Associate Professor Sally Shrapnel
Associate Professor
School of Mathematics and Physics
+61 7 336 56931
Parnell Building (07), Room 307
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Researcher biography
Dr Shrapnel is an Associate Professor in Physics and Deputy Director at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Engineered Quantum Systems, where she works on topics in Quantum Machine Learning and Quantum Foundations. She is also a registered medical practitioner with over 20 years experience and currently leads the Quantum Technologies for Health Program for the Queensland Digital Health Centre. Her research combines theory, methodology, and applications across a broad range of disciplines.
Journal Articles
Bowie, Cassandra, Shrapnel, Sally and Kewming, Michael (2024). Quantum kernel evaluation via Hong-Ou-Mandel interference. Quantum Science and Technology, 9 (1) 015001, 1-10. doi: 10.1088/2058-9565/acfba9
Kamel Rahimi, Amir, Ghadimi, Moji, van der Vegt, Anton H., Canfell, Oliver J., Pole, Jason D., Sullivan, Clair and Shrapnel, Sally (2023). Machine learning clinical prediction models for acute kidney injury: the impact of baseline creatinine on prediction efficacy. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 23 (1) 207, 1-14. doi: 10.1186/s12911-023-02306-0
Gonçalves, Bronner P., Jassat, Waasila, Baruch, Joaquín, Hashmi, Madiha, Rojek, Amanda, Dasgupta, Abhishek, Martin-Loeches, Ignacio, Reyes, Luis Felipe, Piubelli, Chiara, Citarella, Barbara Wanjiru, Kartsonaki, Christiana, Lefèvre, Benjamin, López Revilla, José W., Lunn, Miles, Harrison, Ewen M., Kraemer, Moritz U. G., Shrapnel, Sally, Horby, Peter, Bisoffi, Zeno, Olliaro, Piero L, Merson, Laura, ISARIC Clinical Characterisation Group and Ghadimi, Moji (2023). A multi-country analysis of COVID-19 hospitalizations by vaccination status. Med, 4 (11), 797-812.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.medj.2023.08.005
Shah, Neel, Xue, Bing, Xu, Ziqi, Yang, Hanqing, Marwali, Eva, Dalton, Heidi, Payne, Philip P. R., Lu, Chenyang, Said, Ahmed S., Abdukahil, Sheryl Ann, Abdulkadir, Nurul Najmee, Absil, Lara, Acker, Andrew, Adrião, Diana, Hssain, Ali Ait, Akwani, Chika, Al Qasim, Eman, Alalqam, Razi, Al-dabbous, Tala, Alex, Beatrice, Al-Fares, Abdulrahman, Alfoudri, Huda, Aliudin, Jeffrey, Alves, João, Alves, Rita, Alves, João Melo, Cabrita, Joana Alves, Amaral, Maria, Amira, Nur ... ISARIC Clinical Characterisation Group (2023). Validation of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation mortality prediction and severity of illness scores in an international COVID-19 cohort. Artificial Organs, 47 (9), 1490-1502. doi: 10.1111/aor.14542
Vijayaraghavan, Bharath Kumar Tirupakuzhi, Bishnu, Saptarshi, Baruch, Joaquin, Citarella, Barbara Wanjiru, Kartsonaki, Christiana, Meeyai, Aronrag, Mohamed, Zubair, Ohshimo, Shinichiro, Lefèvre, Benjamin, Al-Fares, Abdulrahman, Calvache, Jose A., Taccone, Fabio Silvio, Olliaro, Piero, Merson, Laura, Adhikari, Neill K.J., Abdukahil, Sheryl Ann, Abdulkadir, Nurul Najmee, Abe, Ryuzo, Abel, Laurent, Abrous, Amal, Absil, Lara, Acker, Andrew, Adam, Elisabeth, Adrião, Diana, Al Ageel, Saleh, Ainscough, Kate, Hssain, Ali Ait, Tamlihat, Younes Ait, Akimoto, Takako ... the ISARIC Clinical Characterisation Group (2023). Liver injury in hospitalized patients with COVID-19: An International observational cohort study. PLoS One, 18 (9 September) e0277859, 1-17. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0277859
