| 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 |
- Clinical pharmacology, pharmacogenomics, obesity, diabetes
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| Positions Held |
- Head, Dept. of Pharmacology – April 2017- July 2020
- Head, E-library – December 2016 – July 2019
- Visiting lecturer in Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka – Nov 2019 – Present
- Visiting lecturer in Pharmacology, Dept. of Nursing. Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, University of Peradeniya – June 2019 – Present
- Invited Faculty board member – Faculty of Medicine, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka – April 2019 – Present
- Module Coordinator – Foundation and Systematic Pharmacology – 2017-2020
- Module Coordinator – Co-generic skills module 2013 - 2019
- Module Coordinator – Communication, learning & Research 1 module – 2017 – 2019
- Criterion 6 Coordinator, Faculty of Medicine Quality Assurance Cell – 2017-Present
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| Research/Fellowships/Awards |
- Higher Education for the Twenty First Century (HETC) Scholarship 2012-2015
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| Meberships in and other Associations |
- Member - Kandy Society of Medicine
- Social service activities
- Diabetes awareness programmes, community health camps
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