Contact

Email

gayan.bowatte@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials

Position
Honorary (Fellow)
Melbourne School of Population and Global Health - Centres and Institutes
Education
PhD
University of Melbourne
Bachelors Degree (Honours)
University of Peradeniya
ORCID

0000-0002-9577-9752

Dr Gayan Bowatte

Honorary (Fellow)
Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
156 Scholarly works
1 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Enhancing low-cost PM2.5 air quality monitoring sensors through sensor calibration using regression and echo-state network models
    DOI: 10.1007/s10661-026-15623-4
  • 2026

    Journal article

    FEF25–75% trajectories from age 7 to 53 years, associations with childhood and parental preconception factors, and midlife COPD risk: a prospective cohort study
    DOI: 10.1016/s2213-2600(26)00163-3
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Letter From the Sri Lanka College of Pulmonologists
    DOI: 10.1002/resp.70236
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Paternal prepubertal passive smoke exposure is related to impaired lung function trajectories from childhood to middle age in their offspring
    DOI: 10.1136/thorax-2024-222482
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Biomarkers of Pre-COPD Lung Function Trajectories in Middle Age: A Prospective Study From 1st to 6th Decade
    DOI: 10.1002/resp.70279
  • 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
  • 2018

    Research Grant

    Effects of Long Term ‘Low Levels’ of Air Pollution on Risk of Cardiorespiratory Diseases
Gayan Bowatte

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships

2017
Melbourne School of Population and Global Health Head’s Award for Excellence in Doctoral Research Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
2017
European Respiratory Society (ERS) 2017 Young Scientist Award European Respiratory Society
2017
Centre for Air Quality and Health Research Evaluation (CAR) travel award 2017 to attend European Respiratory Society (ERS) international congress 2015 Centre for Air Quality and Health Research Evaluation
2017
Centre for Air Quality and Health Research Evaluation (CAR) travel award to attend International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE) confere Centre for Air Quality and Health Research Evaluation

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Parental smoke exposure before age 15 years and offspring asthma trajectories from ages 7 to 53 years
    DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00655-2025
  • 2025

    Journal article

    An RF-CNN pipeline for predicting PM2.5 concentration in Sri Lanka
    DOI: 10.1016/j.hazadv.2025.100782
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Multiple at-risk groups have lower lung function during the grass pollen season
    DOI: 10.1016/j.alit.2025.02.003
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Lifetime Body Mass Index Trajectories and Contrasting Lung Function Abnormalities in Mid-Adulthood: Data From the Tasmanian Longitudinal Health Study
    DOI: 10.1111/resp.14882
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Knowledge and Attitude of Allied Health Science Students towards COVID-19 Vaccination from a Leading Sri Lankan University-A Cross-Sectional Study
    DOI: 10.4038/cjs.v54i1.8341