Associate Professor Yugeesh Lankadeva awarded 2023 Victorian Young Tall Poppy Science Award
Associate Professor Yugeesh Lankadeva from the Department of Critical Care was awarded a 2023 Victorian Young Tall Poppy Science Award from the Australian Institute of Policy and Science.
Associate Professor Yugeesh Lankadeva from the Department of Critical Care.
The award recognises Associate Professor Yugeesh Lankadeva's academic contributions to sepsis and his efforts to enhance public awareness of sepsis.
Associate Professor Yugeesh Lankadeva is a National Heart Foundation Future-Leader Fellow and leads the Translational Cardiovascular and Renal Research Group at The Florey. His research aims to understand the pathophysiology of brain and kidney injury arising from severe infections (sepsis), cardiac surgery requiring the heart-lung machine (cardiopulmonary bypass) and heart disease (heart failure). Armed with this knowledge, he hopes to develop novel diagnostics and therapeutics to improve patient-centred health outcomes.