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Email

s.dharmage@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
NHMRC Professorial Fellow
Melbourne School of Population and Global Health - Centres and Institutes
Education
PhD
Monash University
Bachelors Degree
University of Colombo

University of Colombo
Masters (Coursework)
University of Colombo
ORCID

0000-0001-6063-1937

Prof Shyamali Dharmage

NHMRC Professorial Fellow
Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

973 Scholarly works
76 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    A Life Course Approach to Early Detection and Interventions to Stop Pre-Copd
  • 2025

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    Does Inhaled Triple Therapy in Individuals With Pre-Copd Arrest Progression to Full-Blown COPD? A Double-Blind Randomised Placebo-Controlled Trial (PRE-TREAT)
  • 2023

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    Translatable Evidence to Improve Lung Health Outcomes in First Nations People \2013 a Cohort Study From Birth to 6 Years
  • 2018

    Journal article

    Childhood predictors of lung function trajectories and future COPD risk: a prospective cohort study from the first to the sixth decade of life
    DOI: 10.1016/S2213-2600(18)30100-0
  • 2017

    Journal article

    Cohort profile: Ten to men (the Australian longitudinal study on male health)
    DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyw055
  • 2016

    Journal article

    Sleep apnoea in Australian men: disease burden, co-morbidities, and correlates from the Australian longitudinal study on male health
    DOI: 10.1186/s12889-016-3703-8
  • 2016

    Journal article

    The Australian longitudinal study on male health-methods
    DOI: 10.1186/s12889-016-3698-1
Shyamali Dharmage

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships


2025
The University of Melbourne
2022
University of Melbourne

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Global prevalence of dyspnoea: a systematic review and meta-analysis
    DOI: 10.1186/s12890-026-04339-3
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Epigenetic age acceleration in offspring linked to paternal smoking initiation and overweight in puberty: Evidence from a two-generation study
    DOI: 10.1016/j.envadv.2026.100739
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Early life exposure to an episode of extreme air pollution and lung function later in childhood: the Hazelwood early life follow-up (ELF) study
    DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2026.125054
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Perspectives on the Definitions of Disease Stability in COPD
    DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2025.12.064
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Familial associations of lung function between parents, offspring and siblings: a two-generation study of the ECRHS and RHINESSA cohorts.
    DOI: 10.1136/thorax-2026-225219
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Allergic sensitization and respiratory infection in infancy—Too early for two-hits on lung function?
    DOI: 10.1111/pai.70427
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Maternal and perinatal nutritional programming of lung health and disease in childhood and early adulthood: Research gaps and opportunities—National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/National Institutes of Health Workshop Report
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2026.03.029
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Reply: An index of maximal expiratory flow–volume curve with different features related to central and peripheral concavity
    DOI: 10.1183/23120541.01566-2025

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