Sarah Howson
Higher Degree by Research Candidate
School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences
College of Health
Dr. Sarah Howson is an early-career clinician-researcher currently working as an Intensive Care Registrar at the Royal Adelaide Hospital. She holds a Doctor of Medicine from Flinders University and a Bachelor of Health Sciences from the University of Adelaide, with a triple major in Anatomical Sciences, Pathology, and Neuroscience.
She is currently undertaking a PhD at Adelaide University focussed on subarachnoid haemorrhage, delayed cerebral ischaemia and novel neuroprotective therapies.
I am an early-career clinician-researcher and Intensive Care registrar at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, currently undertaking a PhD focusing on aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage, delayed cerebral ischaemia and novel neuroprotective therapies. My research spans neurocritical care, health services and optimisation, and the use and integration of electronic medical record data into existing and novel healthcare delivery.
Current research interests include:
- Aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage and delayed cerebral ischaemia
- Vitamin C (ascorbate) and neuroprotective therapies in neurocritical care
- Translational models of neurocritical illness
- Critical care quality improvement, patient flow optimisation, healthcare systems research
| Date | Position | Institution name |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 - ongoing | Intensive Care Registrar | Central Adelaide Local Health Network |
| 2022 - 2023 | Resident Medical Officer | Central Adelaide Local Health Network |
| 2021 - 2022 | Medical Intern | Central Adelaide Local Health Network |
| Date | Institution name | Country | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 - 2020 | Flinders University | Australia | Doctor of Medicine |
| 2013 - 2015 | University of Adelaide | Australia | Bachelor of Health Sciences |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2026 | El-Masri, S., Goh, R., Bacchi, S., Tamlin, L., Sulley-Beales, N., Chen, S., . . . Kleinig, T. (2026). Anticoagulation associated intracerebral haemorrhage trends, treatment and outcomes in a metropolitan cohort: analysed by availability of specific versus non-specific reversal agents. BMJ Neurology Open, 8(1), 7 pages. |
| 2026 | Burton, E., Satheakeerthy, S., Goh, R., Stretton, B., Booth, A. E. C., Gao, C., . . . Bacchi, S. (2026). Intravenous immunoglobulin weaning evaluation with zero-shot large language model classification. Transfusion Medicine, 36(1), 79-83. |
| 2025 | Evans, S., Howson, S. A., Booth, A. E. C., Shahmohamadi, E., Lim, M., Bacchi, S., . . . Sanders, P. (2025). Artificial intelligence age prediction using electrocardiogram data: Exploring biological age differences. Heart Rhythm, 22(6), 1492-1497. Scopus5 WoS5 Europe PMC3 |
| 2025 | Teo, M., Stretton, B., Booth, A. E. C., Satheakeerthy, S., Howson, S., Evans, S., . . . Bacchi, S. (2025). Medication shortage behaviour change with multidisciplinary clinician-designed digital notification intervention. International Journal of Pharmacy Practice, 33(1), 124-126. Scopus1 WoS1 Europe PMC2 |
| 2025 | Goh, R., Bellinge, J., Gim, H., Howson, S., El-Masri, S., Triplett, J., . . . Bacchi, S. (2025). Statewide neurology inpatient whole body and brain 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography utilisation patterns demonstrate avenues for optimisation. Internal Medicine Journal, 55(2), 316-319. |
| 2025 | Kovoor, J. G., Stretton, B., Gupta, A. K., Beath, A., Jacob, M. O., Kefalianos, J. M., . . . Adelaide Score Advisory Group. (2025). The Adelaide Score: prospective implementation of an artificial intelligence system to improve hospital and cost efficiency. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 95(3), 342-349. Scopus2 WoS2 Europe PMC3 |
| 2025 | Gao, C., Satheakeerthy, S., Qian, C., Suann, B., Guo, C., Booth, A. E. C., . . . Bacchi, S. (2025). A Generalizable Risk Factor: Socioeconomic Status and Multiresistant Organism Colonization. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 81(1), e11-e12. Scopus1 WoS2 Europe PMC1 |
| 2025 | Tan, S., Goh, R., Wright, A., Ng, J. S., Hains, L., Kovoor, J., . . . Bacchi, S. (2025). Epilepsy surgery candidate identification with artificial intelligence: An implementation study.. J Clin Neurosci, 135, 111144. Scopus2 WoS3 Europe PMC2 |
