{"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":"2023-10-09T06:41:27","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T06:41:27","slug":"awards-and-orations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/medicine\/nirmala-sirisena\/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\">14th Dec. 2020<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">First runner-up poster presentation <\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        1. First runner-up poster presentation award for the paper \u201cDesign and Implementation of a novel pharmacogenetic assay for the identification on CYP2D6*10 genetic variant in a cohort of oestrogen receptor positive breast cancer patients\u201d by Ranadeva ND, Sirisena ND, Wetthasinghe TK, Noordeen N, Dissanayake VH at the Annual Research Symposium of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo held on 14th Dec. 2020.\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\">21st Jan. 2021<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Senate Award for Research Excellence Certificate of Commendation - 2019<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        Senate Award for Research Excellence Certificate of Commendation awarded to Dr. Nirmala D. Sirisena in recognition of Excellence in Research Under Open Category for the year 2019 at the Concluding Ceremony of the University Annual Research Symposium held in Colombo on 21st Jan. 2021.\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\">21st Jan. 2021<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Senate Award for Research Excellence Certificate of Commendation - 2018<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        Senate Award for Research Excellence Certificate of Commendation awarded to Dr. Nirmala D. Sirisena in recognition of Excellence in Research Under Open Category for the year 2018 at the Concluding Ceremony of the University Annual Research Symposium held in Colombo on 21st Jan. 2021.\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\">22nd Nov. 2019<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Senate Award for Research Excellence Certificate of Commendation - 2017<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        Senate Award for Research Excellence Certificate of Commendation awarded to Dr. Nirmala D. Sirisena in recognition of Excellence in Research Under Open Category for the year 2017 at the Inauguration Ceremony of the University Annual Research Symposium held in Colombo on 22nd Nov. 2019.\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\">Nov 2019<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Best oral presentation <\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        Best oral presentation awarded for the paper titled ``High frequency of Klinefelter syndrome in a cohort of Sri Lankan males with azoospermia and oligozoospermia`` by Nirmala D. Sirisena, Jayami Samaranayake, Ajith P. Malalasekera, Vajira H.W. Dissanayake at the 14th Annual Academic Sessions of the Sri Lanka Association of Urological Sessions 2019, Colombo held on 29th - 30th Nov., 2019.\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\">Nov 2019<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Dr. Sarath Abeykoon memorial prize for best poster presentation <\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        Dr. Sarath Abeykoon memorial prize for best poster presentation for the paper titled \u201cGenetic variants contributing to colorectal cancer in a Sri Lankan cohort\u201d by Sajeewani Pathirana, Nilaksha Neththikumara, Nirmala D. Sirisena, T. Kalum Wetthasinghe, Vajira H.W. Dissanayake at the Sri Lanka College of Oncologists Annual Academic Sessions 2019, Colombo held on 15th - 17th Nov., 2019.\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\">July 2019<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Professor N.D.W. Lionel Memorial Oration 2019 of the Sri Lanka Medical Association <\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        Professor N.D.W. Lionel Memorial Oration 2019 of the Sri Lanka Medical Association awarded to Dr. Nirmala D. Sirisena for the PhD research titled \u201cMolecular genetic determinants of sporadic breast cancer in Sri Lankan postmenopausal women\u201d. Oration was delivered on 26th July 2019 at the Galadari Hotel, Colombo, Sri Lanka.\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\">April 2019<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Korean Breast Cancer Foundation Scholarship <\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        Korean Breast Cancer Foundation Scholarship award for outstanding oral presentation at the Global Breast Cancer Conference 2019 held at Songdo ConvensiA, Incheon, South Korea from 25th - 27th April 2019 for the paper titled \u201cPattern of Germline Genetic Variants Identified using Next-Generation Sequencing-based Testing in a Sri Lankan Cohort with Hereditary Breast Cancer\u201d by Nirmala D. Sirisena, Nilaksha Neththikumara, Sajeewani Pathirana, Kalum Wetthasinghe and Vajira H. W. Dissanayake. \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\">May 2018<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Training Scholarship Award by the Overseas Special Training Programme (OSTP) of the National Science Foundation<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        Training Scholarship Award by the Overseas Special Training Programme (OSTP) of the National Science Foundation, Sri Lanka awarded to Dr. Nirmala D. Sirisena to attend the Genetics, Molecular and Cell Biology Short-term Training Fellowship conducted by the Laboratory of Molecular Biology, University of Verona, Italy from 2nd April to 11th May 2018. \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\">2017<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Daphne Attygalle Award for the best paper in Cancer <\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        Daphne Attygalle Award for the best paper in Cancer at the Sri Lanka Medical Association 130th Anniversary International Medical Congress 2017 for the paper titled \u201cImplementation of Multi-gene Panel Testing for Hereditary Cancer Predisposition in Sri Lanka: Initial Experiences\u201d by Sirisena UND, Neththikumara N, Wetthasinghe K, Herath L, Dissanayake VHW.