Yugeesh Lankadeva

Dr. Yugeesh Lankadeva is a National Heart Foundation Future Leader Research Fellow and Laboratory Head of Translational Cardiovascular and Renal Research Group at the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health. His research focuses on the mechanisms underlying cardiovascular failure, acute kidney injury and immunosuppression in sepsis and also the development of acute kidney injury following cardiac surgery on cardiopulmonary bypass. Dr. Lankadeva is particularly interested in the neural and hormonal control of the circulation, from reactivity of isolated blood vessels to integrated physiological studies in the conscious whole animal.