{"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":"2023-10-16T08:03:08","modified_gmt":"2023-10-16T08:03:08","slug":"awards-and-orations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/medicine\/pujitha-wickremesinghe\/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\">2003\/ 2004<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">APPSEAR Traveling Scholarship (Awarded by Australian Collage of Physicians). (Third Sri Lankan to receive this award)<\/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\">Prof S. Ibrahim award for the best paper in Tropical Paediatrics. SLCP sessions. <\/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\">Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians prize for the Best Scientific Paper. SLCP sessions<\/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\">E.M. Wijerama prize for the best paper. SLMA sessions. <\/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\">Excellence in Research in the Year 2006, 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\">2006<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Sir Nicholas Attygalle prize for the paper. SLMA sessions.<\/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\">Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians prize for the Best Scientific Paper. SLCP sessions <\/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, 2013, 2014<\/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 Publication <\/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\">Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians prize for the Best Scientific Paper. SLCP sessions.<\/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\">2010<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians prize for the Best Scientific Paper. SLCP sessions.<\/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\">2010\/2011<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Recipient of Fellowship Training in Post Liver Transplant Management in Children at Riuniti De Burgamo Hospital in Italy (Awarded by Amici Della Paediatrica) Oct\u2019 2010 \u2013 April 2011.<\/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\">S E Seneviratna Prize for Oral presentation at SLMA sessions.<\/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\">2014<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Prof S. Ibrahim award for the best paper in Tropical Paediatrics. SLCP sessions.<\/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\">Attended a workshop on \u201cClinical Management of Dengue\/Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever\u201d at WHO collaborative centre for Dengue Control in Bangkok, Thailand. Awarded by Dengue Control Unit, Epidemiology Unit, Ministry of Health, Government of Sri Lanka. 1st to 5th June 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\">2016<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Best paper at the 15th Annual Academic Sessions of the Perinatal Society 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\">2016<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Dr Gamini Karunarathne award for the best paper from the outstations. 19th Annual Scientific Congress, SLCP sessions,.<\/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\">2016<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Professor Zef Ibrahim award for the best paper in tropical paediatrics. 19th Annual Scientific Congress, SLCP sessions,.<\/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\">2016<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Best Oral Presentation of the Congress. 19th Annual Scientific Congress SLCP sessions.<\/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\">2017<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Dr Gamini Karunarathne award for the best paper from the outstations. 20th Annual Scientific Congress, SLCP sessions,.<\/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\">2018<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Best Digital Poster. 10th Annual Academic Sessions of Sri Lanka College of Pulmonologists, July 2018 Kandy, 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\">2018<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">CVCD award 2018, for the most outstanding Senior Researcher in field of Health Science\/Medicine\/Dental Science\/Veterinary Science\/Allied Science. (Life Time Award for All Universities). <\/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\">2019<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Best Poster presentation, 22nd Annual Scientific Congress. SLCP. August. PP 05<\/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><\/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=\"\">Professor CC de Silva Oration 2011 \u2013 Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians \u201cBody Composition of Sri Lankan Children: Effects of Ethnicity\u201d<\/li><li class=\"\">Sri Lanka Medical Association Oration 2012. \u201cControl of Non Communicable Disease: Where to begin?<\/li><li class=\"\">Dr. Arunasalam Sivapathasundaram Memorial Lecture -2016 \u2013 Jaffna University \u201cChildhood Obesity: The Silent Epidemic\u201d<\/li><li class=\"\">Professor CC de Silva Memorial Lecture 2017 \u2013 Nutrition Society of Sri Lanka, 29th January 2017, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. \u201cAssessment of Nutritional Status of Sri Lankan Children: Validity of Anthropometry Cutoff ?\u201d The Inaugural Lecture<\/li><li class=\"\">Dr. SC Paul Memorial Oration 2017 \u2013 Sri Lanka Medical Association, 14th July 2017, Colombo, Sri Lanka. \u201cMetabolic Morbidity in Obese Children: What can we do?\u201d<\/li><li class=\"\">Dr. Stella de Silva Memorial Oration 2017 - Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians \u201cChildhood Obesity \u2013 Sociocultural Determinants\u201d<\/li><li class=\"\">Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo Oration 2018- \u201cManagement of Dengue Infection: Can We Improve Morbidity\u201d<\/li><li class=\"\">Keynote address at the Official Ceremony of the National Nutrition Month -2017 \u2013 Ministry of Health. \u201cSugar Addiction and its Implications on health of Children\u201d. June 2017, Rathnawalee Balika VIdyalaya, Gampaha, Sri Lanka.<\/li><li class=\"\">Keynote address at the Official Ceremony of the National Breast Feeding Week - 2018 -Ministry of Health. \u201cBreast Feeding in Preventing Non Communicable Disease\u201d<\/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\/pujitha-wickremesinghe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/279"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/medicine\/pujitha-wickremesinghe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/medicine\/pujitha-wickremesinghe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/medicine\/pujitha-wickremesinghe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/medicine\/pujitha-wickremesinghe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=279"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/medicine\/pujitha-wickremesinghe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/279\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":721,"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/medicine\/pujitha-wickremesinghe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/279\/revisions\/721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/medicine\/pujitha-wickremesinghe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}