Milburn, Gerard J., Shrapnel, Sally and Evans, Peter W. (2023). Physical grounds for causal perspectivalism. Entropy, 25 (8) 1190, 1-24. doi: 10.3390/e25081190
Wainstein, Marina, Flanagan, Emily, Johnson, David W. and Shrapnel, Sally (2023). Systematic review of externally validated machine learning models for predicting acute kidney injury in general hospital patients. Frontiers in Nephrology, 3, 1220214. doi: 10.3389/fneph.2023.1220214
Wainstein, Marina, Spyrison, Nicholas, Dai, Danyang, Ghadimi, Moji, Chavez-Iniquez, Jonathan Samuel, Rizo Topete, Lilia María, Citarella, Barbara Wanjiru, Merson, Laura, Pole, Jason, Claure-Del Granado, Rolando, Johnson, David W., Shrapnel, Sally, Abdukahil, heryl Ann, Abdulkadir, Nurul Najmee, Abe, Ryuzo, Abel, Laurent, Abrous, Amal, Absil, Lara, Acker, Andrew, Adachi, Shingo, Adrião, Diana, Al Ageel, Saleh, Ahmed, Shakeel, Ainscough, Kate, Airlangga, Eka, Aisa, Tharwat, Hssain, Ali Ait, Tamlihat, Younes Ait, Akimoto, Takako ... ISARIC Characterization Group (2023). Association of country income level with the characteristics and outcomes of critically ill patients hospitalized with acute kidney injury and COVID-19. Kidney International Reports, 8 (8), 1514-1530. doi: 10.1016/j.ekir.2023.05.015
Kartsonaki, Christiana, Baillie, J Kenneth, Barrio, Noelia García, Baruch, Joaquín, Beane, Abigail, Blumberg, Lucille, Bozza, Fernando, Broadley, Tessa, Burrell, Aidan, Carson, Gail, Citarella, Barbara Wanjiru, Dagens, Andrew, Dankwa, Emmanuelle A, Donnelly, Christl A, Dunning, Jake, Elotmani, Loubna, Escher, Martina, Farshait, Nataly, Goffard, Jean-Christophe, Gonçalves, Bronner P, Hall, Matthew, Hashmi, Madiha, Sim Lim Heng, Benedict, Ho, Antonia, Jassat, Waasila, Pedrera Jiménez, Miguel, Laouenan, Cedric, Lissauer, Samantha, Martin-Loeches, Ignacio ... ISARIC Clinical Characterisation Group (2023). Characteristics and outcomes of an international cohort of 600 000 hospitalized patients with COVID-19. International Journal of Epidemiology, 52 (2), 355-376. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyad012
Baruch, Joaquin, Rojek, Amanda, Kartsonaki, Christiana, Vijayaraghavan, Bharath K. T., Gonçalves, Bronner P., Pritchard, Mark G., Merson, Laura, Dunning, Jake, Hall, Matthew, Sigfrid, Louise, Citarella, Barbara W., Murthy, Srinivas, Yeabah, Trokon O., Olliaro, Piero, Abbas, Ali, Abdukahil, Sheryl Ann, Abdulkadir, Nurul Najmee, Abe, Ryuzo, Abel, Laurent, Absil, Lara, Acharya, Subhash, Acker, Andrew, Adam, Elisabeth, Adrião, Diana, Al Ageel, Saleh, Ahmed, Shakeel, Ainscough, Kate, Airlangga, Eka, Aisa, Tharwat ... Zucman, David (2022). Symptom-based case definitions for COVID-19: Time and geographical variations for detection at hospital admission among 260,000 patients. Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses, 16 (6), 1040-1050. doi: 10.1111/irv.13039
