Suzanne Vercauteren, University of British Columbia

Research

Biobanking Patient Engagement Pediatrics Research Ethics

Latest papers

Reproducible detection of antigen-specific T cells and Tregs via standardized and automated activation-induced marker assay workflows
Cell Reports: Methods · 2026
Development of a Multimedia Electronic Consent Platform for Biobanking and Research Utilizing Opinions from Children, Teens, and Adults.
Biopreservation and biobanking · 2026 · senior author
Folic acid supplementation in children with sickle cell disease: a randomized double-blind noninferiority cross-over trial.
The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2025

All 19 publications

Latest funding

Regulatory Natural Killer Cell Treatment in Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease and Solid Organ Transplantation Chronic Rejection
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$750,000
Folic acid supplementation in children with sickle cell disease: A double-blind randomized crossover trial
CIHR · 2019 · Co-investigator
$180,000
Canadian Autoimmunity Standardization Core (CAN-ASC)
CIHR · 2018 · Co-investigator
$1,500,000

All 7 grants and awards

19 publications.

01

Reproducible detection of antigen-specific T cells and Tregs via standardized and automated activation-induced marker assay workflows

Halvorson T, Boucher G, Yokosawa D, Huang JQ, Garcia R, Sanderink L, Chen L, Liu L, Fajardo-Despaigne JE, Halvorson J

Cell Reports: Methods20264 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.crmeth.2026.101458

02

Development of a Multimedia Electronic Consent Platform for Biobanking and Research Utilizing Opinions from Children, Teens, and Adults.

Kayda I, Ellis A, Nguyen V, Longstaff H, Portales-Casamar E, Robillard JM, Virani A, McKerrow A, Dittrick M, Lei G, Vercauteren S

Biopreservation and biobanking2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1089/bio.2024.0165 PMID: 40658626

03

Folic acid supplementation in children with sickle cell disease: a randomized double-blind noninferiority cross-over trial.

Williams BA, McCartney H, Singer J, Devlin AM, Vercauteren S, Amid A, Wu JK, Karakochuk CD

The American journal of clinical nutrition2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.ajcnut.2025.02.001 PMID: 39921095

04

Evaluating Activated Regulatory T Cells as a Biomarker of Chronic Allograft Inflammation in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients.

Leung ML, Barrett-Chan E, Levings MK, Vercauteren S, Blydt-Hansen TD

Pediatric transplantation2025

DOI: 10.1111/petr.70041 PMID: 39924341

05

From good to great: The journey of sustained academic improvement of a university department of pathology and laboratory medicine.

Gao ZH, McMillan G, Wellington C, Cote H, Nimmo M, Huntsman D, Vercauteren S, Perrone L, Granville D, Laule C

Academic pathology2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.acpath.2025.100159 PMID: 39981157

06

A Comparative Study of B Cell Blast Isolation Methods from Bone Marrow Aspirates of Pediatric Leukemia Patients.

Atre T, Nguyen V, Chow V, Reid GSD, Vercauteren S

Biopreservation and biobanking2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1089/bio.2023.0133 PMID: 38686645

07

Explore Biobanking Issues: Get to Know ISBER's Working Groups and Special Interest Groups.

Allocca CM, Wadhwa L, Mullins P, Michels C, Rubinstein Y, Orth S, Zaayenga A, Vercauteren S

Biopreservation and biobanking2022Senior author

DOI: 10.1089/bio.2022.29113.cja PMID: 36537734

08

Machine learning optimized multiparameter radar plots for B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia minimal residual disease analysis.

Shopsowitz KE, Liu L, Setiadi A, Al-Bakri M, Vercauteren S

Cytometry. Part B, Clinical cytometry2022Senior author

DOI: 10.1002/cyto.b.22084 PMID: 35726954

09

Finding the Value in Biobanks: Enhancing the CTRNet Locator.

Matzke LA, Tarling TE, Gali B, Dee S, LeBlanc J, Vercauteren S, Watson PH

Biopreservation and biobanking2022

DOI: 10.1089/bio.2021.0043 PMID: 34252293

10

Risk factors for post-transplant Epstein-Barr virus events in pediatric recipients of hematopoietic stem cell transplants.

Enok Bonong PR, Buteau C, Duval M, Lacroix J, Laporte L, Tucci M, Robitaille N, Spinella PC, Cuvelier GDE, Lewis V, Vercauteren S, Alfieri C, Trottier H

Pediatric transplantation2021

DOI: 10.1111/petr.14052 PMID: 34076939

Regulatory Natural Killer Cell Treatment in Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease and Solid Organ Transplantation Chronic Rejection

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Team Grant: Preparation to Trial: Inflammation for Chronic Conditions

Principal investigators: Schultz, Kirk R

Keywords: Antibody-Mediated Rejection; Biomarkers; Cell Therapeutics; Chronic Graft-Versus-Host Disease; Cytokines; Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation; Immune Modulators; Solid Organ Transplantation

$750,000

Folic acid supplementation in children with sickle cell disease: A double-blind randomized crossover trial

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Project Grant

Principal investigators: Karakochuk, Crystal D

Keywords: Crossover Trial; Folic Acid; Hematology; Nutrition; Pediatrics; Randomized Controlled Trial; Sickle Cell Disease; Supplementation

$180,000

Canadian Autoimmunity Standardization Core (CAN-ASC)

Co-investigatorCIHR2018Team Grant: Human Immunology Initiative: Standardization Core

Principal investigators: Levings, Megan K

Keywords: Autoimmunity; Biomarkers; Clinical Immunology; Flow Cytometry; Genomics; Human Immunology; Metabolomics; Microbiome; Proteomics

$1,500,000

Canadian Autoimmunity Standardization Core (CAN-ASC)

Co-investigatorCIHR2017Team Grant: Human Immunology Initiative: Standardization Core - LOI

Principal investigators: Levings, Megan K

Keywords: Autoimmunity; Clinical Immunology; Flow Cytometry; Genomics; Human Immunology; Metabolomics; Microbiome; Proteomics

$25,000

Giving patients and health care providers a voice in pediatric biobanking

Nominated PICIHR2016Patient-Oriented Research Collaboration Grants

Principal investigators: Vercauteren, Suzanne M

Keywords: Biobanking; Patient Engagement; Pediatrics; Research Ethics

$25,000

Filling the void: Public engagement around a new model for access to research resources

Co-investigatorCIHR2016Project Grant

Principal investigators: McGrail, Kimberlyn M

Keywords: Administrative Data; Bio-Banking; Bioethics; Data Access; Data Linkage; Deliberative Dialogue; Ethics

$405,185

Is iron deficiency the cause of anemia in Cambodian women of reproductive age? A 2 x 2 factorial randomized controlled trial of oral iron and multiple micronutrient supplementation

Co-investigatorCIHR2015Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Green, Tim

Keywords: Anemia; Genetic Hemoglobin Disorders; Genotyping; Iron Deficiency; Micronutrient Deficiency; Randomized Controlled Trial; Supplementation; Women Of Reproductive Age

$163,642

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

Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Pediatrics
Medical Intensive Care Unit
Genome Sciences Centre
Médecine sociale et préventive
Microbiology and Immunology
Molecular Oncology
Other

1 shared papers, latest 2025

David Huntsman

Molecular Oncology

1 shared papers, latest 2025

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