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Cynthia Wu

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Associate ProfessorMedicine DeptUniversity of Alberta

Cynthia Wu

Associate Professor

Medicine Dept

Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry

University of Alberta

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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14 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 1 recent paper, a sign of leading a research group.

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Publications

2,373

Citations

102

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Research

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Latest papers

Cardiovascular Outcomes Following Major Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Patients With Pre-Existing Cardiovascular Disease: The INTERBLEED International Prospective Cohort Study
Gastroenterology · 2026
Risks of thrombosis and hemorrhage in concurrent use of anticoagulants and potential interacting prostate cancer agents.
Cancer · 2026
Suboptimal screening and correction of maternal iron deficiency anaemia in the general population and in inherited bleeding disorders: A population-based cohort study.
British journal of haematology · 2026

All 54 publications

Latest funding

Enabling and Engaging patients to DECIDE indefinite versus short-term anticoagulation for VTE (DECIDE-VTE): A Stepped-Wedge Cluster Randomized Trial
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$589,052
Low-dose direct oral anticoagulant compared to aspirin for the thromboprophylaxis of patients with JAK2-positive myeloproliferative neoplasms
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$1,350,226
CanVECTOR (Canadian Venous Thromboembolism Clinical Trials and Outcomes Research) Network
CIHR · 2020 · Co-investigator
$150,000

All 10 grants and awards

54 publications.

Cardiovascular Outcomes Following Major Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Patients With Pre-Existing Cardiovascular Disease: The INTERBLEED International Prospective Cohort Study

Forbes N, Eikelboom JW, Yi Q, Moayyedi P, Alings M, Bangdiwala SI, Barkun AN, Cassella F, Duzen I, Hamilton L

Gastroenterology20264 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2026.02.028

Risks of thrombosis and hemorrhage in concurrent use of anticoagulants and potential interacting prostate cancer agents.

Wang TF, Clarke A, Rath M, Yoo S, Fremont D, Wu C, Ravani P, Bossé D, Talarico R, Carrier M, Sood MM

Cancer20262 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1002/cncr.70266 PMID: 41797435

Suboptimal screening and correction of maternal iron deficiency anaemia in the general population and in inherited bleeding disorders: A population-based cohort study.

Alam AU, Kaul P, Jain V, Wu C, Sun HL

British journal of haematology2026Open Access

DOI: 10.1111/bjh.70348 PMID: 41589617

A Multicenter Prospective Cohort Study on the Use of Weight‐Adjusted Dalteparin in Patients Over 90 kg With Acute Cancer‐Associated Venous Thromboembolism—The WAVe Study

Wang T, Yeo E, Gross PL, Séguin C, Wu C, Shivakumar S, Mallick R, Delluc A, D'Astous J, Kimpton M

American Journal of Hematology2026Open Access

DOI: 10.1002/ajh.70127

Primary thromboprophylaxis in patients with malignancy and central venous catheters: TRIM-Line randomized controlled trial - Design and rationale.

Wang TF, Ikesaka R, Mahé I, Hill D, Sperlich C, Tagalakis V, Shivakumar S, Leonard B, Cervi A, Kuruvilla P, Larose F, Matino D, Frosi Stella S, Séguin C, Al Raizah A, Le Gal G, Siegal DM, Delluc A, Mallick R, Lazo-Langner A, Wu C, Christopher D, Di Nisio M, Ageno W, Yazji B, Carrier M

Thrombosis and haemostasis2026

DOI: 10.1055/a-2963-4656 PMID: 42767263

Rate of abnormal uterine bleeding in women on anticoagulation for venous thromboembolism: systematic review and meta-analysis.

Taree NA, Lee A, Sivak A, Rich R, Zhu N, Wei Linda Sun H, Wu C

Journal of thrombosis and haemostasis : JTH2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.jtha.2026.01.030 PMID: 41791665

Risk factors associated with gastrointestinal bleeding in patients with cardiovascular disease (INTERBLEED): a case control study

Bosch J, O’Donnell M, Yi Q, Moayyedi P, Alings M, Avezum A, Bangdiwala SI, Barkun A, Cassella F, da Rocha AM

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology (EJPC)20256 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1093/eurjpc/zwaf300

Strategies for anticoagulation in patients with thrombocytopenia and cancer-associated thrombosis (START): design and rationale of the START pilot randomized controlled trial.

Wang TF, Thomas M, Cervi A, Tan Y, Wu C, Leader A, Jara-Palomares L, Stanworth SJ, Carrier M

Research and practice in thrombosis and haemostasis20254 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.rpth.2025.102898 PMID: 40606765

Validation of the ToDay, a simplified diagnostic algorithm for deep vein thrombosis

Sharma S, Soon L, de Wit K, Sharma S, Afilalo M, Le Gal G, Shivakumar S, Bates SM, Wu C, Lazo-Langner A

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis20253 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.jtha.2025.06.029

Rationale and design of APOLLO: a personalized rehAbilitation PrOgram in aLLOgeneic bone marrow transplantation.

Pituskin E, Foulkes S, Skow RJ, McMurtry T, Kruger C, Bates JE, Lamoureux D, Brandwein J, Lieuw E, Wu C, Zhu N, Wang P, Sawler D, Taparia M, Hamilton M, Comfort-Riddle T, Meyer T, Gyenes GT, Paterson I, Prado CM, Haykowsky MJ, Greiner JG, McNeely ML, Tandon P, Thompson RB

BMC cancer20251 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1186/s12885-025-13502-8 PMID: 39875816

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Cynthia Wu

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Cardiovascular Outcomes Following Major Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Patients With Pre-Existing Cardiovascular Disease: The INTERBLEED International Prospective Cohort Study

Risks of thrombosis and hemorrhage in concurrent use of anticoagulants and potential interacting prostate cancer agents.

Suboptimal screening and correction of maternal iron deficiency anaemia in the general population and in inherited bleeding disorders: A population-based cohort study.

A Multicenter Prospective Cohort Study on the Use of Weight‐Adjusted Dalteparin in Patients Over 90 kg With Acute Cancer‐Associated Venous Thromboembolism—The WAVe Study

Primary thromboprophylaxis in patients with malignancy and central venous catheters: TRIM-Line randomized controlled trial - Design and rationale.

Rate of abnormal uterine bleeding in women on anticoagulation for venous thromboembolism: systematic review and meta-analysis.

Risk factors associated with gastrointestinal bleeding in patients with cardiovascular disease (INTERBLEED): a case control study

Strategies for anticoagulation in patients with thrombocytopenia and cancer-associated thrombosis (START): design and rationale of the START pilot randomized controlled trial.

Validation of the ToDay, a simplified diagnostic algorithm for deep vein thrombosis

Rationale and design of APOLLO: a personalized rehAbilitation PrOgram in aLLOgeneic bone marrow transplantation.

Frequent collaborators

Marc Carrier

Michael McMurtry

Sudeep Shivakumar

Grégoire Le Gal

Sam Schulman

Shannon Bates

Erik Yeo

Alejandro Lazo-Langner

Peter Lawrence Gross

Vasiliki Tagalakis

Tzu-Fei Wang

Vicky Tagalakis

Susan Kahn

Joseph Brandwein

Frederick Spencer

Sunita Ghosh

Shrikant Bangdiwala

Martin O'Donnell

Jeannie Callum

Alan Barkun

Paul Moayyedi

Na Li

Michelle Sholzberg

Vera Dounaevskaia

Peter Jaksa

Jai Jayakar

Gloria Lim

Andrew Beckett

Normand Blais

Erik Youngson

Isabelle Chagnon

Jeremy Rempel