Projects 11
Publications 56
Awards 2

Contact Details

Associate Professor
  • 0747816262
  • donna.rudd@jcu.edu.au
  • Discipline of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences
    College of Medicine and Dentistry
    Townsville

Biography

Donna Rudd lectures in the areas of Clinical Biochemistry, Laboratory Management and Medical Laboratory Science in the College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences. Donna has extensive experience as a Medical Laboratory Scientist in diagnostic pathology and completed a PhD in Physiology and Pharmacology in 2012.

Donna's research interests include all things diagnostic pathology but particularly clinical biochemistry, non-invasive diagnostics and the translation of biomarkers into clinical practice. Current projects include development and translation of novel biomarkers for the investigation of renal function and disease, pregnancy dysfunction and the microbiome in collaboration with staff and specialists at TUH, Donna is currently a board member and the chair of the Tropical Division of the Australian Institute Medical and Clinical Scientists and the Chair of the QLD branch of the Australasian Association of Clinical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Research

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Teaching

Research Advisor Accreditation

Advisor Type

Primary

Research Advisor Accreditation

Role

Chair; Independent Academic


Taught Modules

[PP5151] General PathobiologyLecturer, Coordinator
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2024
2022
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[PP3151] General PathobiologyLecturer, Coordinator
2025

