Rhonda Holdsworth

Director of Transplantation and Immunogenetics laboratories | Australian Red Cross Lifeblood

Rhonda Holdsworth has worked in the field of HLA and Immunogenetics for more than 35 years. She is currently the Director of Transplantation and Immunogenetics laboratories at Australian Red Cross Lifeblood.
During her working life Rhonda has held several senior scientific and laboratory management positions in Tissue Typing, HLA immunogenetics and Platelet and Neutrophil Immunology.
Rhonda is an active member of several professional societies – APHIA (past president), ASHI, EFI, TSANZ, TTS and ANZSBT. In addition, Rhonda chairs the National Tissue Typing Committee, is the laboratory lead for VXM working group and is a member of RTAC. Internationally, Rhonda is a designated councillor for the International Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics Workshop group, a member of the WHO HLA Nomenclature Committee and Faculty for the International Summer School on Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics. Rhonda has a special interest in HLA antibodies and epitopes to determine immunological risk for transplantation and transfusion.