Justine O'Donovan

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Justine O'Donovan

National Clinical Research Nurse Manager
Donor Research  Product Usage 
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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

Early Experience of Recruiting Donors into a Large Cohort Study and Biobank
Karki S, Gemelli CN, O’Donovan J, Dyer W, Jos C, Hirani D, Marks D, Irving DO
2023
Transfusion
P-PH-1 | Oct 2023
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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
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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.
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Exploring the experiences of hemochromatosis (HHC) patients who undergo therapeutic venesection at a blood collection agency
Thorpe R, Masser B, Gemelli CN, Knight E, Jos C, Bentley PJ, Madder J, O’Donovan J, Kakkos A, Welvaert M
2025
Transfusion
65(3):531-538
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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
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