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Output

Vojisavljevic, Danica; Rudd, Donna; Smith, Roger; Kandasamy, Yogavijayan (2024) 'The Relationship between Maternal Smoking and Infant Birth Weight: Improving Accuracy through Urine Cotinine Analysis and Effective Medical Record Strategies'. Children, 11 (8). [DOI]
Journal Publication Open Access ResearchOnline@JCU
Marc, Adrien F.; Guppy, Jarrod L.; Goldsbury, Julie; Rudd, Donna; Cate, Holly S.; Paris, Damien B.B.P.; Jerry, Dean R. (2024) 'Characterization of sperm quality in captive-bred barramundi (Lates calcarifer): Effect on spawning performance and paternal contribution in mass-spawning events'. Aquaculture, 585 . [DOI]
Journal Publication Open Access ResearchOnline@JCU
Mesfine, Belete Biadgo; Vojisavljevic, Danica; Kapoor, Ranjna; Watson, David; Kandasamy, Yogavijayan; Rudd, Donna (2024) 'Urinary nephrin—a potential marker of early glomerular injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis'. Journal of Nephrology, 37 :39-51. [DOI]
Journal Publication Open Access ResearchOnline@JCU
Brennan, Sonja; Rudd, Donna; Watson, David; Kandasamy, Yogavijayan (2024) 'The Relationship between maternal health during pregnancy and infant kidney development: A prospective cohort study'. Journal of Nephrology, 37 :2531-2539. [DOI]
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Mesfine, Belete Biadgo; Vojisavljevic, Danica; Kapoor, Ranjna; Watson, David; Kandasamy, Yogavijayan; Rudd, Donna (2024) 'Urinary Nephrin: A Potential Biomarker of Early Glomerular Injury in a Cohort of Pregnant Women Attending Routine Antenatal Care Services'. International Journal of Nephrology, 2024 . [DOI]
Journal Publication Open Access ResearchOnline@JCU
Marc, Adrien; Guppy, Jarrod L.; Marshall, Hayley; Jerry, Dean R.; Rudd, Donna; Paris, Damien B.B.P. (2023) 'Optimization of a non-activating medium for short-term chilled storage of barramundi (Lates calcarifer) testicular spermatozoa'. Fish Physiology and Biochemistry, 49 :559-576. [DOI]
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Brennan, Sonja; Watson, David L.; Rudd, Donna M.; Kandasamy, Yogavijayan (2023) 'Kidney growth following preterm birth: evaluation with renal parenchyma ultrasonography'. Pediatric Research, 93 :1302-1306. [DOI]
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Aithal, Nimisha; Kandasamy, Yogavijayan; Rudd, Donna (2023) 'Association between umbilical cord clamping time, hemoglobin and total serum bilirubin in term neonates admitted for phototherapy'. Journal of Neonatal Nursing, 29 (1):183-187. [DOI]
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Brennan, Sonja; Watson, David; Schneider, Michal; Rudd, Donna; Kandasamy, Yogavijayan (2022) 'Fetal renal artery blood flow – Normal ranges'. Ultrasound, 30 (1):62-71. [DOI]
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Westaway, Jacob A.F.; Huerlimann, Roger; Kandasamy, Yoga; Miller, Catherine M.; Norton, Robert; Watson, David; Infante-Vilamil, Sandra; Rudd, Donna (2022) 'To Probiotic or Not to Probiotic: A Metagenomic Comparison of the Discharge Gut Microbiome of Infants Supplemented With Probiotics in NICU and Those Who Are Not'. Frontiers in Pediatrics, 10 . [DOI]
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Finlay, Sabine; Rudd, Donna; McDermott, Brett; Sarnyai, Zoltan (2022) 'Allostatic load and systemic comorbidities in psychiatric disorders'. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 140 . [DOI]
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Kophamel, Sara; Rudd, Donna; Ward, Leigh C.; Shum, Edith; Ariel, Ellen; Mendez, Diana; Starling, Jemma; Mellers, Renee; Burchell, Richard K.; Munns, Suzanne L. (2022) 'Haematological and biochemical reference intervals for wild green turtles (Chelonia mydas): a Bayesian approach for small sample sizes'. Conservation Physiology, 10 (1). [DOI]
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Westaway, Jacob A.F.; Huerlimann, Roger; Kandasamy, Yogavijayan; Miller, Catherine M.; Norton, Robert; Watson, David; Infante-Villamil, Sandra; Rudd, Donna (2022) 'Exploring the long-term colonisation and persistence of probiotic-prophylaxis species on the gut microbiome of preterm infants: a pilot study'. European Journal of Pediatrics, 181 (9):3389-3400. [DOI]
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Westaway, Jacob A.F.; Huerlimann, Roger; Kandasamy, Yoga; Miller, Catherine M.; Norton, Robert; Staunton, Kyran M.; Watson, David; Rudd, Donna (2022) 'The bacterial gut microbiome of probiotic-treated very-preterm infants: changes from admission to discharge'. Pediatric Research, 92 :142-150. [DOI]
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Wagner, B.K.; Martin, D.G.; Rudd, D.M.; Parker, A.J. (2021) 'Oxytocin alters leukogram composition in Bos indicus cattle exposed to short-duration transportation'. Animal Production Science, 61 (13):1315-1320. [DOI]
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Westaway, Jacob A.F; Huerlimann, Roger; Miller, Catherine M.; Kandasamy, Yoga; Norton, Robert; Rudd, Donna (2021) 'Methods for exploring the faecal microbiome of premature infants: a review'. Maternal health, neonatology and perinatology, 7 (11). [DOI]
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Gupta, Soumya; Forbes-Coe, Amy; Rudd, Donna; Kandasamy, Yogavijayan (2021) 'Is peripartum maternal fever alone a reliable predictor of neonatal sepsis? A single-centre, retrospective cohort study'. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 57 (9):1420-1425. [DOI]
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Kandasamy, Yogavijayan; Rudd, Donna (2021) 'Cystatin C: a more reliable biomarker of renal function in young infants? A longitudinal cohort study'. Acta Paediatrica, 110 (4):1341-1345. [DOI]
