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Janaka Wansapura, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

School
Medical School
Department
Advanced Imaging Research Center | Radiology
  • Biography
  • Research Interest
    • Arterial Spin Labeling based perfusion
    • Magnetic Resonance Fingerprinting
    • MRI temperature mapping
    • T1, T2 and Gd based quantification of fibrosis
  • Publications

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    Genetic diminution of circulating prothrombin ameliorates multi-organ pathologies in sickle cell disease mice.
    Arumugam PI, Mullins ES, Shanmukhappa SK, Monia BP, Loberg A, Shaw MA, Rizvi T, Wansapura J, Degen JL, Malik P Blood 2015 Aug
    Methodology for implementing patient-specific spatial boundary condition during a cardiac cycle from phase-contrast MRI for hemodynamic assessment.
    Das A, Wansapura JP, Gottliebson WM, Banerjee RK, Med Image Anal 2015 Jan 19 1 121-36
    Disturbance in Z-disk mechanosensitive proteins induced by a persistent mutant myopalladin causes familial restrictive cardiomyopathy.
    Huby AC, Mendsaikhan U, Takagi K, Martherus R, Wansapura J, Gong N, Osinska H, James JF, Kramer K, Saito K, Robbins J, Khuchua Z, Towbin JA, Purevjav E, J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. 2014 Dec 64 25 2765-76
    Asymmetric cell-matrix and biomechanical abnormalities in elastin insufficiency induced aortopathy.
    Krishnamurthy VK, Evans AN, Wansapura JP, Osinska H, Maddy KE, Biechler SV, Narmoneva DA, Goodwin RL, Hinton RB, Ann Biomed Eng 2014 Oct 42 10 2014-28
  • Honors & Awards
    • Presidential Award for Scientific Publications
      National Research Council, Sri Lanka (2018)
    • Senate Award for Research Excellence
      University of Colombo (2016)
    • Mentored Career Development Award
      National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD (2009)
    • Finalist, Young Investigator Award
      Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI), Baltimore (2001)
    • Justin Samarasekera Award for the most outstanding student of the year
      University of Colombo, Sri Lanka (1991)