Select Publications
Conference Presentations
2015, 'Peer assisted learning: experience from a medical school in Sri Lanka', presented at 12th Asia Pacific Medical Education Conference and 3rd International Conference on Faculty Development in the Health Professions, Singapore
,2015, 'Understanding the timing, breadth and potency of neutralising antibody responses against transmitted/founders', presented at 11th National Scientific Workshop of the Australian Center for HIV and Hepatitis Virology Research, Hunter Valley, Australia
,2014, 'A low cost intervention of using non specialist staff in preventing relapses of schizophrenia', presented at 22nd European Psychiatry Association Congress, Munich, Germany
,2014, 'Accessing medical knowledge for evidence based practice: changing trends in a developing country', presented at Annual Research Symposium, University of Colombo
,2014, 'Caregiver strain and depression among caregivers of patients with schizophrenia and bipolar affective disorder in Sri Lanka', presented at 22nd European Psychiatry Association Congress, Munich, Germany
,2014, 'Educating the security forces, a high risk group, on malaria elimination efforts in Sri Lanka', presented at Annual Research Symposium, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka
,2014, 'Effect of using English as the medium of instruction on the academic performance of first year medical undergraduates', presented at 9th Annual conference of the Sri Lanka Association for improving higher education effectiveness, Colombo, Sri Lanka
,2014, 'Factors associated with intention to migrate abroad in graduates and undergraduates of a medical faculty in Sri Lanka', presented at 9th International Medical Education Conference, Kuala Lampur, Malaysia
,2014, 'Low serum antioxidant capacity in severe leptospirosis patients in Sri Lanka', presented at 33rd Annual Sessions of the Institute of Biology, Colombo, Sri Lanka
,2014, 'Lower estimated glomerular filtration rates in patients on long term Lithium. A comparative study', presented at 127th Sri Lanka Medical Association Sessions, Colombo, Sri Lanka
,2014, 'Oxidative damage of lipids and proteins in leptospirosis', presented at 2nd International Conference on Frontiers in Molecular Life Sciences. Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka
,2014, 'Symptoms of anxiety and depression among Sri Lankan adolescents', presented at 22nd European Psychiatry Association Congress, Munich, Germany
,2013, 'A low cost intervention of using non specialist staff in preventing relapses of schizophrenia', presented at 3rd International Congress on Neurobiology, Psychopharmacology & Treatment Guidance, Thessaloniki, Greece
,2013, 'Change of haematological parameters in leptospirosis', presented at Annual academic sessions of Ceylon College of Physicians, Colombo, Sri Lanka
,2013, 'Do learning styles and approaches to learning differ among medical undergraduates and postgraduates?', presented at 10th Asia Pacific Medical Education Conference, Singapore
,2013, 'Does cannabis use increase the risk of schizophrenia; a retrospective analysis of a psychiatrically ill population in Sri Lanka', presented at 3rd International Congress on Neurobiology, Psychopharmacology & Treatment Guidance, Thessaloniki, Greece
,2013, 'Electrocardiographic and echocardiographic manifestations of cardiac involvement in leptospirosis', presented at Annual Academic Sessions of the Sri Lanka Medical Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka
,2013, 'Increased oxidative stress in severe leptospirosis', presented at Annual Research Symposium, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka
,2013, 'Laboratory confirmation of leptospirosis: comparison between microscopic agglutination test and IgM rapid test Leptocheck WB', presented at Annual Research Symposium, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka
,2013, 'Life threatening self starvation; a case report', presented at 3rd International Congress on Neurobiology, Psychopharmacology & Treatment Guidance, Thessaloniki, Greece
,2013, 'Rapid detection of severe leptospirosis using a simple cost-effective method', presented at Annual Academic Sessions of Ceylon College of Physicians, Colombo, Sri Lanka
,2013, 'Symptoms of anxiety and depression among Sri Lankan adolescents', presented at 3rd International Congress on Neurobiology, Psychopharmacology & Treatment Guidance, Thessaloniki, Greece
,2012, 'A pilot study comparing two rapid immunodiagnostic tests with the microscopic agglutination test (MAT) for the detection of leptospira antibodies', presented at 6th biennial scientific sessions of the Allergy and Immunology Society of Sri Lanka, Colombo, Sri Lanka
,2012, 'A pilot study on comparison of rapid immunodiagnostics for confirmation of leptospirosis', presented at Annual Research Symposium, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka
,2012, 'A pilot study on comparison of rapid immunodiagnostics for confirmation of leptospirosis', presented at Annual Academic Sessions of the Sri Lanka Medical Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka
,2012, 'Aspirin resistance among Sri Lankan patients', presented at Annual Academic Sessions of the Sri Lanka Medical Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka
,2012, 'Do learning styles and approaches to learning differ among medical undergraduates and post graduates?', presented at Annual Research Symposium, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka
