Michigan State University postdoc honored for lupus research May 4, 2021 Lichchavi Dan Rajasinghe, a postdoctoral researcher in the MSU Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, has received multiple accolades for identifying a safe, effective way to treat lupus. Lichchavi Dan Rajasinghe, postdoctoral researcher in the MSU Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition According to the Lupus Foundation of America, 1.5 million Americans have a form of lupus, a autoimmune disease that causes the body’s immune system to attack healthy tissue. Ninety percent of those impacted are women. Lichchavi Dan Rajasinghe, a postdoctoral researcher in the Michigan State University (MSU) Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition (FSHN), wants to curb these statistics.