Amanda Thijsen
Senior Research Assistant
Amanda works on ways to improve the safety and experience of blood donation. She’s interested in combining insights from data, interviews, surveys and clinical trials to improve our management of adverse events, like fainting.
Amanda is pursuing a PhD in Public Health at the University of Sydney, examining how research evidence is translated into clinical practice. She loves working in an applied setting and being able to see the impact of research on improving donor safety.
Key publications
Beyond fear: A longitudinal investigation of emotions and risk of a vasovagal reaction in first‐time whole‐blood donors
2022
Transfusion
63(1):163-170
The vasovagal reaction experience among blood donors: A qualitative study of factors that affect donor return
2021
Social Science & Medicine
282:114142
Offering new and returned donors the option to give plasma: implications for donor retention and donor adverse events
2020
Vox Sang
DOI 10.1111/vox.12977
Reduced risk of vasovagal reactions in Australian whole blood donors after national implementation of applied muscle tension and water loading
2020
Transfusion
60:918-921
Vasovagal reactions in blood donors: risks, prevention and management
2019
Transfus Med.
29 Suppl 1:13-22.
Amanda Thijsen articles