,2012, 'Do learning styles and approaches to learning differ among medical undergraduates and postgraduates?', presented at Annual academic sessions of Ceylon College of Physicians, Colombo, Sri Lanka
,2012, 'Kidney disease in the elderly: A Sri Lankan perspective', presented at Annual Academic Sessions of the Sri Lanka Medical Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka
,2012, 'Problematic internet behaviours among university students; a cross sectional survey', presented at Annual academic sessions of Ceylon College of Physicians, Colombo, Sri Lanka
,2012, 'Problematic internet behaviours and gender differences of internet use among university students in Sri Lanka', presented at International conference and exhibition on addiction therapy and research, Las Vegas, USA
,2012, 'Therapeutic inertia; an unattended problem', presented at Asia Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health, Colombo, Sri Lanka
,2012, 'Therapeutic inertia; an unattended problem', presented at Annual Academic Sessions of Ceylon College of Physicians, Colombo, Sri Lanka
,2011, 'Factors associated with graft pyelonephritis in kidney allograft recipients at the university medical unit, NHSL', presented at Annual Academic Sessions of the Ceylon College of Physicians, Colombo, Sri Lanka
,2011, 'High default rates for treatment of depression in the periphery', presented at Annual Academic Sessions of the Sri Lanka Medical Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka
,2010, 'A cross sectional screening for symptoms of anxiety and depression in adolescent school children', presented at Annual Academic Sessions of the Sri Lanka Medical Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka
,2010, 'A prospective cohort study on the role of the non specialist staff on preventing relapses and improving clinic attendance of patients with schizophrenia', presented at Annual Academic Sessions of Ceylon College of Physicians, Colombo, Sri Lanka
,2010, 'An audit on care of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in a tertiary care medical clinic in Sri Lanka', presented at International forum on quality and safety in health care, Nice, France
,2010, 'Morbidity of cannabis use in a cohort of psychiatry patients in Sri Lanka: a retrospective analysis', presented at Annual Academic Sessions of the Sri Lanka Medical Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka
,2010, 'Socio-demographic factors and their correlations with Tricomonas vaginalis infection in women attending a central sexually transmitted disease clinic', presented at 66th Annual Scientific Session of Sri Lanka Association for Advancement of Science, Colombo, Sri Lanka
,2009, 'A prospective study on management of acute coronary syndrome in university medical unit, Colombo', presented at Annual Academic Sessions of Sri Lanka Medical Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka
,2009, 'Adequacy of haemodialysis in patients with chronic kidney disease in Sri Lanka: a prospective study', presented at Annual Academic Sessions of Ceylon College of Physicians, Colombo, Sri Lanka
,2009, 'Adequacy of haemodialysis in patients with chronic kidney disease in Sri Lanka: a prospective study', presented at 7th conference of nephrology, urology and transplant society of the SAARC countries, Colombo, Sri Lanka
,2009, 'An audit on care of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in a tertiary care medical clinic in Sri Lanka', presented at Annual Academic Sessions of Ceylon College of Physicians, Colombo, Sri Lanka
,2009, 'Retrospective analytical study of renal transplants over a period of two years', presented at 7th conference of nephrology, urology and transplant society of the SAARC countries, Colombo, Sri Lanka
,2009, 'Retrospective analytical study of renal transplants over a period of two years', presented at Annual Academic Sessions of Sri Lanka Medical Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka
,2008, 'A case series on envenoming by Saw Scale Viper (Echis carinatus) in Sri Lanka', presented at 8th IST Asia Pacific Meeting on Animal, Plant & Microbial Toxins, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
,2008, 'A case series on envenoming by Saw Scale Viper (Echis carinatus) in Sri Lanka', presented at Conference on global issues in clinical toxicology, Melbourne, Australia
,Conference Abstracts
2019, 'GENOTYPE MISCLASSIFICATION NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE CHOICE OF REGIMENS AND TREATMENT OUTCOMES IN THE MANAGEMENT OF HEPATITIS C', in HEPATOLOGY, WILEY, MA, Boston, Vol. 70, pp. 318A - 319A, presented at Annual Meeting of the American-Association-for-the-Study-of-Liver-Diseases (AASLD) / Liver Meeting, MA, Boston, 08 November 2019 - 12 November 2019, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000488653501070&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2019, 'HCV RESISTANCE PATTERNS IN A WORLDWIDE NETWORK OF COHORTS OF GT-3a INFECTED PATIENTS', in HEPATOLOGY, WILEY, MA, Boston, Vol. 70, pp. 180A - 181A, presented at Annual Meeting of the American-Association-for-the-Study-of-Liver-Diseases (AASLD) / Liver Meeting, MA, Boston, 08 November 2019 - 12 November 2019, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000488653500277&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
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