Shanthi Neranjana Ameratunga is a New Zealand public health academic.
[1] After a 2005 PhD titled 'Disability following car crashes: an epidemiological investigation' at the University of Auckland,[2] supervised by Robyn Norton and Rod Jackson, Ameratunga joined the staff, rising to full professor.
[1] Ameratunga's work involves car accidents, alcohol, trauma, disabilities and rehabilitation.
[3][4][5][6] In 2020, she served on “A future for the world’s children?”, a WHO-UNICEF-Lancet Commission, co-chaired by Helen Clark and Awa Coll-Seck.
[7] Notable students of Ameratunga include Josephine Herman.