Umanga Gunasekera, PhD
Postdoctoral Associate
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PhD in Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, Twin cities
Master of Veterinary Public Health, Freie University of Berlin and Chiang Mai University
Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Kandy, Sri Lanka
Summary
Umanga is working as a PostDoc at the CAHFS. Her focus is on infectious disease, specifically on diseases that cause economic losses to farmers.
She is enthusiastic to get involved in a career where she can use and share the knowledge she has obtained to help farmers, and see a positive outcome.
Umanga grew up in Sri Lanka, and came to the US in order to gain advanced knowledge in the field of veterinary epidemiology.
Expertise
Foot and mouth disease; Infectious disease
Publications
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