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  Our Team  

Executive Committee Members        
 
 
 
 

 Chairman
 Dr.Godwin Kodituwakku
 BEd, MA(Ed), PhD
 Director, Research & Develpment
 National Institute of Education – Maharagama
Email:
tuwakku@yahoo.com


 
Athula Sumathipala  

 Director
 Dr. Athula Sumathipala
 MBBS, DFM, MD(SL), MRCPsych, CCST(UK),
 PhD(Lond)
 Senior Lecturer
 Department of Epidemiology
 Institute of Psychiatry
 King's College London
 Tel: + 94 11 2578336
 Email:
athula.sumathipala@kcl.ac.uk

 
             
  Nihal Abeysinghe    Dr. M.R.N. Abeysinghe
 MBBS, MSc, MD, FCCP
 Consultant Epidemiologist
 Tel: + 94 11 2695112
 Email:
nihal.abeysinghe@yahoo.com
 

 Prof. Sisira Siribaddana
 MBBS, MD, FCCP
 Consultant Physician & Endocrinologist
 Professor of Medicine University of Rajarata
 Hon Lecturer - Kings College, London
 Tel: + 94 11 2 779354
 Email:
nipuna@stmail.lk

 
 
 
         
   Sudath Samaraweera  

 Dr. Sudath Samaraweera
 MBBS, MSc, MD
 Consultant
 Community Physician
 Ministry of Health
 Tel. + 94 11 2695112
 Email:
sudath.samara@gmail.com

 
 

Dr. Wasantha Bandara
BDS,
Austrailian Diploma in Financial Management,
Post Graduate Diploma in Financial Management (ICASL),
Post Graduate Diploma in Health service management (Massey University NZ),
Post Graduate Diploma in Quality Management (quality Council NZ),
Diploma In Personal Management (CPM-UK)
Dental Surgeon

Certified Quality Manager
Tel. + 94 037 4691791
Email:
wasanthab.srilanka@gmail.com
 
 
 
         
   

Dr. Gominda Ponnamperuma
MBBS, Dip. Psychology, MMEd (Dundee), PhD (Dundee)
Senior Lecturer in Medical Education
Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo
Email:
gominda@hotmail.com

 

   

 

             

Academic Staff

 
   

 Dr.Chesmal Siriwardhana
 MD, MSc (London)
 Research Fellow - IRD
 Visiting Research Associate
 Institute of Psychiatry
 King's College London
Email:
chesmal@gmail.com

 
   

Dr.Lalani Yatawara

BVSc, MSc, PhD(Japan)
Head of the Genetics  - IRD
Lecturer Faculty of Allied  Sciences
University of Peradeniya
Sri Lanka


 
             
     Ms.Gayani Pannala
 BSc, MSc (Statistics)
 Statistician
Email:
gayanipannala@yahoo.com
 
     

Consultants

 
    Dr. Lalani Yatawara
BVSc, MSc, PhD (Japan)
Consultant- Genetics Laboratory
Senior Lecturer
Faculty of Allied Health Sciences
University of Peradeniya
Sri Lanka 
Email: lalanip@yahoo.co.jp
     
             

Interns 

 
    Dr.Anushka Adikari
MD
Email: anushkaadikari@yahoo.com.
 
  Dr. Kaushalya Jayaweera
MD
Email: kaushj@gmail.com
             
    Dr.Sulochana Weerawarana
MBBS
Email: sweerawarna@yahoo.com
 
  Ms.Harini Pandithasundara
BSc
Email: hariniplus@gmail.com

 
             
    Ms. Buddhini Jayasekara
BSc
Email: danu_j82@yahoo.com
     

Research Assistants

 
    Ms.Chamali Jayasinghe
Email: chamalij@gmail.com
 
  Ms.Maneesha Chathurangi Jayaweera
Email: maneesha_jayaweera@yahoo.com
 
             
    Ms. A. A. Udeni Samanmali
Email: samanmali_u@yahoo.com
  Ms. Leka Sandakumari Elvitigala
Email: lsandakumari@yahoo.com
             
    Mr. Nadun Perera
Email: m.nadun@gmail.com
  Mr. Aruna Walisundara
Email:
a_walisundara@yahoo.com
             
    Ms.Nilanthi Priyadharshani
Email: nilanthipriya@yahoo.com
    Ms.Tharanga Fernando
Email:  fernandotharanga81@gmail.com
             
             
             
             
             

Finance Manager

 
 
    Ms. Gayani Mekala Narangoda (BCom(Sp.))
Email: mekala_narangoda@yahoo.com
   

 

Office Assistant

 
    Mr.T Jayakumar
Email: jaya.kumar215@gmail.com
 
   

 

Notable Past Contributors

 
    Dr. D.A.R.K. Dayaratne
(MBBS, MSc (Genetics), MD)
Executive Committee Member
 
  Dr. Suwin Hewage (MBBS)
Academic Staff
 
             
    Ms. Lakshmi Abeygoonawardane
Financial Controller
 
  Ms. Manouri Wimalasekara
Administrative Officer
 
             
    Ms.Dhanushki Siriwardana (BSc)
Research Coordinator
 
  Dr. Manura Lekamwattage (MBBS)
Intern
 
             
    Dr. Manjula Athukorala (MBBS)
Intern
 
  Dr. Kumudu Munasinghe (MD)
Intern
 
           

 
    Dr. Puwalani Vidanapathirane (MBBS)
Intern
     
             
             


 

 

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