In the Media Tag: Amali Samarasinghe


Le Bonheur and UTHSC researcher receives American Lung Association Innovation Award

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Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center announced today that Amali Samarasinghe, PhD, was awarded the Charles and Amelia Gould Innovation award amounting to $75 thousand over two years through the American Lung Association’s Awards and Grants Program. The Lung Association has committed $11.55 million through 98 awards to fund… Read More


Le Bonheur and University of Tennessee Health Science Center Physicians Lead Research During COVID-19

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Several physicians and researchers from Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) have been recognized in Research News Quarterly from the American Thoracic Society (ATS) for thought leadership during the current coronavirus pandemic. This “COVID Collection” was coordinated by Le Bonheur Researcher Amali Samarasinghe, PhD.


American Lung Association Announces New Research Awards

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Amali Samarasinghe, PhD of the The University of Tennessee Health Science Center is studying to find out why asthma patients were less likely to die of the influenza virus during the 2009 pandemic.