{"id":87,"date":"2023-10-10T17:23:57","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T17:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/clinmed\/senaka.rajapakse\/?page_id=87"},"modified":"2023-10-10T17:36:26","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T17:36:26","slug":"research-and-grants","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/medicine\/tharanga-thoradeniya\/research-and-grants\/","title":{"rendered":"Research &amp; Grants"},"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\">Research &amp; Grants<\/h1>\n[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]<h3 class=\"fac-title text-left\" style=\"color:#4b4b4b\">Research Interest<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"ul-boxed list-unstyled\"><li class=\"\"><em>Broad research interests in effects of food and nutrition on disease risk and human health: <\/em><em>Micronutrient deficiencies in children, adolescents and women, <\/em><em>Metabolism of micronutrients particularly folate and iron, Modulation of disease risk factors through<\/em><em> dietary modification,<\/em> <em>Novel biochemical risk markers and genetic polymorphisms of <\/em><em>cardiometabolic disease risk<\/em><em>, Development and validation of tools for portion size estimation of Asian foods, Dietary contaminants and health, Food promotion and food environment<\/em><\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]<h3 class=\"fac-title text-left\" style=\"color:#4b4b4b\">Research Grants<\/h3>\n[vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner]<ul class=\"ul-boxed list-unstyled\"><li class=\"\">Principal Investigator and country coordinator for Sri Lanka in the multi-country study on \u2018Comparing the extent and nature of unhealthy food and drink TV marketing to girls and boys across nine countries in Asia (109170) <\/li><li class=\"\">Financial Support: International Development Research Center (IDRC), Canada \u2022 Co-investigator \u2018Functional Alginate-TiO2-Graphene Oxide Nanohybrids to Minimize the Post-harvest Loss of Fruits and Vegetables\u2019 19-237 RG\/CHE\/AS_G \u2013 FR3240310129 Financial Support: The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) `{`USD 35,980.00`}` Ongoing<\/li><li class=\"\">Co-investigator, \u201cAn exploratory study on environmental, medicinal, genetic and dietary determinants of chronic kidney disease of uncertain aetiology based on postmortem tissue analysis\u201d Financial Support: National Science Foundation, Sri Lanka (RPHS\/2016\/CKDu 03), 2017 February to date. <\/li><li class=\"\">Principal Investigator, \u201cInvestigation into circulatory un-metabolismed folic acid in folic acid supplemented pregnant women and their offspring\u201d Financial Support: National Research Council, Sri Lanka (NRC 15-036), 2015 September to date `{`Rs. 4,765,500.00`}`<\/li><li class=\"\">Principal investigator, \u201cLipid metabolism in different adipose tissue deports in pregnant and non-pregnant women\u201d Financial Support: University of Colombo Small Grant Scheme, 2016-to 2018. `{`Rs. 500,000.00`}`<\/li><li class=\"\">Co-investigator, \u201cMicronutrient status, obesity related biomarkers of inflammation, cardiometabolic risk markers and body composition in pre-pubertal school children\u201d. Financial Support: National Science Foundation, Sri Lanka (RG\/2014\/HS\/09), 2014 July to 2018 (completed). `{`Rs. 5,379,579.00`}`<\/li><li class=\"\">Co-investigator, \u201cEffects of vitamin A and iron supplementation during first 24 months of life in an urban area of Sri Lanka\u201d. Financial Support: National Science Foundation, Sri Lanka (RG\/2011\/HS\/14), 2012 to 2017 (completed). `{`Rs. 3,548,724.00`}`<\/li><li class=\"\">Co-investigator, Development and validation of tools to aid portion size assessment in the Sri Lankan adolescent diet. January 2006 to 2013.<\/li><li class=\"\">Principal investigator, Sodium and potassium intake in a group of healthy young women in Sri Lanka, 2012 to 2013. <\/li><li class=\"\">Co-investigator, \u201cEvaluation of inflammatory markers and Methylene tetrahydrofolate reductase 677C-T genotype in women with, or without coronary artery disease (CAD)\u201d. Financial Support: National Science Foundation, Sri Lanka (RG\/2007\/HS\/06), 2008 to 2011. `{`Rs. 1,716,500.00`}`<\/li><li class=\"\">Ph.D project - Folate and homocysteine in urban adolescent girls and women, and the effect of nutrition counselling on folate and homocysteine in women with and without CAD. 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