Our Numbers
20
26
150
8
Years of Experience
Qualified Experts
Publications
Intl. Partners
About Us
Thrombosis & Haemostasis
.png)
LATEST
PROJECTS
Hormonal Contraception & Thrombosis Risk
TEG/ROTEM as a tool to aid in the diagnosis and management of COVID-19 coagulopathies: A systematic review and meta-analysis
01
02
03
Incidence and Risk Factors of Thromboembolic events among patients with Ovarian Cancer.
Funded By
.png){kind=logo}
As Featured On
Get to know us better
Our Mission
1) Conduct research on novel topics in the fields of thrombosis and haemostasis
2) Empower students, trainees and early career professionals and provide the opportunity to research and network globally, without barriers.
Our Goal
Our primary goal is to better understand complex and rare pathologies related to bleeding and clotting disorders, to improve diagnosis and clinical outcomes.
Our Values
1) Connection - We are a global team of clinicians, researchers, students and trainees that values diversity.
2) Inquiry - We explore questions that are important for patients, health providers, & communities.
News & Events
Events
International Society on Thrombosis & Haemostasis (ISTH) Congress 2024 in Bangkok
At this year's ISTH Congress three poster abstracts were led and co-authored by Dr. Othman's lab mentees including Regan Bucciol, Claire Bunker, Aditi Kini, Yousra Tera, Salah Elsherif, Adham Elsherbini, Ali Zidan, and Stefania Coroneos. One oral abstract was presented by Thomas Kazmirchuk PhD, a collabortion project with Dr. Ashkan Golshani's Lab at Carleton University.
Dr. Maha Othman lectured at four scientific standardization committees and presented data on projects supported by the ISTH's Women's Health, DIC, and Scientific Committees.
News
Congratulations to Student Claire Bunker for Winning a Silver Medal alongside the 2024 QGEM Team
The QGEM team this year won a silver medal at the iGEM competition. Their 2024 project was branded SynAxis, and was aimed at identifying a novel therapeutic strategy targeting the gut pathology of early stage body first Parkinson's Disease. Click here to learn more about the project.
News
International Society on Thrombosis & Haemostasis (ISTH) Congress Daily News in Bangkok
Amazing collaborative work by Dr. Othman and Thomas Kazmirchuk, Ph.D, at Queen's University and Carelton University, done on Platelet Type Von Willebrand Disease (PT-VWD) was featured on the ISTH Congress Daily News.
News
Congratulations to Natalie Kearn for being accepted into the School of Medicine at Queen's University, and to Ali Zidan and Adham El-Sherbini for their acceptance at Temerty Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto!
Events
ISLH 2024 Nantes
Mentees Regan Bucciol, Yousra Tera, Alyssa Qian, Armita Zandi, Adham Elsherbini, Ali Zidan, Stefania Coroneos, Claire Bunker, Hannah Parante, Salah Elsherif, and Aditi Kini produced amazing work that was featured at the ISLH, including four poster presentation. Two awards were also received!
Events
8th annual Tri-campus Synapse Nursing Symposium
Held on June 12th, 2024 the event was once again a wonderful testimony of the strength of the BScN/PN programs St. Lawrence College. Impressive work was produced by Dr. Othman's students at SLC including Isabella Isbester, Tanya Larivire, Grace Guigue, Emilie Yates, and Nora Ayling. Regan Bucciol presented her internationally recognized 4th year thesis project. MSc student, Deirdre Finnigan presented novel data on cancer associated anemia and red cell function. Dr. Othman also presented posters on behalf of other mentees including Alyssa Qian, Armita Zandi, Dhruv Shah, and Adham Elsherbini.
Events
Queen's Cancer Research Institute Retreat 2024
Othman Lab mentees attended the QCRI Retreat, for what is now known as the Sinclair Cancer Research Institute. Four posters were presented by Deirdre Finnigan, Jordan Harry, Adham Elsherbini, and Regan Bucciol. Two astounding flash talk presentations were given by Deirdre Finnigan and Jordan Harry. An award was given to Jordan Harry for her excellent presentation at the event.
