Robyn Rodwell | |
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Alma mater | Griffith University ( PhD, 1992) [1] |
Occupation | medical scientist (retired) |
Known for | working in the haematology field for fifty years and helping establish the Queensland Cord Blood Bank |
Awards | Queensland Great (2009) [2] |
Robyn Lynette Rodwell is an Australian retired medical scientist. [3]
Rodwell is best known for her work in the haematology field. [3] [4] [5] Spanning a period of fifty years, her career commenced when she became a cadet medical scientist at the haematology blood bank at Brisbane's Mater Hospital. [3]
After gaining a fellowship in haematology in 1982, Rodwell was appointed as the hospital's chief scientist of haematology. [3]
In 1997, Rodwell was tasked with establishing the Queensland Cord Blood Bank (QCBB) at the Mater Mother's Hospital. [3] Upon its inception, Rodwell was appointed as the QCBB's scientific director, becoming director in 2008. [3]
She is also credited with establishing what became known as the "Sepsis Score" in blood counts which has proved to assist in predicting sepsis infections in newborn babies. [6] This work was the subject of her doctoral thesis in which she explored the role of laboratory investigations, diagnosis, monitoring and therapy of neonatal sepsis. [1]
Rodwell has also been an adjunct associate professor at the School of Natural Sciences at Griffith University and at the School of Biomedical Sciences at the Queensland University of Technology. [3]
In 2009, Rodwell was named as a Queensland Great. [2] [7] Rodwell retired in 2019. [3] [6]
Teaching activities... COMPLETED GRIFFITH DOCTORAL SUPERVISION: Laboratory investigations in neonatal sepsis: Implications for diagnosis, monitoring and therapy (Robyn Lynette Rodwell) 1 Jan 1984 - 31 Dec 1992 - principal supervisor
The other 2009 Queensland Greats are philanthropist Philip Bacon AM, Angel Flight founder Bill Bristow AM, respected medical scientist Dr Robyn Rodwell...