Dr Joanne Tan
Senior Research Fellow
Research Fellow Associate, University of Sydney
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Joanne works across a number of projects. She examines the link between frequent whole blood donation, iron status and the red cell storage lesion; she characterises the growth factor concentration in serum eye drop product; she characterises a whole blood product for transfusion, and she investigates the responder and non-responder profiles in anti-D donors following RhD-positive red blood cell immunisation. She completed a PhD at the University of Sydney (Westmead Millennium Institute) in molecular biology and infectious diseases.
Awards
- Red Cross Distinguished Team award (2022)
- Australian and New Zealand Society of Blood Transfusion (ANZSBT) Research Fund Grant (2014, 2021)
- Young Investigator Award from the National Blood Authority at the ANZSBT Annual Scientific Meeting (2017)
- ANZSBT Best Poster Prize (2019)
- ANZSBT Travel Grant (2013)
Leadership
- Education Officer for the International Society of Blood Transfusion (ISBT) Cellular Therapies Working Party
- Supervises and mentors research staff and students
Key publications
Hemostatic function, immunomodulatory capacity, and effects of lipemia in cold-stored whole blood
2024
Transfusion
65(1):171-184
Haemolysis in red blood cell components is associated with donor ferritin and body mass index status, but not donation frequency
2024
Transfusion Apheresis Science
63(6):104009
X- and gamma-irradiation have similar effects on the in vitro quality of stored red cell components
2021
Transfusion
61(11):3214-3223
Serum growth factor stability in different eye drop packaging systems during storage
2020
Transfusion and Apheresis Science
59 (1):1-5.
D-immunized blood donors who are female and who possess at least one HLA-DRB1*15 allele show a propensity for high serum RhIG production.
2018
Transfusion
58 (5):1182-1188.
