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Diabetes, Cardiovascular disease, Metabolic Syndrome, Rural health, Medical Education
Australia

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Employment (3)

Griffith University: Gold Coast, Queensland, AU

2019 to present | Associate Professor (School of Medicine and Dentistry)
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Janani Pinidiyapathirage

University of Southern Queensland: Toowoomba, QLD, AU

2014 to 2018-12-31
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Janani Pinidiyapathirage

University of Kelaniya, Faculty of Medicine: Ragama, LK

2001 to 2011
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Janani Pinidiyapathirage

Education and qualifications (3)

UNSW: Sydney, NSW, AU

2015 | PhD (SPHCM)
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Janani Pinidiyapathirage

University of Colombo Postgraduate Institute of Medicine: Colombo, LK

2007 | MD
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Janani Pinidiyapathirage

University of Sri Jayewardenepura Faculty of Medical Sciences: Nugegoda, LK

1999 | MBBS
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Works (31)

Enhancing Reflective Practice Using Prompts in Online Submission of Case Reports (OSCAR): An Exploratory Study Among Medical Students in Rural Longitudinal Integrated Clerkships

Perspectives on Medical Education
2024-12-26 | Journal article
Contributors: William MacAskill; Hannah Woodall; Claire Dorothea Nicholls; Kay Brumpton; Janani Pinidiyapathirage
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Connectivity is the key to longer rural placement: Retaining students on rural longitudinal integrated clerkships

Medical Teacher
2024-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Brendan Carrigan; Lucy Bass; Janani Pinidiyapathirage; Sherrilyn Walters; Hannah Woodall; Kay Brumpton
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Finding what works—Patients' long-term experiences of weight maintenance post bariatric surgery: A systematic review and thematic synthesis of qualitative studies

Obesity Reviews
2023 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85166405062

Part of ISSN: 1467789X 14677881
Contributors: MacAskill, W.; Gillanders, T.; Wylie, N.; Pinidiyapathirage, J.
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Beyond the Written Reflection: A Systematic Review and Qualitative Synthesis of Creative Approaches to Reflective Learning Amongst Medical Students

Perspectives on Medical Education
2023-09-11 | Journal article
Contributors: William MacAskill; Weng Joe Chua; Hannah Woodall; Janani Pinidiyapathirage
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Assessing health literacy of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples presenting to general practice

Australian Journal of General Practice
2022 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85135229901

Part of ISSN: 22087958 2208794X
Contributors: MacAskill, W.; Rolleston, R.M.; Brumpton, K.; Pinidiyapathirage, J.
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Managing behavioural and developmental paediatric conditions in rural outpatient clinics: An insight to the challenge ahead

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health
2022 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85125240895

Part of ISSN: 14401754 10344810
Contributors: Kardell, L.D.; Lee, J.; Pinidiyapathirage, J.; Brumpton, K.
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Janani Pinidiyapathirage via Scopus - Elsevier

Video capsule endoscopy in patients with iron deficiency anaemia: experience at a regional Australian service

BMC Research Notes
2022 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85130000082

Part of ISSN: 17560500
Contributors: Furner, M.; Nagel, R.; Pinidiyapathirage, J.
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Self-assessment tools for assessing cultural competency: a rapid review of literature

AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples
2022-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Revathy Ganeshananthan; Calvin Xu; Kay Brumpton; Blake Jones; Janani Pinidiyapathirage
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Exploring the learning environment afforded by an Aboriginal Community Controlled Health service in a rural longitudinal integrated clerkship

Education for Primary Care
2022-07-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Paul Purea; Kay Brumpton; Koshila Kumar; Janani Pinidiyapathirage
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Are farmers more likely to develop skin cancer?