\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\">April 2017<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Korean Breast Cancer Foundation Scholarship award for outstanding oral presentation <\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        Korean Breast Cancer Foundation Scholarship award for outstanding oral presentation at the Global Breast Cancer Conference 2017 at Jeju Island, South Korea from 20th - 22nd April 2017 for the paper titled \u201cGenetic determinants of sporadic breast cancer in a cohort of Sri Lankan postmenopausal women\u201d by Nirmala D. Sirisena, Anchala Kuruppu, Adebowale Adeyemo, Nilaksha Neththikumara, Nilakshi Samaranayake, Vajira H. W. Dissanayake. \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\">Aug 2017<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">The certificate for the best poster presentation <\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        The certificate for the best poster presentation awarded at the 16th Annual Scientific Congress of the Perinatal Society of Sri Lanka, held on 24th August 2017, Colombo, Sri Lanka for the paper titled \u201cCytogenetic and phenotypic spectrum in a cohort of infants with congenital abnormalities\u201d by Paththinige CS, Kariyawasam UGIU, Perera ADS, Amalka BAT, Saumya WAKS, Sirisena UND, Dissanayake VHW. \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\">April 2017<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">International Travel Grant Award <\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        International Travel Grant Award by the University of Colombo awarded to Dr. Nirmala D. Sirisena to participate at the Global Breast Cancer Conference 2017 in Jeju Island, South Korea from 20th - 22nd April 2017 for oral presentation of a paper titled \u201cGenetic determinants of sporadic breast cancer in a cohort of Sri Lankan postmenopausal women\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\">Sep 2016<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Selective participant <\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        Selective participant at the International Summit in Human Genetics and Genomics, hosted by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, USA from September 1st - 30th, 2016. \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\">2016<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Merit award <\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        Merit award for Scientific Publications awarded to Dr. Nirmala D. Sirisena in the year 2016 and 2017. This award scheme is administered by the National Research Council, Sri Lanka. \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\">March 2015<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">International Travel Grant <\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        International Travel Grant Award by the National Science Foundation, Sri Lanka awarded to Dr. Nirmala D. Sirisena to deliver an oral presentation of a paper titled - \u201cInitial Experience in Implementation of a Cancer Gene Panel Test to Determine the Aetiology of Breast Cancer in a Developing Country\u201d at the Human Genome Meeting 2015 Conference held at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, Malaysia from 14 \u2013 17 March 2015.\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\">Aug 2014<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">The certificate for the best poster presentation <\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        The certificate for the best poster presentation of a case report awarded by the Assembly of Asia Pacific International Academy of Pathology and The College of Pathologists of Sri Lanka at the Diagnostic Pathology Update and Junior Academy International Conference 2014 held in Colombo, Sri Lanka from 27 to 29 August 2014 for the paper titled \u201cBRCA1 mutation is three Sri Lanka families with hereditary breast and ovarian cancer syndrome\u201d by Gautam B, Sirisena UND, Dissanayake NDW, Dissanayake VHW.\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\">Aug 2014<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Senate Award <\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        Senate Award for Research Excellence Commendation awarded to Dr. Nirmala D. Sirisena in recognition of Excellence in Research Under Open Category for the year 2020 at the Inauguration Ceremony of the University Annual Research Symposium held in Colombo on 16th Nov. 2022.\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\">Aug 2014<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">SLMA<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        SLMA prize for the best poster at the Sri Lanka Medical Association 135th Anniversary International Medical Congress 2022 held on 28th-30th September 2022, Colombo, Sri Lanka for the paper titled \u201cFrequency of germline variants of uncertain significance and clinico-pathological features in Sri Lankan patients with hereditary breast cancer\u201d by Gunawardena KW, Sirisena ND, Anandagoda G, Neththikumara N, Dissanayake VHW.<br \/>\n\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\">Aug 2014<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">SLMA<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        H.K.T. Fernando Prize at the Sri Lanka Medical Association 135th Anniversary International Medical Congress 2022 held on 28th-30th September 2022, Colombo, Sri Lanka for the paper titled \u201cAssociation of long-term meditation with telomere dynamics, selected psychological variables and quality of life in healthy adults: A case control study\u201d by Dasanavaka HMNN, Sirisena ND, Samaranayake N. \n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_class=&#8221;fom-hidden&#8221;][vc_column]<h3 class=\"fac-title text-left\" style=\"color:#4b4b4b\">Orations<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"ul-boxed list-unstyled\"><li class=\"\">Nullam lectus justo, condimentum at tortor ac, hendrerit hendrerit eros. Vestibulum eleifend volutpat leo sit amet rutrum. Integer finibus ipsum dapibus condimentum tincidunt. 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