Colombo Twin and Singleton Study -3 . “Resilience, Mental Health and Food Security in Times of Crisis: A Pilot Study of the Longitudinal Colombo Twin and Singleton Study” Colombo Twin and Singleton Study – 3 Pilot Study – 2 is funded by the Medical Research Council, UK and is conducted by the Institute for…
Colombo Twin and Singleton Study -3 . The Colombo Twin and Singleton Study 3 (COTASS-3) is funded by the Medical Research Council, UK under a Nutrition-based training grant, and is conducted by the Institute for Research and Development (IRD), in collaboration with King’s College London. The training plan aims to enhance skills and capacity for…
Introduction Background & Rationale: Perinatal depression is depression that occurs during or after pregnancy. It has negative impacts on the health of the mother and the child. Perinatal depression, though prevalent a neglected health issue in Sri Lanka. No psychosocial interventions have been introduced to the Maternal and Child Health Programme to address perinatal depression…
PATIENT AND PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT AND ENGAGEMENT (PPIE) IN THE ETHICAL DESIGN OF RESEARCH Twin event at IRD – First RUG COTASS 3
COVID-19 Lived Experience Study Background Study Title ශ්රී ලංකාවේ කොරෝනා (COVID-19) ආසාදනය නිසා රෝහල් ගත වී සුවය ලැබූ පුද්ගලයන්ගේ ජීවන අත්දැකීම් පිළිබඳ පර්යේෂණය COVID-19 உடன் மருத்துவமனையில் அனுமதிக்கப்பட்ட இலங்கையர்களின் அனுபவங்கள்: ஒரு கலவைமுறை ஆய்வு Lived experience of Sri Lankans hospitalized with COVID-19: A mixed methods study Introduction The novelty of the COVID-19 pandemic and scarcity of research on it,…
COVID-19 Impact on Youth & Young Adults Background Study Title Understanding the psychological and behavioural impact of COVID-19 global pandemic on the lives of a group of youth and young adults repatriated back to Sri Lanka from the UK due to COVID-19: a qualitative study Introduction The United Kingdom (UK) is a popular destination among…
COVID-19 Diary Study Background Study Title COVID-19 පැතිරීම, ස්වයං හුදෙකළාව සහ සමාජ දුරස්ථභාවය වයස මාස 18 සිට අවුරුදු 5 දක්වා වූ දරුවන්ගේ සහ ඔවුන් රැක බලා ගන්නන්ගේ ජීවිතවලට බලපාන අයුරු ප්රධාන රැක බලා ගන්නාගේ දිනපොත තුළින් තේරුම් ගැනීම Understanding the impact of COVID-19 global pandemic (including self-isolation and quarantine measures) on the lives of young…
Colombo Twin and Singleton Study – Development Project (CoTaSS 3)Study Title Causal mechanisms behind intergenerational transmission of nutritional choices and their association with metabolic risk indicators Introduction Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) globally have undergone rapid urbanisation, and changes in demography and health behaviours. Whilst life expectancy at birth for many LMICs has improved, disease…
In Vitro Expression of the CtsK Gene in Bacterial Expression System, Escherichia coli Cathepsin K encoded by the CtsK gene is an enzyme responsible for bone remodeling through ossification in human. Therefore, it could be used as an effective treatment approach for a variety of orthopedic disorders including bone fractures. With the availability of recombinant…
Development of Inflammatory Biomarker Panel for Laboratory-Based Depression Diagnosis: A Sri Lankan Twin Study. (IMiD Project) Currently depression is diagnosed through questionnaire base protocols by a healthcare professional. However, due to overlapping clinical characteristics of different psychoneurological disorders often misdiagnoses are common, there is a rising demand for a biological test for depression specific diagnosis.…
CoTaSS 2 Follow-up study – IRD Bio-bank The Colombo Twin and Singleton Follow-up Study (CoTaSS2), which is a ‘population based twin study of psychiatric disorders and metabolic syndrome in Sri Lanka’ was one of main projects completed during the year 2015-16. DNA extractions were carried out from 3483 samples of whole blood samples of twin…
Expression of Estrogen Receptor α in gonads of in-ovo estrogen exposed male chickens (Gallus domesticus) with and without post hatching estrogen treatment. Poultry industry is one of the fast growing livestock industries in the world. One of the key features of the layer industry is, it doesn’t require commercial male chicks for the table egg…