Rural and Remote Health
2021 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85113491646

Part of ISSN: 14456354
Contributors: Kitchener, S.; Pinidiyapathirage, J.; Hunter, K.
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Janani Pinidiyapathirage via Scopus - Elsevier

Video Capsule endoscopy in patients with Iron Deficiency Anaemia: Experience at a Regional Australian Service

Research Square
2021 | Other
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2-s2.0-85166457173

Contributors: Furner, M.; Nagel, R.; Pinidiyapathirage, J.
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Janani Pinidiyapathirage via Scopus - Elsevier

Physical Activity Tracking Among Sri Lankan Adults: Findings From a 7-Year Follow-up of the Ragama Health Study

Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health
2021-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Janani Pinidiyapathirage; Anuradhani Kasthuriratne; Jason A. Bennie; Arunasalam Pathmeswaran; Stuart J. H. Biddle; Hithanadura Janaka De Silva; Sureka Chackrewarthy; Anuradha S. Dassanayake; Udaya Ranawaka; Norihiro Kato et al.
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Acceptability, technological feasibility and educational value of remotely facilitated simulation based training: A scoping review

Medical Education Online
2021-01-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Robert Heffernan; Kay Brumpton; David Randles; Janani Pinidiyapathirage
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A cross-sectional study of skin cancer secondary prevention in rural general practice

Australian Journal of General Practice
2020 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85087423726

Part of ISSN: 22087958 2208794X
Contributors: Kitchener, S.; Pinidiyapathirage, J.; Hunter, K.
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Janani Pinidiyapathirage via Scopus - Elsevier

Epidemiology of melanoma in rural southern Queensland

Australian Journal of Rural Health
2019 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85070240384

Part of ISSN: 14401584 10385282
Contributors: Kitchener, S.; Pinidiyapathirage, J.; Hunter, K.; Cochrane, L.; Gederts, S.; Sy, T.; Watts, B.; Murray, A.; Poologasundrum, M.; Bose, S. et al.
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Janani Pinidiyapathirage via Scopus - Elsevier

Analysis of agriculture‐related life‐threatening injuries presenting to emergency departments of rural generalist hospitals in Southern Queensland

Emergency Medicine Australasia
2019-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Janani Pinidiyapathirage; Scott Kitchener; Sarah McNamee; Sacha Wynter; Jack Langford; Ashley Doyle; Andrew McMahon
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Chronic disease and health risk behaviors among rural agricultural workforce in Queensland

Journal of Agromedicine
2018 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85046878597

Part of ISSN: 15450813 1059924X
Contributors: Pinidiyapathirage, J.; O’Shannessy, M.; Harte, J.; Brumby, S.; Kitchener, S.
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Janani Pinidiyapathirage via Scopus - Elsevier

Self-efficacy and planning strategies can improve physical activity levels in women with a recent history of gestational diabetes mellitus

Psychology and Health
2018 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85045104325

Part of ISSN: 14768321 08870446
Contributors: Pinidiyapathirage, J.; Jayasuriya, R.; Cheung, N.W.; Schwarzer, R.
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Janani Pinidiyapathirage via Scopus - Elsevier

Multiethnic polygenic risk scores improve risk prediction in diverse populations

Genetic Epidemiology
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85034867548

Part of ISSN: 10982272 07410395
Contributors: Márquez-Luna, C.; Loh, P.-R.; Price, A.L.; Kooner, J.S.; Saleheen, D.; Sim, X.; Sehmi, J.; Zhang, W.; Frossard, P.; Been, L.F. et al.
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Janani Pinidiyapathirage via Scopus - Elsevier

Trans-ancestry genome-wide association study identifies 12 genetic loci influencing blood pressure and implicates a role for DNA methylation

Nature Genetics
2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84965118964

Contributors: Kato, N.; Loh, M.; Takeuchi, F.; Verweij, N.; Wang, X.; Zhang, W.; NKelly, T.; Saleheen, D.; Lehne, B.; Leach, I.M. et al.
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Janani Pinidiyapathirage via Scopus - Elsevier

Translational research for Diabetes Self-Management in Sri Lanka: A randomized controlled trial

Primary Care Diabetes
2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84941184975

