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Yang Liu

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Lecturer (Adjunct)MedicineMcMaster University

Yang Liu

Lecturer (Adjunct)

Medicine

Faculty of Health Sciences

McMaster University

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

In this role since 2024

Supervision signals

Adjunct, part-time and visiting faculty usually co-supervise alongside a core faculty member.
Teaches 1 graduate course, most recently in 2025.
42 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

2,605

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Collaborators

Publications by year

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Other appointments

Michael G. DeGroote Centre for Transfusion Research (MCTR)

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Contact

yliu@mcmaster.ca

Research

Research areas, by share of publications

Blood donation and transfusion practicesBusiness, Management and Accounting
Blood transfusion and managementMedicine
Sepsis Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine

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99 publications.

Opportunities for improving platelet transfusion practice: A large retrospective audit across 22 hospitals

Ryan S, Liu Y, Raza S, Loeffler A, Relke N, Gabarin N, Risk M, Nguyen PU, Li N, Verma A

British Journal of Haematology20261 citations

DOI: 10.1111/bjh.70304

Exploring the immunomodulatory impacts of blood manufacturing consolidation

Kauffman A, Zeller MP, Liu Y, Acker JP, Arnold DM, Heddle N, Hillis C, Li N, Rochwerg B, Lucier K

Transfusion2026

DOI: 10.1111/trf.70088

Perioperative iron therapy for women undergoing gynecologic procedures: a systematic review and meta-analysis

MacLean B, Lim J, Sirotich E, Chowdhury SR, Watson M, Pai M, Gabarin N, Rochwerg B, Luketic L, Liu Y

Blood Red Cells & Iron2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.brci.2026.100067

Novel method for trend change detection and hypothesis generation in hemovigilance: A transfusion‐related immunomodulation and blood production changes study

Ning S, Li N, Liu Y, Kim D, Acker JP, Arnold D, Hadzi‐Tosev M, Hillis C, Kauffman A, Lucier KJ

Transfusion2026

DOI: 10.1111/trf.70060

Liberal Versus Restrictive Red Blood Cell Transfusion Strategies in Leukemia: Protocol for a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial Using Bleeding-Related Biomarker Endpoints

Modi D, Berg T, Jamula E, Heddle N, Kim D, Liaw PC, Liu Y, Parker MJ, Travis G, Webert K

2026

DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-9906597/v1

Perioperative Anemia Management in Patients Undergoing Gynaecologic Procedures: A 12-Year Multisite Study

Gabarin N, Liu Y, Coll-Black M, Luketic L, Pai M, St John M, Shirinzadeh M, Sirotich E, Arnold DM, Zeller MP

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada20257 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.jogc.2025.102923

Canadian donations and transfusion database (CANDAT): From blood donors to transfusion recipients

Raza S, Callum J, Modi D, Sztainert T, Shih AW, Schull MJ, McGrail K, Verma A, Razak F, Russell A

Transfusion20256 citations

DOI: 10.1111/trf.18257

The association of donor and recipient sex on sepsis rates and hemoglobin increment among critically ill patients receiving red cell transfusions in a retrospective study

Li W, Liu Y, Lucier KJ, Heddle NM, Acker JP

eJHaem20252 citations

DOI: 10.1002/jha2.1005

Plasma transfusion practice: A five‐year audit of plasma transfusion at 23 hospitals

Gabarin N, Nguyen PU, Li N, Loeffler A, Raza S, Relke N, Ryan S, Bartoszko J, Liu Y, Risk M

Transfusion2025

DOI: 10.1111/trf.18400

The Association Between Anemia and Bleeding in Thrombocytopenic Patients with a Hematological Malignancy

Modi D, Heddle N, Kim D, Liu Y, Arnold D

Transfusion Medicine Reviews2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.tmrv.2025.150911

Courses taught

Independent Study in Medical Sciences
MEDSCI 799 · last taught 2025
Graduate