{"id":505,"date":"2018-07-05T03:16:44","date_gmt":"2018-07-05T03:16:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/profiles\/?page_id=505"},"modified":"2018-07-05T03:16:44","modified_gmt":"2018-07-05T03:16:44","slug":"others","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/medicine\/nirmala-sirisena\/others\/","title":{"rendered":"Others"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row el_class=&#8221;fom-header-row&#8221;][vc_column]<h1 class=\"fac-title text-center\" style=\"color:#4b4b4b\">Others<\/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\">SERVICES IN ACADEMIC AND OTHER COMMITTEES OF THE FACULTY OF MEDICINE, UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"ul-boxed list-unstyled\"><li class=\"\">Coordinator, Training Programme in Clinical Genetics - Jan 2021 to date.<\/li><li class=\"\">Convener, Blood &amp; Lymphoreticular System Module - March 2015 to March 2018.<\/li><li class=\"\">Course Coordinator, M.Sc. in Clinical Genetics course - June 2015 to September 2017.<\/li><li class=\"\">Course Coordinator, M.Sc. Genetic Diagnostics - August 2013 to May 2015.<\/li><li class=\"\">Member, Electives Committee - Oct 2013 to date<\/li><li class=\"\">Departmental Coordinator - International Unit - Overseas Electives Programme, Faculty of Medicine - 2017 to date.<\/li><li class=\"\">Committee member - Endocrine &amp; Metabolism module - 2015 to date.<\/li><li class=\"\">Member - Awards, Scholarships, Fellowship &amp; Orations Committee - Feb 2015 to date.<\/li><li class=\"\">Member - Postgraduate Programmes Committee - October 2020 to date.<\/li><li class=\"\">Member - Board of Survey, Department of Anatomy - 2014 &amp; 2016.<\/li><li class=\"\">Member - Library Technical Evaluation Committee (TEC) - 2015.<\/li><li class=\"\">Head, Editorial Committee - Rohan W Jayasekara Felicitation Volume - September 2015.<\/li><li class=\"\">Member - Annual Research Symposium 2014 Organizing Committee - Nov 2014.<\/li><li class=\"\">Head, Editorial Committee - Anatomy Block Centenary Souvenir - July 2013.<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_class=&#8221;fom-padding-10&#8243;][vc_column]<h3 class=\"fac-title text-left\" style=\"color:#4b4b4b\">MEMBERSHIP AND ACTIVITIES IN PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"ul-boxed list-unstyled\"><li class=\"\">Steering Committee member of the Global Genomic Medicine Collaborative (G2MC) initiative - February 2020 to date.<\/li><li class=\"\">Co-Chair, Young Investigator Sub-Committee of the Global Genomic Medicine Collaborative (G2MC) initiative - July 2020 to date.<\/li><li class=\"\">Founder President, Human Genetics Society - January 2020 to date.<\/li><li class=\"\">Founder Editor-in-Chief, GeneNews, the official e-Newsletter of the Human Genetics Society - March 2020 to date.<\/li><li class=\"\">Treasurer, Anatomical Society of Sri Lanka - 2018\/2019.<\/li><li class=\"\">Academic Editor - Genetics Section of the BioMed Research International Journal published by Hindawi - July 2020 to date.<\/li><li class=\"\">Editorial Board Member of the Sri Lanka Journal of Health Research published by the Ministry of Health and Indigenous Medical Services - March 2021 to date. <\/li><li class=\"\">Life Member, Sri Lanka Medical Association - From 2012.<\/li><li class=\"\">Life Member, Anatomical Society of Sri Lanka - From 2018.<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_class=&#8221;fom-padding-10&#8243;][vc_column]<h3 class=\"fac-title text-left\" style=\"color:#4b4b4b\">Resource Person At Conferences\/Symposia\/Workshops<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"ul-boxed list-unstyled\"><li class=\"\"><strong>\u201cHereditary Breast and Colorectal Cancers\u201d<\/strong> &#8211; Virtual Pre-Congress Workshop on &#8220;Clinical Genomics for Medical Practitioners&#8221; held on 18th July 2020 at the Lionel Memorial Auditorium, SLMA in conjunction with the 133rd Anniversary International Medical Congress of the Sri Lanka Medical Association in collaboration with the Human Genetics Society and Human Genetics Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo.