Awards and Orations

Awards

  • 2019
    CNAPT Award
    CNAPT Award 2019 of the Sri Lanka Medical Association for the best research publication (article, book chapter or book) in medicine or in an allied field, in relation to Sri Lanka, published in the year 2018 for the paper Corea EM, de Silva AD, Thevanesam V. Melioidosis in Sri Lanka. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease. 2018; 3(1):22.
  • 2018
    Awards for oral and poster presentations
    PDVM Perera, SH de Silva, SK Jayatilleke, EM Corea, N de Silva. (2018). Molecular diversity of beta-lactamase genes in uropathogenic Enterobacteriaceae in two hospitals in Sri Lanka. 2nd Prize for oral presentations at the International Conference on Infectious Diseases and Antimicrobial Resistance

    K Assig,  E Corea, B Folli, M Abeykoon, N Mubarak, T Kumanan, T Senanayake, B Piyasiri, I Steinmetz (2017)  Prevalence of environmental Burkholderia pseudomallei  in Sri Lanka. 2nd Prize at the 2nd  South Asian Melioidosis Congress

    FN Mubarak, S Thavapalan, EM Corea et al. (2017). Melioidosis in Northern Sri Lanka: filling the gap in the map.  3rd Prize at the 2nd South Asian Melioidosis Congress

    Premaratne KKMK, Corea E, Karunanayake L. (2016). Prevalence of nasal colonisation with potential pathogens and associated factors in children less than 5 years. 3rd Prize at the 25th Annual Scientific Sessions of the Sri Lanka College of Microbiologists

    Corea E et al. (2016) Epidemiology of melioidosis in Sri Lanka 2006-2016. 2nd Prize for poster presentations at the 25th Annual Scientific Sessions of the Sri Lanka College of Microbiologists

    Shivankari Krishnanathasivam, Nimanthi Jayathilake, Harindra Darshan Sathkumara, Enoka Corea, Mohan Natesan, Robert Ulrich, Aruna Dharshan de Silva (2015)  Gene expression analysis of human host responses to Burkholderia pseudomallei infection. 2nd Prize at the 1st South Asian Melioidosis Congress

    Wickramasinghe D, Pathirage SC, Vidanagama DS, Corea E. Salmonella enterica serotype Paratyphi A with an unusual biochemical pattern. (2014) 1st prize for poster presentations at the 23rd Annual Scientific Sessions of the Sri Lanka College of Microbiologists

    Karunarathne GKD, Kathriarachchi K, Corea E. (2012) Hospital based study of invasive Haemophilus influenzae disease over a four year period at the Lady Ridgeway Hospital. 3rd Prize for oral presentations at the 21st Annual Scientific Sessions of the Sri Lanka College of Microbiologists.

    Corea E, Ameen N, Rajakaruna S, Chandrasiri P. (2009) An audit on the technique of collection of blood for culture at the National Hospital of Sri Lanka. 1st Prize for oral presentations at the 18th Annual Scientific Sessions of the Sri Lanka College of Microbiologists

  • 2018
    Travel grant from the National Science Foundation
    Travel grant from the National Science Foundation to present a talk at the European Melioidosis Congress held at Oxford, UK from 20-21 March 2018.
  • 2014, 2016
    NRC Merit Awards for Scientific Research
    NRC Merit Awards for Scientific Research in 2014 and 2016 for the following papers.

    Molecular mechanisms of β-lactam resistance in carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae from Sri Lanka. Jarrad M Hall, Enoka Corea, H.D. Anusha Sanjeewani, and Timothy JJ Inglis Journal of Medical Microbiology. 2014; 63:1087-1092

    Enoka M. Corea, Adam J. Merritt, Yi-Horng Ler, Vasanthi Thevanesam, and Timothy J. J. Inglis. Sri Lankan National Melioidosis Surveillance Program Uncovers a Nationwide Distribution of Invasive Melioidosis. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2016; 94:292-298

  • 2016
    Finalist in the category “Infectious Diseases Initiative of the Year” at the BMJ Awards South Asia
    Finalist in the category “Infectious Diseases Initiative of the Year” at the BMJ Awards South Asia in 2016 for my work on the national epidemiology of melioidosis in Sri Lanka.
  • 2016
    Award for Early Career Women Scientists
    Award for Early Career Women Scientists by the International Society for Infectious Diseases (ISID) at the 17th International Congress on Infectious Diseases (ICID) in 2016
  • 2013, 2014
    Honorary Research Fellow
    Honorary Research Fellow at the School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine of the University of Western Australia in 2013/14 and again in 2014/15
  • 2002, 2003, 2017
    President's Awards for Scientific Research
    President’s Awards for Scientific Research in 2002, 2003, and three awards in 2017 for the following papers.

    Corea E, De Silva T, Perera J. (2003) Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: prevalence, incidence and risk factors associated with colonization in Sri Lanka.

    Journal of Hospital Infection 55: 145-148.

     

    Thevanesam V, Corea E. (2002) Infection Control in Sri Lanka.

    Journal of Hospital Infection 52: 231-233

     

    Krishnananthasivam S, Jayathilaka N, Sathkumara HD, Corea E, Natesan M,  De Silva A D. (2017). Host gene expression analysis in Sri Lankan melioidosis patients.

    PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 11(6), e0005643.

     

    Shivankari Krishnananthasivam, Harindra Darshana Sathkumara, Enoka Corea, Mohan Natesan, Aruna Dharshan De Silva. Gene Expression Profile of Human Cytokines in Response to Burkholderia pseudomallei Infection.

    mSphere 2017(2): e00121-17

     

    Natesan M, Corea E, Krishnananthasivam S, Sathkumara HD, Dankmeyer JL, Dyas BK, Amemiya K, De Silva AD, Ulrich RGJ.  Calprotectin as a biomarker for melioidosis disease progression and management.

    Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 2017; 55:1205-1210.

Orations