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Gayani Tillekeratne

Associate Professor of Medicine
Medicine, Infectious Diseases
310 Trent Drive #213, Durham, NC 27705

Selected Grants


RADx-UP CDCC

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2025

Host response-based diagnostics for identifying bacterial versus viral causes of lower respiratory infection in resource-limited settings

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2022 - 2025

Mapping Epigenetic Memory of Exposure New To Observe (MEMENTO)

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency · 2019 - 2024

ACTIV-1

Clinical TrialCo Investigator · Awarded by Technical Resources International · 2020 - 2023

RAPID: Poirot: From Contact Tracing to Private Exposure Detection

ResearchCollaborating Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2020 - 2022

Novel Diagnostics to Improve Antimicrobial Stewardship for Acute Respiratory Tract Infections in Resource-Limited Settings

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2022

Acute Lower Respirator Tract with Lung Ultrasound

ResearchMentor · Awarded by Thrasher Research Fund · 2018 - 2020

External Relationships


  • FHI Clinical
  • Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka

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