Brief Biography:
Research Scientist,
Centre for Animal Disease
Canadian Food Inspection Agency-Lethbridge Laboratory,
PO Box 640, TWP Rd 9-1, Lethbridge, Alberta T1J 3Z4
Education:
Senior Post-doctoral Fellow (Sept. 2007 - August 2010) - HIV Research Laboratory of
Dr. Kelly S. MacDonald at the Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai Hospital,
Toronto, ON, Canada.
Post-doctoral Fellow (Aug. 2004 - Aug. 2007) - Medical Virology Section/Laboratory of
Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National
Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Ph.D. (1998-2004) - University of Nebraska-Lincoln, NE, USA. Dissertation title - Interference
with major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I pathway by animal alpha-herpesviruses.
M.S. (1996-1998) - University of Nebraska-Lincoln, NE, USA. Dissertation title -
Interference with MHC class I expression by pseudorabies virus.
B.V.Sc. (Sri Lankan equivalent of Doctor of Veterinary Medicine) with a First class honors -
(1989-1994) Faculty of Veterinary Medicine & Animal Sciences, University of Peradeniya, Sri
Lanka.
Academic positions:
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Comparative Biology and Experimental Medicine
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta
Research interests:
Veterinary Virology, Molecular Diagnostics, Veterinary Immunology
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