Anushka Ruwanpathirana

This researcher's recent work focuses on the biology of airway smooth muscle and inflammation in asthma, studying how immune signaling molecules like cytokines (IL-4, IL-13, TSLP, TNFα, IFNγ) affect the muscles that line the airways and contribute to breathing difficulty. Earlier work also touched on antimicrobial stewardship (efforts to improve appropriate antibiotic use) in low- and middle-income countries. Prospective students would likely engage with laboratory-based respiratory disease research, including techniques like lung tissue slice models and gene expression analysis.

Publication output has been modest and somewhat variable over the last decade, rising from zero before 2020 to a small but fairly steady stream of 1-4 papers per year since 2021.

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