{"id":279,"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":"2023-10-18T05:45:11","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T05:45:11","slug":"awards-and-orations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/medicine\/nadira-karunaweera\/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\">2015<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Best oral presentation, Annual research symposium, University of Colombo (2015)<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        \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\">Best Poster Presentation, Annual academic sessions, Sri Lanka college of Microbiologists<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        \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\">2007, 2008, 2009<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Presidential Awards for Scientific Research<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        \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\">National Apex Award for Professional Excellence (Health and Medical Sciences), Organization of Professional Associations of Sri Lanka <\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        \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\">Travel Award, NIAID, National Institute of Health, USA (2013) to attend the \u2018Fundamentals of Data Management Training\u2019, NIAID, National Institute of Health. Durham, North Carolina, USA. 29th July to 2nd August 2013.<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        \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\">2000, 2003, 2004, 2004, 2005, 2006<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Presidential Awards for Science, Sri Lanka<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        \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\">2008<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Research Award (Health Sciences), National Science Foundation, Sri Lanka<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        \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\">2009<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">\u2018Zonta Woman of Achievement Award\u2019 for Outstanding Recognition, Zonta Club of Colombo<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        \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\">2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2008<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">4 Awards in Recognition of Excellence in Research, University of Colombo <\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        \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\">2008<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">K. Rajasuriya Award in Tropical Medicine (2008), Sri Lanka Medical Association.<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        \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\">2007<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Scholarship Award (September 2007), Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, United Kingdom<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        \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\">2007<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">General Research Award (2007), Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Sciences.<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        \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\">2004<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Fulbright Advanced Research and Lecturing Award (2005), Fulbright Commission, U.S.A.<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        \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\">Advanced Research Fellow Award (2005\/2006), Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Studies, Harvard University, U.S.A.<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        \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\">2004<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Wilson Peiris Prize, Sri Lanka Medical Association (2004).<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        \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\">Fulbright Advanced Research and Lecturing Award, U.S.A.<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        \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\">2003<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Professor Rajasuriya Award for Tropical Medicine, Sri Lanka Medical Association (2003)<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        \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\">2002<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">3rd Prize at the Annual Academic Sessions, Sri Lanka College of Microbiologists<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        , 2002 for research studies on \u2018Evaluation of rapid whole blood immunochromatographic Pf\/Pv assay for the diagnosis of P.falciparum and P.vivax malaria\u2019. D Fernando, P Fernando, ND Karuanweera.\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\">3rd Prize at the Annual Academic Sessions, Sri Lanka College of Microbiologists<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        2001 for research studies on \u2018Seasonal variation of Ascaris infection in the estate sector\u2019. GSA Gunewardene, ND Karunaweera, MM Ismail.\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\">2002<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">3rd Prize at the Scientific Sessions, Faculty of Medicine, Colombo<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        2002 for the research paper on \u2018The association between nutritional status and P.vivax infection in childhood\u2019. STC Mahawithanage, R Wichramasinghe, ND Karunaweera.\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\">2003<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">2nd Prize at the Annual Academic Sessions, Sri Lanka College of Microbiologists<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        2003 for research studies on \u2018A study on cutaneous leishmaniasis in Sri Lanka\u2019. HVYD Siriwardana, RL Ihalamulla, F Pratlong, JP Dedet, ND Karuanweera.\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\">2004<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">2nd Prize for best research paper awarded at the Annual Academic Sessions<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        Sri Lanka College of Microbiologists, 2004, \u2018Seasonal variation in the incidence of soil-transmitted helminth infections in two low country tea plantations\u2019. GSA Gunawardena, ND Karunaweera, MM Ismail. Abstract no.OP-5\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\">2004<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Prize for the best poster awarded at the Annual Academic Sessions Sri Lanka College of Microbiologists<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        2004. \u2018Evaluation of laboratory techniques used for the diagnosis of cutaneous leishmaniasis\u2019. WSR Perera, RPAS Rajapakshe, RL Ihalamulla, S Jayasinghe, HVYD Siriwardana, ND Karunaweera. Abstract no. PP-2.\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]<h3 class=\"fac-title text-left\" style=\"color:#4b4b4b\">Orations<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"ul-boxed list-unstyled\"><li class=\"\">\u2018Joint workshop on Women in Science Education and Research, Second Summit of the South Asian Science Academies, Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi. 24th to 27th September 2013. Session Chair<\/li><li class=\"\">Use of ICT in higher education. Second Summit of the South Asian Science Academies, Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi. 24th to 27th September 2013. Guest Lecture.<\/li><li class=\"\">\u2018Genomic Epidemiology of Malaria\u2019, Wellcome Trust Conference Centre, Welcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom. 5th to 8th June 2013. Session Chair.<\/li><li class=\"\">Workshop on \u2018Supervisor Skills in Research\u2019 on 8th February 2013, Faculty of Medicine, Colombo. Resource Person.<\/li><li class=\"\">Workshop on \u2018Introduction to Post-graduate Research\u2019 on 6th -7th February 2013, Faculty of Medicine, Colombo. Resource Person.<\/li><li class=\"\">Presidential Address: Section A, Sri Lankan Association for the Advancement of Sciences of Sri Lanka. 2003.<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row el_class=&#8221;fom-header-row&#8221;][vc_column css_animation=&#8221;zoomIn&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_class=&#8221;fom-padding-10&#8243;][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-pagebuilder.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/medicine\/nadira-karunaweera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/279"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/medicine\/nadira-karunaweera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/medicine\/nadira-karunaweera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/medicine\/nadira-karunaweera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/medicine\/nadira-karunaweera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=279"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/medicine\/nadira-karunaweera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/279\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":769,"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/medicine\/nadira-karunaweera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/279\/revisions\/769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/medicine\/nadira-karunaweera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}