Shanthi Ameratunga

Shanthi Ameratunga
EducationUniversity of Auckland
Scientific career
FieldsPublic Health
WorkplacesUniversity of Auckland
Thesis
Robyn Norton
Rod Jackson
Doctoral students
Josephine Herman

Shanthi Neranjana Ameratunga is a New Zealand public health academic. As of September 2018, she is currently a full professor at the University of Auckland.

Academic career

After a 2005 PhD titled 'Disability following car crashes: an epidemiological investigation' at the University of Auckland, supervised by Robyn Norton and Rod Jackson, Ameratunga joined the staff, rising to full professor.

Ameratunga's work involves car accidents, alcohol, trauma, disabilities and rehabilitation. In 2020, she served on “A future for the world’s children?”, a WHO-UNICEF-Lancet Commission, co-chaired by Helen Clark and Awa Coll-Seck.

Notable students of Ameratunga include Josephine Herman.

Selected works

References

  1. 1 2 "Professor Shanthi Ameratunga - The University of Auckland". unidirectory.auckland.ac.nz. Archived from the original on 29 January 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  2. ↑ Ameratunga, Shanthi (2005). Disability following car crashes: an epidemiological investigation (Doctoral thesis). ResearchSpace@Auckland, University of Auckland. hdl:2292/3158.
  3. ↑ "Concussion issues can linger for years, New Zealand study finds - Horsetalk.co.nz". 4 February 2018. Archived from the original on 20 August 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  4. ↑ "Auckland SAVVY workshop boosts scientists' confidence". 19 March 2013. Archived from the original on 12 February 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  5. ↑ simon.collins@nzherald.co.nz, Simon Collins Education reporter, NZ Herald (13 November 2012). "Girls take lead in teen binge-drinking - study". NZ Herald – via www.nzherald.co.nz.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ↑ "Two Drinks Max: Who has made the pledge". NZ Herald. 6 November 2010 – via www.nzherald.co.nz.
  7. ↑ World Health Organization, press release of February 19, 2020.
  8. ↑ Herman, Josephine (2013). Road Traffic Injuries in the Pacific: The epidemiology of road traffic injuries in Fiji and the role of driver sleepiness (Doctoral thesis). ResearchSpace@Auckland, University of Auckland. hdl:2292/20572.