Rate My Professor Gabrielle Briggs

Dr. Gabrielle Briggs is a Postdoctoral Researcher and Lab Manager in the School of Medicine and Public Health at the University of Newcastle. She is the lead scientist for the Trauma Service at the John Hunter Hospital and manages the Surgical Sciences Laboratory. Her research investigates the complications and pathophysiology of severely injured patients, including coagulopathy, traumatic brain injury, sepsis, bone and joint infections, blood transfusions, and tissue regeneration. Dr. Briggs earned her PhD in Medical Biochemistry, Bachelor of Biomedical Sciences (Honours), and Bachelor of Biomedical Sciences from the University of Newcastle.

In collaboration with clinicians, Dr. Briggs applies her biomedical expertise to develop practical innovations, such as diagnostic tests for rapid bacterial detection in sepsis and joint infections, biomarkers for traumatic brain injury outcomes, biologicals for tissue regeneration, and advances in transfusion medicine. Her research spans intensive care, orthopaedics, and cellular immunology. She supervises PhD and Joint Medical Program research students. Key publications include: "Cell-free mitochondria are detected in high concentrations in the plasma of orthopedic trauma patients" (2025); "Predicting multiple organ failure after major orthopedic interventions is possible using only conventional laboratory tests" (2025); "The Diagnostic, Therapeutic and Prognostic Relevance of Neutrophil Extracellular Traps in Polytrauma" (2023); "Postinjury multiple organ failure in polytrauma: more frequent and potentially less deadly with less crystalloid" (2024); "NOT ALL CELL-FREE MITOCHONDRIAL DNA IS EQUAL IN TRAUMA PATIENTS" (2022); and chapters "Post-injury Bone Marrow Failure" (2022) and "The Role of Neutrophil Extracellular Traps in Post-Injury Inflammation" (2017). Awards include the Gordon Kerridge Memorial Scholarship (2017-2018), Catecholamine Society Travel Fellowship (2012), International Society for Neurochemistry Travel Award (2011), Australia and New Zealand 3 Minute Thesis Runner Up (2010-2011), and Australian Postgraduate Award (2009-2011).