By Dr Didu Sanduni Thamarasa Kariyawasam

Journal articles

Ji C; Kariyawasam DS; Sampaio H; Lorentzos M; Jones KJ; Farrar MA, 2024, 'Newborn screening for Duchenne muscular dystrophy: the perspectives of stakeholders', The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, 45, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2024.101049

Kariyawasam DS; Scarfe J; Meagher C; Farrar MA; Bhattacharya K; Carter SM; Newson AJ; Otlowski M; Watson J; Millis N; Norris S, 2024, '‘Integrating Ethics and Equity with Economics and Effectiveness for newborn screening in the genomic age: A qualitative study protocol of stakeholder perspectives', PLoS ONE, 19, pp. 1 - 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0299336

Farrar MA; Kariyawasam DS, 2024, 'Deciphering spinal muscular atrophy: the need for more research', The Lancet Neurology, 23, pp. 134 - 136, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1474-4422(23)00502-1

Djafar JV; Smith NJ; Johnson AM; Bhattacharya K; Ardern-Holmes SL; Ellaway C; Dale RC; D'Silva AM; Kariyawasam DS; Grattan S; Kandula T; Lewis K; Mohammed SS; Farrar MA, 2023, 'Characterizing Common Phenotypes Across the Childhood Dementia Disorders: A Cross-sectional Study From Two Australian Centers', Pediatric Neurology, 149, pp. 75 - 83, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2023.09.006

Farrar MA; Calotes-Castillo L; De Silva R; Barclay P; Attwood L; Cini J; Ferrie M; Kariyawasam DS, 2023, 'Gene therapy-based strategies for spinal muscular atrophy—an Asia-Pacific perspective', Molecular and Cellular Pediatrics, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40348-023-00171-5

Ji C; Farrar MA; Norris S; Bhattacharya K; Bennetts B; Newson AJ; Healy L; Millis N; Kariyawasam DS, 2023, 'The Australian landscape of newborn screening in the genomics era', Rare Disease and Orphan Drugs Journal, 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.20517/rdodj.2023.30

Farrar MA; Kiernan MC; Kariyawasam DS, 2023, 'Presymptomatic spinal muscular atrophy: a cautionary approach to the proposed new terminology', Brain, 146, pp. E65 - E66, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/brain/awad061

Davidson JE; Russell JS; Martinez NN; Mowat DR; Jones KJ; Kirk EP; Kariyawasam D; Farrar M; D’Silva A, 2023, 'The Carrier Frequency of Two SMN1 Genes in Parents of Symptomatic Children with SMA and the Significance of SMN1 Exon 8 in Carriers', Genes, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/genes14071403

Kariyawasam DS; D'Silva AM; Sampaio H; Briggs N; Herbert K; Wiley V; Farrar MA, 2023, 'Newborn screening for spinal muscular atrophy in Australia: a non-randomised cohort study', The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health, 7, pp. 159 - 170, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2352-4642(22)00342-X

Le Marne FA; Briggs N; Frith K; Kariyawasam D; McCarthy HJ; Nunn K; Rao A; Sachdev R; Sarkozy V; Teng A; Trethewie S; Williams GD; Bye AME, 2023, 'Understanding the ongoing learning needs of Australian paediatricians: Evaluation of a pilot paediatric video teaching programme', Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 59, pp. 307 - 318, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpc.16291

Balaji L; Farrar MA; D’Silva AM; Kariyawasam DS, 2023, 'Decision-making and challenges within the evolving treatment algorithm in spinal muscular atrophy: a clinical perspective', Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics, 23, pp. 571 - 586, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14737175.2023.2218549

D’Silva AM; Kariyawasam D; Venkat P; Mayoh C; Farrar MA, 2023, 'Identification of Novel CSF-Derived miRNAs in Treated Paediatric Onset Spinal Muscular Atrophy: An Exploratory Study', Pharmaceutics, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics15010170

Farrar MA; Kariyawasam D; Grattan S; Bayley K; Davis M; Holland S; Waddel LB; Jones K; Lorentzos M; Ravine A; Wotton T; Wiley V, 2023, 'Newborn Screening for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy', Journal of Neuromuscular Diseases, 10, pp. 15 - 28, http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/JND-221535

Nguyen CQ; Kariyawasam D; Alba-Concepcion K; Grattan S; Hetherington K; Wakefield CE; Woolfenden S; Dale RC; Palmer EE; Farrar MA; Concepcion K, 2022, '‘Advocacy groups are the connectors’: Experiences and contributions of rare disease patient organization leaders in advanced neurotherapeutics', Health Expectations, 25, pp. 3175 - 3191, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/hex.13625

Kariyawasam D; D’Silva A; Mowat D; Russell J; Sampaio H; Jones K; Taylor P; Farrar M, 2022, 'Incidence of Duchenne muscular dystrophy in the modern era; an Australian study', European Journal of Human Genetics, 30, pp. 1398 - 1404, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41431-022-01138-2

D'Silva AM; Kariyawasam DST; Best S; Wiley V; Farrar MA; Ravine A; Mowat D; Sampaio H; Alexander IE; Russell J; Jones K; Junek Z, 2022, 'Integrating newborn screening for spinal muscular atrophy into health care systems: an Australian pilot programme', Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 64, pp. 625 - 632, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dmcn.15117

D'Silva AM; Holland S; Kariyawasam D; Herbert K; Barclay P; Cairns A; MacLennan SC; Ryan MM; Sampaio H; Smith N; Woodcock IR; Yiu EM; Alexander IE; Farrar MA, 2022, 'Onasemnogene abeparvovec in spinal muscular atrophy: an Australian experience of safety and efficacy', Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, 9, pp. 339 - 350, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/acn3.51519