Gonçalves, Bronner P, Hall, Matthew, Jassat, Waasila, Balan, Valeria, Murthy, Srinivas, Kartsonaki, Christiana, Semple, Malcolm G, Rojek, Amanda, Baruch, Joaquín, Reyes, Luis Felipe, Dasgupta, Abhishek, Dunning, Jake, Citarella, Barbara Wanjiru, Pritchard, Mark, Martín-Quiros, Alejandro, Sili, Uluhan, Baillie, J Kenneth, Aryal, Diptesh, Arabi, Yaseen, Rashan, Aasiyah, Angheben, Andrea, Caoili, Janice, Carrier, François Martin, Harrison, Ewen M, Gómez-Junyent, Joan, Figueiredo-Mello, Claudia, Douglas, James Joshua, Mat Nor, Mohd Basri, Chow, Yock Ping ... Suen, Jacky Y. (2022). An international observational study to assess the impact of the Omicron variant emergence on the clinical epidemiology of COVID-19 in hospitalised patients. eLife, 11 ARTN e80556. doi: 10.7554/eLife.80556
Reyes, Luis Felipe, Murthy, Srinivas, Garcia-Gallo, Esteban, Merson, Laura, Ibáñez-Prada, Elsa D., Rello, Jordi, Fuentes, Yuli V., Martin-Loeches, Ignacio, Bozza, Fernando, Duque, Sara, Taccone, Fabio S., Fowler, Robert A., Kartsonaki, Christiana, Gonçalves, Bronner P., Citarella, Barbara Wanjiru, Aryal, Diptesh, Burhan, Erlina, Cummings, Matthew J., Delmas, Christelle, Diaz, Rodrigo, Figueiredo-Mello, Claudia, Hashmi, Madiha, Panda, Prasan Kumar, Jiménez, Miguel Pedrera, Rincon, Diego Fernando Bautista, Thomson, David, Nichol, Alistair, Marshall, John C., Olliaro, Piero L. ... Suen, Jacky Y. (2022). Respiratory support in patients with severe COVID-19 in the International Severe Acute Respiratory and Emerging Infection (ISARIC) COVID-19 study: a prospective, multinational, observational study. Critical Care, 26 (1) 276. doi: 10.1186/s13054-022-04155-1
Cho, Sung Min, White, Nicole, Premraj, Lavienraj, Battaglini, Denise, Fanning, Jonathon, Suen, Jacky, Bassi, Gianluigi Li, Fraser, John, Robba, Chiara, Griffee, Matthew, Singh, Bhagteshwar, Citarella, Barbara Wanjiru, Merson, Laura, Solomon, Tom, Thomson, David, ISARIC Clinical Characterisation Group, Forsyth, Simon and Shrapnel, Sally (2022). Neurological manifestations of COVID-19 in adults and children. Brain, 146 (4), 1648-1661. doi: 10.1093/brain/awac332
ISARIC Clinical Characterization Group, Garcia-Gallo, Esteban, Merson, Laura, Kennon, Kalynn, Kelly, Sadie, Wanjiru Citarella, Barbara, Vidali Fryer, Daniel, Shrapnel, Sally, Lee, James, Duque, Sara, Fuentes, Yuli V., Balan,Valeria, Smith, Sue, Wei, Jia, Gonçalves, Bronner P., Russell, Clark D., Sigfrid, Louise, Dagens, Andrew, Olliaro, Piero L., Baruch, Joaquin, Kartsonaki, Christiana, Dunning, Jake, Rojek, Amanda, Rashan, Aasiyah, Beane, Abi, Murthy, Srinivas, Reyes, Luis Felipe, Forsyth, Simon J. and Suen, Jacky Y. (2022). ISARIC-COVID-19 dataset: A prospective, standardized, global dataset of patients hospitalized with COVID-19. Scientific Data, 9 (1) 454, 454. doi: 10.1038/s41597-022-01534-9
Kamel Rahimi, Amir, Canfell, Oliver J., Chan, Wilkin, Sly, Benjamin, Pole, Jason D., Sullivan, Clair and Shrapnel, Sally (2022). Machine learning models for diabetes management in acute care using electronic medical records: a systematic review. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 162 104758, 1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2022.104758
Li Bassi, Gianluigi, Gibbons, Kristen, Suen, Jacky Y., Dalton, Heidi J., White, Nicole, Corley, Amanda, Shrapnel, Sally, Hinton, Samuel, Forsyth, Simon, Laffey, John G., Fan, Eddy, Fanning, Jonathon P., Panigada, Mauro, Bartlett, Robert, Brodie, Daniel, Burrell, Aidan, Chiumello, Davide, Elhazmi, Alyaa, Esperatti, Mariano, Grasselli, Giacomo, Hodgson, Carol, Ichiba, Shingo, Luna, Carlos, Marwali, Eva, Merson, Laura, Murthy, Srinivas, Nichol, Alistair, Ogino, Mark, Pelosi, Paolo ... The COVID-19 Critical Care Consortium (2022). Early short course of neuromuscular blocking agents in patients with COVID-19 ARDS: a propensity score analysis. Critical Care, 26 (1) 141, 141. doi: 10.1186/s13054-022-03983-5
