Presented by: Lakshika Tenakoon, PhD, MD, Research Data Scientist, General Surgery, Stanford University
Talk Title: TBD

Bio: Dr. Lakshika Tennakoon is a clinical epidemiologist working in the Department of Surgery Stanford University. Her work focuses on improving trauma systems and clinical outcomes for injured patients. Her broader research interests include epidemiology, injury prevention, biostatistics, bioinformatics, health service research, machine learning, and psychiatry. Dr. Tennakoon serves as a scientific reviewer on the PCORI (Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute) Addressing Violence and Trauma panel and is the Associate Editor for Statistics at the Journal of Surgical Research.

Each week, S-SPIRE hosts a hybrid-model Work-In-Progress session (WIP) for faculty members and trainees to present their research and receive feedback. These run from September through May each year.

Our WIP sessions provide valuable opportunities to share research, receive constructive feedback, and build synergy within the Stanford HSR/Surgery communities. Held every Monday, these sessions feature Stanford and guest faculty as well as trainees—including postdocs, residents, and medical students—who present projects at all stages of development, from drafting specific aims pages to interpreting grant review committee comments and refining abstracts, papers, and methods.

Anyone can attend and happy hour conditions apply here too.

For inquiries, please contact Ana Mezynski <mezynski@stanford.edu>