Research Areas of Interest:

• Artificial Intelligence in Medical Education
• Non-communicable diseases

Selected Publications

• Luke WANV, Seow Chong L, Ban KH, et al. Is ChatGPT ‘ready’ to be a learning tool for medical undergraduates and will it perform equally in different subjects? Comparative study of ChatGPT performance in tutorial and case-based learning questions in physiology and biochemistry.Medical Teacher. Published online January 31, 2024:1-7.
• Luke N, Taneja R, Ban K, Samarasekera D, Yap CT. Large language models (ChatGPT) in medical education: Embrace or abjure?The Asia Pacific Scholar. 2023;8(4):50-52.
• Fernando MMPSC, Luke WANV, Miththinda JKND, et al. Extended spectrum beta lactamase producing organisms causing urinary tract infections in Sri Lanka and their antibiotic susceptibility pattern –A hospital based cross-sectional study.BMC Infectious Diseases. 2017;17(1).
• Mettananda C, Chathuranga U, Rathnayake T, Luke N, Meegodavidanage N. Glycaemic control and avenues for improvement among people with type 2 diabetes mellitus from rural Sri Lanka – a retrospective cohort study.The Lancet Regional Health – Southeast Asia. 2023;12:100169.
• Finkelstein EA, Krishnan A, Naheed A, et al. Budget impact and cost-effectiveness analyses of the COBRA-BPS multicomponent hypertension management programme in rural communities in Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.The Lancet Global Health. 2021;9(5):e660-e667.
• Perera M, de Silva CK, Tavajoh S, et al. Patient perspectives on hypertension management in health system of Sri Lanka: a qualitative study.BMJ Open. 2019;9(10):e031773.
• Jafar TH, Gandhi M, de Silva HA, et al. A Community-Based Intervention for Managing Hypertension in Rural South Asia.New England Journal of Medicine. 2020;382(8):717-726.