Wainstein, Marina, MacDonald, Samual, Fryer, Daniel, Young, Kyle, Balan, Valeria, Begum, Husna, Burrell, Aidan, Citarella, Barbara Wanjiru, Cobb, J. Perren, Kelly, Sadie, Kennon, Kalynn, Lee, James, Merson, Laura, Murthy, Srinivas, Nichol, Alistair, Semple, Malcolm G., Strudwick, Samantha, Webb, Steven A., Rossignol, Patrick, Claure-Del Granado, Rolando, Shrapnel, Sally and the ISARIC Clinical Characterisation Group (2022). Use of an extended KDIGO definition to diagnose acute kidney injury in patients with COVID-19: a multinational study using the ISARIC–WHO clinical characterisation protocol. PLoS Medicine, 19 (4) e1003969, e1003969. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003969
Kewming, Michael J. and Shrapnel, Sally (2022). Entropy production and fluctuation theorems in a continuously monitored optical cavity at zero temperature. Quantum, 6 685, 685. doi: 10.22331/q-2022-04-13-685
Lim, Han Chang, Austin, Jodie A., van der Vegt, Anton H., Rahimi, Amir Kamel, Canfell, Oliver J., Mifsud, Jayden, Pole, Jason D., Barras, Michael A., Hodgson, Tobias, Shrapnel, Sally and Sullivan, Clair M. (2022). Toward a learning health care system: a systematic review and evidence-based conceptual framework for implementation of clinical analytics in a digital hospital. Applied Clinical Informatics, 13 (02), 339-354. doi: 10.1055/s-0042-1743243
Reyes, Luis Felipe, Murthy, Srinivas, Garcia-Gallo, Esteban, Irvine, Mike, Merson, Laura, Martin-Loeches, Ignacio, Rello, Jordi, Taccone, Fabio S, Fowler, Robert A, Docherty, Annemarie B, Kartsonaki, Christiana, Aragao, Irene, Barrett, Peter W, Beane, Abigail, Burrell, Aidan, Cheng, Matthew Pellan, Christian, Michael D, Cidade, Jose Pedro, Citarella, Barbara Wanjiru, Donnelly, Christl A, Fernandes, Susana M, French, Craig, Haniffa, Rashan, Harrison, Ewen M, Ho, Antonia Ying Wai, Joseph, Mark, Khan, Irfan, Kho, Michelle E, Kildal, Anders Benjamin ... Olliaro, Piero L (2022). Clinical characteristics, risk factors and outcomes in patients with severe COVID-19 registered in the International Severe Acute Respiratory and Emerging Infection Consortium WHO clinical characterisation protocol: a prospective, multinational, multicentre, observational study. ERJ Open Research, 8 (1) 00552-2021, 00552-2021. doi: 10.1183/23120541.00552-2021
Abbas, Ali, Abdukahil, Sheryl Ann, Abdulkadir, Nurul Najmee, Abe, Ryuzo, Abel, Laurent, Absil, Lara, Acharya, Subhash, Acker, Andrew, Adachi, Shingo, Adam, Elisabeth, Adrião, Diana, Ageel, Saleh Al, Ahmed, Shakeel, Ain, Quratul, Ainscough, Kate, Aisa, Tharwat, Ait Hssain, Ali, Ait Tamlihat, Younes, Akimoto, Takako, Akmal, Ernita, Al Qasim, Eman, Alalqam, Razi, Alam, Tanvir, Al-dabbous, Tala, Alegesan, Senthilkumar, Alegre, Cynthia, Alessi, Marta, Alex, Beatrice, Alexandre, Kévin ... ISARIC Clinical Characterisation Group (2021). The value of open-source clinical science in pandemic response: lessons from ISARIC. The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 21 (12), 1623-1624. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(21)00565-X
