Lin is a medical scientist and researcher with management and leadership experience in the public and private health sector, not for profit organisations and Australian universities. She enjoys teaching undergraduate students and is passionate about research into different aspects of transfusion science.
She leads the “OptiBlood” translational research team which is focused on optimising the patient’s blood and, the collection and use of donated blood. Presently, Lin is Principal Supervisor to 4 PhD and 1 MSc student and together they are investigating blood donation, patient blood management, mechanisms of transfusion reactions and studying refrigerated and cryo-preserved platelet components. She is directly engaged with the both the Metro North and Metro South Hospital and Health Services Blood Management committees, where she supports and enables evidence-based transfusion practice.
Lin is the President-Elect of the International Society of Blood Transfusion (ISBT) and is a member of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Blood Transfusion (ANZSBT) and Haematology Society of Australia and New Zealand (HSANZ).
External Affiliations
- President-Elect, International Society of Blood Transfusion (ISBT)
- Visiting Scholar/Researcher, Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service
- Visiting Scholar/Researcher, Prince Charles Hospital (Australia, Brisbane)
- Editorial Board member, Annals of Blood
- Member Australia & New Zealand Society of Blood Transfusion (ANZSBT)
- Member Haematology Society of Australia & New Zealand (HSANZ)
Lin has over 80 peer publications, secured research grants worth over A$4.5 million, and regularly is invited to speak at international conferences. She established and is the Leader of the “OptiBlood” translational research team which is focused on optimising the patient’s blood and blood use. She has successfully supervised multiple PhD candidates and specialises in mentoring health professionals though their research projects. All her research projects involve collaboration with local or international health services. Some of her current projects
- Blood donors and donation practices in Asia (collaboration with over 15 countries)
- Health informatics of blood management in Australian health systems (collaboration with The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane)
- Blood use in Sweden (collaboration with Prof M. Chew of Linkoping University & Karolinska Institute, Sweden)
- Investigating the use of cryopreserved and refrigerated platelets (collaboration with Australia Lifeblood).
Research Affiliations
- International Society of Blood Transfusion (ISBT)
- Sunshine Coast Hospital & Health Service
- Dr Bronwyn Pearse, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane
- Assoc Prof. John-Paul Tung, Australian Red Cross Lifeblood
- Prof Michelle Chew, Karolinska Institute & Linköping University Hospital, Sweden
- Prof John Semple, Lund University, Sweden
- Dr Behnaz Bayat, Giessen University, Germany
- Dr Nelson Tsuno, Japanese Red Cross Blood Service
- Dr. C.K. Lee, Hong Kong Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service
- Dr So-Yong Kwan, Korean National Blood Service
Research areas
- Blood donors and donation practices in Asia
- Evidence-based transfusion practice
- Blood management in cardiac surgical, orthopedic and emergency departments
- Transfusion of older adults
- Transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI)
- Neutrophil immunobiology
Principal Supervision of Higher Degree by Research
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HDR (Collaborator) |
Project title |
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PhD (The Prince Charles Hospital) |
An artificial intelligence approach to pre-operative anaemia management in on-pump cardiac surgery |
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PhD (Australian Red Cross Lifeblood) |
Platelet concentrates and cryopreservation as an alternative storage method: Potential impact on transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI) |
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PhD (Australian Red Cross Lifeblood) |
Australia blood donors: Looking back in preparation for the future |
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PhD (Sullivan and Nicolaides Pathology |
Red blood cell alloimmunisation of pregnant women in Queensland and surrounds |
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MSc (Australian Red Cross Lifeblood) |
Refrigerated platelets for transfusion: Investigating their post-transfusion fate within a mouse model and risk of transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI) in a laboratory model. |
Lin welcomes new collaborations as well as inquiries on MSc or PhD projects related to blood donation or transfusion.
Teaching areas
- Blood Banking
- Transfusion Science
- Haematology
Program coordinator
Dr Lin Fung’s specialist areas of expertise include: transfusion medicine, blood donors & donation, neutrophil immunobiology, TRALI and medical laboratory science