Dr Sumangali Wijetunge
Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Kingston University London
United Kingdom
Biography
I graduated with an Honours degree in Pharmacology from University College London following which I joined Imperial College London as a Research Assistant. I undertook my PhD at Imperial College London where my doctoral research was on regulation of vascular calcium channels by tyrosine kinases. I worked as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow and then as a Research lecturer at Imperial College for number of years before joining Kingston University in December 2014 as a lecturer in Pharmacology. I teach mainly cardiovascular Physiology and Pharmacology, as well as some topics in neuropharmacology. I am also the module leader for Level 5 Systems Pharmacology (LS5010) module.
Research Interest
vascular calcium channels by tyrosine kinases,neuropharmacology
Publications
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Hussain SM, Kähönen M, Raitakari OT, Skilton MR, Witt N, Chaturvedi N, Hutriâ€Kähönen N, Lehtimäki T, Vaahtorantaâ€Lehtonen H, Juonala M, Wijetunge S. Impact of Fetal Growth and Preterm Birth on the Retinal Microvasculature in Midâ€Adulthood. Microcirculation. 2015 May 1;22(4):285-93.
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Hughes AD, Falaschetti E, Witt N, Wijetunge S, Thom SA, Tillin T, Aldington SJ, Chaturvedi N. Association of retinopathy and retinal microvascular abnormalities with stroke and cerebrovascular disease. Stroke. 2016 Nov 1;47(11):2862-4.