ISARIC Clinical Characterisation Group, Hall, Matthew D., Baruch, Joaquín, Carson, Gail, Citarella, Barbara Wanjiru, Dagens, Andrew, Dankwa, Emmanuelle A., Donnelly, Christl A., Dunning, Jake, Escher, Martina, Kartsonaki, Christiana, Merson, Laura, Pritchard, Mark, Wei, Jia, Horby, Peter W., Rojek, Amanda, Olliaro, Piero L., Li Bassi, Gianluigi, Shrapnel, Sally, Suen, Jacky and Forsyth, Simon J. (2021). Ten months of temporal variation in the clinical journey of hospitalised patients with COVID-19: An observational cohort. eLife, 10, 1-30. doi: 10.7554/elife.70970
Li Bassi, Gianluigi, Suen, Jacky Y., White, Nicole, Dalton, Heidi J., Fanning, Jonathon, Corley, Amanda, Shrapnel, Sally, Hinton, Samuel, Forsyth, Simon, Parsons, Rex, Laffey, John G., Fan, Eddy, Bartlett, Robert, Brodie, Daniel, Burrell, Aidan, Chiumello, Davide, Elhazmi, Alyaa, Grasselli, Giacomo, Hodgson, Carol, Ichiba, Shingo, Luna, Carlos, Marwali, Eva, Merson, Laura, Murthy, Srinivas, Nichol, Alistair, Panigada, Mauro, Pelosi, Paolo, Torres, Antoni, Ng, Pauline Yeung ... Obonyo, Nchafatso (2021). Assessment of 28-day in-hospital mortality in mechanically ventilated patients with coronavirus disease 2019: an international cohort study. Critical Care Explorations, 3 (11) e0567, e0567. doi: 10.1097/cce.0000000000000567
Goswami, K., Giarmatzi, C., Monterola, C., Shrapnel, S., Romero, J. and Costa, F. (2021). Experimental characterization of a non-Markovian quantum process. Physical Review A, 104 (2) 022432. doi: 10.1103/physreva.104.022432
ISARIC Clinical Characterisation Group, Li Bassi, Gianluigi, Scarsbrook, Joshua, Shrapnel, Sally, Suen, Jacky and Forsyth, Simon J. (2021). COVID-19 symptoms at hospital admission vary with age and sex: results from the ISARIC prospective multinational observational study. Infection, 49 (5), 889-905. doi: 10.1007/s15010-021-01599-5
Li Bassi, Gianluigi, Suen, Jacky Y, Dalton, Heidi J, White, Nicole, Shrapnel, Sally, Fanning, Jonathon P, Liquet, Benoit, Hinton, Samuel, Vuorinen, Aapeli, Booth, Gareth, Millar, Jonathan E, Forsyth, Simon, Panigada, Mauro, Laffey, John, Brodie, Daniel, Fan, Eddy, Torres, Antoni, Chiumello, Davide, Corley, Amanda, Elhazmi, Alyaa, Hodgson, Carol, Ichiba, Shingo, Luna, Carlos, Murthy, Srinivas, Nichol, Alistair, Ng, Pauline Yeung, Ogino, Mark, Pesenti, Antonio, Trieu, Huynh Trung ... Obonyo, Gikenyi N. (2021). An appraisal of respiratory system compliance in mechanically ventilated covid-19 patients. Critical Care, 25 (1) 199, 1-22. doi: 10.1186/s13054-021-03518-4
Wainstein, Marina, Bello, Aminu K., Jha, Vivekanand, Harris, David C.H., Levin, Adeera, Gonzalez-Bedat, Maria C., Rosa-Diez, Guillermo J., Ferreiro Fuentes, Alejandro, Sola, Laura, Pecoits-Filho, Roberto, Claure-Del Granado, Rolando, Madero, Magdalena, Osman, Mohamed A., Saad, Syed, Zaidi, Deenaz, Lunney, Meaghan, Ye, Feng, Katz, Ivor J., Khan, Maryam, Shrapnel, Sally, Tonelli, Marcello, Okpechi, Ikechi G. and Johnson, David W. (2021). International Society of Nephrology Global Kidney Health Atlas: structures, organization, and services for the management of kidney failure in Latin America. Kidney International Supplements, 11 (2), e35-e46. doi: 10.1016/j.kisu.2021.01.005
Kewming, M. J., Shrapnel, S. and Milburn, G. J. (2021). Designing a physical quantum agent. Physical Review A, 103 (3) 032411, 1-7. doi: 10.1103/physreva.103.032411
