Vinuli Withanarachchie

Ms Vinuli Withanarachchie is a current doctoral candidate at Shore. Her PhD focuses on women’s transformative roles in legal medicinal cannabis regimes and markets. This research aims to serve as a catalyst for women’s health agency by connecting informed choices, equal participation, and policy implementation. Vinuli was awarded the 2023 Graduate Women New Zealand Charitable Trust Fellowship Award. She is supervised by Dr Marta Rychert and Professor Chris Wilkins.  

 Research publications

Withanarachchie V, Rychert M, Wilkins C. Assessing progress with the implementation of the New Zealand medicinal Cannabis scheme. The New Zealand Medical Journal. 2022 Jan 21; 135(1548):7-12.

Withanarachchie V, Rychert M, Wilkins C. The role of cannabis clinics in the health system: a qualitative study of physicians’ views in New Zealand. BMC Health Service Research. 2023; 23(1): 10.

Withanarachchie V, Rychert M, Wilkins C. Barriers and facilitators to prescribing medicinal cannabis in New Zealand. Journal of Primary Health Care. 2023 Mar 2.