Connect with Carley Gemelli
Carley coordinates program management for R&D and works as a project manager across a number of projects. Her research focuses on improving the donors’ experience when their donation is postponed. She’s interested in using statistical techniques to analyse data and developing techniques to encourage donors to return.
Carley has a research background in Medical Science and Epidemiology looking at infectious diseases and longitudinal health risks. She has a Masters in Applied Statistics and Clinical Epidemiology. She loves working in an applied setting and seeing research findings translated into practice.
Awards
- ISBT Award for best poster presentation (2021)
Leadership
- Peer-reviewer for numerous journals including Transfusion, Vox Sanguinis, and Health Science Reports
- Peer-reviewer for conference abstracts (AABB)
Key publications
Improving donor retention following a temporary deferral: A cluster randomized controlled trial of deferral educational materials
2022
Transfusion
62(6): 1230-1239
Notifying donors when their deferral is ending: An effective donor retention strategy
2021
Transfusion
61: 2930– 2940.
Emotions experienced when receiving a temporary deferral: perspectives from staff and donors
2018
ISBT Science Series
13:394-404.
Frequent whole blood donors: understanding this population and predictors of lapse
2017
Transfusion
57:108-114.
Evaluation of the impact of a personalized postdonation short messaging service on the retention of whole blood donors
2020
Transfusion
58 (3):701-709
Carley Gemelli articles