<\/li><li class=\"\"><strong>\u201cImplementing Genomic Medicine in the Clinical Setting\u201d <\/strong>Pre-Congress Workshop held at the 150<sup>th<\/sup> Anniversary Colombo Medical Congress 2020, Colombo held on 10<sup>th<\/sup> February 2020<strong>.<\/strong><\/li><li class=\"\"><strong>\u201cGenetics and Genomics of Breast Cancer in Sri Lanka\u201d <\/strong>&#8211; Presentation made at the Symposium on Genetics (Session 17) held at the 150<sup>th<\/sup> Anniversary Colombo Medical Congress 2020, Colombo held on 13<sup>th<\/sup> February 2020<strong>.<\/strong><\/li><li class=\"\"><strong>\u201cBreast Cancer: Testing &amp; Counseling in the Genomics Era\u201d &#8211; <\/strong>Presentation made at the Conference \u201cGenomics Transforming Clinical Practice\u201d held at Hyderabad, on 5<sup>th<\/sup> and 6<sup>th<\/sup> July 2019, organized by the Board of Genetic Counseling (BGC), India.<\/li><li class=\"\"><strong>\u201cGenetic Determinants of Sporadic Breast Cancer in Sri Lankan Women\u201d <\/strong>&#8211; Presentation made at the Seminar on Epigenetics organized by the International Council for Science (ICSU), Regional Office for Asia and Pacific (ROAP) in collaboration with the Human Genetics Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka held on 7<sup>th<\/sup> November 2017.<\/li><li class=\"\"><strong>\u201cGenetics of Inherited Cancer Syndromes\u201d <\/strong>&#8211; Presentation made at the Sri Lanka College of Obstetricians &amp; Gynaecologists Golden Jubilee Congress 2017 in collaboration with FIGO, AOFOG, SAFOG held from 4<sup>th<\/sup> \u2013 6<sup>th<\/sup> August 2017, Colombo, Sri Lanka.<\/li><li class=\"\"><strong>\u201cGenetic variants associated with risk and clinico-pathological profile of sporadic breast cancer in Sri Lankan women\u201d<\/strong> &#8211; Presentation made at the Third International Conference on Natural Products Genomics and Drug Discovery \u201cBasic and Translational Research on Cancer and Inflammation\u201d held from 10<sup>th<\/sup> \u2013 11<sup>th<\/sup> July 2017, Colombo, Sri Lanka.<\/li><li class=\"\">\u201cPrevention of Inherited Cancer Syndromes\u201d<\/li><li class=\"\">\u201cImplementation of a multigene cancer panel test for the early detection and management of inherited predisposition to cancer\u201d &#8211; Presentation made at the National Policy &amp; Strategic Framework on Cancer Prevention &amp; Control and Annual Forum on Best Practices on Cancer Prevention &amp; Control held on 29th December 2015, Colombo, Sri Lanka.<\/li><li class=\"\">\u201cGenetics of Disorders of Sex Development\u201d \u2013 Presentation made at the Murugesar Sinnetamby Memorial Symposium on Genetics, Fetal Medicine, and Assisted Reproductive Technologies held on 3rd December 2015 at the Sri Lanka Medical Association.<\/li><li class=\"\">\u201cImplementation of a targeted multi-gene cancer panel test to determine the aetiology of Breast cancer in Sri Lanka\u201d \u2013 Presentation on Frontier Research in Genomic &amp; Regenerative Medicine made at the Valedictory Academic Meeting in honour of Prof. R.W. Jayasekara at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo held on 17th September 2015.<\/li><li class=\"\">\u201cGenetics of Disorders of Sex Development\u201d \u2013 Presentation made at the Symposium on Clinical Genetics in Paediatrics, Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya in collaboration with the Human Genetics Unit held on 28th November 2014.<\/li><li class=\"\">\u201cCancer Genetics &amp; Genomics\u201d \u2013 Presentation made at the 127th Anniversary International Medical Congress of the Sri Lanka Medical Association held on 17 July 2014 at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall, Colombo.<\/li><li class=\"\">\u201cIdentifying Hereditary Cancer Syndromes &amp; Indications for Referral for Genetic Consultation\u201d \u2013 Presentation made at the Symposium on Cancer Genetics held by the Human Genetics Unit in Conjunction with the Commencement of the Cancer Genetics Clinic at the National Cancer Institute, Maharagama on 14 March 2014 at the National Cancer Institute, Maharagama.<\/li><li class=\"\">\u201cDisorders of Sex Development in Sri Lanka\u201d \u2013 Presentation made at the Lunch time Symposium held at the International Conference on Birth Defects 2014 \u2013 \u201cGenes, Genome and Human Malformations\u201d \u2013 11 February 2014, Waters Edge, Colombo, Sri Lanka.