{"id":87,"date":"2016-12-09T05:56:56","date_gmt":"2016-12-09T05:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/clinmed\/senaka.rajapakse\/?page_id=87"},"modified":"2024-02-04T15:01:35","modified_gmt":"2024-02-04T15:01:35","slug":"research-and-grants","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/medicine\/lakmali-amarasiri\/research-and-grants\/","title":{"rendered":"Research &amp; Grants"},"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\">Research &amp; Grants<\/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\">Research Interests<\/h3>\n[vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<ul class=\"ul-boxed list-unstyled\"><li class=\"\">Respiratory Physiology<\/li><li class=\"\">Chronic respiratory diseases<\/li><li class=\"\">Lung function testing<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<ul class=\"ul-boxed list-unstyled\"><li class=\"\">Gastrointestinal physiology<\/li><li class=\"\">Gastroesophageal reflux disease<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]<h3 class=\"fac-title text-left\" style=\"color:#4b4b4b\">Research Grants<\/h3>\n[vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner]<ul class=\"ul-boxed list-unstyled\"><li class=\"\">Commonwealth Academic Fellowship award, 2013<\/li><li class=\"\">University of Kelaniya Research Grant (RP\/03\/04\/11\/01\/2011), 2012<\/li><li class=\"\">University of Kelaniya travel grant, 2005<\/li><li class=\"\">National Science Foundation (NSF) travel grant, 2005<\/li><li class=\"\">National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant (RG\/2004\/M\/07), 2004<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]<h3 class=\"fac-title text-left\" style=\"color:#4b4b4b\">Ongoing Research Projects<\/h3>\n[vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner]<ul class=\"ul-boxed list-unstyled\"><li class=\"\">BOLD- Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease initiative ; Commenced in June 2013-January 2014 in collaboration with Imperial College, London. 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