Navoda is currently a PhD student working with Professor Tony Kenna in the Experimental Rheumatology Research Group at CIIC. Her research investigates Localised Scleroderma (Morphea), with a focus on how mechanical stress may contribute to the initiation of localised inflammation in patients. Before joining QUT, she graduated with First Class Honours in Immunology and Integrative Molecular Biology from the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka, in 2024.