Nos chercheurs

Jason Acker

Chercheur principal en développement

Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta

Edmonton, AB

Domaines de recherche

• préparation des composants sanguins
• cryopréservation
• biologie des globules rouges
• cryobiologie
• développement et qualité des processus liés aux produits sanguins

Lidice Bernardo Reyes

Chercheuse en développement

Ottawa, ON

Domaines de recherche

• développement des produits et processus sanguins
• qualité in vitro des composants sanguins
• dosage des composants sanguins chez l’enfant

• développement de méthodes d’analyse 

John Blake

Ingénieur de recherche

Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, Dalhousie University

Halifax, NS

Domaines de recherche

• ingénierie de procédés
• recherche opérationnelle
• collecte de sang 

• distribution de composants sanguins

Donald Branch

Chercheur principal

Professor, Departments of Medicine and Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto

Toronto, ON

Domaines de recherche

• biologie des globules rouges et hémolyse
• maladies auto-immunes
• phagocytose
• allo-anticorps et auto-anticorps des globules rouges
• anémie falciforme
• immunothérapie 

• maladies infectieuses (VIH, Ebola, coronavirus)

Zhongming Chen

Development Scientist

Vancouver, BC

Domaines de recherche

• blood product and process development
• in vitro quality assessment
• blood components
• in vitro quality assay development and optimization

Carmen Charlton

Medical Microbiologist

Associate Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta

Edmonton, AB

Domaines de recherche

• microbiology
• virology
• hepatitis
• infectious disease screening
• emerging pathogens

Steven Drews

Directeur, microbiologie médicale

Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta

Edmonton, AB

Domaines de recherche

• microbiologie
• agents pathogènes émergents
• mise au point d’essais
• maladies transmissibles par transfusion
• immunologie des maladies infectieuses 

Mindy Goldman

Directrice médicale, politiques et études sur le don

Adjunct Professor,
Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa

Ottawa, ON

Domaines de recherche

• santé des donneurs
• admissibilité des donneurs
• maladies transmissibles par transfusion

Jennie Haw

Scientist

Adjunct Research Professor, Department of Health Sciences, Carleton University

Ottawa, ON

Domaines de recherche

• sociology of donation
• sociology of health
• qualitative methodologies

Kelly Holloway

Scientist

Assistant Professor, University of Toronto Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation

Toronto, ON

Domaines de recherche

• donor behaviour
• medical sociology
• health policy
• political economy and blood collection

Manu Thomas Kalathottukaren

Development Scientist

Vancouver, BC

Domaines de recherche

• blood product process development and optimization
• assay development and validation

Alan Lazarus

Senior Scientist

Scientist, Keenan Research Centre of the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital

Toronto, ON

Domaines de recherche

• IVIg
• anti-D
• Fc receptors
• phagocytosis
• autoimmune diseases
• immune thrombocytopenias

Harinad Maganti

Research Scientist and Scientific Director, Cellular Therapies Research and Development

Adjunct Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology

Ottawa, ON

Domaines de recherche

• hematopoietic stem cell biology and therapies
• immunotherapies
• genetic engineering
• epi-transcriptomics
• “off the shelf” immune cell therapies
• GMP manufacturing

Heyu Ni

Senior Scientist

Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology

Toronto, ON

Domaines de recherche

• platelet biology
• immunohematology
• hemostasis
• thrombosis
• autoimmune and alloimmune thrombocytopenias​

Sheila O'Brien

Associate Director, Epidemiology and Surveillance

Adjunct Professor, School of Epidemiology and Public Health

Ottawa, ON

Domaines de recherche

• donor health
• donor criteria
• transfusion-transmissible diseases
• epidemiology
• public health

Chantale Pambrun

Senior Medical Director, Innovation and Portfolio Management

Ottawa, ON

Domaines de recherche

• donor wellness
• blood system surveillance
• new product development

Nicolas Pineault

Senior Scientist

Adjunct Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Ottawa

Ottawa, ON

Domaines de recherche

• blood stem cell biology
• cellular therapies
• hematopoiesis
• cryobiology
• culture optimization

Ed Pryzdial

Senior Scientist

Clinical Professor, Centre for Blood Research, University of British Columbia

Vancouver, BC

Domaines de recherche

• clotting factors
• thrombosis
• thrombolysis
• virology
• plasma protein products
• hemostasis

Sandra Ramirez-Arcos

Senior Scientist

Adjunct Professor, University of Ottawa

Ottawa, ON

Domaines de recherche

• microbiology
• blood product and bacterial contamination
• bacterial biofilm formation​
• bloodborne bacteria
• tickborne bacteria
• emerging/re-emerging pathogens

William Sheffield

Director, Research and Senior Scientist

Professor, Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University

Hamilton, ON

Domaines de recherche

• plasma biology
• recombinant proteins
• coagulation
• blood component process development and quality 

Geraldine Walsh

Lead Development Scientist

Vancouver, BC

Domaines de recherche

• blood components
• product and process development
• in vitro quality
• red blood cells
• platelets