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Brennan, Sonja; Watson, David; Schneider, Michal; Rudd, Donna; Kandasamy, Yogavijayan (2021) 'Can measurement of the foetal renal parenchymal thickness with ultrasound be used as an indirect measure of nephron number?'. Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, 12 (2):184-192. [DOI]
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Brennan, Sonja; Kandasamy, Yogavijayan; Rudd, Donna M.; Schneider, Michal E.; Jones, Rhondda E.; Watson, David L. (2020) 'The effect of diabetes during pregnancy on fetal renal parenchymal growth'. Journal of Nephrology, 33 :1079-1089. [DOI]
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Brennan, Sonja; Kandasamy, Yogavijayan; Rudd, Donna; Schneider, Michal; Watson, David (2020) 'Fetal kidney charts of a novel measurement of the renal parenchymal thickness to evaluate fetal kidney growth and potential function'. Prenatal Diagnosis, 40 :860-869. [DOI]
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Wirth, Wytamma; Elliott, Elizabeth; Rudd, Donna; Hayes, Linda; Maclaine, Alicia; Mashkour, Narges; Ahasan, Shamim; Gorm Dahl, Jakob; Drane, Kezia; Ariel, Ellen (2020) 'Cutaneous lesions in freshwater turtles (Emydura macquarii krefftii and Myuchelys latisternum) in a rainforest creek in North Queensland, Australia'. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 7 . [DOI]
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Kandasamy, Yogavijayan; Rudd, Donna; Lumbers, Eugenie; Smith, Roger (2020) 'An evaluation of preterm kidney size and function over the first two years of life'. Pediatric Nephrology, 35 :1477-1482. [DOI]
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Thomas, Piers A. W.; Marshman, Laurence A. G.; Rudd, Donna; Moffatt, Claire; Mitchell, Paul S. (2019) 'Growth and resorption of chronic subdural hematomas: gardner, weir, and the osmotic hypothesis revisited'. World Neurosurgery, 132 :e202-e207. [DOI]
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Thomas, Piers A. W.; Moffatt, Claire E.; Rudd, Donna; Marshman, Laurence A. G. (2019) 'S-100β in chronic subdural haematoma: prospective cohort study'. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 67 :145-150. [DOI]
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March, Duane; Ariel, Ellen; Munns, Suzanne; Rudd, Donna; Blyde, David; Christidis, Leslie; Kelaher, Brendan P. (2019) 'Physiological changes in post-hatchling green turtles (Chelonia mydas) following short-term fasting: implications for release protocols'. Conservation Physiology, 7 (1). [DOI]
Journal Publication Open Access ResearchOnline@JCU
Kandasamy, Yogavijayan; Rudd, Donna; Smith, Roger; Hartley, Leo; Boever, Patrick (2019) 'Retinal microvascular development in the first two years'. Microvascular Research, 125 . [DOI]
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Kandasamy, Yogavijayan; Rudd, Donna; Lumbers, Eugenie R.; Smith, Roger (2019) 'Female preterm indigenous Australian infants have lower renal volumes than males: a predisposing factor for end-stage renal disease?'. Nephrology, 24 (9):933-937. [DOI]
Journal Publication Open Access ResearchOnline@JCU
O'Donohoe, Tom J.; Schrale, Ryan G.; Sikder, Suchandan; Surve, Nuzhat; Rudd, Donna; Ketheesan, Natkunam (2019) 'Significance of anti-myosin antibody formation in patients with myocardial infarction: a prospective observational study'. Heart, Lung and Circulation, 28 (4):583-590. [DOI]
Journal Publication ResearchOnline@JCU
Ross, Ailie; Rudd, Donna (2019) 'Fibrinogen replacement in trauma patients: Effect on anticoagulant proteins antithrombin, protein C and protein S'. Australian Journal of Medical Sciences, 40 (3):62-73.
Journal Publication ResearchOnline@JCU
Kandasamy, Yogavijayan; Rudd, Donna; Smith, Roger; Lumbers, Eugenie R.; Wright, Ian M.R. (2018) 'Extra uterine development of preterm kidneys'. Pediatric Nephrology, 33 (6):1007-1012. [DOI]
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Kandasamy, Yogavijayan; Hartley, Leo; Rudd, Donna; Smith, Roger (2018) 'The lack of association between vascular endothelial growth factor and retinopathy of prematurity in an observational study'. Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine, 31 (16):2202-2208. [DOI]
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Macfarlane, A.I.; Rudd, D.; Knight, E.; Marshman, L.A.G.; Guazzo, E.P.; Anderson, D.S. (2017) 'Prospective controlled cohort study of Troponin I levels in patients undergoing elective spine surgery for degenerative conditions: prone versus supine position'. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 35 :62-66. [DOI]
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Kandasamy, Y.; Rudd, D.; Smith, R. (2017) 'The relationship between body weight, cystatin C and serum creatinine in neonates'. Journal of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, 10 (4):419-423. [DOI]
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Kandasamy, Yogavijayan; Hartley, Leo; Rudd, Donna (2017) 'Vascular endothelial growth factor-A levels in term neonates'. Journal of Child Science, 7 (1):e151-e154. [DOI]
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Brennan, Sonja; Watson, David; Rudd, Donna; Schneider, Michal; Kandasamy, Yogavijayan (2017) 'Evaluation of fetal kidney growth using ultrasound: a systematic review'. European Journal of Radiology, 96 :55-64. [DOI]
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Greenspan, Sasha E.; Bower, Deborah S.; Webb, Rebecca J.; Berger, Lee; Rudd, Donna; Schwarzkopf, Lin; Alford, Ross A. (2017) 'White blood cell profiles in amphibians help to explain disease susceptibility following temperature shifts'. Developmental and Comparative Immunology, 77 :280-286. [DOI]
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Hamaoui, Karim; Aftab, Adeel; Gowers, Sally; Boutelle, Martyn; Cook, Terry; Rudd, Donna; Dobson, Geoffrey P.; Papalois, Vassilios (2017) 'An ex vivo comparison of adenosine and lidocaine solution and University of Wisconsin solution for hypothermic machine perfusion of porcine kidneys: potential for development'. Journal of Surgical Research, 208 :219-229. [DOI]
