| Robyn Rodwell | |
| Occupation: | medical scientist (retired) |
| Alma Mater: | Griffith University (PhD, 1992)[1] |
| Known For: | working in the haematology field for fifty years and helping establish the Queensland Cord Blood Bank |
| Awards: | Queensland Great (2009) |
Robyn Lynette Rodwell is an Australian retired medical scientist.[2]
Rodwell is best known for her work in the haematology field.[2] [3] [4] 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.[2]
After gaining a fellowship in haematology in 1982, Rodwell was appointed as the hospital's chief scientist of haematology.[2]
In 1997, Rodwell was tasked with establishing the Queensland Cord Blood Bank (QCBB) at the Mater Mother's Hospital.[2] Upon its inception, Rodwell was appointed as the QCBB's scientific director, becoming director in 2008.[2]
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.[5] 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.[2]
In 2009, Rodwell was named as a Queensland Great.[6] [7] Rodwell retired in 2019.[2] [5]