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'''Shanthi Neranjana Ameratunga''' is a New Zealand [[public health]] academic and are currently a full professor at the [[University of Auckland]].<ref name="bio">{{cite web|url=https://unidirectory.auckland.ac.nz/profile/s-ameratunga|title=Professor Shanthi Ameratunga - The University of Auckland|website=unidirectory.auckland.ac.nz}}</ref>

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'''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]].<ref name="bio">{{cite web |url=https://unidirectory.auckland.ac.nz/profile/s-ameratunga |title=Professor Shanthi Ameratunga - The University of Auckland |website=unidirectory.auckland.ac.nz |access-date=5 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180129055549/https://unidirectory.auckland.ac.nz/profile/s-ameratunga |archive-date=29 January 2018 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref>


==Academic career==
==Academic career==


After a 2005 [[PhD]] titled '' 'Disability following car crashes: an epidemiological investigation' '' at the [[University of Auckland]], Ameratunga joined the staff, rising to full professor.<ref name="bio"/>
After a 2005 [[PhD]] titled '' 'Disability following car crashes: an epidemiological investigation' '' at the [[University of Auckland]],<ref>{{cite thesis |last=Ameratunga |first=Shanthi |year=2005 |type=Doctoral thesis |title=Disability following car crashes: an epidemiological investigation |publisher=ResearchSpace@Auckland, University of Auckland |hdl=2292/3158 |url=https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/handle/2292/3158}}</ref> supervised by [[Robyn Norton]] and [[Rod Jackson (epidemiologist)|Rod Jackson]], Ameratunga joined the staff, rising to full professor.<ref name="bio"/>

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Ameratunga's work involves car accidents, alcohol, trauma, disabilities and rehabilitation.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.horsetalk.co.nz/2018/02/04/concussion-linger-years-study/ |title=Concussion issues can linger for years, New Zealand study finds - Horsetalk.co.nz |date=4 February 2018 |access-date=5 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180820141115/https://www.horsetalk.co.nz/2018/02/04/concussion-linger-years-study/ |archive-date=20 August 2018 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz/2013/03/19/auckland-savvy-workshop-boosts-scientists-confidence/ |title=Auckland SAVVY workshop boosts scientists' confidence |date=19 March 2013 |access-date=5 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180212015516/https://www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz/2013/03/19/auckland-savvy-workshop-boosts-scientists-confidence/ |archive-date=12 February 2018 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=10847267 |title=Girls take lead in teen binge-drinking - study |first=Simon Collins Education reporter, NZ Herald |last=simon.collins@nzherald.co.nz |date=13 November 2012 |via=www.nzherald.co.nz|newspaper=NZ Herald }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10684324 |title=Two Drinks Max: Who has made the pledge |date=6 November 2010 |via=www.nzherald.co.nz |newspaper=NZ Herald }}</ref> In 2020, she served on “A future for the world’s children?”, a [[World Health Organization|WHO]]-[[UNICEF]]-''[[The Lancet|Lancet]]'' Commission, co-chaired by [[Helen Clark]] and [[Awa Coll-Seck]].<ref>[https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/19-02-2020-world-failing-to-provide-children-with-a-healthy-life-and-a-climate-fit-for-their-future-who-unicef-lancet] [[World Health Organization]], press release of February 19, 2020.</ref>


Notable students of Ameratunga include [[Josephine Herman]].<ref>{{cite thesis |last=Herman |first=Josephine |year=2013 |type=Doctoral thesis |title=Road Traffic Injuries in the Pacific: The epidemiology of road traffic injuries in Fiji and the role of driver sleepiness |publisher=ResearchSpace@Auckland, University of Auckland |hdl=2292/20572 |url=https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/handle/2292/20572}}</ref>
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Much of Ameratunga's work involves car accidents, alcohol, trauma, disabilities and rehabilitation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.horsetalk.co.nz/2018/02/04/concussion-linger-years-study/|title=Concussion issues can linger for years, New Zealand study finds - Horsetalk.co.nz|date=4 February 2018|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz/2013/03/19/auckland-savvy-workshop-boosts-scientists-confidence/|title=Auckland SAVVY workshop boosts scientists' confidence|date=19 March 2013|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=10847267|title=Girls take lead in teen binge-drinking - study|first=Simon Collins Education reporter, NZ Herald|last=simon.collins@nzherald.co.nz|date=13 November 2012|publisher=|via=www.nzherald.co.nz}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/|title=Two Drinks Max: Who has made the pledge|date=6 November 2010|publisher=|via=www.nzherald.co.nz}}</ref>


== Selected works ==
== 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* Feigin, Valery L., [[Alice Theadom]], [[Suzanne Lyn Barker-Collo|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, Shanthi Ameratunga, [[Rebecca Ivers|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 (journal)|Addiction]] 100, no. 5 (2005): 605-611.
* Blows, Stephanie, Rebecca Q. Ivers, Jennie Connor, Shanthi Ameratunga, Mark Woodward, and Robyn Norton. "Marijuana use and car crash injury." [[Addiction (journal)|Addiction]] 100, no. 5 (2005): 605–611.


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==External links==
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Latest revision as of 22:23, 18 December 2024

Shanthi Ameratunga
Alma materUniversity of Auckland
Scientific career
FieldsPublic Health
InstitutionsUniversity of Auckland
Thesis
Doctoral advisorRobyn Norton
Rod Jackson
Doctoral studentsJosephine Herman
Scholia has a profile for Shanthi Ameratunga (Q37839719).

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

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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

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  • 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

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  1. ^ a b "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. ^ simon.collins@nzherald.co.nz, Simon Collins Education reporter, NZ Herald (13 November 2012). "Girls take lead in teen binge-drinking - study". NZ Herald – via www.nzherald.co.nz.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ "Two Drinks Max: Who has made the pledge". NZ Herald. 6 November 2010 – via www.nzherald.co.nz.
  7. ^ [1] 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.
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