Dr Samantha Thomas

Dr Samantha Thomas

Research Associate

PhD (Medicine and Health) USYD, AMS, DMU (General) ASUM, DAppSci (DiagRad.) USYD.

 

Medicine & Health
School of Clinical Medicine

Dr Samantha Thomas is an experienced, accredited and qualified sonographer in obstetric and general ultrasound. Sam's PhD in communicating adverse findings to pregnant patients has lead to her passion on researching areas that will improve perinatal outcomes. Her current research is focused on 3D-FMBV, infra-red camera tracked volumetric stitching and the Verasonics plane-wave research system.

Sam works clinically in obstetric tertiary referral settings and in radiology. She has been heavi...

E-mail
sam.thomas1@unsw.edu.au

 

ID: 0000093250

  1. Scheme:

    IN UTERO PROGRAM

  2. Funding agency:

    WELLCOME LEAP-IN UTERO PROGRAM

  3. Grant name:

    Detecting the 'at risk' fetus by non-invasive rapid assessment of fetoplacental blood flow

  4. UNSW Grant number:

    RG222461

  5. Start date:

    01 Oct 2022

  6. Funder reference number:

    0839911973

Australasian Society of Ultrasound in Medicine (ASUM) Sonographer of the Year 2021

Australasian Sonographers Association (ASA) Mentor of the Year 2013

Sam is part of a multidisciplinary team of clinicians and engineers investigating novel methods for evaluating the fetus and neonate to improve perinatal outcomes. Her team is currently focused on novel engineering techniques as applied to raw ultrasound information, especially from the Doppler signals. Current focal areas of interest are 3D-FMBV, infra-red camera tracked volumetric stitching and the Verasonics plane-wave research system.