
Yugeesh Lankadeva
@yugeesh_l
Professor, Theme Head of Systems Neuroscience; Head of Translational Cardiovascular and Renal Group: NHMRC EL2 & NHF Future Leader L2 Fellow at Florey & UniMelb
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https://www.florey.edu.au/science-research/scientist-directory/dr-yugeesh-lankadeva 23-03-2016 04:53:22
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Very proud to continue our charity in Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 supporting prosthetic limb donation and rehabilitation of patients who had limb amputations due to sepsis and/or diabetes from rural low socioeconomic villages The Florey Heart Foundation Critical Care at UniMelb NHMRC


👨🤝 Yugeesh Lankadeva dives into sepsis, organ impact, and early signs of dysfunction. Discover key insights on patient-centered care and healthcare improvements 🧬🚨The Florey Institute 🎶 tinyurl.com/3uvb7m9s Apple Podcasts🍎: apple.co/30PvU9C #SepsisAwareness


Best birthday present ever yesterday with my PhD The Florey, Rachel Peiris submitting thesis- huge congratulations Rachel - super proud of you keep 🌟


Inspiring talk by Professor Nadia Rosenthal who gave the 2024 Allan & Maria Myers Lecture at The Florey: from using human genetic variants to create mouse strains of heart failure, COVID-19, neuroinflammation to studying disease mechanisms & heterogeneity in patient populations.


Thank you to scientific and clinical teams, Florey Board members and consumers who joined our MEGASCORES 2024 Retreat! Led by Prof Yugeesh Lankadeva, the Mega-dose ascorbate for sepsis (MEGASCORES) project is made possible thanks to our key collaborators: florey.edu.au/research-proje…


Fantastic to host the 2024 MEGASCORES retreat yesterday at The Florey- MEGASCORES brings together a likeminded group of scientists, clinicians, consumers with the common purpose of transforming management of sepsis in intensive care units in Australia 🇦🇺 and worldwide 🌎



Proud to win the Jaye-Chin Dusting Award at the 2024 Hypertension Australia Conference in Sydney 🇦🇺. Thank you Professor Prof Francine Marques for nominating me for this prestigious award. The Florey Heart Foundation Australian Institute of Policy & Science Critical Care at UniMelb


Dr. Connie Ow Connie Ow, Ph.D proudly wears the beautiful First Nations scrubs gifted by one of our sepsis consumer advocates at the 2024 MEGASCORES retreat The Florey. In 2025, we will join Ms. Clark in enhancing sepsis awareness to First Nations communities in NT Australia 🇦🇺 .


Final trial for 2024 with a wonderful group of likeminded clinicians, scientists and PhD students working towards the common goal of improving brain and kidney health outcomes for patients undergoing cardiac surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass (‘heart-lung machine’) The Florey


Merry Christmas from The Florey’s Systems Neuroscience Theme 🎄 have a great break everyone🫶🏻 Dr Lin Booth Connie Ow, Ph.D Ash Betrie, PhD



We have officially kicked-off our research programs across sepsis, heart surgery requiring cardiopulmonary bypass, dialysis, heart failure and seizures for 2025 at The Florey with the first surgical procedure being performed by Dr Ruslan Pustovit 🚀


As we step into 2025, I am thrilled to welcome a diverse group of passionate & dedicated people joining our group/family at The Florey. They bring fresh perspectives and expertise that will drive forward our mission to improve patient health outcomes through medical research.


Happy Birthday to our January-born babies in our research group/family at The Florey 🫶🏻 Connie Ow, Ph.D Alemayehu Hailu Jufar Dr Lin Booth Rachel Peiris Taku Furukawa, MD Anton Trask-Marino Ash Betrie, PhD



Congratulations to Heart Foundation Future Leader Fellow, Professor Yugeesh Lankadeva, on being awarded $4.9M through the Cardiovascular Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF). Read more on the exciting MEGA-HEART project👉 florey.edu.au/news/2025/04/a… The Florey