Our Researchers
Our team leads innovative research across clinical, translational, and fundamental hematology to advance patient care and scientific discovery.
| Name | Division | Job Profile |
|---|---|---|
Anna Nikonova |
Hematology |
Clinician - Educator |
April Shamy |
Hematology |
Clinician - Teacher |
Carolyne Elbaz |
Hematology |
Clinician - Teacher |
Chaim Shustik |
Hematology |
Clinician - Teacher |
Chantal Cassis |
Hematology |
Clinician - Teacher |
Chantal Séguin |
Hematology |
Clinician - Administrator |
Chee Loong Saw |
Hematology |
Scientist |
Denis Cournoyer |
Hematology |
Clinician - Administrator |
Francois Mercier |
Hematology |
Clinician - Scientist |
Francois Patenaude |
Hematology |
Clinician - Teacher |
Gizelle Anna Popradi |
Hematology |
Clinician - Teacher |
Jaroslav Prchal |
Hematology |
Clinician - Teacher |
Jean-Pierre Routy |
Hematology |
Clinician - Scientist |
John Storring |
Hematology |
Clinician - Teacher |
Johnathan Mack |
Hematology |
Clinician - Investigator |
Jonathan How |
Hematology |
Clinician - Educator |
Kelly Davison |
Hematology |
Clinician - Teacher |
Laura Anne Habib |
Hematology |
Clinician - Teacher |
Marc Nicolas Bienz |
Hematology |
Clinician - Teacher |
Marc Rodger |
Hematology |
Clinician - Scientist |
Margaret Warner |
Hematology |
Clinician - Administrator |
Mark Blostein |
Hematology |
Clinician - Investigator |
Michael Sebag |
Hematology |
Clinician - Investigator |
Nathalie Johnson |
Hematology |
Clinician - Scientist |
Patricia Pelletier |
Hematology |
Clinician - Administrator |
Pierre Laneuville |
Hematology |
Clinician - investigator |
Raquel Aloyz |
Hematology |
Scientist |
Rayan Kaedbey |
Hematology |
Clinician - Investigator |
Sarit Assouline |
Hematology |
Clinician - Scientist |
Tanya Skamene |
Hematology |
Clinician - Teacher |
Véronique Naessens |
Hematology |
Clinician - Teacher |
Victoria Korsos |
Hematology |
Clinician - Scientist |
Yury Monczak |
Hematology |
Scientist |
Research Publications
Below is a collection of research publications authored by our hematology faculty members, where they have contributed as either the first author or last author. In academic research, the first author typically plays a key role in conducting the study and writing the manuscript, while the last author often serves as the senior researcher or principal investigator overseeing the project.
2025
Last updated: 2025-05-30
| Authors | Publication | Journal |
|---|---|---|
| Busque L.; Beaudet M.-É.; Harnois M.; Moussa H.; Szuber N.; Mollica L.; Delage R.; Olney H.; Laneuville P.; Cournoyer G.; Chamakhi I.; Lalancette M.; Talbot D.; Ethier V.; Desjardins P.; Assouline S. | Switching TKIs during CML therapy is frequent, mostly driven by intolerance, and does not affect survival: a prospective Quebec registry study | Blood Cancer Journal |
| Luo O.D.; Rizzolo A.; Pelletier P.; Popradi G. | Case Report of an ABO-Matched Post-Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant-Associated Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia: A Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenge | Transplantation Proceedings |
| Skeith L.; Malinowski A.K.; El-Chaâr D.; Chan W.-S.; Donnelly J.; Chauleur C.; Ganzevoort W.; Wood S.; Dubois S.; McCarthy C.; Buchmuller A.; Wiegers H.; Gibson P.S.; Ní Áinle F.; Middeldorp S.; Duffett L.; Bates S.M.; Garven A.; Baxter J.; Lethebe B.C.; Rodger M.A. | Low-dose aspirin versus placebo in postpartum venous thromboembolism: a multi-national, pilot, randomised, placebo-controlled trial | The Lancet Haematology |
| Mercier F.E.; Gife V.; Aloyz R.; Hulea L. | Translational control of leukemic metabolism and disease progression | Trends in Cell Biology |
| Uminski K.; Perelman I.; Tinmouth A.T.; Mack J. | Use of automated isovolemic hemodilution red-cell exchange in patients with sickle cell disease: A Canadian single center experience | Transfusion |
| Brailovski E.; Harnois M.; Busque L.; Chamakhi I.; Tremblay A.; Desjardins P.; Assouline S. | Fibrosis and treatment-free remission in chronic myeloid leukaemia | British Journal of Haematology |
| Bienz M.; Constanzo-Yanez J.; Baillargeon N.; Leiva-Torres G.A.; Boileau M.; Cloutier M.; Laforce-Lavoie A.; Robitaille N. | Planning antepartum directed donations in preparation for neonatal cardiac surgery in the absence of compatible donors | Transfusion |
2024
| Authors | Publication | Journal |
|---|---|---|
