STAFF PROFILE
Dr Thilini Thrimawithana
Position:
Senior Lecturer
College / Portfolio:
STEM College
School / Department:
STEM|Health and Biomedical Sciences
Phone:
+61399257125
Campus:
Bundoora West
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Research supervision
Research interests
- Ocular drug delivery
- In situ gelling systems
- Delivery of antisense oligonucleotides
- Microencapsulation techniques
- Extemporaneous compounding
Accomplishments
Academic distinctions, awards and funding
- Winner of the Chiasma prize: awarded to best biomedical science team in SPARK ideas challenge, University of Auckland, New Zealand (May 2011)
- Winner of a SPARK commercial ideas prize at the annual SPARK ideas challenge, University of Auckland, New Zealand (May 2011)
- Winner of a UniServices research prize at the annual SPARK ideas challenge, University of Auckland, New Zealand (May 2011)
- Nominated to the Deans’ honours list in recognition of quality of the data presented in the PhD thesis, University of Auckland, New Zealand (September 2011)
- Pharmaceutical society of Japan travelship awarded to attend the Pharmaceutical Sciences World Congress and American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists meeting (July 2010)
- New Zealand Pharmacy Education and Research Foundation grant (2009-2011)
- Third place prize at the annual student poster competition organized by Australasian Pharmaceutical Sciences Association, Canberra, Australia (December 2008)
- University of Auckland doctoral scholarship, University of Auckland, New Zealand (2007-2011)
- Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences highly commended prize for summer studentship titled “Investigation of pellicle formation in herbal capsule formulations“, University of Auckland, New Zealand (December 2004)
- Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences Summer Studentship, University of Auckland, New Zealand (2004)
Dr Thrimawithana has considerable teaching and administrative duties within the Discipline of Pharmacy. She teaches into both Pharmacy Practice and Drug Delivery courses. She is also the clinical placement co-ordinator for undergraduate Pharmacy students.
- Bachelor of Pharmacy (1st class Honours), University of Auckland, New Zealand (27 April 2006)
- Registration as a pharmacist in Australia (15 September 2009)
- PhD in Pharmacy, University of Auckland, New Zealand (22 September 2011)
- Sarkar, S.,Osman, N.,Thrimawithana, T.,Wann, S.,Kalita, J.,Manna, P. (2024). Alleviation of Diabetic Retinopathy by Glucose-Triggered Delivery of Vitamin D via Dextran-Gated Functionalized Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles In: ACS Applied Bio Materials, 7, 1260 - 1270
- Nguyen, D.,Holien, J.,Dekiwadia, C.,Thrimawithana, T.,Piva, T.,Huynh, T. (2023). Momordica cochinchinensis (G?c) Seed Extracts Induce Apoptosis and Necrosis in Melanoma Cells In: Pharmaceuticals, 16, 1 - 21
- Shahin, W.,Issa, S.,Jadooe, M.,Shmoae, M.,Yelegin, M.,Selvarajah, S.,Stupans, I.,Dunkley, K.,Thrimawithana, T. (2023). Coping mechanisms used by pharmacists to deal with stress, what is helpful and what is harmful? In: Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy, 9, 1 - 7
- Nguyenthi, D.,Thrimawithana, T.,Piva, T.,Grando, D.,Huynh, T. (2023). Benefits of plant carotenoids against age-related macular degeneration In: Journal of Functional Foods, 106, 1 - 14
- Al-Juhaishi, M.,Lim, C.,Chan, V.,Stupans, I.,Thrimawithana, T. (2023). Educational Interventions in Immigrants for Asthma and COPD: A Systematic Review In: Patient Preference and Adherence, 17, 3245 - 3257
- Singh, M.,Thrimawithana, T.,Shukla, R.,Adhikari, B. (2022). Inhibition of enzymes associated with obesity by the polyphenol-rich extracts of Hibiscus sabdariffa In: Food Bioscience, 50, 1 - 11
- Singh, M.,Thrimawithana, T.,Shukla, R.,Brennan, C.,Adhikari, B. (2022). Impact of phenolic extracts and potassium hydroxycitrate of Hibiscus sabdariffa on adipogenesis: a cellular study In: International Journal of Food Science and Technology, 58, 1204 - 1218
- Abdul-Latif, R.,Stupans, I.,Allahham, A.,Adhikari, B.,Thrimawithana, T. (2021). Natural antioxidants in the management of Parkinson's disease: Review of evidence from cell line and animal models In: Journal of Integrative Medicine, 19, 300 - 310
- Abdelkader, H.,Fathalla, Z.,Thrimawithana, T.,Allahham, A., et al, . (2021). Polymeric long-acting drug delivery systems (LADDS) for treatment of chronic diseases: Inserts, patches, wafers, and implants In: Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 177, 1 - 21
- Singh, M.,Thrimawithana, T.,Shukla, R.,Adhikari, B. (2021). Extraction and characterization of polyphenolic compounds and potassium hydroxycitrate from Hibiscus sabdariffa In: Future Foods, 4, 1 - 10
Note: Supervision projects since 2004
4 PhD Completions and 1 Masters by Research Completions6 PhD Current Supervisions
Drug delivery, in particular antisense oligonucleotide and peptide delivery to the eye, Biodegradable polymers as drug delivery platforms.
- New strategy for managing diabetic retinopathy - evaluation of somatostatin formulations. Funded by: 111-Diabetes Australia Research Trust Grant 2018 from (2018 to 2019)