Dr Rangi Kandane-Rathnayake - Researcher Profile

Biography

Dr Kandane-Rathnayake has recently completed her PhD and joined the Transfusion Research Unit in November 2010. She is in the phase of transition from molecular epidemiology of respiratory disease to clinical epidemiology in the field of transfusion medicine. Rangi is currently focussed on manuscript preparation and the development of grant applications for a number of TORC projects.

Research Projects:

Renal Specific Diseases Registry

IDA in Colorectal Cancer Registry

Qualifications

PHD

Institution: The University of Melbourne

Year awarded: 2010

BACHELOR OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE (HONOURS)

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 2004

Publications

Journal Articles

Kandane-Rathnayake, R.K., Enticott, J., Phillips, L.E., 2012, Data distribution: normal or abnormal?, Transfusion [E], vol E, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc., USA, pp. 1-3.

Kandane-Rathnayake, R.K., Enticott, J., Phillips, L.E., 2012, Data distribution: normal or abnormal? What to do about it, Transfusion [E], vol E, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc., USA, pp. 1-2.

Kandane-Rathnayake, R.K., Enticott, J., Phillips, L.E., 2012, Data distribution: normal or abnormal? Why it matters, Transfusion [E], vol E, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc, USA, pp. 1-2.

Enticott, J., Kandane-Rathnayake, R.K., Phillips, L.E., 2012, Odds ratio simplified, Transfusion [P], vol 52, issue 3, Wiley-Blackwell, United States, pp. 467-469.

Enticott, J., Kandane-Rathnayake, R.K., 2012, Prevalence versus incidence, Transfusion [P], vol 52, issue 9, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc., United States, pp. 1868-1870.

Kanellis, J., Ma, F., Kandane, R., Dowling, J., Polkinghorne, K., Bennett, B., Friedman, G., Nikolic-Paterson, D., 2011, JNK signalling in human and experimental renal ischaemia/reperfusion injury, Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation [P], vol 25, issue 9, Oxford University Press, United Kingdom, pp. 2898-2908.

Kandane-Rathnayake, R.K., Matheson, M.C., Simpson, J.A., Tang, M.L., Johns, D.P., Meszaros, D., Wood-baker, R., Feather, I., Morrison, S., Jenkins, M.A., Giles, G., Hopper, J., Abramson, M.J., Dharmage, S.C., Walters, E.H., 2009, Adherence to asthma management guidelines by middle-aged adults with current asthma, Thorax [P], vol 64, issue 12, BMJ Group, UK, pp. 1025-1031.

Sasmono, R.T., Ehrnsperger, A., Cronau, S.L., Ravasi, T., Kandane, R.K., Hickey, M.J., Cook, A.D., Himes, S.R., Hamilton, J.A., Hume, D.A., 2007, Mouse neutrophilic granulocytes express mRNA encoding the macrophage colony-stimulating factor receptor (CSF-1R) as well as many other macrophage-specific transcripts and can transdifferentiate into macrophages in vitro in response to CSF-1, Journal of Leukocyte Biology, vol 82, issue 1, Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, USA, pp. 111-123.

Kanellis, J., Kandane, R.K., Etemadmoghadam, D., Fraser, S.A., Mount, P.F., Levidiotis, V., Kemp, B.E., Power, D.A., 2006, Activators of the energy sensing kinase AMPK inhibit random cell movement and chemotaxis in U937 cells, Immunology and Cell Biology, vol 84, issue 1, Blackwell Publishing, Oxford England, pp. 6-12.