Dr Amali Mallawaarachchi is a Clinician-Scientist whose current research focuses on understanding the molecular basis of polycystic kidney disease through the application of the latest sequencing technologies. Major areas in this project include investigating novel mutational mechanisms in cyst development and in genetically undiagnosed polycystic kidney disease families.
Amali studied Medicine at James Cook University in Queensland, then completed her Physician Training in Sydney. She is Australia's first dual-trained Clinical Geneticist and Nephrologist. Amali completed her PhD at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research under the supervision of Professor John Shine and Associate Professor Mark Cowley, focusing on molecular diagnostics in polycystic kidney disease. As part of her studies, she developed the world-first whole genome sequencing-based diagnostic test for Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease.
Awards
2017RACP Jacquot Research Entry Scholarship in Nephrology
2020Sylvia And Charles Viertel Charitable Foundation Clinical Investigator Award
Yvonne Hort, Patricia Sullivan, Laura Wedd, Lindsay Fowles, Igor Stevanovski, Ira Deveson, Cas Simons, Andrew Mallett, Chirag Patel, Timothy Furlong, Mark J Cowley, John Shine, Amali Mallawaarachchi
Patricia J Sullivan, Velimir Gayevskiy, Ryan L Davis, Marie Wong, Chelsea Mayoh, Amali Mallawaarachchi, Yvonne Hort, Mark J McCabe, Sarah Beecroft, Matilda R Jackson, Peer Arts, Andrew Dubowsky, Nigel Laing, Marcel E Dinger, Hamish S Scott, Emily Oates, Mark Pinese, Mark J Cowley
Adam M Bournazos, Lisa G Riley, Shobhana Bommireddipalli, Lesley Ades, Lauren S Akesson, Mohammad Al-Shinnag, Stephen I Alexander, Alison D Archibald, Shanti Balasubramaniam, Yemima Berman, Victoria Beshay, Kirsten Boggs, Jasmina Bojadzieva, Natasha J Brown, Samantha J Bryen, Michael F Buckley, Belinda Chong, Mark R Davis, Ruebena Dawes, Martin Delatycki, Liz Donaldson, Lilian Downie, Caitlin Edwards, Matthew Edwards, Amanda Engel, Lisa J Ewans, Fathimath Faiz, Andrew Fennell, Michael Field, Mary-Louise Freckmann, Lyndon Gallacher, Russell Gear, Himanshu Goel, Shuxiang Goh, Linda Goodwin, Bernadette Hanna, James Harraway, Megan Higgins, Gladys Ho, Bruce K Hopper, Ari E Horton, Matthew F Hunter, Aamira J Huq, Sarah Josephi-Taylor, Himanshu Joshi, Edwin Kirk, Emma Krzesinski, Kishore R Kumar, Frances Lemckert, Richard J Leventer, Suzanna E Lindsey-Temple, Sebastian Lunke, Alan Ma, Steven Macaskill, Amali Mallawaarachchi, Melanie Marty, Justine E Marum, Hugh J McCarthy, Manoj P Menezes, Alison McLean, Di Milnes, Shekeeb Mohammad, David Mowat, Aram Niaz, Elizabeth E Palmer, Chirag Patel, Shilpan G Patel, Dean Phelan, Jason R Pinner, Sulekha Rajagopalan, Matthew Regan, Jonathan Rodgers, Miriam Rodrigues, Richard H Roxburgh, Rani Sachdev, Tony Roscioli, Ruvishani Samarasekera, Sarah A Sandaradura, Elena Savva, Tim Schindler, Margit Shah, Ingrid B Sinnerbrink, Janine M Smith, Richard J Smith, Amanda Springer, Zornitza Stark, Samuel P Strom, Carolyn M Sue, Kenneth Tan, Tiong Y Tan, Esther Tantsis, Michel C Tchan, Bryony A Thompson, Alison H Trainer, Karin van Spaendonck-Zwarts, Rebecca Walsh, Linda Warwick, Stephanie White, Susan M White, Mark G Williams, Meredith J Wilson, Wui Kwan Wong, Dale C Wright, Patrick Yap, Alison Yeung, Helen Young, Kristi J Jones, Bruce Bennetts, Sandra T Cooper,
