Research Interests
- Malaria immunology and genetics
- Measles, Mumps and rubella
Research Grants
- Co-Investigator of the 2 year research project titled “Assessment of functional antibody levels/status of measles, mumps and rubella using focus reduction neutralization test (FRNT) and genotyping of the circulating virus of all three diseases in Sri Lanka” from 2016 – 2017 from the MRI, ministry of Health.
- Principal Investigator of the collaborative research project “P.cyno cross” with Prof Richard Culleton, University of Nagasaki, from March to September 2014.
- Principal Investigator of the postgraduate training research project “Longitudinal malaria, health and human development survey in the Kataragama region of Sri Lanka” From the World Bank HETC-QIG-W3 project. Project period from 2012-2015.
- Principal Investigator of the research project “Study on measles, mumps and rubella antibody status in mothers and their new born babies in Colombo District” granted by the Medical Research Institute. Project period from 2012-2014.
- Principal Investigator of the three -year research project titled “Studies on identification of genes coding strain-specific protective immunity to Plasmodium infection.” awarded by the National Research Council of Sri Lanka. Project period from 2006-2008.
- Principal Investigator of the two-year re-entry project granted by World Health Organization/TDR, in year 2001, under the title “Studies on “strain”-specific protective immunity to Plasmodium cynomolgi infection” ID A00577. Project period from 2002-2004.
- Principal Investigator of the two-year research project titled “Studies on association between the sporozoite inoculum and relapse rate using P. cynomolgi/Toque monkey system”, awarded by the National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka. Project period from 2005-2007.
- Research Training scholarship (for one year) from the WHO/TDR in 1998 for the Molecular Biology training at University of Edinburgh, UK. Grant was GBP 8,400.00 and training was obtained in Edinburgh UK.
- IRQUE research grant in 2007 titled “studies on effect of host immunity on relapse rate and infectivity to mosquitoes in malaria using Plasmodium cynomolgi/Toque monkey system. Granted by World Bank funded IRQUE project. Project period from 2007-2009.
- IRQUE research grant in 2009 titled “Determination of clonality of parasites from Plasmodium cynomolgi relapse infections”. Granted by World Bank funded IRQUE project. Project period from 2009-2010. Grant was Rs 150,000.00 and was conducted in Colombo.
- Co-investigator of the one-year research project, titled “Development of a real time quantitative PCR methods for analysis of vaccine protection using the Plasmodium cynomolgi model”, ID A20219, awarded by the WHO in 1993.