| Bu S.; Royston L.; Mabanga T.; Berini C.A.; Tremblay C.; Lebouché B.; Cox J.; Costiniuk C.T.; Durand M.; Isnard S.; Routy J.-P. | Proteomics validate circulating GDF-15 as an independent biomarker for COVID-19 severity | Frontiers in Immunology |
| Korsos V.; Ali A.; Malagon T.; Khosrow-Khavar F.; Thomas D.; Sirhan S.; Davison K.; Assouline S.; Cassis C. | End of life in haematology: quality of life predictors - retrospective cohort study | BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care |
| Isnard S.; Mabanga T.; Royston L.; Berini C.A.; Bu S.; Aiyana O.; Feng H.; Lebouché B.; Costiniuk C.T.; Cox J.; Kroemer G.; Durand M.; Routy J.-P. | Extracellular acyl-CoA-binding protein as an independent biomarker of COVID-19 disease severity | Frontiers in Immunology |
| Alayoubi A.M.; Khawaji Z.Y.; Mohammed M.A.; Mercier F.E. | CRISPR-Cas9 system: a novel and promising era of genotherapy for beta-hemoglobinopathies, hematological malignancy, and hemophilia | Annals of Hematology |
| Lachaine J.; Beauchemin C.; Dodat F.; Au Y.; Evans W.K.; Leber B.; Paulson K.; Schuh A.; Storring J. | Evaluating the Economic Burden of Acute Myeloid Leukemia in Canada | Acta Haematologica |
| Knecht H.; Johnson N.; Bienz M.N.; Brousset P.; Memeo L.; Shifrin Y.; Alikhah A.; Louis S.F.; Mai S. | Analysis by TeloView® Technology Predicts the Response of Hodgkin’s Lymphoma to First-Line ABVD Therapy | Cancers |
| Bitektine E.; Hagh-Daoust H.; Michel R.P.; Isnard S.; Routy J.-P. | THE VALUE OF A PET SCAN IN SELECTING THE BEST LYMPH NODE TO BIOPSY, AND CONFIRMING THE DIAGNOSIS OF IDIOPATHIC MULTICENTRIC CASTLEMAN DISEASE WITH HLH AND EBV VIREMIA IN A PREVIOUSLY HEALTHY ADULT | European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine |
| Bienz M.; Renaud C.; Liu J.R.; Wong P.; Pelletier P. | Hepatitis E Virus in the United States and Canada: Is It Time to Consider Blood Donation Screening? | Transfusion Medicine Reviews |
| Angelillo C.; Tock W.L.; Salaciak M.; Reid R.E.R.; Andersen R.E.; Maheu C.; Johnson N.A. | A single-armed proof-of-concept study of Lymfit: A personalized, virtual exercise intervention to improve health outcomes in lymphoma survivors in the pandemic | PLoS ONE |
| Elbaz C.; Hollestelle M.J.; Meijer P.; Liederman Z.; Selby R. | D-dimer—An International Assessment of the Quality of Laboratory Testing: Implications for D-dimer Use in the Real World | Seminars in Thrombosis and Hemostasis |
| Brenner B.G.; Ibanescu R.-I.; Oliveira M.; Margaillan G.; Lebouché B.; Thomas R.; Baril J.G.; Lorgeoux R.-P.; Roger M.; Routy J.-P. | Phylogenetic Network Analyses Reveal the Influence of Transmission Clustering on the Spread of HIV Drug Resistance in Quebec from 2002 to 2022 | Viruses |
| Matasar M.; Bartlett N.L.; Shadman M.; Budde L.E.; Flinn I.; Gregory G.P.; Kim W.S.; Hess G.; El-Sharkawi D.; Diefenbach C.S.; Huang H.; To I.; Parreira J.; Wu M.; Kwan A.; Assouline S. | Mosunetuzumab Safety Profile in Patients With Relapsed/Refractory B-cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma: Clinical Management Experience From a Pivotal Phase I/II Trial | Clinical Lymphoma, Myeloma and Leukemia |
| Long C.; Al-Abdulmalek A.; Lai J.; Haegert D.G.; Isnard S.; Cournoyer D.; Routy J.-P. | HAEMOPHAGOCYTIC LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS FOLLOWING THE ANTI-PD-1 NIVOLUMAB IN A PATIENT WITH GASTRIC CANCER AND ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS | European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine |
| Royston L.; Jary A.; Berini C.A.; Mabanga T.; Lin J.; Pagliuzza A.; Chomont N.; Litvinov I.V.; Calmy A.; Leducq V.; Calvez V.; Marcelin A.-G.; Isnard S.; Routy J.-P. | Similar Viral and Immune Characteristics of Kaposi Sarcoma in ART-treated People Living With HIV and Older Patients With Classic Kaposi Sarcoma | Open Forum Infectious Diseases |
| Jankovic M.; Poon W.W.L.; Gonzales-Losada C.; Vazquez G.G.; Sharif-Askari B.; Ding Y.; Craplet-Desombre C.; Ilie A.; Shi J.; Wang Y.; Jayavelu A.K.; Orthwein A.; Mercier F.É. | The E3 ubiquitin ligase Herc1 modulates the response to nucleoside analogs in acute myeloid leukemia | Blood Advances |
| Mehraj V.; Chen J.; Routy J.-P. | Effects of statins beyond lipid-lowering agents in ART-treated HIV infection | Frontiers in Immunology |
| Assouline S. | Decitabine plus cedazuridine and venetoclax: the promise of an all-oral therapy for patients with myelodysplastic syndromes and chronic myelomonocytic leukaemia | The Lancet Haematology |
| Johnson N.; Morin R.D. | FL molecular subgroups come of age | Blood |