Awards and Orations

Awards

  • 1981
    Emily Wickramanayake Memorial Prize for Biochemistry
  • 1981
    Scholarship for the Best Performance in 2nd MBBS Examination in 1981
  • 1983
    Senaka Bibile Memorial Prize for Pharmacology in 1983
  • May, 1992
    Dr John F Stokes Gold Medal for MD (Medicine)
  • 1993
    Wijerama Prize for the Best presentation “Renal involvement in Snake bite” at the Young Physician Forum
  • 1999
    The President’s Research Bonus
    in appreciation of the effort in the authorship of the Journal articles, Am. J. Trop.Med & Hyg. 61:259-265, Trop.Med.& Intern.Hlth. 4:266-273, 1999, in the Science Citation Index 1999
  • 2000
    The President’s Research Bonus
    in appreciation of the effort in the authorship of the Journal articles, Heart 83: 301-306, 2000, in the Science Citation Index 2000
  • 2001
    The President’s Research Bonus
    in appreciation of the effort in the authorship of the Journal articles, Trans.Royal Soc. Trop.Med.& Hyg., 95, 74-80, 2001, in the Science Citation Index 2001.
  • 2000
    Award for Excellence in Research 1999, 2000 by the University of Colombo
  • 2001
    University of Colombo, Sri Lanka presented a certificate in felicitation of receiving a Presidential Award for Research in Year 2001
  • 2001
    Travel award to participate and present a scientific paper
    Travel award to participate and present a scientific paper in the International sessions of the 40th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy, June 22-24 2001 Osaka, Japan.
  • 2007
    Travel Award
    Travel award to study community based curriculum in Nepal (B P Koirala Institute and Institute of Health Sciences at Kathmandu, in March 9th -16th March 2007 ( IRQUE Funded)
  • 2008
    Travel Award
    Travel Award to present a scientific paper in the International Conference on Global issues in Clinical Toxinology at University of Melbourne, Australia from 23-28 November 2008 by the Australian Government through their organization for international development , AusAID
  • 2008
    NSF Travel Grant
    NSF Travel Grant was awarded to present a scientific paper in 8th Asia- Pacific Meeting on Animal, Plant and Microbial toxins at Hanoi and Halong Bay, Vietnam on 2 -6th December 2008, Organized by A-P Section of International Society of Toxinology.
  • 2012
    GSI small Grants Scheme
    GSI small Grants Scheme : prevention of krait bites by promotion of sleeping above ground level and bed net use 2011/2012

Orations

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