<\/li><li class=\"\">\u201cGenetics of Colorectal Cancer\u201d \u2013 Presentation made at the SLMA Pre-Congress Workshop on Cancer Genetics \u2013 Diagnostics, Prognostication and Pharmacogenomics held at Waters Edge, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 10thJuly 2013.<\/li><li class=\"\">\u201cStatus of Genetics Education and Services in Sri Lanka\u201d \u2013 Presentation made at the International Workshop and Symposium on Integrating Genetics in the Medical Curriculum \u2013 Waters Edge, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 12-14 June 2013.<\/li><li class=\"\">\u201cChromosomal Abnormalities in Dysmorphic Syndromes\u201d \u2013 Presentation made at the Workshop on Cytogenetics for Pathologists at the Faculty Board Room, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, 10thApril 2013.<\/li><li class=\"\">\u201cDSD Research at the Human Genetics Unit\u201d \u2013 Presentation made at the Disorders of Sex Development Symposium at the Sri Lanka Medical Association on the 3rd March 2012, Colombo, Sri Lanka.<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_class=&#8221;fom-padding-10&#8243;][vc_column]<h3 class=\"fac-title text-left\" style=\"color:#4b4b4b\">Contributions To The Media<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"ul-boxed list-unstyled\"><li class=\"\"><strong>Genetics and Cancer in an Era of Genome-based Medicine <\/strong>by MW Sumeth Perera and Nirmala D. Sirisena. News Feature article published in the Daily Mirror on 4 Feb 2021.<\/li><li class=\"\"><strong>\u0db6\u0ddd\u0dc4\u0ddd \u0da9\u0dd9\u0db1\u0dd9\u0d9a\u0dca \u0dc4\u0dbb\u0dd2\u0dc4\u0dd0\u0da7\u0dd2 \u0db1\u0ddc\u0daf\u0db1\u0dca\u0db1\u0dcf \u0db4\u0dd2\u0dba\u0dba\u0dd4\u0dbb\u0dd4 \u0db4\u0dd2\u0dc5\u0dd2\u0d9a\u0dcf\u0dc0\u0dda \u0da2\u0dcf\u0db1\u0db8\u0dba \u0db4\u0daf\u0db1\u0db8\u2026..<\/strong>by <strong>Nirmala D. Sirisena<\/strong> &#8211; newspaper article published in Navaliya on 19 Oct 2020. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navaliya.com\/navaliya\/art.php?id=235&amp;cat=2\">https:\/\/www.navaliya.com\/navaliya\/art.php?id=235&amp;cat=2<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Genomic Education &#8211; Updates from Sri Lanka <\/strong>by <strong>Nirmala D. Sirisena &#8211; <\/strong>article published in the Global Genomic Medicine Collaborative (G2MC) Quarterly Newsletter, October 2020.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/g2mc.org\/genomic-education-updates-from-sri-lanka\/\">https:\/\/g2mc.org\/genomic-education-updates-from-sri-lanka\/<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><strong>\u201cGenetic testing to help prevent and reduce breast cancer risk\u201d <\/strong>by <strong>Nirmala D. Sirisena<\/strong> &#8211; newspaper article published in MediScene section of the Sunday Times on 16 Feb 2020.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sundaytimes.lk\/200216\/mediscene\/genetic-testing-to-help-prevent-and-reduce-breast-cancer-risk-392235.html?fbclid=IwAR0znXD-zG7dnvtV5iW3R5gDbPICS05tfUehH5ozA-zGcwcg1PDypbPVk5g\">http:\/\/www.sundaytimes.lk\/200216\/mediscene\/genetic-testing-to-help-prevent-and-reduce-breast-cancer-risk-392235.html?fbclid=IwAR0znXD-zG7dnvtV5iW3R5gDbPICS05tfUehH5ozA-zGcwcg1PDypbPVk5g<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>\u201cGenomic Medicine Training &#8211; Updates from Sri Lanka\u201d <\/strong>by <strong>Nirmala D. Sirisena<\/strong> and Vajira H.W. Dissanayake &#8211; article published in the Global Genomic Medicine Collaborative (G2MC) Quarterly Newsletter, April 2020.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/g2mc.org\/march-2020-updates-from-sri-lanka\/\">https:\/\/g2mc.org\/march-2020-updates-from-sri-lanka\/<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>\u201cImplementing Genomic Medicine in Resource-Constrained Settings: An Update Report from Sri Lanka\u201d <\/strong>by <strong>Nirmala D. Sirisena<\/strong> and Vajira H.W. Dissanayake &#8211; article published in the Global Genomic Medicine Collaborative (G2MC) Quarterly Newsletter, December 2019.