Marijke's passion is translating numbers into stories and she collaborates with Lifeblood researchers to use the best statistical practice possible for their research. Building on a vast expertise of promoting good statistical practices and building bridges through proper statistical communication, she has made it her mission to make statistics in Lifeblood engaging and comprehensible. Her leadership in this area was recently recognised and awarded by the Australian Statistical Society.
Awards
- SSA Horizons Lecture (2023)
Leadership
- Reviewer for journals like Transfusion Medicine, Vox Sanguinis, PloS One
- Abstract reviewer for ASC (Australian Statistical Conference)
- Mentor to early-career statisticians in Lifeblood and University of Canberra
- Member of the Australian Statistical Society
Key publications
Predicting haemoglobin deferral using machine learning models: Can we use the same prediction model across countries?
2024
Vox Sanguinis
119(7): 758-763
Next generation sequencing to identify iron status and individualise blood donors’ experience: Gene sequencing to improve blood donors’ experiences
2023
Blood Transfusion
21(6):463-471
Macronutrient content of pasteurised donor human milk: Variability between batches from single-donor pools at an Australian milk bank.
2023
Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health
59(12): 1281-1288
An international comparison of haemoglobin deferral models for blood banking.
2023
Vox Sanguinis
118(6): 430-439
