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Kelly’s research focuses on improving blood component quality and manufacturing efficiencies and extending the shelf-life of blood components.
Kelly received her PhD in Phytochemistry and Pharmacology and Graduate Certificate in Research Management from Southern Cross University, and previously worked at Southern Cross Plant Science screening for bioactive compounds.
Awards
- Deans Merit Award (2000)
- Harold Gunson Fellowship Award (2016)
- Australian New Zealand Society of Blood Transfusion travel grant (2012)
Member
- Supervises and mentors junior research staff and students
- Peer reviewer for numerous journals including Transfusion, Vox Sanguinis, and Transfusion Medicine
Key publications
Evaluating the quality of X-ray irradiated deglycerolized red blood cells stored in saline-adenosine-glucose-mannitol additive solution
2025
Transfusion
65:1124-1131
Extending the post-thaw shelf-life of cryoprecipitate when stored at refrigerated temperatures
2024
Vox Sanguinis
119:1257-1267
Increasing the time-to-freezing for clinical apheresis plasma meets quality specifications
2023
Vox Sanguinis
118:993-996
Red cells manufactured from lipaemic whole blood donations: Do they have higher haemolysis?
2022
Vox Sanguinis
117:1351-1359
Understanding the effects of gamma-irradiation on potassium levels in red cell concentrates stored in SAG-M for neonatal red cell transfusion
2015
Vox Sanguinis
108:141-150