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Wasana K. Sumanasekera
Summary
Dr. Wasana Sumanasekera received her Ph. D. from Pennsylvania State University in 2003. For her thesis, she has investigated the Peroxisome Proliferator Activated Receptor (PPAR) signaling, PPAR associated proteins, and different PPAR subtypes. Upon graduation, Dr. Sumanasekera joined the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Louisville as a post-doctoral scientist. After 2 months, she has been awarded the American Heart Association postdoctoral fellowship (2003-2006) as the principal investigator. She also worked as a lecturer / adjunct professor in the Department of Biology, University of Louisville (2006-2008), and visiting professor at Bellarmine University (2007). During 2006-2008, Dr. Sumanasekera was also employed at the Institute of Molecular Cardiology as a research associate. During her post-doctoral career, she was involved in several projects in cardiovascular physiology, cigarette smoke and diesel exhaust toxicology, and biochemistry & cell and molecular biology. Both her pre-doctoral and post-doctoral work created several peer-reviewed articles.