Chameen Samarawickrama

A/Prof

BSc(Med)/MBBS/PhD/FRANZCO

Chameen.sams@sydney.edu.au

Centre for Vision Research

TORIC: Translational Ocular Research and Immunology Consortium

Currently open to PHD and Honours students in the topic areas of:

Identifying novel therapeutics to combat corneal neovascularization

Novel treatments for bacterial keratitis – the role of bacteriophages as a therapeutic

Chameen Samarawickrama

Biography

A/Prof Samarawickrama is a clinician-scientist and named one of the Top 5 Young Scientists of 2019 by the ABC. Within research, he holds an NHMRC Investigator fellowship, has an h-index of 33, 75 peer-reviewed publications and over 2500 citations. He has obtained over $1.8M in collaborative grant funding, of which over $1M was as Principal Investigator. He holds a patent for a surgical device that has reached successful commercialisation. A/Prof Samarawickrama is a science communicator with strong links to media. Clinically, he is a cornea sub-specialist with a public appointment at Westmead Hospital.

Research interests

Identifying novel therapeutics to combat corneal neovascularization, Novel treatments for bacterial keratitis – the role of bacteriophages as a therapeutic

Adjunct roles

Current grants

Affiliations

University of Sydney

Professional Associations and Organisations

RANZCO Member
AVR Member