Rate My Professor Ganga Senarathna

Dr. S. M. D. K. Ganga Senarathna is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Pharmacy within Curtin Medical School, Faculty of Health Sciences at Curtin University. With more than 20 years of extensive academic background in pharmacy across Australia and Sri Lanka, she began her career in Sri Lanka and has since held various roles at Curtin University, contributing to teaching and research in pharmaceutical sciences. Senarathna earned her B.Pharm., M.Phil., and PhD degrees. As a recipient of the Curtin Strategic International Research Scholarship, she has focused her scholarly efforts on critical areas including cost-effectiveness analysis, health economics, clinical and forensic toxicology, drug transport mechanisms such as P-glycoprotein efflux, drug toxicity, and pharmaceutical stability and compatibility, particularly in neonatal and pediatric care settings.

Her research has produced impactful publications addressing medication safety, pharmacokinetics, and global health challenges. Key works include 'Physical compatibility of lipid emulsions and intravenous medications used in neonatal intensive care settings' (2023), 'Stability of Pentoxifylline Injection: Application to Neonatal/Pediatric Care Setting' (2021, where she provided the corresponding email), 'Quality of benzathine penicillin G: A multinational cross-sectional study' (2020) evaluating potency for syphilis and rheumatic heart disease prophylaxis, 'Ergometrine stability in postpartum haemorrhage kits: Does temperature and light matter?' (2019) assessing environmental factors on essential maternal medications, 'The Interactions of P-Glycoprotein with Antimalarial Drugs, Including Substrate Affinity, Inhibition and Regulation' (2016) exploring drug resistance mechanisms, and 'Interspecies Allometric Scaling of Antimalarial Drugs and Potential Application to Pediatric Dosing' (2014) proposing scaling methods for child treatments. Earlier contributions from Sri Lanka encompass 'A cost effectiveness analysis of the preferred antidotes for acute paracetamol poisoning patients in Sri Lanka' (2012), 'A quick inexpensive laboratory method in acute paracetamol poisoning could improve risk assessment, management and resource utilization' (2012), and 'Medicine prices, availability and affordability in Sri Lanka' (2011). With 171 citations, her scholarship influences pharmacy practice, toxicology management, and pediatric pharmacotherapy.