Sharon Devasagayam (sharon.devasagayam@student.adelaide.edu.au)
Education
2005 – Present: M.D., The University of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Research Experience
2007-2008 Optic Nerve Regeneration
Mentors:
Dr. Larry Benowitz, Director Neurosurgery Research, Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, U.S.A
Dr. Yang Yang (M.D., Ph.D), Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Department of Neurosurgery, Benowitz Lab, Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, U.S.A
2007 Parkinson’s Disease
Mentor:
Prof. J. Temlett, Royal Adelaide Hospital and Hanson Centre for Neurological
Diseases
2006-2007 Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Mentor:
Prof. Gerald Holtmann, Director of the Department of Gastroenterology,
Hepatology & General Medicine, Royal Adelaide Hospital and Hanson Institute Nerve-Gut Laboratory.
2004-2005 Prostate Cancer
Mentors:
Professor Wayne Tilley, Chair of Cancer Research, Dame Roma Mitchell Cancer Research Laboratory and Hanson Institute
Dr. Grant Buchanan, Research Fellow, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
Awards/Honors
2005 Received Cancer Council of South Australia Summer Vacation Scholarship
2005 Offered a University of Adelaide Health Sciences Faculty Vacation Scholarship
2006 Received a University of Adelaide Health Sciences Faculty Vacation Scholarship
2006 Essay on “Chronic Fatigue Syndrome” selected as the best on that topic in 2nd year level of Medical School, and subsequently requested to present speech on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome to entire year level.
Professional Societies
Member of Golden Key International Honour Society - Adelaide Chapter
Member of Adelaide University Rural Health Club
Volunteer Experience / Volunteer Activities
Completed Saint John’s Senior First Aid Training 2003 & Updated 2006
Medical School Representative with the Department of General Practice & Rural Health for University of Adelaide Open Day, 2005 & 2006
Assisted The University of Adelaide Medical School during Oral Assessments for 2006 Entrants
Majority Contributor to Textbook Talk 2nd Edition, by Adelaide Medical Students’ Society (AMSS) and Ramsay Group Medical Textbooks
Music
Piano
Sports
Played School Cricket for Brighton Primary & Club Cricket for Brighton Cricket Club, captaining the U14s
Played Basketball for Club
Chess
Computer Programming & Languages
Object Orientated Programming (C++, Java)
Structured Programming (C)
Assembly Language (MIPS)
Matlab
