Andrew Shih, McMaster University

Research

Read how they describe their research on their McMaster University profile.

Research areas, by share of publications

Blood transfusion and managementMedicine
Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, ResuscitationMedicine
Blood groups and transfusionMedicine
Blood donation and transfusion practicesBusiness, Management and Accounting

Healthcare Waste Internal Medicine Laboratory Testing Low Value Testing Routine Laboratory Testing Social Comparison Utilization

Research areas are derived from OpenAlex topics of their publications.

Latest papers

Canadian Cardiovascular Society and National Advisory Committee on Blood and Blood Products Joint Statement on Blood Utilization and Transfusion for Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes
Canadian Journal of Cardiology · 2025 · first author

All 1 publications

Latest funding

Small-Volume Tubes to Reduce Anemia and Transfusion Expansion Phase (STRATUS-X) Trial Planning Grant
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$20,000
Effects of donor-recipient sex-matched versus sex-mismatched red blood cell transfusion on outcomes in critically ill adult patients
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$2,084,624
The Canadian Donations and Transfusions Database (CANDAT): A Big-Data Solution to Blood Safety and Sustainability Research
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$20,000

All 3 grants and awards

Researchers with similar interests

Michelle Zeller

Department of Medicine

Blood transfusion and management, Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation

Shuoyan Ning

Department of Medicine

Blood transfusion and management, Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation

Kathryn Webert

Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine

Blood transfusion and management, Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation

Dwight Prodger

Department of Surgery

Blood transfusion and management, Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation

Heather Whittingham

Department of Medicine

Blood transfusion and management, Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation

Mohammad Refaei

Department of Medicine

Blood transfusion and management, Blood donation and transfusion practices

1 publications.

01

Canadian Cardiovascular Society and National Advisory Committee on Blood and Blood Products Joint Statement on Blood Utilization and Transfusion for Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes

Shih AW, Schnell G, Belley-Côté E, Lett R, Peretz-Larochelle M, Tinmouth A

Canadian Journal of Cardiology20252 citationsFirst author

DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2025.05.019

Small-Volume Tubes to Reduce Anemia and Transfusion Expansion Phase (STRATUS-X) Trial Planning Grant

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Planning and Dissemination Grants - Institute/Initiative Community Support

Principal investigators: Siegal, Deborah M; Belley-Côté, Emilie Prudence

Keywords: Anemia; Cardiovascular; Hospitalization; Pragmatic Trial; Transfusion

$20,000

Effects of donor-recipient sex-matched versus sex-mismatched red blood cell transfusion on outcomes in critically ill adult patients

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Project Grant

Principal investigators: Zeller, Michelle P; Fergusson, Dean A

Keywords: Adults; Blood Donor Characteristics; Intensive Care Unit; Mortality; Red Blood Cell Transfusions; Sex-Matched

$2,084,624

The Canadian Donations and Transfusions Database (CANDAT): A Big-Data Solution to Blood Safety and Sustainability Research

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Arnold, Donald M

Keywords: Blood Transfusion Research; Data Analytics; Data Linkages

$20,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine
Family Medicine
Department of Medicine

Co-authors at McMaster University, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.

Alan Tinmouth

Family Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2025

Emilie Belley-Cote

Department of Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2025

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Blood transfusion and management Dear Professor Shih, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Canadian Cardiovascular Society and National Advisory Committee on Blood and Blood Products Joint Statement on Blood Utilization and Transfusion for Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes" (2025), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]