Others

Projects

  • Expert analysis on Post mortem report of Li Wangyang for Hongkong Alliance in support of Democratic Patriotic Movement of China

    August 2012

    Assisted in the expert review of the postmortem conducted on political activist Li Wangyang who died under suspicious circumstances while under custody of the Chinese government.

    (Stephen Cordner and Sameera Gunawardena, Monash University Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine, Report and Opinion in the Case of Li Wangyang (Deceased), August 2012, 5, 21–27) – cited in the Congressional Executive Commission on China Annual Report of 2012, Washington, USA

  • Forensic Age Estimation of Somali pirates in Seychelles

    March 2014

    Headed a four-member team of experts from the Faculty of Medicine Colombo to conduct Forensic Age Estimations on thirteen Somali individuals detained for maritime crime under the court order of the Seychelles Supreme Court. The project was arranged through the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime. The Forensic Age Estimation included clinical examination, odontology and radiological assessment and reporting.

  • Providing expert testimony in international piracy trials

    June 2015

    Provided expert testimony in Seychelles Supreme Court on the Forensic Age Estimation Project conducted in March 2014 in relation to the international piracy trials in Seychelles

  • Provision of forensic expertise to Seychelles in a suspicious death

    January 2017

    Invited by the Seychelles Police to conduct an autopsy on an adult male who died under suspicious circumstances in Victoria, Seychelles.

  • Victim identification following mass disaster in Meethotamulla, Sri Lanka

    April 2017

    Team leader in the Disaster Victim Identification process following the mass disaster of 32 deaths from collapse and sliding of garbage dump in Meethotamulla, Kolonnawa, Sri Lanka.

  • Excavation of mass grave in Mannar

    July 2018

    Actively participated in the excavation of human remains found in a mass grave in Mannar, Sri Lanka. The mass grave contained skeletal remains of over 200 individuals. Some of the skeletal remains were referred to the Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology Colombo for anthropological analysis.

  • Victim identification following Easter Sunday mass disaster

    April 2019

    Actively supported the Disaster Victim Identification process following the Easter Sunday terrorist attack where over 250 individuals including foreign nationals lost their lives.

Invited Resource Person

  • Symposium on Forensic Medicine at the Colombo Medical Faculty Congress 2020 to present ‘Providing expertise in Forensic Medicine in Sri Lanka and overseas’ at the Faculty of Medicine 150th Year celebrations on 14th February 2020
  • Debate ‘Death penalty should be imposed on convicted drug traffickers’ for the Sri Lanka Medical Association Annual Scientific Sessions July 2019
  • Symposium on Next Generation Diagnostics and Treatment to present ‘Revolutionizing Forensic Practice through Technological Innovations; the dead helps the living’ at the Conference on Fourth Industrial Revolution and Healthcare held in Colombo on 25th October 2018
  • Symposium on Humaneness in Clinical Practice to present ‘To be or not to be humane: Doctors trapped in the ethico-legal conflict zone’ at the First International Conference on Medical Humanities held in Colombo on 13th July 2018
  • Symposium on Health Determinants of South Asia to present ‘An epidemic of Chronic Kidney Disease in Sri Lanka; An overview of research opportunities and challenges’ at the International Symposium on Environmental Epidemiology held in Sydney on 27th September 2017
  • Debate ‘Living together before marriage makes a fruitful marriage’ for the Colombo Medical School Alumni Association Annual Scientific Sessions September 2017
  • Workshop on Scene of Crime examination for Police officers organized by the Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine Colombo in December 2016
  • Debate ‘Social media do more harm than good’ for the Sri Lanka Medical Association Annual Scientific Sessions July 2016
  • Symposium on Helping Vulnerable Women with presentation titled ‘Forensic evaluation of sexual assault victims’ at the Annual Scientific Sessions of the Sri Lanka College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists July 2016
  • Presentation on ‘Medicolegal aspects of managing victims of sexual assault including minors’ at the monthly CPD activities organized by the College of Venereologists of Sri Lanka March 2016
  • Presentation on “Failed crime scene examinations” at the workshop on Scene of Crime Examination for Police officers organized by the Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine Colombo in June 2015
  • Presentation on ‘Radiology in forensic medicine’ at the CPD activities organized by the College of Forensic Pathologists of Sri Lanka in April 2013
  • Presentation on “Assaults with acid: Case reports from Sri Lanka” at the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine, Melbourne in August 2012
  • Conducted lectures on “Death investigation at Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine” to primary health care workers in the State of Victoria, Australia as part of the public awareness program of the Coroner’s Court of Victoria in 2011 and 2012.

Involvement in Curricular Development and Revision

  • Content development for Distance Learning Diploma in Death Investigation for Coroners – 2013
  • Masters course in Forensic Anthropology – 2015
  • Certificate course on Postgraduate Research – 2018
  • Masters course in Forensic Odontology – 2019
  • Masters course in Sexual Health – 2019
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Forensic Anthropology – 2019
  • Program review of the MBBS curriculum of the Faculty of Medicine Colombo – 2018/2019
  • Planned revision of the MBBS curriculum in Faculty of Medicine Colombo – 2019

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