Dr Jacky Suen
BSc (Hons) PhD
ORCID # 0000-0002-0309-2524
Scientific Director
Scientific & Translational Research Lab (STARLab)
Critical Care Research Group (CCRG) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Dr Suen is the lead biologist at the Critical Care Research Group (CCRG), one of Australia’s largest multidisciplinary critical care research facilities. CCRG consists of more than eighty leading clinicians, engineers, scientists, economists, and support staff connected to all major international cardiothoracic hospitals. CCRG has several purpose-built biology, engineering, and bio-fabrication laboratories, as well as the largest preclinical ICU in the southern hemisphere.
Dr Suen leads several large preclinical studies including looking at role of inflammation and coagulation in Acute Respiratory Failure. He is experienced in ARF preclinical models and mechanical ventilation, recently completing a preclinical study of treating ARF/ARDS with mesenchymal stem cells and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
Select publications
Dr Suen and Dr Obonyo recently hosted The University of Oxford's Professor Samson Kinyanjui at CCRG.
From collaborations with world leading medical professionals to our own homegrown research discoveries, our publications are many and varied.
The inaugural Critical care Research International: Knowledge, Evidence and beYond (CRIKEY) Summit saw more than 80 international delegates come together in Australia for four days of tours, workshops, panel discussions and special events.
JAMA praises COVID-19 Critical Care Consortium, co-founded by Dr Suen, for its rapid response during the pandemic.
24-year-old Alex received a new heart through “The Living Heart Project”.
The Innovative Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology Laboratory (ICETLab) is to facilitate the transition of innovative cardiovascular technologies from idea to clinical implementation.