Doctor Surendra Karki

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Dr Surendra Karki

Research Fellow
Donor Research  Expert Professional Support 

Adjunct Lecturer, University of New South Wales, Sydney Visiting Fellow, University of Technology Sydney (UTS)

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Surendra uses large-scale data to conduct epidemiological research and understand blood donors’ health and wellbeing. He's always sharing his knowledge of clinical and epidemiological study design to help everyone get the best outcomes.

Before joining the team at Lifeblood, Surendra obtained his PhD in Epidemiology from Monash University. He went on to work as a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of New South Wales in Sydney.

Awards
  • ECDHM Award for best short presentation (2021)
  • ISBT Award for best poster presentation (2021)
  • UNSW High Quality Research Papers Scheme Incentive (2019)
  • 15th National Immunisation Conference, Best Posters Award, Public Health Association of Australia (2016)
  • Young Investigator Fellow, Edward Jenner Vaccine Society and Journal: Vaccine (2015-2018)
  • Alfred Health's Chairman of the Board Award for Patient Safety and Quality Improvement, Alfred Health, Melbourne, Australia (2013)
Leadership
  • Epidemiologist member, National Blood Authority (2020-current)
  • New Voices in Global Health, World Health Summit Organization (2017)
  • New Voices in Asian Health, World Health Summit Organization, Germany (2013)

Key publications

Frequent apheresis donation is not associated with adverse bone health in donors aged 45 years and over-Results from a cohort study in Australia
Karki S, Rahman M, Hayen A, Irving DO
2025
Transfusion
doi.org/10.1111/trf.18146
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Regular whole blood donation and gastrointestinal, breast, colorectal and haematological cancer risk among blood donors in Australia
Rahman M, Hayen A, Olynyk JK, Cust AE, Irving DO, Karki S
2024
Vox Sanguinis
119(12):1234-1244
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Regular high-frequency whole blood donation and risk of cardiovascular disease in middle-aged and older blood donors in Australia
Karki S, Bell K, Hayen A, Liu B, Cust A, Olynyk J, Irving DO
2023
Transfusion
63(5):1012-1022
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Visits to general practitioners after iron-related deferrals from blood donation in middle-aged and older Australian blood donors
Karki S, Davison TE, Liu B, Bell K, Olynyk J, Hayen A, Irving DO
2021
Transfusion
63:3335-3343
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Long-term return and donation pattern of those who begin donating at different ages- a retrospective cohort analysis of blood donors in Australia
Priyono A, Masser B, Dyda A, Davison T, Irving DO, Karki S.
2021
Transfusion
61:799-810
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Dr Surendra Karki articles

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