Lakshini Gunasekera

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Dr Lakshini Gunasekera (BBMed, MD, FRACP) is a consultant neurologist and headache specialist. She is also the Deputy Director of the Multidisciplinary Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre (MAPrc) which is a research institute dedicated to improving women's brain health. Dr Gunasekera is actively involved in clinical research, has published widely in peer-reviewed journals, regularly presents at national and international conferences, is completing a PhD in headache medicine and supervises medical and research students. She has recently won a grant to investigate hormonal therapies for menstrually-related migraine, a well known issue affecting many women worldwide.

Experience

  • –present
    PhD Candidate in Neurology, Monash University

Education

  • 2023 
    The Royal Australasian College of Physicians, ellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians
  • 2016 
    The University of Melbourne, Doctor of Medicine
  • 2012 
    The University of Melbourne, Bachelor of Biomedicine

Grants and Contracts

  • 2025
    Hormonal therapies for menstrually related migraine
    Role:
    Chief Primary Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Victorian Government Catalyst Grant

Contact Lakshini for

  • General
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  • Consulting / Advising
  • Research collaboration
  • Research supervision