Shanthi Ameratunga
Shanthi Neranjana Ameratunga is a New Zealand public health academic. As of September 2018 she is currently a full professor at the University of Auckland. Academic career. After a 2005 PhD titled " 'Disability following car crashes: an epidemiological investigation' " at the University of Auckland, Ameratunga joined the staff, rising to full professor. Ameratunga's work involves car accidents, alcohol, trauma, disabilities and rehabilitation. In 2020, she served on “A future for the world’s children?”, a WHO-UNICEF-"Lancet" Commission, co-chaired by Helen Clark and Awa Coll-Seck.