| Dr. Indu. Nanayakkara |
Senior Lecturer in Physiology |
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Tel: |
+ 94 81 2396298 (office), + 94 81 2205676 (home) ,
+ 94 71 3039915 (mobile) |
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+ 94 81 2389106 |
| Email: |
induphysiology@yahoo.com |
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| Educational/Professional Qualifications |
| MBBS (Sri Lanka), MPhil (Sri Lanka), PhD (UWA) |
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| Employment |
Present:
Senior Lecturer in Medical Physiology, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, 20400, Sri Lanka. |
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Research Interests |
- Reproductive Physiology
- Renal Physiology
- Smooth muscle Physiology
- Cardiovascular physiology and Autonomic functions
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| Teaching experience |
- Undergraduate teaching of Medical, Dental and Allied health sciences students
- ostgraduate teaching for Surgery, Anaesthesia and Gynaecology and Obstetrics
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| Technical/Research related skills |
- Manometry techniques related to smooth muscle tubes / Smooth muscle physiology techniques
- Cell culture techniques
- Fluorescent Microscopy
- Clinical Autonomic Function Testing
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| Prizes, Awards and Scholarships |
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- Endeavour Postgraduate Award for studying towards a PhD degree – Australian Government
- Australian Leadership Award for studying towards a PhD degree – Australian government
- University Scholarship for the best overall performance at the Second MBBS Exam
- Dr. C.E.S. Weerathunga Gold Medal for best performance
- Chalmers Gold Medal for Anatomy
- Emily Wickramanayake Scholarship for Biochemistry
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| Guest lectures / Plenary lectures and Symposium talks |
- Guest lecturer at the Annual Academic sessions of Kandy Society of Medicine 2011. Basic Physiology of ECG.
- Guest lecturer at the Annual Sessions of the Physiological Society of Sri Lanka 2011. Calcium sensitivity in smooth muscle contraction: the story in tunica dartos.
- Symposium speaker at the 3rd Conference of South Asian Association for Physiologists (SAAP) 2012. The effect of oxidative stress and Antioxidants on sperm function.
- Plenary lecture on Physiology and Clinical Applications of Autonomic Function Testing at the Annual Academic Sessions of the Physiological Society of Sri Lanka 2016.
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| Memberships in and other Associations |
- Life Member, Physiological Society of Sri Lanka (PSSL)
- Life Member, Kandy Society of Medicine (KSM)
- Member, Sri Lanka Medical Association (SLMA)
- Member, Peradeniya Medical Students Alumni Association (PeMSAA)
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| Other interests |
| Wild life of Sri Lanka |
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