{"id":487,"date":"2016-12-14T06:30:28","date_gmt":"2016-12-14T06:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/clinmed\/senaka.rajapakse\/?page_id=279"},"modified":"2023-10-12T05:27:09","modified_gmt":"2023-10-12T05:27:09","slug":"awards-and-orations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/medicine\/jennifer-perera\/awards-and-orations\/","title":{"rendered":"Awards &amp; Orations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row el_class=&#8221;fom-header-row&#8221;][vc_column css_animation=&#8221;zoomIn&#8221;]<h1 class=\"fac-title text-center\" style=\"color:#4b4b4b\">Awards and Orations<\/h1>\n[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_class=&#8221;fom-padding-10&#8243;][vc_column]<h3 class=\"fac-title text-left\" style=\"color:#4b4b4b\">Awards<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"timeline \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">1985<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Commonwealth Medical Fellowship award<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        Commonwealth Medical Fellowship award for one year in the UK \n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">1991<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Association of Commonwealth Universities Development Fellowship award<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        Association of Commonwealth Universities Development Fellowship award for 6 months in the UK \n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">1995<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Daphne Atygalle SLMA Award<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        Daphne Atygalle SLMA Award for the paper on ``Fine needle aspiration biopsy in the diagnosis of tuberculous lymphadenitis`` at the annual academic sessions of the Sri Lanka Medical Association.\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">1998<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">H K T Fernando SLMA Award <\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        H K T Fernando SLMA Award for the paper on ``Transplacental antibody transfer- factors that affect neonatal immunity`` at the annual academic sessions of the Sri Lanka Medical Association.\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">1998<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Professor Rajasuriya SLMA Award<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        Professor Rajasuriya SLMA Award (Tropical Medicine) for the best<br \/>\nposter on ``Incidence of open pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) in Colombo<br \/>\nprisons and the risk factors for development of TB among prisoners at the annual academic sessions of the Sri Lanka Medical Association.\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">1999<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">University of Colombo award <\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        University of Colombo award for ``Excellence in Research`` \n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">1999<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">The President Research awards <\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        Recipient of ``The President Research awards.\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2001<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">S E Seneviratne SLMA Award <\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        S E Seneviratne SLMA Award for the paper on ``Seroconversion after hepatitis B vaccination and the effect of a booster dose in non and hyporesponders`` at the annual academic sessions of the Sri Lanka Medical Association \n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2001<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Presidential research awards<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        Recipient of the \u201cPresidential research awards\u201d \n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2005<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Glaxo Welcome Research Award <\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        Glaxo Welcome Research Award of the SLMA for the best research \n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2006<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Certificate of Appreciation for 25 years <\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        Certificate of Appreciation for 25 years of dedicated service to the University of Colombo \n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2012<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Monetary Award<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        Monetary Award (Rs 100,000\/-) for the best research proposal by vaccine forum of Sri Lanka(Co investigator) \n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2013<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">CNAPT Award <\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        CNAPT award at the 126th SLMA Anniversary Scientific Medical Congress 2013.Adikaram CP, Perera J, Wijesundera SS (2012) The manual mycobacteria growth indicator tube and the nitrate reductase assay for the rapid detection of rifampicin resistance of M.tuberculosis in low resource settings. BMC Infectious Diseases; 12 : 326 \n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2014<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">President\u2019s award <\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        President\u2019s award for Scientific publication 2008 held on January 17, 2014 for Trans Roy Soc Trop Med Hyg 2008, Vol 102; Iss 10; pp 997-1002 and Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2008; Vol 12; Iss 3; pp 275-280. \n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2015<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">President\u2019s award <\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        President\u2019s award for Scientific publication 2013 held on November 18, for Risk factors and pathogenic significance of bacteremic pneumonia in adult patients with community-acquired pneumococcal pneumonia.Journal of Infection; 66, 34-40 \n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2015<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">President\u2019s award <\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        President\u2019s award for Scientific publication 2013 held on November 18, for Association of levofloxacin resistance with mortality in adult patients with invasive pneumococcal diseases: a post hoc analysis of a prospective cohort, The Asian Network for Surveillance of Resistant Pathogens (ANSORP) Study Group; Infection; 41:151\u2013157 \n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2015<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">President\u2019s award <\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        Best poster award for Tetrazolium-based colorimeteric assay for antibiotic susceptibility testing of rapidly growing non-tuberculous mycobacteria. 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