viruses | View Prevalence of Hepatitis B in Canadian First-Time Blood Donors: Association with Social Determinants of Health | Researchers | Epidemiology research |
| Canadian Blood Services Vritual Tour | Canadian Blood Services' Innovation & Portfolio Management | 2024 | Professionaleducation.blood.ca | View Canadian Blood Services Vritual Tour | Health care providers | Other |
| Human Fc gamma receptor IIIA blockade inhibits platelet destruction in a humanized murine model of ITP | Gil Gonzalez L, Won KD, Tawhidi Z, Cummins E, Cruz-Leal Y, Tundidor Cabado Y, Sachs UJ, Norris PAA, Shan Y, Bhakta V, Li J, Samudio I, Silva-Moreno B, Cerna-Portillo L, Pavon Oro A, Bergqvist P, Chan P, Moorehead A, Sholzberg M, Sheffield WP, Lazarus AH | 2024 | Blood Adv | View Human Fc gamma receptor IIIA blockade inhibits platelet destruction in a humanized murine model of ITP | Researchers | Basic research |
| Modification of deglycerolization procedure improves processing and post-thaw quality of cryopreserved sickle trait red cell concentrates | Phan C, Kurach J, Foxcroft M, Xu D, Olafson C, Clarke G, Acker JP | 2024 | Cryobiology | View Modification of deglycerolization procedure improves processing and post-thaw quality of cryopreserved sickle trait red cell concentrates | Blood operators | New or improved product or process |
| Providing vital guidance in a time of crisis: COVID-19 research support | Canadian Blood Services' Innovation & Portfolio Management | 2024 | Blood.ca website | View Providing vital guidance in a time of crisis: COVID-19 research support | General public | Other |
| Impact of lower concentrations of dimethyl sulfoxide on cryopreservation of autologous hematopoietic stem cells: a systematic review and meta-analysis of controlled clinical studies | Bennett B, Hanotaux J, Pasala AR, Hasan T, Hassan D, Shor R, Allan DS, Maganti HB | 2024 | Cytotherapy | View Impact of lower concentrations of dimethyl sulfoxide on cryopreservation of autologous hematopoietic stem cells: a systematic review and meta-analysis of controlled clinical studies | Researchers | Benchmarking and standard setting |
| Post-Reconstitution Hemostatic Stability Profiles of Canadian and German Freeze-Dried Plasma | Peng HT, Moes K, Singh K, Rhind SG, Pambrun C, Jenkins C, da Luz L, Beckett A | 2024 | Life | View Post-Reconstitution Hemostatic Stability Profiles of Canadian and German Freeze-Dried Plasma | Researchers | Basic research |
| Making IVIg treatment safer for patients | Canadian Blood Services' Innovation & Portfolio Management | 2024 | Blood.ca website | View Making IVIg treatment safer for patients | General public | Other |
| Estimating HIV risk | Canadian Blood Services' Innovation & Portfolio Management | 2024 | Blood.ca website | View Estimating HIV risk | General public | MSM research |
| Empowering Young Minds: Highlights from the 2024 Girls & STEAM Summit | Centre for Blood Research | 2024 | Centre for Blood Research Blog | View Empowering Young Minds: Highlights from the 2024 Girls & STEAM Summit | General public | Other |
| Pediatric antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 after infection and vaccination in Calgary, Canada | Ricketson LJ, Doucette EJ, Alatorre I, Tarannum T, Gray J, Booth W, Tipples G, Charlton C, Kanji JN, Fonseca K, Kellner JD | 2024 | BMC Infect Dis | View Pediatric antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 after infection and vaccination in Calgary, Canada | Health care providers | Epidemiology research |
| One month left to enter the 2024 Lay Science Writing Competition! | Wolfe A | 2024 | Research.Education.Discovery (R.E.D.) Blog | View One month left to enter the 2024 Lay Science Writing Competition! | General public | Other |
| Améliorer la sécurité du traitement par IgIV pour les patients | Canadian Blood Services' Innovation & Portfolio Management | 2024 | Blood.ca website | View Améliorer la sécurité du traitement par IgIV pour les patients | General public | Other |
| Exploring the increasing need for plasma collection: Perspectives of voluntary nonremunerated donors on payment for plasma in Canada | Holloway K | 2023 | Transfus Med | View Exploring the increasing need for plasma collection: Perspectives of voluntary nonremunerated donors on payment for plasma in Canada | 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 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 | Researchers | MSM epidemiology 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 An online immunohematology educational resource for post-graduate hematology trainees: LearnSerology.ca | 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 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 | Researchers | Basic research |
| How do I/we forecast tomorrows’ transfusion: Blood components | Pereyra N, Devine DV | 2023 | Transfus Clin Biol | View How do I/we forecast tomorrows’ transfusion: Blood components | 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 Use of selective phenotyping and genotyping to identify rare blood donors in Canada | 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 The chemokines IP-10/CXCL10 and IL-8/CXCL8 are potential novel biomarkers of warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia | Researchers | Basic research |
| Enfermedad hemolítica del feto y del recién nacido (EHFRN): incompatibilidad ABO | International Collaboration for Transfusion Medicine Guidelines | 2023 | ICTMG.org | View Enfermedad hemolítica del feto y del recién nacido (EHFRN): incompatibilidad ABO | General public | Other |
