Research Interests
- Venom induced acute kidney injury and thrombotic microangiopathy
- Chronic Kidney Disease of uncertain aetiology (CKDu) in Sri Lanka
Research Grants
- Currently reading for a PhD at the University of Colombo on viper venom induced acute kidney injury and thrombotic microangiopathy funded by the South Asian Clinical Toxicology Research Collaboration (SACTRC)
- Research grant from National Science Foundation (NSF) in 2016 for Rs.5, 000,000.00 for the research project ‘Nationwide surveillance, quantity burden of NCDs, development of case definition and biomarkers for CKDu libraries’ (RPHS/2016/CKDu 01)
- Research grant from the International Society of Nephrology (ISN) in 2016 under the Clinical Research Program for USD 20,000.00 for the research project titled ‘Prevalence of CKD in Sri Lanka’ (16-02-37)
- University Research Grant 2016 from University of Colombo for Rs. 2,999,970.00 for the research project titled ‘Efficacy and safety of chelation therapy with calcium disodium EDTA in the progression of chronic kidney disease of unknown aetiology in Sri Lanka – A double blinded placebo controlled randomized trial’ (AP/3/2/2016/CG/23)
