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Yugeesh Lankadeva

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Professor, Theme Head of Systems Neuroscience; Head of Translational Cardiovascular and Renal Group: NHMRC EL2 & NHF Future Leader L2 Fellow at Florey & UniMelb

Parkville, Melbourne
Joined March 2016
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3 months
RT @heartfoundation: Congratulations to Heart Foundation Future Leader Fellow, Professor @Yugeesh_L, on being awarded $4.9M through the Car….
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6 months
Thrilled to announce that 3 inspiring people have joined our MEGASCORES Sepsis Program. Mandy, Yvette and Idelette's lived experiences bring unique perspectives that will guide our research to align more closely with the real needs of patients, families, and communities 🫶🏻
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Yugeesh Lankadeva
6 months
Happy Birthday to our January-born babies in our research group/family at @TheFlorey 🫶🏻 @valliancecon @HailuJufar @DrLinBooth @RachelPeiris @taku_frkw @atraskmarino @AshenafiBetrie
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Yugeesh Lankadeva
6 months
As we step into 2025, I am thrilled to welcome a diverse group of passionate & dedicated people joining our group/family at @TheFlorey. They bring fresh perspectives and expertise that will drive forward our mission to improve patient health outcomes through medical research.
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Yugeesh Lankadeva
6 months
We have officially kicked-off our research programs across sepsis, heart surgery requiring cardiopulmonary bypass, dialysis, heart failure and seizures for 2025 at @TheFlorey with the first surgical procedure being performed by Dr Ruslan Pustovit 🚀
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Yugeesh Lankadeva
6 months
Home office wall updated to reflect career journey since migrating to 🇦🇺 after finishing school in 🇱🇰 in 2005. After 20-yrs of migrating to 🇦🇺, it’s a reminder of the hardwork, resilience, a commitment to excellence & sacrifices made that underpinned every one of these accolades
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Yugeesh Lankadeva
6 months
Proud to be featured in the 2025 Calendar for Royal Institute School and Uni Calendar. I will always cherish memories from my school days in Sri Lanka 🇱🇰. I am committed to expanding our research, uni & school outreach & philanthropic work into developing nations in 2025🫶🏻
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Yugeesh Lankadeva
6 months
Merry Christmas from @TheFlorey’s Systems Neuroscience Theme 🎄 have a great break everyone🫶🏻 @DrLinBooth @valliancecon @AshenafiBetrie
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Yugeesh Lankadeva
7 months
Final trial for 2024 with a wonderful group of likeminded clinicians, scientists and PhD students working towards the common goal of improving brain and kidney health outcomes for patients undergoing cardiac surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass (‘heart-lung machine’) @TheFlorey
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7 months
Dr. Connie Ow @valliancecon proudly wears the beautiful First Nations scrubs gifted by one of our sepsis consumer advocates at the 2024 MEGASCORES retreat @TheFlorey. In 2025, we will join Ms. Clark in enhancing sepsis awareness to First Nations communities in NT Australia 🇦🇺 .
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Yugeesh Lankadeva
7 months
Proud to win the Jaye-Chin Dusting Award at the 2024 Hypertension Australia Conference in Sydney 🇦🇺. Thank you Professor @FZMarques for nominating me for this prestigious award. @TheFlorey @heartfoundation @AIPS_science @CritCareUniMelb
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7 months
Great talk by Dr Alex Cooke on “Maximising investment:Why examining Australia’s R&D system is important for our sector” at the 2024 @AAMRI_Aus Convention in Canberra
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7 months
On our way to Sydney for Hypertension Australia 🇦🇺 @valliancecon
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7 months
RT @TheFlorey: Thank you to scientific and clinical teams, Florey Board members and consumers who joined our MEGASCORES 2024 Retreat!. Led….
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7 months
Fantastic to host the 2024 MEGASCORES retreat yesterday at @TheFlorey- MEGASCORES brings together a likeminded group of scientists, clinicians, consumers with the common purpose of transforming management of sepsis in intensive care units in Australia 🇦🇺 and worldwide 🌎
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Yugeesh Lankadeva
7 months
Inspiring talk by Professor Nadia Rosenthal who gave the 2024 Allan & Maria Myers Lecture at @TheFlorey: from using human genetic variants to create mouse strains of heart failure, COVID-19, neuroinflammation to studying disease mechanisms & heterogeneity in patient populations.
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Yugeesh Lankadeva
8 months
Best birthday present ever yesterday with my PhD @TheFlorey, @RachelPeiris submitting thesis- huge congratulations Rachel - super proud of you keep 🌟
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RT @finding_genius: 👨🤝 @Yugeesh_L dives into sepsis, organ impact, and early signs of dysfunction. Discover key insights on patient-centere….
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Yugeesh Lankadeva
8 months
Very proud to continue our charity in Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 supporting prosthetic limb donation and rehabilitation of patients who had limb amputations due to sepsis and/or diabetes from rural low socioeconomic villages @TheFlorey @heartfoundation @CritCareUniMelb @nhmrc
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Yugeesh Lankadeva
9 months
Enjoyed presenting at Monash Uni on the role of authentic leadership in bridging gaps b/w academia, healthcare & industry - Incentivising people based on task significance, autonomy & ownership can drive a positive culture & a sustainable environment where innovation thrives 💫
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