Bone Marrow, Stem Cell, & Cord Blood Donors

2021 

Chen AC, Green M, Weiss JT, Mercer D, Elmoazzen H, Allan D, Fingrut W. Development and Evaluation of Checklists to Support the Recruitment of Committed Hematopoietic Stem Cell Donors. In2021 TCT| Transplantation & Cellular Therapy Meetings of ASTCT and CIBMTR 2021 Feb 8. TCT Meetings.

Fingrut W, Cuperfain AB, Chan SW, Ptak E, Kahlon M, Dhaliwal J, Naidu A, Wang Y, Baribeau O, Mahmoudi T, Lee A. Development and evaluation of stem cell collection procedure diagrams to support the education and recruitment of committed stem cell donors. Vox Sanguinis. 2021;116(2):239-248. doi:10.1111/vox.13010

Fingrut W, Cuperfain AB, Piliotis E. Medical Student Perspectives on the Impact of Experiential Learning As Volunteer Stem Cell Donor Recruiters on Their Development As Physicians. In2021 TCT| Transplantation & Cellular Therapy Meetings of ASTCT and CIBMTR 2021 Feb 8. TCT Meetings.

Jagelaviciute G, Kum E, Williams K, Li EW, Kandel R, Rosenfeld A, DeGurse N, Okonofua S, Sharp A, Thyagu S, Fingrut W. Why We Swab: Development and Evaluation of a Library of Stories in Stem Cell Donation to Support the Recruitment of Committed Unrelated Donors for Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation. In2021 TCT| Transplantation & Cellular Therapy Meetings of ASTCT and CIBMTR 2021 Feb 8. TCT Meetings.

Kum E, Jagelaviciute G, Hrycyshyn A, Chen AC, Baharmand I, Rihani S, Rumball G, Patel D, Kandel R, Okonofua S, Li EW, Chan SWS, Kumar SV, Williams K, Tarade D, Proksch L, Fingrut W. Development and Evaluation of a Community of Practice to Support Stem Cell Donor Recruitment in Canada. In2021 TCT| Transplantation & Cellular Therapy Meetings of ASTCT and CIBMTR 2021 Feb 8. TCT Meetings.

Kum E, Jagelaviciute G, Li E, Williams K, Thyagu S, Fingrut W. Donor–Recipient Story in Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation. Current Oncology. 2021;28(1):689-692.

Li EW, Lee A, Vaseghi‐Shanjani M, Anagnostopoulos A, Jagelaviciute G, Kum E, Petraszko T, Elmoazzen H, Allan D, Fingrut W. Multimedia resources to support the recruitment of committed hematopoietic stem cell donors: Perspectives of the most‐needed donors. Transfusion. 2021;61(1):274-285. doi:10.1111/trf.16186

Tarade D, Williams K, Kumar SV, Chan SW, Lam B, Farrokhi K, DeGurse N, Hrycyshyn A, Coupal D, Okonofua S, Wroot H, Pires K, Fingrut W. Engaging Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) to Register As Stem Cell Donors in Canada: A Pilot Campaign. In 2021 TCT| Transplantation & Cellular Therapy Meetings of ASTCT and CIBMTR 2021 Feb 8. TCT Meetings.

2020

Anthias C, Shaw BE, Bruce JG, Confer DL, Abress LK, Dew MA, Billen A, O'Leary A, Braund H, Switzer Role of race/ethnicity in donor decisions about unrelated hematopoietic progenitor cell donation: exploring reasons for higher attrition among racial/ethnic minorities. Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation. 2020 Mar 1;26(3):593-9. doi: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2019.10.012

Fingrut W, Messner HA, Allan D. Targeted recruitment of optimal donors for unrelated hematopoietic cell transplantation: the stem cell Club process. Hematology/oncology and stem cell therapy. 2020;13(4):220-231. doi:10.1016/j.hemonc.2020.04.001

Haw J, Polzer J, Devine DV. Emotional labour and cord blood collection: frontline perspectives. Journal of Health Organization and Management. 2020;34(5):587-601. doi:10.1108/JHOM-10-2019-0305

Li EW, Lee A, Vaseghi-Shanjani M, Anagnostopoulos A, Jagelaviciute G, Kum E, Petraszko T, Elmoazzen H, Allan D, Fingrut W. Development and evaluation of a whiteboard video series to support the education and recruitment of committed unrelated donors for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation. 2020;26(11):2155-2164. doi:10.1016/j.bbmt.2020.07.008

Switzer GE, Bruce JG, Kiefer DM, Kobusingye H, Abebe KZ, Drexler R, Besser RM, Confer DL, Horowitz MM, King RJ, Shaw BE. Health-related quality-of-life comparison of adult related and unrelated HSC donors: An RDSafe study. Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation. 2020 Dec 1;26(12):2365-71. doi: 1016/j.bbmt.2020.08.016

2019

Haw J, Polzer J, Devine DV. Contextual factors influencing donor recruitment and cord blood collection: perspectives of frontline staff of the Canadian Blood Services' Cord Blood Bank. Transfusion. 2019;59(5):1742-1748. doi:10.1111/trf.15185

La Casta AH, Shaw BE, Anthias C, Bruce JG, Pastorek G, Billen A, O'Leary A, Switzer GE. Motives for joining an unrelated HSC donor registry: Description, categorization, and association with donor availability. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2019 Mar;54(3):425-431. doi:10.1038/s41409-018-0278-2

