Miss Tharindie Silva
Higher Degree by Research Candidate
HDR Candidate
Adelaide Medical School
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
Tharindie Silva is a PhD candidate at the University of Adelaide, working in the Gut Cancer Group led by A/Prof. Susan Woods. Tharindie’s research focuses on using patient-derived tumour organoid drug sensitivity assays to inform personalised treatment strategies for patients with advanced gastric cancer. The goal is to guide therapy choices, reduce unnecessary side effects, and identify new treatment options for patients who have exhausted standard care.
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Awards and Achievements
Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount 2024 Award Best Poster Prize - SAHMRI Research Showcase South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI) Australia - 2024 Award Postgraduate Poster Presentation Award - 63rd ASMR National Scientific Conference Australian Society for Medical Research (ASMR) Australia - 2023 Award Best Student Oral Presentation Award, Bowel Health Research Day Flinders Centre for Innovation in Cancer Australia - 2023 Scholarship The University of Adelaide Research Scholarship University of Adelaide Australia - 2022 Award Global IQ Connect Award University of Adelaide Australia - 2022 Scholarship Health and Medical Sciences Honours Scholarship University of Adelaide Australia - 2021 Award In2science STEM Champion Award, Finalist In2science Australia - 2021 Award Swinburne Emerging Leader award Swinburne University of Technology Australia - -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title 2022 - 2022 University of Adelaide Australia Bachelor of Health and Medical Sciences (Honours) 2019 - 2021 Swinburne University of Technology Australia Bachelor of Health Science (Biomedical Science)
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Journals
Year Citation 2025 Syphers, J. L., Wright, J. A., Liu, S., Gee, Y. S., Gao, F., Mudududdla, R., . . . Baell, J. B. (2025). Discovery of WEE1 Kinase Inhibitors with Potent Activity against Patient-Derived, Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Organoids. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 68(8), 8065-8090.
WoS12024 Silva, T. N., Wright, J. A., Worthley, D. L., & Woods, S. L. (2024). Precision Medicine for Gastric Cancer: Current State of Organoid Drug Testing. Organoids, 3(4), 266-280.
2022 Bagheri, R., Robinson, I., Moradi, S., Purcell, J., Schwab, E., Silva, T., . . . Camera, D. M. (2022). Muscle Protein Synthesis Responses Following Aerobic-Based Exercise or High-Intensity Interval Training with or Without Protein Ingestion: A Systematic Review. SPORTS MEDICINE, 52(11), 2713-2732.
WoS17 Europe PMC9
Physiology IIA: Heart, Lung & Neuromuscular Systems (PHYSIOL 2510) - Practical demonstrator
Create. Communicate. Connect (HLTH SC 1002) - Workshop Facilitator
Physiology IIB: Systems & Homeostasis (PHYSIOL 2520)- Tutor
Foundations of Medicine (MEDIC ST 1501) – Workshop facilitator
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