Ms Nayantara Wijayanandana
Research Student - MPhil/PhD - Epidemiology & Population Health
United Kingdom
I joined LSHTM as a Research Degree Student in January 2016 part-time while working at Sanofi Pasteur as Regional Epidemiologist AMESA (Africa, Middle-East, South Asia) on dengue and meningitis disease burden studies.
My prior health work experience includes working at the Malaria Consortium, The World Bank, Tufts-New England Medical Centre, and the Public Health Department of the Municipal Council in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
I did my MSc at LSHTM in PHDC in August 2007. I also have a MA in Communications & Technology at Georgetown University, and a BA in Biology from Clark University.
As an epidemiologist, I have focused exclusively on infectious disease epidemiology, specifically in Malaria, Dengue, and Meningitis. My research interests have also been in e-Health/mHealth initiatives, surveillance system strenthening, and projects working with community health workers.
My prior health work experience includes working at the Malaria Consortium, The World Bank, Tufts-New England Medical Centre, and the Public Health Department of the Municipal Council in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
I did my MSc at LSHTM in PHDC in August 2007. I also have a MA in Communications & Technology at Georgetown University, and a BA in Biology from Clark University.
As an epidemiologist, I have focused exclusively on infectious disease epidemiology, specifically in Malaria, Dengue, and Meningitis. My research interests have also been in e-Health/mHealth initiatives, surveillance system strenthening, and projects working with community health workers.
Affiliations
Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology and International Health
Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health
Centres
Centre for Data and Statistical Science for Health
Teaching
DL Tutor for Basic Epidemiology, Basic Statistics, Communicable Disease Control.
DL MSc Project Supervision.
Tutor for SME, STEPH
DL MSc Project Supervision.
Tutor for SME, STEPH
Research
I am doing my PhD research project on dengue epidemiology in Sri Lanka: I am focusing on the transmission dynamics of dengue looking at the spatial heterogeneity, the transmission intensity, and the impact of population mobility.
Research Area
Mathematical modelling
GIS/Spatial analysis
Disease and Health Conditions
Dengue
Malaria
Meningitis
HIV/AIDS
Country
Sri Lanka
Uganda
Nigeria
Cambodia
Turkey
Morocco
Zambia
South Sudan
Region
South Asia
Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only)
Middle East & North Africa (all income levels)