Award
ISLH 2024 Travel Awards! x2
Two lab members were awarded travel awards to attend the International Symposium on Technical Innovations in Laboratory Hematology in Nantes, France! Congratulations to Yousra Tera ("ABO blood groups, hypercoagulability and thrombosis risk in women with cancer undergoing chemotherapy") and Regan Bucciol ("Evaluating Predictive Tools for Thrombosis Risk Assessment in Breast Cancer - Unmet Need")
Media
Check out Clot Conversations, the official Thrombosis Canada podcast co-hosted by our very own Dr Maha Othman. Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and more.
Award
Alyssa Qian wins big at CUCOH 2024
1st Place Poster Presentation, Project titled: Health Disparities Experienced by East-Asian Manual Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Literature Review.
Media
ISTH 2023 - Scientific Interviews
Check out two interviews hosted by Dr. Othman below:
Prevalence and risk factors for thrombo- embolism in women with sickle cell disease during pregnancy. Click here to watch the full video.
Phase 3 prospective, randomized, controlled, open-label, multicenter, crossover study of recombinant ADAMTS13 in patients with congenital thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura. Click here to watch the full video.
Award
Student Anne Fu Receives $5000 Research Award
Congrats to Anne Fu, the 2024 recepient of the Weaver/Howe Summer Studentship in Cancer Research. She'll be conducting her project this summer with Dr. Othman. More details to come!
News
Congratulations to Student Stefania Coreoneos named the Co-Chair for the Queen's Healthcare and Business Conference
Read more on this revolutionary conference here.
Award
Ali Zidan celebrated for COVID literature review
Ali Zidan received an award from Seminars in Thrombosis & Haemostasis for his review article "Zidan A, Noureldin A, Kumar SA, Elsebaie A, Othman M. COVID-19 Vaccine-Associated Immune Thrombosis and Thrombocytopenia (VITT): Diagnostic Discrepancies and Global Implications. Semin Thromb Hemost. 2023 Feb;49(1):9-14,” winning one of two Eberhard F Mammen Seminars in Thrombosis and Hemostasis 2024 Most Popular Article Awards for the ‘Free to download' Category. This award carries a cash prize of $1000US.
Events
Vascular 2023 - Upcoming Presentations
Join us in congratulating our lab members Salah ElSherif, Ali Tafazoli and Yousra Tera on their acceptances to the Vascular 2023 conference in Montreal!
Media
In this episode of Clot Conversations, Dr Maha Othman and Dr Leonardo Brandao discuss their recent paper, "Diagnosis and management of severe congenital protein C deficiency (SCPCD): Communication from the SSC of the ISTH." Access it here: JTH. 2022;20:1735–1743.
Events
International Society on Thrombosis & Haemostasis (ISTH) Congress 2022
At this year's ISTH Congress in Sunny London, UK, Dr. Othman's lab group presented several abstracts & posters. Those presenting included: Shreya Anil Kumar, Yousra Tera, Oliva Saville, Elena Gupalo, Helen Okoye, & Sydney Penfound. A big congratulations to Dr. Elena Gupalo for winning a Reach-the-World travel award.
For more details on the conference, click here.
Award
Shreya Anil Kumar receives ASURF Grant
ASURF (Arts & Science Undergraduate Research Fund) was implemented to foster a community amongst undergraduate scholars and promote a greater investment in undergraduate research. Through the partnership between ASUS and the Faculty of Arts and Science at Queen’s University, ASURF will assist in funding research projects at the undergraduate level.
News
Congratulations to Dr. Mazen Assar who matched in this year's CaRMS 2023 Match!
Dr. Assar will be an Internal Medicine resident at the University of British Columbia. Best of luck!
News
Helen Okoye, our MSc student, is appointed to ISTH's scientific Steering Committee
"The World Thrombosis Day campaign, led by the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH), today announced the appointment of seven new members to its scientific Steering Committee... Dr. Helen Okoye, MBBS, FMCPath, FWACP (University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Nigeria)" Read more about it on the World Thrombosis Day website.
Award
Sajida Kazi, a member of our Global Research & Mentorship Group (GRMG), won the 2022 Eberhard F. Mammen Young Investigator Award
This is an award organized by the editors in chief at Seminars Thrombosis and Haemostasis journal. This award recognizes a young investigator with outstanding performance in an international conference. Sajida was nominated for her outstanding abstract and oral presentation at ISTH 2021.