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Education

2022–2028 MB BChir Medicine University of Cambridge A six-year medical degree combining pre-clinical science, an intercalated Biochemistry degree and the three clinical Final MB years.
Year 1 — MVST Part IA Core scientific and social foundations of medicine.
  • Anatomy
  • Physiology
  • Biochemistry
  • Social Aspects of Medicine
  • Epidemiology
Year 2 — MVST Part IB Systems, disease mechanisms and therapeutic foundations.
  • Pathology
  • Pharmacology
  • Neurobiology
  • Human Reproduction
  • Head and Neck Anatomy
Year 3 — MA (Cantab) (Hons) Biochemistry
  • Dissertation: Class I (73%).
  • BA result: Class II.1.
Final MB — Years 4–6 The three clinical years of the Cambridge medical course.
  • Year 4: 83% overall, top 15% of the year, Class I.
  • Year 5: current clinical year.
  • Year 6: final clinical year.
2018–2022 A Levels and GCSEs Tapton School, Sheffield A quantitative science foundation before studying medicine at Cambridge.
  • A Levels: Mathematics (A*), Chemistry (A*) and Biology (A*).
  • GCSEs: nine Grade 9s, one Grade 8 and two Grade 7s.

Professional experience

2026–Present Mechanisms of Drug Action (MODA) Supervisor Churchill College, University of Cambridge Paid small-group supervision in pharmacology through Cambridge’s Mechanisms of Drug Action course.
  • Teaching covers cardiovascular and renal pharmacology, peripheral neurotransmission and neuropharmacology, atherosclerosis, antimicrobial pharmacology and anticancer pharmacology, alongside supervision of the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics (PK/PD) practical paper.
Oct 2025–Present Part II Biochemistry Supervisor Robinson College, University of Cambridge Paid small-group teaching and assessment for Part II Biochemistry undergraduates.
  • Supervise Part II Biochemistry students across Natural Sciences and Medical and Veterinary Sciences.
  • Deliver small-group teaching sessions and mark essays.
Aug–Sept 2025 Life Sciences Summer Analyst Intern Candesic Commercial due diligence and strategic analysis across healthcare services and medtech.
  • Contributed to commercial due-diligence projects for private-equity clients evaluating healthcare service providers and medtech innovations.
  • Performed market analysis, competitor benchmarking and financial modelling to support investment decisions.
July–Sept 2025 Summer Intern Milner Therapeutics Institute / AstraZeneca Exploratory inflammatory-bowel-disease drug-target research using transcriptomic analysis.
  • Applied differential gene-expression analysis in R and Python across bulk and single-cell RNA-sequencing data.
  • Supported exploratory work investigating disease-specific cellular interaction signatures for targeted drug discovery.
Jun–Aug 2024 Wellcome Trust Summer Intern Cardiovascular Research Unit, University of Sheffield Computational and experimental work on ticagrelor reversal during emergency CABG.
  • Built computational models simulating CytoSorb bead-incubation dynamics to optimise ticagrelor reversal.
  • Designed and ran in-vitro assays including light-transmission aggregometry, VerifyNow, whole-blood single-platelet counting and flow cytometry.
  • Refined incubation protocols by modelling drug–receptor dissociation kinetics to inform clinical strategy.
  • Co-authored a peer-reviewed review on coronary thrombosis interventions as second author.
2022–Present Founder and CEO VW Schools Founded a medical-education consultancy for aspiring medical students.
  • Supported more than 300 aspiring medical students with structured application and interview preparation.
  • Designed proprietary resources and managed operations.
  • Achieved a 100% medical-school placement rate through structured systems, performance tracking and outcome-focused delivery.
  • Built and deployed Vantage, an AI study coach using Python for personalised question generation, marking, progress tracking and spaced repetition.
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Leadership and extracurriculars

2026–Present Founders Under 24 Fellow Kickstart Global Selected for the 20-week Founders Under 24 Fellowship at the UK’s largest cross-university incubator.
  • Developing preventative-cardiology ideas towards a fundable MVP, supported by founder masterclasses, mentorship and access to potential pre-seed investors.
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2026–Present Vice President Cambridge University MedTech Society Vice President of the Cambridge University MedTech Society.
2018–Present Badminton England and University of Cambridge International junior representation, university captaincy and sustained competitive performance.
  • England National Team, 2018–2022: European Junior Badminton Championships runner-up and five England caps.
  • Yorkshire Player of the Year in 2022, 2024 and 2025.
  • Cambridge University Captain, 2023–24: led the team to BUCS nationals and varsity victories while managing coaching, training and match transport.
2023–Present Treasurer Cambridge University Sri Lanka Society Managed society finances for cultural and educational events.
  • Secured £500 in funding and managed event budgets.

Technical skills and languages

Data and coding Tools used across academic, research and analytical work.
Laboratory techniques Methods used in biomedical laboratory and cardiovascular research settings.
Computer science and artificial intelligence Completed Harvard CS50x and CS50’s Introduction to Artificial Intelligence with Python.
  • CS50x: computer-science foundations, algorithms, data structures, memory, C, Python, SQL and web programming.
  • CS50AI: search, knowledge representation, uncertainty, optimisation, machine learning, neural networks and natural-language processing in Python.
About CS50x About CS50AI
Languages English and Sinhala fluent; French intermediate.

Publications and conferences

2025 Pharmacotherapeutic options for coronary thrombosis treatment: where are we today? Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy Peer-reviewed review article; second author.
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2025 Pharmacology 2025 Belfast Selected for both an oral communication and a poster presentation.
  • Oral communication: CytoSorb beads for ticagrelor reversal in CABG to reduce excessive bleeding.
  • Poster presentation: Pharmacotherapeutic options for coronary thrombosis treatment: where are we today?
2025 East of England Cardiology Conference Presented cardiovascular research in both oral and poster formats.
  • Oral presentation: CytoSorb beads for ticagrelor reversal in CABG to reduce excessive bleeding.
  • Poster presentation: Pharmacotherapeutic options for coronary thrombosis treatment: where are we today?

Awards

Mar 2025 Award for Best Oral Presentation East of England Cardiology Conference Awarded for the presentation “Investigating the efficacy of CytoSorb beads in reversing the antiplatelet effects of ticagrelor”.
Churchill College Elite Athlete Representation Award University of Cambridge Sport A monetary award supporting elite-level competition.
Hawks and Ospreys Scholarship Hawks & Ospreys Charitable Trust A monetary award supporting my badminton career and tournament participation.
University of Cambridge Athlete Performance Programme (UCAPP) University of Cambridge Sport Support for elite-level national performance in badminton.

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