Andrew Beckett, University of Toronto

Research

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Latest papers

Engineering tough blood clots for rapid haemostasis and enhanced regeneration.
Nature · 2026
Local delivery of tranexamic acid for hemorrhage control in trauma: a narrative review
Frontiers in Drug Delivery · 2026 · senior author
Preparing for resilience — Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum
Canadian Journal of Public Health · 2026

All 53 publications

Latest funding

Using machine learning to augment trauma resuscitation
SSHRC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$250,000
Prospective, multicentre, randomized, parallel-control, superiority study comparing administration of clotting factor concentrates with a standard massive hemorrhage protocol in severely bleeding trauma patients
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$1,021,276
Minimally-invasive device and bioabsorbable hemostatic powder for managing non-compressible torso hemorrhage
CIHR · 2020 · Co-investigator
$455,176

All 3 grants and awards

53 publications.

01

Engineering tough blood clots for rapid haemostasis and enhanced regeneration.

Jiang S, Bao G, Yang Z, Wu J, Yang X, Kim JEJ, Jiang R, Zhan Y, Nottegar A, Liu Y, Gao ZH, Beckett A, Nijnik A, Long R, Kastrup C, Li J

Nature20265 citations

DOI: 10.1038/s41586-026-10412-y PMID: 42056507

02

Local delivery of tranexamic acid for hemorrhage control in trauma: a narrative review

Henry T. Peng, Christian J. Kastrup, Catherine C. Tenn, Andrew Beckett

Frontiers in Drug Delivery20261 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.3389/fddev.2026.1771095 PMID: 41799410

03

Preparing for resilience — Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum

Haldane V, Beckett A, Engels P, Forestier C, Gomez D, Klein D, Pedlar D, Puri M, Redpath D, Robb A

Canadian Journal of Public Health20261 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-025-01106-5

04

Prehospital Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta (REBOA) in Patients with Major Trauma and Cardiac Arrest: A Systematic Review.

Sun D, Dion PM, Olejarz M, McGowan M, Ziegler C, Beckett A, Cheskes S, von Vopelius-Feldt J

Prehospital emergency care2026

DOI: 10.1080/10903127.2026.2706098 PMID: 42530919

05

Prehospital whole blood transfusion in hemorrhagic shock: A systematic review.

Dion PM, Greene A, Aves T, Pan A, Drennan I, von Vopelius-Feldt J, Beckett A, Shorr R, Nolan B

Transfusion2026Open Access

DOI: 10.1111/trf.70146 PMID: 41793116

06

Precipitation-Based Encapsulation of Fibrinogen in Calcium Carbonate for Non-Compressible Hemorrhage Control

Henry Tao Peng, Tristan Bonnici, Catherine Tenn, Christian J. Kastrup, Andrew Beckett

Pharmaceuticals2026Senior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.3390/ph19060923 PMID: 42356540

07

Contraction of blood clots occurs during hemostasis and hemorrhagic shock to promote closure of lacerations.

Ferraresso M, Ali-Mohamad N, Cau MF, Seadler M, Turner H, Ferraresso F, Zhang Y, Carver TW, Nagaswami C, Beckett A, Peng HT, Litvinov RI, Weisel JW, Bacca M, Kastrup CJ

Biomaterials2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2026.124288 PMID: 42143432

08

Clinical and physiologic factors associated with early hypofibrinogenemia in trauma.

Al-Haimus F, Ghamarian E, Nisenbaum R, McFarlan A, McGowan M, Pavenski K, Beckett A, Nolan B

CJEM2026

DOI: 10.1007/s43678-026-01217-z PMID: 42786412

09

Five to excellence: The path to resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta proficiency.

Moore EE, Lopez J, Raley J, Spalding C, Mukherjee K, Radomski M, Nguyen J, Beckett A, Smith A, Rezende-Neto J, Vassy M, Dennis B

The journal of trauma and acute care surgery2026

DOI: 10.1097/ta.0000000000004793 PMID: 41114712

10

Call to enhance civilian and military blood preparedness.

Frescaline N, Beckett A, Reade MC

Lancet (London, England)2026

DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(26)00322-3 PMID: 41802443

Using machine learning to augment trauma resuscitation

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023New Frontiers in Research Fund - Exploration

Principal investigators: Nolan, Brodie

$250,000

Prospective, multicentre, randomized, parallel-control, superiority study comparing administration of clotting factor concentrates with a standard massive hemorrhage protocol in severely bleeding trauma patients

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Project Grant

Principal investigators: Callum, Jeannie L; Da Luz, Luis T

Keywords: Bleeding; Coagulopathy; Haemorrhage; Hypofibrinogenemia; Inury; Trauma

$1,021,276

Minimally-invasive device and bioabsorbable hemostatic powder for managing non-compressible torso hemorrhage