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/g2mc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/G2MC-news-update-report-from-sri-lanka.pdf\">https:\/\/g2mc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/G2MC-news-update-report-from-sri-lanka.pdf<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>\u201cNavigating Breast Cancer in the Post-Genomic Era\u201d<\/strong> by <strong>Nirmala D. Sirisena<\/strong> and Vajira H.W. Dissanayake &#8211; article published in the SLMA NEWS &#8211; official newsletter of the Sri Lanka Medical Association, Oct 2019, Vol 12, Issue 10, p. 6-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/slma.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/October-2019.pdf\">https:\/\/slma.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/October-2019.pdf<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\">\u201cTheir own SPECIAL way\u2026\u201d \u2013 Newspaper article on Asperger Syndrome published in the Daily News on 9 Jan 2014.<\/li><li class=\"\">Resource person on \u201cCancer Genetics\u201d on the Views on Health programme on Radio Sri Lanka &#8211; Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation aired on 3 March 2014 &amp; 10 March 2014.<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_class=&#8221;fom-padding-10 fom-hidden&#8221;][vc_column]<h3 class=\"fac-title text-left\" style=\"color:#4b4b4b\">Sample Title<\/h3>\n[vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<ul class=\"ul-boxed list-unstyled\"><li class=\"\">sample text. sample text.<\/p>\n<p><\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<ul class=\"ul-boxed list-unstyled\"><li class=\"\">sample text. sample text.<\/p>\n<p><\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_class=&#8221;fom-padding-10 fom-hidden&#8221;][vc_column]<h3 class=\"fac-title text-left\" style=\"color:#4b4b4b\">Sample Title<\/h3>\n[vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<ul class=\"ul-boxed list-unstyled\"><li class=\"\">sample text. sample text.<\/p>\n<p><\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<ul class=\"ul-boxed list-unstyled\"><li class=\"\">sample text. sample text.<\/p>\n<p><\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_class=&#8221;fom-hidden&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<h3 class=\"fac-title text-left\" style=\"color:#4b4b4b\">Sample Title<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"ul-boxed list-unstyled\"><li class=\"\">sample text. sample text.\u00a0sample text.<\/p>\n<p><\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<h3 class=\"fac-title text-left\" style=\"color:#4b4b4b\">Sample Title<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"ul-boxed list-unstyled\"><li class=\"\">sample text. sample text.\u00a0sample text.<\/p>\n<p><\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row el_class=&#8221;fom-header-row&#8221;][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_class=&#8221;fom-padding-10&#8243;][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_class=&#8221;fom-padding-10&#8243;][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_class=&#8221;fom-padding-10&#8243;][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_class=&#8221;fom-padding-10&#8243;][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_class=&#8221;fom-padding-10 fom-hidden&#8221;][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_class=&#8221;fom-padding-10 fom-hidden&#8221;][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_class=&#8221;fom-hidden&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"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\/nirmala-sirisena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/505"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/medicine\/nirmala-sirisena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/medicine\/nirmala-sirisena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/medicine\/nirmala-sirisena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/medicine\/nirmala-sirisena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=505"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/medicine\/nirmala-sirisena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/505\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/medicine\/nirmala-sirisena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}