Justine O'Donovan

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Justine O'Donovan

Clinical Research Nurse Consultant

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Justine leverages her extensive nursing and transfusion sector expertise to facilitate clinical trials on precision medicine. She provides guidance on research design, facilitation, and donor and blood product compliance, ensuring adherence to ethical and regulatory standards. 

She holds a Diploma of Applied Science in Nursing, post graduate qualifications in Haematology Nursing, Nurse Vaccination, Practical Medical Genomics (UNSW) and has a master’s degree in Pharmaceutical Medicine (UNSW). Justine is also graduate of the NSW Health Clinical Excellence Commission's Executive Leadership Course. 

As someone who has collected, administered, and donated blood products, Justine is passionate about research in the donor and transfusion space and the contribution both make to Australian Healthcare. 

Awards
  • Australian Red Cross Lifeblood, National “Move Together” Award 2024
  • New South Wales Nurses Scholarship Foundation, Lions Club Scholarship, 2016
  • Australian College of Nursing, Education Scholarship, 2012
Leadership
  • Clinical member of the Lifeblood Donor Research Consultation Committee
  • National Hemovigilance Officer (past)
  • Acting National Manager of Medical Services - Nurses (past)
  • Nurse Lead NSW Medical Services (past)
  • Lifeblood Donor Centre Session Leader (past)
     

Key publications

The Troublesome Ticks Research Protocol: Developing a Comprehensive, Multidiscipline Research Plan for Investigating Human Tick-Associated Disease in Australia
Barbosa AD, Long M, Lee W, Austen J, Cunneen M, Ratchford A, Burns B, Kumarasinghe P, Othman RB, Kollmann TR, Stewart CR, Beaman M, Parry R, Hall R, Tabor A, O’Donovan J, Faddy HM, Collins M, Cheng A, Stenos J, Graves S, Oskam CL, Ryan UM, Irwin PJ
2022
Pathogens
11(11):1290
Evaluation of a sterile surgical skin marker to indicate the optimal vein for venepuncture in the blood donation setting
Bell B, O’Donovan J, Wright ST, Gemelli CN, Knight E, & Hirani R.
2020
Vox sanguinis
115(5):377-387.
Evaluation of a tool to score donor vein suitability for blood donation
Hirani R, O’Donovan J, Knight E, Bell B, & Mondy P.
2019
Vox sanguinis
114(6): 588-594.
Does using applied muscle tension at strategic time points during donation reduce phlebotomist‐and donor‐reported vasovagal reaction rates? A three‐armed randomized controlled trial.
Thijsen A, Gemelli CN, Davison TE, O'Donovan J, Bell B, & Masser B.
2018
Transfusion.
58(10):2352-2359.
Patient-reported outcomes of serum eye drops manufactured from Australian blood donations and packaged using Meise vials
Gemelli CN, Mondy P, Kakkos A, O’Donovan J, Diaz P, Knight E, Hirani R.
2023
Frontiers in Medicine
10:1252688