Tara Crawford

Tara Crawford

  • Biography/ Background

    Dr Crawford is an early career researcher and clinical trials coordinator for the Neonatal Research Group, The Robinson Research Institute. She is affiliate lecturer in the School of Medicine, The University of Adelaide and also holds a joint appointment in the Women’s and Babies Theme, South Australian Health Medical Research Institute. Dr Crawford completed her Honours (BHSc) in Obstetrics and Gynaecology in 2016 and her PhD (Medicine) in 2020. In addition to pursuing her ongoing research program focusing on improving the safety of transfusion in the preterm newborn, she has clinical trials management responsibility for NHRMC, MRFF, and Thrasher Foundation funded multicentre perinatal RCTs conducted within the Department of Neonatal Medicine, The Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Adelaide. 

  • Publications

    Hodyl NA, Crawford TM, McKerracher L, Lawrence A, Pitcher JB, Stark MJ. Antenatal steroid exposure in the late preterm period is associated with reduced cord blood neurotrophin-3. Early human development. 2016;101:57-62.

    Crawford TM, Andersen CC, Hodyl NA, et al. The contribution of red blood cell transfusion to neonatal morbidity and mortality. Journal of paediatrics and child health 2019 doi: 10.1111/jpc.14402

    Kennedy, L. M., TM Crawford, C. C. Andersen, and M. J. Stark. 2019. 'Does umbilical cord blood glucose extraction discriminate the risk of early neonatal hypoglycaemia in at-risk newborns?', J Paediatr Child Health

    Crawford TM, Andersen CC, Stark MJ. Effect of repeat transfusion exposure on plasma cytokine and markers of endothelial activation in the extremely preterm neonate. Transfusion. 2020

    Crawford TM, Andersen CC, Hodyl NA, Robertson SA, Stark MJ. Effect of washed versus unwashed red blood cells on transfusion-related immune responses in preterm newborns. Clinical and Translational Immunology. 2022 doi: 10.1002/cti2.1377

    Sibbin K, Crawford TM, Stark M, et al. Therapeutic hypothermia for neonatal encephalopathy with sepsis: a retrospective cohort study. BMJ Paediatrics Open 2022;6:e001420. doi:10.1136/ bmjpo-2022-001420 

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Entry last updated: Friday, 5 Aug 2022