Nadeesha Mawella

Nadeesha Mawella
Assistant Teaching Professor
Elementary Statistics Coordinator
Science and Engineering

Contact Info
816-235-2853
Manheim 306C
Statistics, Data Analysis, Biostatistics

About

Dr. Nadeesha Mawella recently joined UMKC in Fall 2018, after receiving her Ph.D in Statistics from Kansas State University.

Academic Credentials

  • B.Sc., Statistics & Operations Research, University of Peradeniya (2010)
  • Ph.D., Statistics, Kansas State University (2018)
Research Interests
  • Zero-Inflated models
  • Longitudinal and correlated data analysis
  • Design of experiments and applications in Biostatistics
  • Misspecifications in homogeneity tests for zero-inflated models

Selected Publications

  • Kolt, G. S., George, E. S., Rebar, A. L., Duncan, M. J., Vandelanotte, C., Caperchione, C. M., … & Mawella, N. R. (2017). Associations between quality of life and duration and frequency of physical activity and sedentary behaviour: Baseline findings from the WALK 2.0 randomised controlled trial. PloS one12(6), e0180072.