| Dr. Yasitha Arosha Illangasekera |
| Senior Lecturer |
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Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Peradeniya. |
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yasitha.illangasekara@med.pdn.ac.lk, yasi04@gmail.com |
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+94 81 239 6380 |
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https://scholar.google.com/citations |
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| Educational / Professional Qualifications |
- MBChB (Sheffield-UK), PhD (Sheffield-Hallam, UK)
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| Research Interest |
- Pharmacogenomics and personalized medicine
- Neuropharmacology and Obesity
- Endocrine pharmacology
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| Positions Held |
- Senior Lecturer in Pharmacology, Dept. of Clinical Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka - Mar 2016 – Present
- Visiting Researcher (On sabbatical), Biomolecular Sciences Research Centre, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UK - Nov 2024 – Nov 2025
- Clinical Fellow in Emergency & General Medicine rotation, Kings Mill Hospital, Sherwood Forest Hospitals
Foundation Trust, UK - Aug 2009 – Aug 2010
- Lecturer in Pharmacology, Dept. of Clinical Pharmacology,
Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka - May 2006 – Mar 2016
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| Faculty Positions Served |
- Head, Dept. of Pharmacology – April 2017- July 2020
- Head, E-library – December 2016 – July 2019
- Senior Student Counsellor - 2019 - 2022
- Faculty Tier 1 representative to Central Quality Assurance Cell for University Institutional
Review 2022/23
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| University Positions (Current) |
- Faculty Representative - University Strategic Planning Committee 2026-30
- Member – Faculty Research Data Centre
- Editorial board member – Sri Lanka Journal of Medicine
- Editorial board member – Hanthana Vision University Research Magazine
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| Research/Fellowships/Awards |
- Higher Education for the Twenty First Century (HETC) Scholarship 2012-2015
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| Professional Memberships |
- Life Member: Sri Lanka Association of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics
- Life Member - Kandy Society of Medicine
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