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Professor Ananda Jayasinghe

 

 
  Email: ajaya83pera@gmail.com    
Mobile: 00 94 (0) 773 275 632    
Home: 00 94 (0) 81 2200178    
Official Address  : Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka  
Residential Address  : ‘Swasthi’, Sri Lanka, 309 / 41, Deveni Rajasinghe 1st Lane, George E De Silva Mawatha, Kandy, Sri Lanka  
 
Educational Qualifications
  • MBBS (Peradeniya)
  • DCH (Lond)
  • MSc (Lond)
  • DLSH & TM (Lond)
  • FRCP (Glasg)
  • FRCP (Lond)
 
Education
  • Primary and Secondary -  Ananda College, Colombo 10, Sri Lanka
  • University
    • University of Peradeniya, (Primary Degree) Sri Lanka
    • University of Colombo – Child Health, PGIM Colombo, Sri Lanka
    • University of London – Public Health,(London School of Medicine & Tropical Medicine)
 
Professional Training
  • Royal College of Physicians – Paediatrics (London, UK)
  • Association for Research in Infant and Child Development (ARICD),Southampton, UK (Trained in Griffiths Mental Developmental Scales, 
    Infant Scales 0 – 2 years, Extension Scales 2 – 8 years)
 
Positions held
  • Regional Secretary / HSR (Health System Research) Programme 1995 to 1997.
  • Senior Lecturer in Community Medicine from 1995 to 2009
  • Associate Professor in Community Medicine from 2009 to 2015
  • Professor in Community Medicine (Merit) from May 2015 to date
  • Founder President of KACPAW (Kandy Association of Community Protection through Animal Welfare) 1999 to 2007
  • Convenor of SLMA Committee on Communicable diseases between 2000 and 2001. (Sri Lanka Medical Association)
  • Chairman of International conference on “Humane Stray Dog control for Eradication of Rabies in Sri Lanka held on the 7th & 8th of September 2002 at PGRC, Kandy
  • Chairman of the 6th International Medical Congress organized by the Peradeniya Medical School Alumni Association (PeMSAA) and Faculty of Medicine, Peradeniya held in December 2002
  • Director / Skills Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, Peradeniya 2006 - 2012
  • President / Kandy Society of Medicine (KSM) from February 2007 to February 2008
  • Head, Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Peradeniya – 2007 – 2009 (three years)
  • President / PeMSAA (Peradeniya Medical School Alumni Association) from 2014 to 2017
  • Visiting Professor – SIBA (Sri Lanka International Buddhist Academy) from 2019 to date
 
Awards/Research
  • KSM Oration 2003 - on “Rabies Control in Sri Lanka: Is it at the Crossroads?”(KSM- Kandy Society of Medicine)
  • Presidential Awards for Research – 2000, 2003 & 2005National Science Foundation Merit Award in 2017National Science Foundation Merit Award in 2017tional Science Foundation Merit Award in 2017
  • National Science Foundation Merit Award 1n 2017
 
Books published  
  1. Common Neonatal Problems  - ISBN 978-955-0270-06-4
  2. Community Child Development Assessment – ISBN 978-955-0270-05-7
  3. Rabies : that dreadful disease –ISBN 978-955-0270-08-8
  4. First Aid in Emergencies (co – author) – ISBN 978-955-0270-02-6
  5. Prathamadara (Co- Author in Sinhala) 
  6. In Honour of Herbert Allan Aponso, Emeritus Professor of Paediatrics  (compiled & edited)  - ISBN 978 – 955-0270-12-5
  7. Vaidya Vidyawe Etihasaya ( History of Medicine) – ISBN 955-98329-0-5
  8. Array of Thoughts - ISBN 978-955-0270-14-9
 
 
Memberships  
  • Sri Lanka Medical Association – SLMA
  • Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians – SLCP
  • Peradeniya Medical Alumni Association – PeMSAA
  • University Alumni Association, University of Peradeniya
  • Alumni Association of London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (London)
  • Kandy Association Community Protection through Animal Welfare – KACPAW
  • Kandy Society of Medicine – KSM
 
 
 


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