Kumudu Weerakoon

Kumudu Weerakoon is a public health physician and Lecturer at the Department of Applied Epidemiology, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University. She holds qualifications from Sri Lankan institutions: an MBBS from the University of Kelaniya, and an MSc and MD in Community Medicine from the University of Colombo.

• Education:
  • MBBS, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
  • MSc in Community Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
  • MD in Community Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
• Research Interests:
  • Communicable Disease Surveillance
  • Infectious Disease Epidemiology
  • Environmental Health
  • Occupational Health
  • Community-based Interventions
• Current Work:
  • Undertaking public health training under Professor Martyn Kirk
  • Focus on communicable disease surveillance, outbreak investigation, and translation of epidemiological evidence into policy
• Publications:
  • 2020: Application of public health principles to workplace COVID-19 prevention