Wiener L, Hoag JA, Pelletier W, Shah NN, Shaw BE, Pulsipher MA, Bruce J, Bader P, Willasch AM, Dalissier A, Guilcher G, Anthias C, Confer DL, Sees JA, Logan B, Switzer GE. Transplant center practices for psychosocial assessment and management of pediatric hematopoietic stem cell donors. Bone Marrow Transplantation. 2019 Nov;54(11):1780-8. doi: 1038/s41409-019-0515-3

2018

Dew MA, Switzer GE. Listening to living donors. 2018 May 1;102(5):718-9. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000002074

Fingrut W, Rikhraj K, Allan D. Targeted recruitment of male donors for allogeneic haematopoietic cell transplantation: A review of the evidence. Vox sanguinis. 2018;113(4):307-316. doi:10.1111/vox.12632

Switzer GE, Macis M, Fabi R, Abress L, Confer D, Bruce J, Howe K, Fowler S, McNulty M, Pastorek G, Dew MA. Providing level-of-match information to perfectly matched unrelated stem cell donors: evaluating acceptability and potential changes in donor availability. Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation. 2018 Oct 1;24(10):2110-8. doi: 1016/j.bbmt.2018.03.017

2017

Fingrut W, Parmar S, Cuperfain A, Rikhraj K, Charman E, Ptak E, Kahlon M, Graham A, Luong S, Wang Y, Yu J. The Stem Cell Club: a model for unrelated stem cell donor recruitment. Transfusion. 2017;57(12):2928-2936. doi:10.1111/trf.14327

Switzer GE, Bruce J, Pastorek G, Kiefer DM, Kobusingye H, Drexler R, Besser RM, Confer DL, Horowitz MM, King RJ, Shaw BE. Parent versus child donor perceptions of the bone marrow donation experience. Bone Marrow Transplantation. 2017 Sep;52(9):1338-41. doi: 1038/bmt.2017.124

Switzer GE, Bruce J, Kiefer DM, Kobusingye H, Drexler R, Besser RM, Confer DL, Horowitz MM, King RJ, Shaw BE, Riches M. Health-related quality of life among older related hematopoietic stem cell donors (> 60 years) is equivalent to that of younger related donors (18 to 60 years): a related donor safety study. Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation. 2017 Jan 1;23(1):165-71. doi: 1016/j.bbmt.2016.10.008

2016

Haw J. Corporeal commodification and women’s work: feminist analysis of private umbilical cord blood banking. Body & Society. 2016;22(3):31-53. doi:10.1177/1357034X16645169

Machin LL. The collection of “quality” umbilical cord blood for stem cell treatments: conflicts, compromises, and clinical pragmatism. New Genetics and Society. 2016;35(3):307-326. doi:10.1080/14636778.2016.1209109

Switzer GE, Bruce J, Kiefer DM, Kobusingye H, Drexler R, Besser RM, Confer DL, Horowitz MM, King RJ, Shaw BE, van Walraven SM. Health-related quality of life among pediatric hematopoietic stem cell donors. The Journal of Pediatrics. 2016 Nov 1;178:164-70. doi: 1016/j.jpeds.2016.07.009

2015

Fingrut W. The Need for Ethnically Diverse Stem Cell Donors. UBC Medical Journal. 2015 Oct 1;7(1).

Fingrut W. Anatomy of a Stem Cell Drive: An Evidence-Based Approach to Stem Cell Drive Organization. UBCMJ. 2015 Feb 24;6(2):44-6.

Fingrut W. The Stem Cell Drive: A Canadian Perspective. Blood. 2015;126(23):5343. doi:10.1182/blood.V126.23.5434.5434

Haw J. From waste to (fool’s) gold: promissory and profit values of cord blood. Monash Bioethics Review. 2015;33(4):325-339. doi:10.1007/s40592-015-0048-5

PRE-2015

Hyde MK, Mclaren PJ, White KM. Identifying belief targets to increase bone marrow registry participation among students who have never donated blood. Psychology, Health & Medicine. 2014;19(1):115-125. doi:10.1080/13548506.2013.775467

Hyde MK, White KM. Testing an extended theory of planned behavior to predict young people's intentions to join a bone marrow donor registry. Journal of Applied Social Psychology. 2013;43(12):2462-2467. doi:10.1111/jasp.12195

Machin LL, Brown N, McLeod D. ‘Two’s company—Three's a crowd’: The collection of umbilical cord blood for commercial stem cell banks in England and the midwifery profession. Midwifery. 2012;28(3):358-365. doi:10.1016/j.midw.2011.05.002

Machin LL, Brown N, McLeod D. Giving to receive? The right to donate in umbilical cord blood banking for stem cell therapies. Health Policy. 2012;104(3):296-303. doi:10.1016/j.healthpol.2011.11.011

Brown N, Machin L, McLeod D. Immunitary bioeconomy: the economisation of life in the international cord blood market. Social Science & Medicine. 2011;72(7):1115-1122. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.01.024

Mclaren PJ, Hyde MK, White KM. Exploring the role of gender and risk perceptions in people’s decisions to register as a bone marrow donor. Health Education Research. 2011 Dec;27(3):513-522. doi:10.1093/her/cyr112

Switzer GE, Bruce JG, Myaskovsky L, DiMartini A, Shellmer D, Confer DL, Abress LK, King RJ, Harnaha AG, Ohngemach S, Dew MA. Race and ethnicity in decisions about unrelated hematopoietic stem cell donation. Blood. 2013 Feb 21;121(8):1469-76. doi: 1182/blood-2012-06-437343