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Morris, Jodie L.; Bridson, Tahnee L.; Alim, Md Abdul; Rush, Catherine M.; Rudd, Donna M.; Govan, Brenda L.; Ketheesan, Natkunam (2016) 'Development of a diet-induced murine model of diabetes featuring cardinal metabolic and pathophysiological abnormalities of type 2 diabetes '. Biology Open, 5 :1149-1162. [DOI]
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Kandasamy, Yogavijayan; Hartley, Leo; Rudd, Donna; Smith, Roger (2016) 'The association between systemic vascular endothelial growth factor and retinopathy of prematurity in premature infants: a systematic review'. British Journal of Ophthalmology, 101 (1):21-24. [DOI]
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Kandasamy, Yogavijayan; Watson, David; Rudd, Donna (2015) 'Biomarker of early glomerular injury in pre-eclampsia'. Hypertension in Pregnancy, 34 (4):391-399. [DOI]
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Kraeuter, Ann Katrin; Loxton, Heather; Costa Lima, Bruna; Rudd, Donna; Sarnyai, Zoltán (2015) 'Ketogenic diet reverses behavioral abnormalities in an acute NMDA receptor hypofunction model of schizophrenia'. Schizophrenia Research, 169 :491-493. [DOI]
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Kandasamy, Yogavijayan; Smith, Roger; Lumbers, Eugenie R.; Rudd, Donna (2014) 'Nephrin: a biomarker of early glomerular injury'. Biomarkers Research, 2 :1-12. [DOI]
Journal Publication Open Access ResearchOnline@JCU
Marshman, Laurence A.G.; Duell, Ryan; Rudd, Donna; Johnston, Ross; Faris, Casandra (2014) 'Intraobserver and interobserver agreement in visual inspection for xanthochromia: implications for subarachnoid hemorrhage diagnosis, computed tomography validation studies, and the Walton rule'. Neurosurgery, 74 (4):395-400. [DOI]
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Rudd, Donna M.; Dobson, Geoffrey P. (2011) 'Eight hours of cold static storage with adenosine and lidocaine (Adenocaine) heart presevation solutions: toward therapeutic suspended animation'. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 142 (6):1552-1561. [DOI]
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Rudd, Donna M.; Dobson, Geoffrey P. (2011) 'Early reperfusion with warm, polarizing adenosine–lidocaine cardioplegia improves functional recovery after 6 hours of cold static storage'. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 141 (4):1044-1055. [DOI]
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Rudd, Donna M.; Dobson, Geoffrey P. (2009) 'Toward a new cold and warm nondepolarizing, normokalemic arrest paradigm for orthotopic heart transplantation'. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 137 (1):198-207. [DOI]
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Crowe, M.J.; O'Conner, D.; Rudd, D. (2007) 'Cold water recovery reduces anaerobic performance'. International Journal of Sports Medicine, 28 (12):994-998.
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Voyles, Jamie; Berger, Lee; Young, Sam; Speare, Rick; Webb, Rebecca; Warner, Jeffrey; Rudd, Donna; Campbell, Ruth; Skerratt, Lee F. (2007) 'Electrolyte depletion and osmotic imbalance in amphibians with chytridiomycosis'. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 77 (2):113-118. [DOI]
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Jackson, Denise; Ross, Ailie; Rudd, Donna; Santhakumar, Abishek; Singh, Indo; Weier, Steven (2024) 'Letter to the Editor: Response to article 'Who is educating the future of Medical Laboratory Scientists? A perspective of AIMS accredited MLS programs in Australia'' Australian Journal of Medical Sciences, 45 (1) :2-4.
Journal Contribution ResearchOnline@JCU
Finlay, Sabine; Juster, Robert-paul; Adegboye, Oyelola; Rudd, Donna; McDermott, Brett; Sarnyai, Zoltan (2023) 'Childhood adversity, allostatic load, and adult mental health: Study protocol using the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children birth cohort' Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13 . [DOI]
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Kinobe, Robert; Hem, Nur-Aisha; Rudd, Donna; Kapoor, Ranjna; Chilton, Lisa (2021) 'Maintaining normal blood pressure in a renovascular stenosis model of hypertension in adult Lewis rats: putative physiological modulation of the renin-angiotensin system' FASEB Journal, 35 (S1) :01655-01655.
Journal Contribution ResearchOnline@JCU
Brennan, Sonja; Watson, David; Rudd, Donna; Schneider, Michal; Kandasamy, Yogavijayan (2019) 'Fetal renal parenchyma: evaluation of a novel ultrasound measurement to assess kidney development' Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, 45 (Supplement 1) :s44-s44. [DOI]
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Brennan, Sonja; Schneider, Michal; Watson, David; Kandasamy, Yogavijayan; Rudd, Donna (2017) 'The renal parenchyma-evaluation of a novel ultrasound measurement to assess fetal renal development: protocol for an observational longitudinal study' BMJ Open, 7 (12) . [DOI]
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Sands, Renee; Cameron, Elizabeth; Rudd, Donna (2016) 'Omniscience case study Porphyria' Clinical Biochemist Newsletter: e magazine, 202 (June) :18-19.
Journal Contribution ResearchOnline@JCU
Marshman, Laurence; Duell, Ryan; Rudd, Donna; Johnston, Ross; Farris, Cassandra (2014) 'In reply: intraobserver and interobserver agreement in visual inspection for xanthochromia: implications for subarachnoid hemorrhage diagnosis, computed tomography validation studies, and the walton rule: methodological mistake' Neurosurgery Quarterly, 74 (6) :E702-E703. [DOI]
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