Research & Grants

Research Interests

  • Obesity
  • Nutrition
  • Diabetes

Research Grants

  • UK Medical Research Council funded project (2015) – “Policy and Peer-Mentor Investigation Program on Cardiovascular Diseases at smallto medium sized work sites in three south Asian Countries” (LKR 5.1 million) - co-investigator
  • European Union funded project (2015) – “Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes amongst South Asians with Central Obesity and Prediabetes” (LKR 22 million) - co-investigator
  • National Science Foundation (NSF) funded projects (2012) – “Effects of the Zinc supplementation on pre-diabetes: A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial” (LKR 1.4 million) – co-investigator
  • Competitive Research Grant from University of Colombo (2012) - “Evaluation of Cinnamomum zeylanicum (Ceylon cinnamon) as a potential pharmaceutical agent for diabetes mellitus” (LKR 3.0 million) – co-investigator