Samandika
Saparamadu

MBBS · MPH (JHU Dean's Scholar) · DipIBLM

Physician-researcher at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Digital health intervention design, NCD epidemiology, and secondary data analysis. His mHealth research has been cited over 90 times. Currently expanding into AI-enabled health applications.

Open to Collaborations Research Focus
Samandika Saparamadu
20+
Publications
148+
Citations
4
h-index
Current Positions
Johns Hopkins BSPH
Researcher & HPI Fellow
WLMO · Geneva
Executive Board Member · Task Force 5 (Research)
ALMC · Singapore
President, Asian Lifestyle Medicine Council
About

Digital health and
NCD prevention
across Asia-Pacific

Twenty Under Forty: Some of Health Promotion's Finest American Journal of Health Promotion · 2024
Dean's Scholar Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Delta Omega Honorary Society (Alpha Chapter) National Public Health Honor Society · Johns Hopkins
Excellence in U.S. Public Health Practice Award Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
HPI Fellow Maryland General Assembly · Health Policy Institute

Samandika Saparamadu is a physician-researcher working at the intersection of digital health and non-communicable disease prevention. His most cited work — a user-centered mHealth design framework published in JMIR (94 citations) — established his expertise in mobile health intervention design. His methodological strengths are secondary data analysis, epidemiological methods, and translating research into scalable health tools for low- and middle-income countries.

He is a Dean's Scholar at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Affiliated Faculty at George Mason University. His clinical training (MBBS, University of Colombo) and work in Singapore's public healthcare system ground his research in frontline realities.

As President of the Asian Lifestyle Medicine Council (ALMC) and Executive Board Member of the World Lifestyle Medicine Organisation (WLMO) in Geneva, he coordinates international research collaborations across five countries. He founded the Sri Lankan Society of Lifestyle Medicine (SLSLM) and established Sri Lanka's first Preventive Research Center at Sabaragamuwa University.

Currently seeking collaborators in AI-enabled health interventions, secondary data analysis of large-scale NCD datasets, and digital health tools for clinical decision support. His next projects apply AI to mHealth — bringing computational methods to his established digital health and epidemiology work.

Research Focus

Digital health, NCD prevention & emerging AI

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01

mHealth Intervention Design

User-centered design of mobile health applications for chronic disease management. Published framework in JMIR (94 citations). Experience spanning clinical lab information systems, telemedicine, and patient-facing health tools.

02

NCD Epidemiology

Population-level chronic disease research using large secondary datasets (NHANES). Cross-sectional and time-trend analyses of cardiovascular risk factors, statin use, and CKD progression. Published in AJKD (2025).

03

Secondary Data Analysis

Large-scale health dataset analysis using epidemiological methods. Scoping reviews with Covidence, biostatistical modelling, and evidence synthesis for clinical and policy decisions.

04

Health Equity & Migrant Health

Social determinants analysis of healthcare access among low-wage migrant workers. Published in Journal of Public Health Policy (2021). Focus on underserved populations across Southeast Asia.

05

Lifestyle Medicine

Evidence-based lifestyle interventions as clinical treatment modalities. Building institutional capacity for lifestyle medicine practice and research across 36+ WLMO member countries.

06

AI in Digital Health (Emerging)

Expanding into AI-enabled mHealth applications and clinical decision support tools. Currently developing research on AI app design for NCD management — bringing computational methods to established digital health expertise.

Flagship Project

Preventive Research Center
Sabaragamuwa University

As Founding Director, Saparamadu established Sri Lanka's first Preventive Research Center at Sabaragamuwa University — a pioneering institution dedicated to translational research on NCD prevention and lifestyle medicine.

The Centre operates through a multi-stakeholder collaboration framework, with formal MOUs signed with the Ministry of Health, the Plantation Human Development Trust, and the Health Promotion Foundation. It is supported by three early-career research grants and anchors a five-country international research collaboration.

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1st
Preventive Research Center in Sri Lanka
3
Early-Career Grants Secured
5
Countries in Research Collaboration
3
MOUs with Government & Health Bodies
Selected Publications

Recent research highlights

Full publication list →
2025
Use of statins for primary prevention among individuals with CKD in the United States: a cross-sectional, time-trend analysis
American Journal of Kidney Diseases
AJKD
2023
Epidemiology of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae bloodstream infections in a general hospital in Singapore: a retrospective cohort study
Singapore Medical Journal
Clinical
2021
User-centered design process of an mHealth app for health professionals: Case study
JMIR mHealth and uHealth
94 Citations
2021
Low-wage migrant workers during coronavirus disease 2019: a social determinants analysis
Journal of Public Health Policy
Policy
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Institutional Affiliations

Global network of institutions

Johns Hopkins
University Bloomberg School
of Public Health WLMO Executive Board
Geneva ALMC President
Singapore SLSLM Founder &
President GPHI Council Member
California
Collaborate

Open to research
collaborations

Seeking co-investigators for projects in digital health intervention design, secondary data analysis of NCD datasets, and AI applications in mHealth. Particularly interested in collaborators with computational expertise to complement his epidemiology and digital health background.

samandika@jhu.edu Primary · Johns Hopkins
linkedin.com/in/ssaparamadu LinkedIn Profile
Google Scholar Profile 148+ citations · h-index 4

Leadership &
Editorial Roles

  • President — Asian Lifestyle Medicine Council (ALMC), Singapore
  • Founder & President — Sri Lankan Society of Lifestyle Medicine (SLSLM)
  • Executive Board Member — World Lifestyle Medicine Organisation (WLMO), Geneva
  • Task Force 5 Coordinator — WLMO Research Division
  • Associate Editor — Asia-Pacific Journal of Lifestyle Medicine, World Scientific
  • President — J.B. Grant Global Health Society, Johns Hopkins
  • Founding Director — Preventive Research Center, Sabaragamuwa University
  • Council Member — Global Positive Health Institute (GPHI), California