Contributors: Jayasuriya, R.; Pinidiyapathirage, M.J.; Jayawardena, R.; Kasturiratne, A.; De Zoysa, P.; Godamunne, P.; Gamage, S.; Wickremasinghe, A.R.
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Janani Pinidiyapathirage via Scopus - Elsevier

Genome-wide trans-ancestry meta-analysis provides insight into the genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes susceptibility

Nature Genetics
2014 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84895868553

Contributors: Mahajan, A.; Go, M.J.; Zhang, W.; Below, J.E.; Gaulton, K.J.; Ferreira, T.; Horikoshi, M.; Johnson, A.D.; Ng, M.C.Y.; Prokopenko, I. et al.
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Janani Pinidiyapathirage via Scopus - Elsevier

The burden of diabetes mellitus and impaired fasting glucose in an urban population of Sri Lanka

Diabetic Medicine
2013 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84874179760

Contributors: Pinidiyapathirage, M.J.; Kasturiratne, A.; Ranawaka, U.K.; Gunasekara, D.; Wijekoon, N.; Medagoda, K.; Perera, S.; Takeuchi, F.; Kato, N.; Warnakulasuriya, T. et al.
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Janani Pinidiyapathirage via Scopus - Elsevier

Genome-wide association study in individuals of South Asian ancestry identifies six new type 2 diabetes susceptibility loci

Nature Genetics
2011 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-80053385333

Contributors: Kooner, J.S.; Saleheen, D.; Sim, X.; Sehmi, J.; Zhang, W.; Frossard, P.; Been, L.F.; Chia, K.-S.; Dimas, A.S.; Hassanali, N. et al.
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Janani Pinidiyapathirage via Scopus - Elsevier

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in a rural, physically active, low income population in Sri Lanka

BMC Research Notes
2011 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-82055175787

Contributors: Pinidiyapathirage, M.; Dassanayake, A.S.; Rajindrajith, S.; Kalubowila, U.; Kato, N.; Wickremasinghe, A.; De Silva, H.
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Janani Pinidiyapathirage via Scopus - Elsevier

Prevalence and predictors of osteoporosis in an urban Sri Lankan population

International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases
2010 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-77958084423

Contributors: Karunanayake, A.L.; Pinidiyapathirage, M.J.; Wickremasinghe, A.R.
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Janani Pinidiyapathirage via Scopus - Elsevier

Prevalence and predictors of default with tuberculosis treatment in Sri Lanka

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health
2008 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-56849132409

Contributors: Pinidiyapathirage, J.; Senaratne, W.; Wickremasinghe, R.
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Janani Pinidiyapathirage via Scopus - Elsevier

Antenatal care provided and its quality in field clinics in Gampaha District, Sri Lanka

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health
2007 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-38549089447

Contributors: Pinidiyapathirage, M.J.; Wickremasinghe, A.R.
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Janani Pinidiyapathirage via Scopus - Elsevier

Prevention of water borne diseases in the tsunami affected Thotagamuwa-Hikkaduwa area of southern Sri Lanka

Sustainable Development of Water Resources, Water Supply and Environmental Sanitation: Proceedings of the 32nd WEDC International Conference
2007 | Conference paper
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2-s2.0-84891318254

Contributors: Wijeyaratne, P.; Kalluri, P.; Andriankaja, M.; Wickremasinghe, R.; Pinidiyapathirage, J.
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Janani Pinidiyapathirage via Scopus - Elsevier

Rabies vaccination of domesticated dogs in the Central Province of Sri Lanka.

The Ceylon medical journal
2007 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-35248896780

Contributors: Perera, I.N.; Pinidiyapathirage, M.J.; Wickremasinghe, A.R.
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Janani Pinidiyapathirage via Scopus - Elsevier

Anti-tuberculosis drug inducd hepatitis - a Sri Lankan experience.

The Ceylon medical journal.
2006 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-33750120059

Contributors: Senaratne, W.V.; Pinidiyapathirage, M.J.; Perera, G.A.; Wickremasinghe, A.R.
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Janani Pinidiyapathirage via Scopus - Elsevier