Research Team

Associate Professor Lin Fung

Work role: Associate Professor in Medical Laboratory Science
Institution: USC Qualifications: PhD, Grad Dip Management, BAppSc (MLS)
HDR Supervision: Welcomes new students & collaborations

Lin has a passion for translational research and is currently supervising 5 transfusion related PhD projects. Her areas of research interest include:

Blood donor and donation practices in Asia Pacific
Patient blood management
Geriatric transfusion requirements and triggers.
Application of machine learning to transfusion practice.
Effective use of IVIg and SCIg use in Australia.
Diagnosis, investigation and research into the mechanism of TRALI.

Other roles:

Vice-President of the International Society of Blood Transfusion (ISBT).
Research member of the Blood Management committees at the Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service and The Prince Charles Hospital.
Adjunct Associate Professor at Griffith University.

Dr Alison Craswell

Work Role: Research Fellow Visiting Fellow Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service
Institution: USC
Qualifications: PhD, BA(Inf Mgmt), BN, Grad Dip Mid
HDR supervision: Available for projects that align with these research themes.

My expertise is in health informatics and I am researching in the area of acute transfusion in older adults, specifically emergency presentation and transfusion; optimal pre-operative anaemia management.

Dr Rebeca Donkin

Work role: Lecturer, Medical Laboratory Science
Institution: USC Qualifications: PhD, GC Ed, BSc, DipMedLabSc
HDR supervision: I am available for projects that align with these themes of research.

I am researching in the area of haemoglobin and coagulation reference intervals in older adults and blood donation in the Asia Pacific region.

Dr Mingzhong Wang

Work role: Lecturer in Computer Science
Institution: USC Qualifications: PhD, M.Eng., B.Eng.
HDR supervision: available as co-supervisor on topics related data analysis and AI

Ming is interested in the theories and applications of data science and machine learning, including web and wearable data analysis. He has published over forty research articles on machine learning and business process optimisation and served as the reviewers and program committee members of many leading AI/ML journals and conferences.

Professor Michelle Chew

Work role: Academic Chair and Professor in Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Acute Care
Institution, Linköping University Hospital, Sweden.
Qualifications: MBBS, PhD, EDIC, EDAIC

Professor Chew’s research interests revolve around the heart in the high-risk patient, perioperatively and during critical illness. Additional research focuses on perioperative outcomes. She is an executive member of the Swedish Perioperative Registry, the Scandinavian Clinical Practice Guidelines Committee, Deputy Chair for the Health Services and Research Outcomes section and faculty member for the European Diploma of Advanced Echocardiography for the ESICM. She is Associate Editor for the European Journal of Anaesthesiology.
Disclosures (last five years):Travel reimbursements and speaker’s honoraria for Edwards LifeSciences and Pulsion Medical Systems.

Dr Bronwyn Pearse

Professional roles:

Blood Management CNC @ The Prince Charles Hospital
Adjunct Senior Lecturer, USC
Adjunct Reseach Fellow, Menzies Helath Institute Qld (MHIQ)

Qualifications: PhD, RN, MClinPrac
HDR supervision: Available for projects on blood management

My expertise is in blood management, particularly implementation of blood management into clinical practice.

Dr John-Paul Tung

Professional Roles:

Senior Research Fellow, Australian Red Cross Lifeblood
Adjunct Associate Professor USC

Qualifications: PhD, BSc
HDR supervision: available for projects that align with these themes of research.

I am researching in the areas of blood component storage, transfusion-related immunomodulation and transfusion-related acute lung injury.

Associate Professor Suzanne Broadbent

Work Role: Assoc Prof and Program Lead of Clinical Exercise Physiology; joint Discipline Lead, Sport & Exercise ScienceQualifications: PhD; B Ex Sci (Hon); B Ed
Institution: USC;adjunct Assoc Prof Southern Cross University
HDR supervision: available for projects that align with the above areas of research, both quantitative and qualitative.

Areas of Research: haematology and immunology, especially relevant to exercise/rehabilitation (chronic medical conditions, general and sport populations); I’m very interested in immune cell responses with cancer and chronic fatigue illnesses and rehab; seasonal variations in blood cells; inflammatory bio-markers.