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We are a group of concerned professionals who wish to see an overarching research culture in Sri Lanka. Although high impact research takes place in our country, it is fragmented and rarely transferred into policy and practice. Therefore we are working to achieve a paradigm shift in the thinking pattern and actions of the scientific and scholarly community to create a new strategic alliance among academics, scholars, professionals and the public to build a new research culture in Sri Lanka, so that the power of knowledge in science & technology could be mobilized to address the problems of the society using an evidence-based approach, which in turn is crucial for the sustainable development of the country. In short, our slogan is ‘Research for development and policy impact’.

  • Colombo Twin and Singleton Study – CoTaSS 1

    A population-based twin register was established in the Colombo district of Sri Lanka using infrastructure designed to periodically update the electoral register. We invited a subsample from this register to participate in the project on common mental disorders, using random ascertainment. A separate non-twin sample was randomly selected from the geographical areas where twins were found.

  • Moved

    Finally moved to our current premises in 2009

  • Colombo Twin and Singleton Study – CoTaSS 2

    CoTaSS 2 aims are to study the prevalence of depression and component phenotypes of metabolic syndrome as well as estimating the heritability of depression and exploring the genetic architecture of metabolic syndrome.

  • Establishment of Child and Adoloscent Twin registry

    The main focus of this project is to establish a register of infant, child and adolescent twins, and mothers pregnant with twins in Sri Lanka to be approached for future research in Sri Lanka with a long term vision is to increase the amount of research that can have an influence on health and social care in Sri Lanka and South Asia. 

  • Colombo Twin and Singleton Study – CoTaSS 3

    To understand the mechanisms by which parental diet impacts child nutritional choices and metabolic risk factors