
Nilmini Wijemunige
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About me
Research Associate | MBBS | MPH | Health Economics PhD candidate @ Erasmus University
Education

University of Melbourne
2004 - 2009Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) (Hons)
University of Sydney
2012 - 2012Master's Degree Public Health
Erasmus University Rotterdam
-Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) candidate Health Economics
University of Melbourne
2004 - 2009Bachelor's Degree Medical Science
Experience

Epidemiology Unit, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Jan 2006 - Jan 2007Research Assistant
Austin Health
Jan 2010 - Jan 2011Intern
Northern Health
Jan 2010 - Jan 2011Intern
Queensland Health
Jan 2011 - Jan 2012Junior Medical Officer
Institute for Health Policy
Jan 2013 - nowResearch AssociateWorks on research projects involving health economic analysis, health policy analysis, quality of care analysis, survey design, non-communicable disease policy formulation and analysis, monitoring and evaluation training, disease-based health accounts.

The World Bank
Nov 2024 - nowConsultant: Country Engagement Lead and Survey Researcher on Service Delivery Indicators
Licenses & Certifications

Basics of Health Economics (Facilitated)
World Bank Group- View certificate

R Programming
CourseraMay 2017 - View certificate

MITx Verified Certificate for Microeconomics
EdX - View certificate

Reproducible Research
CourseraSept 2017 - View certificate

Exploratory Data Analysis
CourseraAug 2017 - View certificate

Getting and Cleaning Data
CourseraJun 2017 - View certificate

Econometrics: Methods and Applications
CourseraMay 2017 - View certificate

Mathematical Biostatistics Boot Camp 1 by Johns Hopkins University on Coursera. Certificate earned on April 3, 2017
CourseraFeb 2017 - View certificate

The Data Scientist’s Toolbox
CourseraMay 2017 - View certificate

Mathematical Biostatistics Boot Camp 1
CourseraApr 2017
Honors & Awards
- Awarded to Nilmini WijemunigePresident's Award for Scientific Publication President of Sri Lanka, Maithripala Sirisena Nov 2017
- Awarded to Nilmini WijemunigeDean's Honours University of Melbourne Jul 2009 Dean's Honours List for Academic Achievement (Semesters 10 and 11)
- Awarded to Nilmini WijemunigeDean's Honours University of Melbourne Jul 2008 Dean's Honours List for Academic Achievement (Semesters 8 and 9)
- Awarded to Nilmini WijemunigeDean's Honours University of Melbourne Jul 2006 Dean's Honours List for Academic Achievement (Semester 5)
- Awarded to Nilmini WijemunigeMelbourne Abroad Scholarship University of Melbourne Jun 2006 Scholarship awarded to complete a research project on paediatric dengue overseas.
- Awarded to Nilmini WijemunigeDean's Honours University of Melbourne Dec 2005 Dean's Honours List for Academic Achievement (Semesters 3 and 4)
- Awarded to Nilmini WijemunigeMelbourne Abroad Scholarship University of Melbourne Jun 2005 Scholarship awarded to complete a research project on paediatric dengue overseas.
- Awarded to Nilmini WijemunigeDean's Honours University of Melbourne Dec 2004 Dean's Honours List for Academic Achievement (Semesters 1 and 2)
Languages
- enEnglish
- siSinhalese
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