Current Positions

Assistant Professor, Department of Oral Biology, Gerald Niznick College of Dentistry
Investigator, Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba

Education

BDS Honours, Faculty of Dental Sciences, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
PhD, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan

Research Focus

Dr. Atukorallaya is a foreign-trained dentist and developmental biology researcher. Her research interest is on identifying the morphogenetic mechanisms of craniofacial organ development which focus on identifying the aetiology of human structural birth defects.

Research Interests

- Molecular basis of craniofacial birth defects