Kirrane, Marianne D., Shrapnel, Sally, Ramanan, Mahesh, Clement, Pierre, Fraser, John F., Laupland, Kevin B., Sullivan, Clair M. and Shekar, Kiran (2021). Intensive care digital health response to emerging infectious disease outbreaks such as COVID-19. Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, 49 (2), 0310057X2097577-111. doi: 10.1177/0310057x20975777
Bassi, Gianluigi Li, Suen, Jacky, Barnett, Adrian Gerard, Corley, Amanda, Millar, Jonathan, Fanning, Jonathon, Lye, India, Colombo, Sebastiano, Wildi, Karin, Livingstone, Samantha, Abbate, Gabriella, Hinton, Samuel, Liquet, Benoit, Shrapnel, Sally, Dalton, Heidi and Fraser, John F. (2020). Design and rationale of the COVID-19 Critical Care Consortium international, multicentre, observational study. BMJ Open, 10 (12) e041417, 1-6. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-041417
Kewming, M. J., Shrapnel, S., White, A. G. and Romero, J. (2020). Hiding ignorance using high dimensions. Physical Review Letters, 124 (25) 250401, 250401. doi: 10.1103/physrevlett.124.250401
Kewming, Michael, Shrapnel, Sally and Milburn, Gerard (2020). Quantum correlations in the Kerr Ising model. New Journal of Physics, 22 (5) 053042, 053042. doi: 10.1088/1367-2630/ab7255
Shrapnel, Sally, Costa, Fabio and Milburn, Gerard (2018). Quantum Markovianity as a supervised learning task. International Journal of Quantum Information, 16 (8) 1840010, 1840010. doi: 10.1142/s0219749918400105
Milburn, Gerard and Shrapnel, Sally (2018). Classical and quantum causal interventions. Entropy, 20 (9) 687, 687. doi: 10.3390/e20090687
Shrapnel, Sally and Costa, Fabio (2018). Causation does not explain contextuality. Quantum, 2 63, 63. doi: 10.22331/q-2018-05-18-63
Shrapnel, Sally, Costa, Fabio and Milburn, Gerard (2018). Updating the Born rule. New Journal of Physics, 20 (5) 053010, 053010. doi: 10.1088/1367-2630/aabe12
Shrapnel, Sally (2017). Discovering quantum causal models. The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 70 (1), 1-25. doi: 10.1093/bjps/axx044
Costa, Fabio and Shrapnel, Sally (2016). Quantum causal modelling. New Journal of Physics, 18 (6) 063032, 063032. doi: 10.1088/1367-2630/18/6/063032
Shrapnel, Sally (2014). Quantum causal explanation: or, why birds fly south. European Journal for Philosophy of Science, Online First (3), 409-423. doi: 10.1007/s13194-014-0094-5
Conference Papers
Layton, Harrison, Shrapnel, Sally and Bialkowski, Alina (2022). Explainable deep learning for medical imaging models through class specific semantic dictionaries. International Conference on Digital Image Computing: Techniques and Applications (DICTA), Sydney, NSW, Australia, 30 November 2022 - 02 December 2022. Piscataway, NJ, United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/DICTA56598.2022.10034639
Kewming, Michael J., Shrapnel, Sally, White, Andrew G. and Romero, Jacquiline (2019). Ignorance of the whole does not imply ignorance of the parts: qudit random access codes in spatial modes of light. Quantum Information and Measurement, QIM 2019, Rome, Italy, 4 - 6 April 2019. Washington, DC, United States: The Optical Society. doi: 10.1364/QIM.2019.F5A.78
Thesis
Shrapnel, Sally (2016). Using interventions to discover quantum causal structure. PhD Thesis, School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2016.1102