| Transfusion of female blood in a rat model is associated with red blood cells entrapment in organs | Alshalani A, de Wissel MB, Tuip-de Boer AM, Roelofs JJTH, van Bruggen R, Acker JP, Juffermans NP | 2023 | PLoS One | View Transfusion of female blood in a rat model is associated with red blood cells entrapment in organs | Researchers | Basic 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 Cost-effectiveness of Fibrinogen Concentrate vs Cryoprecipitate for Treating Acquired Hypofibrinogenemia in Bleeding Adult Cardiac Surgical Patients | 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 Correction of haemorrhagic shock-associated coagulopathy and impaired haemostasis by plasma, prothrombin complex concentrates or an activated protein C-targeted DNA aptamer in mice | Researchers | Basic 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 Supplemental information Modular adjuvant-free pan-HLA-DR-immunotargeting subunit vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 elicits broad sarbecovirus-neutralizing antibody responses | 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 Diminished Neutralization Capacity of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.1 in Donor Plasma Collected from January to March 2021 | 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 Risk of variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease in a simulated cohort of Canadian blood donors | Researchers | Clinical research |
| Transfusion camp: A retrospective study of self-reported impact on postgraduate trainee transfusion practice | Yeung KCY, Kapitany C, Chargé S, Callum J, Cserti-Gazdewich C, D'Empaire PP, Khandelwal A, Lieberman L, Lee C, Pavenski K, Pendergrast J, Shehata N, Hsia CC, Lavoie M, Murphy MF, Prokopchuk-Gauk O, Rahmani M, Trudeau J, Zeller MP, Lin Y | 2023 | Transfusion | View Transfusion camp: A retrospective study of self-reported impact on postgraduate trainee transfusion practice | Health care providers | Education research |
| B cells and antibodies in refractory immune thrombocytopenia | Roeser A, Lazarus AH, Mahévas M | 2023 | Br J Haematol | View B cells and antibodies in refractory immune thrombocytopenia | Researchers | Benchmarking and standard setting |
| Cultured CD71+ erythroid cells modulate the host immune response | Alshalani A, Beuger BM, van Bruggen R, Acker JP, Juffermans NP | 2023 | Transfus Med | View Cultured CD71+ erythroid cells modulate the host immune response | 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 Importance du fer chez les donneurs de sang total : la perspective canadienne | 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 The Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Unrelated Allogeneic Hematopoietic Donor Collections and Safety | 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 Engineered Compounds to Control Ice Nucleation and Recrystallization | 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 The under-appreciated world of the serpin family of serine proteinase inhibitors | Researchers | Basic research |
| 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 Desialylated Platelet Clearance in the Liver is a Novel Mechanism of Systemic Immunosuppression | 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 Transfusion Camp Rwanda: A prospective feasibility study evaluating the delivery of Transfusion Camp to a multidisciplinary group of postgraduate medical trainees in Rwanda | Health care providers | Education research |
| Willingness and eligibility to donate blood under 12-month and 3-month deferral policies among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men in Ontario, Canada | Brennan D, Armstrong JP, Kesler M, Bekele T, Lachowksy N, Grace D, Hart TA, Souleymanov R, Adam B | 2023 | PLOS Glob Public Health | View Willingness and eligibility to donate blood under 12-month and 3-month deferral policies among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men in Ontario, Canada | Researchers | MSM research |
| BAY 81-8973 Efficacy and Safety in Previously Untreated and Minimally Treated Children with Severe Hemophilia A: The LEOPOLD Kids Trial | Ljung R, Chan AKC, Glosli H, Afonja O, Becker B, Tseneklidou-Stoeter D, Mancuso ME, Saulyte-Trakymiene S, Kenet G | 2023 | Thromb Haemost | View BAY 81-8973 Efficacy and Safety in Previously Untreated and Minimally Treated Children with Severe Hemophilia A: The LEOPOLD Kids Trial | Researchers | Clinical research |
| A multiphasic approach to solve misidentification of Cutibacterium acnes as Atopobium vaginae during routine bacterial screening of platelet concentrates using the VITEK 2 system | Kumaran D, Laflamme C, Ramirez-Arcos S | 2023 | Access Microbiol | View A multiphasic approach to solve misidentification of Cutibacterium acnes as Atopobium vaginae during routine bacterial screening of platelet concentrates using the VITEK 2 system | Researchers | Benchmarking and standard setting |
| Long-term preservation of red blood cells through deep supercooling | Isiksacan Z, William N, Yarmush ML, Acker JP, Usta OB | 2023 | Cryobiology | View Long-term preservation of red blood cells through deep supercooling | Researchers | Basic research |
| Monitoring viral genomic sequences in transfusion-transmitted viruses | Candotti D, Drews SJ, Faddy HM, ISBT Transfusion-Transmitted Infectious Diseases Working Party SoV | 2023 | Vox Sang | View Monitoring viral genomic sequences in transfusion-transmitted viruses | Blood operators | Clinical research |