Supervised Projects

  • Sharing responsibility for self-care among adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus within the Sri Lankan socio-cultural context

    MPhil/PhD – Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Colombo. January 2014 to April 2019.   Ms AMSD Pathiranage. Department of Nursing, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, University of Peradeniya.  Co-supervisor.

  • Characterization of mutations and sequence variants of Growth Hormone (GH1) and Growth Hormone Releasing Hormone Receptor (GHRHR) in a cohort of Sri Lankan children with GH deficiency

    MPhil/PhD – Institute of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Colombo. May 2014 to February 2019. Ms Tharmini Sundralingam. Co-supervisor and co-investigator.

  • A pilot study on CYP21A2 gene deletion among Sri Lankan children with congenital adrenal hyperplasia.

    MSc in Molecular Life Sciences – Institute of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Colombo – 2 students, from 1st April to 30th October 2015. Ms SHDK Jayathilaka and Ms MVML Jayasundara  Ms SHDK Jayathilaka. Co-supervisor and co-investigator.

  • A pilot study on selected point mutations of CYP21A2 gene among a cohort of Sri Lankan children with congenital adrenal hyperplasia.

  • Analysis of common genetic mutations in a cohort of salt wasting form of congenital adrenal hyperplasia.

  • Confirmation and characterization of a suspected deletion at the LHX4 gene locus in a child with growth hormone deficiency

  • Identification of exact breakpoints of complete GH1 gene deletions discerned in two children with isolated growth hormone deficiency

  • Detection of hotspot regions of WT1 gene in a cohort of 46,XY DSD children in Sri Lanka