| 2025 | Evans, S., Howson, S. A., Booth, A. E. C., Shahmohamadi, E., Lim, M., Bacchi, S., . . . Sanders, P. (2025). Artificial intelligence electrocardiogram-predicted biological age gap and mortality: Capturing dynamic risk with multiple electrocardiograms. Heart Rhythm, 22(9), e710-e716. Scopus2 WoS2 Europe PMC1 |
| 2025 | Satheakeerthy, S., Stretton, B., Tsimiklis, J., Booth, A. E., Howson, S., Evans, S., . . . Bacchi, S. (2025). Zero-shot large language model application for surgical site infection auditing. Infection Disease and Health, 30(4), 337-342. Europe PMC1 |
| 2025 | Satheakeerthy, S., Beecher, M., Booth, A. E., Stretton, B., Kovoor, J., Gupta, A., . . . Bacchi, S. (2025). Automating cancer registries: Pearls and pitfalls.. Health Inf Manag, 55(1 Special Issue: The Intersection of Health Information Management and Clinical Registries), 18333583251377892. Scopus1 WoS1 Europe PMC1 |
| 2024 | Howson, S., Evans, S., Booth, A. E. C., Bacchi, S., Gupta, A., Kovoor, J., . . . Kovoor, P. (2024). Towards a Unified Rheumatic Heart Disease Imaging Dataset.. Heart Lung Circ, 33(2), e8-e9. |
| 2024 | Stretton, B., Booth, A. E. C., Satheakeerthy, S., Howson, S., Evans, S., Kovoor, J., . . . Bacchi, S. (2024). Translational artificial intelligence-led optimization and realization of estimated discharge with a supportive weekend interprofessional flow team (TAILORED-SWIFT). Internal and Emergency Medicine, 19(7), 1913-1919. Scopus5 WoS4 Europe PMC7 |
| 2024 | Satheakeerthy, S., Stretton, B., Booth, A. E. C., Howson, S., Evans, S., Kovoor, J., . . . Bacchi, S. (2024). Push or pull? Digital notification platform implementation reduces dysglycaemia.. Internal Medicine Journal, 54(10), 1753-1756. Scopus4 WoS4 Europe PMC4 |
| 2024 | Goh, R., Cook, B., Stretton, B., Booth, A. E., Satheakeerthy, S., Howson, S., . . . Bacchi, S. (2024). Large language models can effectively extract stroke and reperfusion audit data from medical free-text discharge summaries.. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 129, 110847-1-110847-5. Scopus12 WoS13 Europe PMC14 |
| 2024 | Tsimiklis, J., Howson, S., Kovoor, J., Tan, S., Stretton, B., Gupta, A., . . . Bacchi, S. (2024). Copying in medical documentation: developing an evidence-based approach. Internal Medicine Journal, 55(1), 5 pages. Scopus5 WoS5 Europe PMC4 |
| 2024 | Evans, S., Howson, S., Booth, A. E., Bacchi, S., Jayakumar, M., Kamsani, S. H., . . . Sanders, P. (2024). PO-01-189 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) ECG-PREDICTED BIOLOGICAL AGE GAP AND MORTALITY: SUCCESSIVE ECGS OUTPERFORM SINGLE ECGS. Heart Rhythm, 21(5), S179. |
| 2023 | Chidambaram, S., Mau, C., Howson, S., Plummer, S., Gyi, A. A., Scroop, R., & Abou-Hamden, A. (2023). Outcomes of Surgical Clipping of Recurrent Cerebral Aneurysms after Endovascular Treatment (EVT). Journal of Neurological Surgery Part B: Skull Base, 84(S 01), S1-S344. |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2024 | El-Masri, S., Goh, R., Bacchi, S., Tamlin, L., Sulley-Beales, N., Chen, S., . . . Kleinig, T. (2024). Anticoagulation associated intracerebral hemorrhage treatment and outcomes analysed by the potential availability of specific versus non-specific reversal agents: a retrospective cohort study.. In CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES Vol. 53 (pp. 40). KARGER. |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2023 | Abstracts presented at Stroke 2023 – The Combined Stroke Society of Australasia and Smart Strokes Nursing and Allied Health Scientific Meeting, 22-25 August 2023, Melbourne, Australia (2023). Poster session presented at the meeting of International Journal of Stroke. SAGE Publications. DOI |
My research is currently funded by:
- NeuroSurgical Research Foundation - 6-month PhD Stipend
- Australian Government Research Training Program (RTP) Scholarship
| Date | Role | Committee | Institution | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 - ongoing | Representative | College of Intensive Care Medicine - Annual Scientific Meeting 2027 | College of Intensive Care Medicine | Australia |
| 2026 - ongoing | Representative | Learning From Dying Committee | Royal Adelaide Hospital | Australia |
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