Shanthi Ameratunga

Shanthi Ameratunga
Alma mater	University of Auckland
Scientific career
Fields	Public Health
Institutions	University of Auckland
Thesis	Disability following car crashes: an epidemiological investigation  (2005)
Doctoral advisor	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. ^[1]

Academic career

After a 2005 PhD titled 'Disability following car crashes: an epidemiological investigation' at the University of Auckland, ^[2] supervised by Robyn Norton and Rod Jackson, Ameratunga joined the staff, rising to full professor. ^[1]

Ameratunga's work involves car accidents, alcohol, trauma, disabilities and rehabilitation. ^{[3] [4] [5] [6]} 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. ^[7]

Notable students of Ameratunga include Josephine Herman. ^[8]

Selected works

• Connor, Jennie, Robyn Norton, Shanthi Ameratunga, Elizabeth Robinson, Ian Civil, Roger Dunn, John Bailey, and Rod Jackson. "Driver sleepiness and risk of serious injury to car occupants: population based case control study." BMJ 324, no. 7346 (2002): 1125.
• Salkeld, G., Shanthi N. Ameratunga, I. D. Cameron, R. G. Cumming, S. Easter, J. Seymour, S. E. Kurrle, S. Quine, and Paul M. Brown. "Quality of life related to fear of falling and hip fracture in older women: a time trade off studyCommentary: Older people's perspectives on life after hip fractures." BMJ 320, no. 7231 (2000): 341–346.
• Ameratunga, Shanthi, Martha Hijar, and Robyn Norton. "Road-traffic injuries: confronting disparities to address a global-health problem." The Lancet 367, no. 9521 (2006): 1533–1540.
• Feigin, Valery L., Alice Theadom, Suzanne Barker-Collo, Nicola J. Starkey, Kathryn McPherson, Michael Kahan, Anthony Dowell et al. "Incidence of traumatic brain injury in New Zealand: a population-based study." The Lancet Neurology 12, no. 1 (2013): 53–64.
• Blows, Stephanie, Shanthi Ameratunga, Rebecca Q. Ivers, Sing Kai Lo, and Robyn Norton. "Risky driving habits and motor vehicle driver injury." Accident Analysis & Prevention 37, no. 4 (2005): 619–624.
• Blows, Stephanie, Rebecca Q. Ivers, Jennie Connor, Shanthi Ameratunga, Mark Woodward, and Robyn Norton. "Marijuana use and car crash injury." Addiction 100, no. 5 (2005): 605–611.

References

1. "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. [e-mail], Simon Collins Education reporter, NZ Herald (13 November 2012). "Girls take lead in teen binge-drinking - study". NZ Herald– via www.nzherald.co.nz.
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.

External links

• Shanthi Ameratunga on LinkedIn
• Publications by Shanthi Ameratunga at ResearchGate