Kariyawasam DST; D'Silva AM; Herbert K; Howells J; Carey K; Kandula T; Farrar MA; Lin C, 2022, 'Axonal excitability changes in children with spinal muscular atrophy treated with nusinersen', Journal of Physiology, 600, pp. 95 - 109, http://dx.doi.org/10.1113/JP282249

Kariyawasam D; D'Silva A; Farrar M; Shin-Yi Lin C, 2022, 'WE-149. Axonal excitability changes in children with spinal muscular atrophy treated with nusinersen', Clinical Neurophysiology, 141, pp. S73 - S74, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2022.07.193

Kariyawasam DST; Farrar MA, 2021, 'Spinal muscular atrophy: A new treatment paradigm of proactive care', Medicine Today, 22, pp. 55 - 60

Kariyawasam DST; D'Silva AM; Vetsch J; Wakefield CE; Wiley V; Farrar MA, 2021, '“We needed this”: perspectives of parents and healthcare professionals involved in a pilot newborn screening program for spinal muscular atrophy', EClinicalMedicine, 33, pp. 100742, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2021.100742

Kariyawasam D; D'silva A; Howells J; Herbert K; Geelan-Small P; Lin CSY; Farrar MA, 2021, 'Motor unit changes in children with symptomatic spinal muscular atrophy treated with nusinersen', Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 92, pp. 78 - 85, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jnnp-2020-324254

Kariyawasam D; Alexander IE; Kurian M; Farrar MA, 2020, 'Great expectations: Virus-mediated gene therapy in neurological disorders', Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 91, pp. 849 - 860, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jnnp-2019-322327

Kariyawasam DST; Russell JS; Wiley V; Alexander IE; Farrar MA, 2020, 'The implementation of newborn screening for spinal muscular atrophy: the Australian experience', Genetics in Medicine, 22, pp. 557 - 565, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41436-019-0673-0

Kariyawasam DST; D’Silva A; Herbert K; Lin CSY; Geelan-Small P; Farrar MA, 2020, '7. Motor unit changes in children with spinal muscular atrophy treated with nusinersen', Clinical Neurophysiology, 131, pp. e3 - e4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2019.11.040

Kariyawasam DST; D’silva A; Lin C; Ryan MM; Farrar MA; D'Silva A, 2019, 'Biomarkers and the development of a personalized medicine approach in spinal muscular atrophy', Frontiers in Neurology, 10, pp. 898, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2019.00898

Anand G; Vasallo G; Spanou M; Thomas S; Pike M; Kariyawasam DS; Mehta S; Parry A; Durie-Gair J; Nicholson J; Lascelles K; Everett V; Gibbon FM; Jarvis N; Elston J; Evans DG; Halliday D, 2018, 'Diagnosis of sporadic neurofibromatosis type 2 in the paediatric population', Archives of Disease in Childhood, 103, pp. 463 - 469, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2017-313154

Kariyawasam D; Carey K; Jones K; Farrar MA, 2018, 'New and developing therapies in spinal muscular atrophy', Paediatric Respiratory Reviews, 28, pp. 3 - 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.prrv.2018.03.003

Sampaio H; Kariyawasam D; Buckley M; Mowat D; Robinson J; Taylor P; Jones K; Farrar M, 2018, 'DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY - GENETICS', Neuromuscular Disorders, 28, pp. S97 - S98, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nmd.2018.06.264

Kariyawasam DS; McShane T, 2015, 'Brain tumours in paediatrics: When should they be suspected?', Archives of Disease in Childhood, 100, pp. 1102 - 1103, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2015-308729

Conference Papers

Kariyawasam D; Sampaio H; Mowat D; Farrar MA, 2019, 'Genetic carrier screening for duchenne muscular dystrophy: the outcome of over twenty years of genetic counselling on disease epidemiology in a single-centre cohort study in new south wales (NSW), australia', Sydney Australia, presented at Australian and New Zealand Association of Neurologists, Sydney Australia

Conference Abstracts

Kariyawasam DS; Samapio H; Mowat D; Farrar M, 2019, 'GENETIC CARRIER SCREENING FOR DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY: THE OUTCOME OF OVER TWENTY YEARS OF GENETIC COUNSELLING ON DISEASE EPIDEMIOLOGY IN A SINGLE-CENTRE COHORT STUDY IN NEW SOUTH WALES (NSW), AUSTRALIA', in JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY NEUROSURGERY AND PSYCHIATRY, BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP, AUSTRALIA, Sydney, Vol. 90, presented at Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian-and-New Zealand-Association-of-Neurologists (ANZAN), AUSTRALIA, Sydney, 21 May 2019 - 24 May 2019, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jnnp-2019-anzan.22

Preprints

Kariyawasam D; Scarfe J; Meagher C; Farrar M; Bhattacharya K; Carter S; Newson A; Otlowski M; Watson J; Millis N; Norris S, 2024, Genetic newborn screening stakeholder perspectives, , http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2024.02.11.24302654

Kariyawasam DST; D'Silva AM; Vetsch J; Wakefield C; Wiley V; Farrar MA, <i>'We Needed This'</i>: Perspectives of Parents and Healthcare Professionals Involved in a Pilot Newborn Screening Program for Spinal Muscular Atrophy, , http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3682109

D'Silva AM; Sampaio H; Kariyawasam DST; Mowat D; Russell J; Junek Z; Jones KJ; Alexander IE; Best S; Wiley V; Farrar MA, Integrating a Pilot Newborn Screening for Spinal Muscular Atrophy Into the Australian Public Healthcare System, , http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3814778

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