Piyumanga Karunaratne
Research Assistant in Cancer Informatics
- Edinburgh Cancer Informatics, University of Edinburgh
Contact details
Address
- Street
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Institute of Genetics and Cancer
The University of Edinburgh
Western General Hospital
Crewe Road South - City
- Edinburgh
- Post code
- EH4 2XU
Background
Piyumanga is a research assistant specializing in cancer informatics. With a background in medicine and health data science, Piyumanga is dedicated to using data analysis to improve our understanding of cancer and its treatment. Working with the Edinburgh Cancer Informatics team, she contributes to vital research aimed at advancing cancer care.
Qualifications
- MSc Health Data Science for Applied Precision Medicine - University of Dundee 2022
- MD Clinical Nutrition - University of Colombo, Sri Lanka 2021
- MSc Human Nutrition - University of Colombo, Sri Lanka 2017
- MBBS - University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka 2012
Project activity
- I-Qual PPC Project: https://cancer-data.ecrc.ed.ac.uk/projects/i-qual-ppc/
Conference details
CRUK Data-Driven Cancer Research Conference 2024
Participant
Poster presentation on ‘Reversal of the Polypharmacy-Survival Relationship in Poor Prognosis Cancer Patients’: https://cancer-data.ecrc.ed.ac.uk/2024/03/11/poor-prognosis-cancer/