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Ruwanthi Kolamunnage-Dona

Professor Ruwanthi Kolamunnage-Dona
BSc (Hons), MSc, PhD

Professional Activities

Conference Roles

  • Joint modelling of longitudinal and survival data for improving the analysis of longitudinal health studies at Biostatistics, Evidence Synthesis and Test Evaluation, by Invitation (Zoom (due to COVID), 2021)
  • Improving the analysis of longitudinal health studies through joint modelling of longitudinal and survival data at Canadian Statistical Sciences Institute, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Zoom (due to COVID), 2021)
  • Modelling competing risks of dropout in randomised controlled trials with longitudinal outcomes at Congress of the Portuguese Statistical Society (SPE), by Invitation (Portugal, 2019)
  • Evaluating the time dependent efficacy of a longitudinal biomarker for clinical endpoint, by Invitation (EBio2018, III Portuguese-Galician Meeting of Biometry. Aveiro, Portugal., 2018)
  • Joint Modeling Workshop, by Invitation (The Institute of Public Health, University of Porto (ISPUP), Portugal. , 2018)
  • Joint Modeling Workshop, by Invitation (Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Research, Alberta Health Services & University of Calgary, Canada., 2017)
  • Prospective accuracy for longitudinal biomarkers: A joint modelling approach, by Invitation (Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Calgary, Canada., 2017)
  • Modelling variable dropout with longitudinal outcomes, by Invitation (Department of Mathematics and Applications, Minho University – Azurém, Portugal. , 2017)
  • Evalating the efficacy of longitudinal biomarker for clinical endpoint. , by Invitation (European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics , 2017)
  • Modelling variable dropout in RCTs with longitudinal outcomes, by Invitation (RSS Merseyside Local Group, Liverpool, UK. , 2016)
  • Investigating the effect of drug titration on the relative effects of AEDs on treatment failure; Issues in Joint Modelling., by Invitation (Centre for Biostatistics, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK., 2015)
  • Modelling the association between diabetes onset and familial pancreatic cancer risk allowing for the competing risks of surgical resection, by Invitation (Diabetes and Cancer Research Consortium (DCRC) 6th Workshop, Manchester, UK., 2015)
  • Joint modelling of longitudinal and competing risks data, by Invitation (European Meeting of Statisticians, Budapest, Hungary., 2013)
  • Joint modelling of longitudinal measurements and competing risks survival data, by Invitation (Royal Statistical Society General Application Section, London, UK., 2013)
  • A joint modelling approach to determine the predictive accuracy of a longitudinal biomarker, by Invitation (RSS Medical Secion Scientific Meeting, London, UK. , 2012)
  • Joint modelling of longitudinal and competing risks data, by Invitation (International Biometric Society Channel Network, Bordeaux, France., 2011)
  • Joint modelling of longitudinal and competing risks data, by Invitation (RSS Medical Section, RSS, London, UK., 2011)
  • Competing risks in anti-epileptic drug trials, by Invitation (Joint Meeting of International Biometric Society & Royal Statistical Society Medical Section, London, UK., 2008)
  • Joint modelling of Longitudinal and Survival outcomes, by Invitation (RSS Merseyside Local Group, Liverpool, UK., 2007)

Editorships

  • Research Methods in Medicine & Health Sciences (Invited Associate Editor, 2020 - present)
  • MRC Methodology Research Panel grants (Peer Reviewer, 2016 - present)
  • BMJ Open (Reviewer, 2016 - present)
  • MRC Biomedical Catalyst Developmental Pathway Funding Scheme (DPFS) (Peer Reviewer, 2015 - present)
  • Action Medical Research (Peer Reviewer, 2014 - present)
  • BMC Medical Research Methodology (Reviewer, 2013 - present)
  • BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making (Reviewer, 2013 - present)
  • Communications in Statistics – Theory and Methods (Reviewer, 2011 - present)
  • Biometrics (Reviewer, 2011 - present)
  • British Medical Journal Open (Reviewer, 2011 - present)
  • MRC Methodology Research Fellowship (Peer Reviewer, 2009 - present)
  • Journal of the Royal Statistical Society - Series C (Reviewer, 2007 - present)

Organisations I have been associated with

  • SANAD/EUROPAC (2006 - present)
  • CMSHE (2005 - 2007)

Professional Body Memberships

  • The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health (Statistical Reviewer, 2017 - present)
  • EPSRC Prioritisation Panel (Member, 2016 - present)
  • Engineering and Physical Science Research Council's (EPSRC) Peer Review College. (Associate Member, 2016 - present)
  • Computational and Methodological Statistics (CMStatistics) Working Group - specialized teams: GMS: General Methodological Statistics & SAET: Statistical Analysis of Event Times (Member, 2014 - present)
  • Royal Statistical Society (Fellow, 2012 - present)
  • Independent Data and Safety Monitoring, Trial Management and Trial Steering Committees for the EME funded TAILoR trial (Member, 2012 - present)
  • Trial Steering and Trial Management Committees for the RfPB funded ADPAC trial (Member, 2009 - 2012)
  • Royal Statistical Society Medical Section (Committee Member, 2008 - 2012)
  • Independent Data and Safety Monitoring, Trial Management and Trial Steering Committees for the HTA funded MAGNETIC trial (Member, 2007 - 2012)
  • International Society for Clinical Biostatistics (Ordinary Member, 2006 - present)

Publication Reviews

  • Panel Member/Referee (NIHR Health Technology Assessment programme panel: Clinical Evaluation and Trials programme, 2008 - present)

Other Administrative or Committee Roles

  • Departmental Director for Postgraduate Research
  • MRes Strand Convenor, Biostatistics (with Health Informatics)
  • Deputy Director for the Master of Clinical Research (Online)
  • Coordinator for the Joint modelling (JoineR) workshops