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Project Grant

Principal investigators: Kastrup, Christian J

Keywords: Abdominal Hemorrhage; Care-Under-Fire; Fibrinolysis; Hemostasis; Hemostatics; Incompressible Hemorrhage; Pre-Hospital; Tranexamic Acid; Trauma-Induced Coagulopathy; Wound Management

$455,176

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

Frequent collaborators

Donald Arnold and Jeannie Callum: 794 shared papers
David Gomez Jaramillo and David Gomez: 139 shared papers
Kelly Vogt and Neil Parry: 63 shared papers
Avery Nathens and David Gomez Jaramillo: 51 shared papers
Avery Nathens and David Gomez: 51 shared papers
Keyvan Karkouti and Jeannie Callum: 46 shared papers
Kevin Thorpe and Peter Juni: 42 shared papers
Donald Arnold and Keyvan Karkouti: 37 shared papers
Donald Arnold and Michelle Sholzberg: 29 shared papers
Jeannie Callum and Michelle Sholzberg: 29 shared papers
Michael Fralick and Michelle Sholzberg: 27 shared papers
Paul Engels and Kelly Vogt: 25 shared papers
Kelly Vogt and Ian Ball: 25 shared papers
Ian Ball and Neil Parry: 20 shared papers
Paul Engels and Neil Parry: 15 shared papers
Peter Juni and Michelle Sholzberg: 14 shared papers
Christian Kastrup and Andrew Beckett: 13 shared papers
Paul Engels and Avery Nathens: 11 shared papers
Brodie Nolan and Ian Drennan: 11 shared papers
Avery Nathens and Brodie Nolan: 10 shared papers
Adalsteinn Brown and Peter Juni: 9 shared papers
Jeannie Callum and Katerina Pavenski: 9 shared papers
Donald Arnold and Katerina Pavenski: 8 shared papers
Avery Nathens and Homer Tien: 8 shared papers
David Lillicrap and Michelle Sholzberg: 7 shared papers
David Gomez Jaramillo and Andrew Beckett: 7 shared papers
David Gomez and Andrew Beckett: 7 shared papers
Donald Arnold and Marc Carrier: 6 shared papers
Kevin Thorpe and Ian Drennan: 6 shared papers
Keyvan Karkouti and Avery Nathens: 6 shared papers
Marc Carrier and Jeannie Callum: 6 shared papers
Brodie Nolan and Johannes Von Vopelius-Feldt: 6 shared papers
Brodie Nolan and Andrew Beckett: 6 shared papers
Michelle Sholzberg and Katerina Pavenski: 6 shared papers
Donald Arnold and Ian Ball: 5 shared papers
Paul Engels and Andrew Beckett: 5 shared papers
David Lillicrap and Kevin Thorpe: 5 shared papers
Peter Juni and Marc Carrier: 5 shared papers
Peter Juni and Michael Fralick: 5 shared papers
Jeannie Callum and Andrew Beckett: 5 shared papers
Donald Arnold and Andrew Beckett: 4 shared papers
Donald Arnold and Homer Tien: 4 shared papers
David Lillicrap and Peter Juni: 4 shared papers
David Lillicrap and Michael Fralick: 4 shared papers
Avery Nathens and Andrew Beckett: 4 shared papers
Jeannie Callum and Homer Tien: 4 shared papers
Ian Drennan and Johannes Von Vopelius-Feldt: 4 shared papers
David Lillicrap and Andrew Beckett: 3 shared papers
Kevin Thorpe and Andrew Beckett: 3 shared papers
Keyvan Karkouti and Andrew Beckett: 3 shared papers
Peter Juni and Andrew Beckett: 3 shared papers
Marc Carrier and Andrew Beckett: 3 shared papers
Michael Fralick and Andrew Beckett: 3 shared papers
Kelly Vogt and Andrew Beckett: 3 shared papers
Neil Parry and Andrew Beckett: 3 shared papers
Michelle Sholzberg and Andrew Beckett: 3 shared papers
Katerina Pavenski and Andrew Beckett: 3 shared papers
David Lillicrap and Christian Kastrup: 2 shared papers
David Lillicrap and Gloria Lim: 2 shared papers
Kevin Thorpe and Gloria Lim: 2 shared papers
Adalsteinn Brown and David Gomez Jaramillo: 2 shared papers
Adalsteinn Brown and David Gomez: 2 shared papers
Adalsteinn Brown and Andrew Beckett: 2 shared papers
Peter Juni and Gloria Lim: 2 shared papers
Ian Drennan and Andrew Beckett: 2 shared papers
Ian Ball and Andrew Beckett: 2 shared papers
Johannes Von Vopelius-Feldt and Andrew Beckett: 2 shared papers
Gloria Lim and Andrew Beckett: 2 shared papers
Andrew Beckett and Homer Tien: 2 shared papers

Department of Medicine
Department of Surgery
Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology
Michael Smith Laboratories
General Surgery
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
Institute of Medical Science
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1 shared papers, latest 2021

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Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2024

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