Awards and Orations

Awards

• 1998
  Rajasuriya Prize for Clinical Medicine, Undergraduate
• 1998
  Canekeratne Prize for General Merit, Undergraduate
• 1998
  Maneckbai Dadabhoy Gold Medal for Midwifery, Undergraduate
• 1998
  The Naomi Thiagarajah Prize for Midwifery, Undergraduate
• 2004
  Prof. Priyani Soysa Gold medal for best performance at MD in Paediatrics, postgraduate
• 2014
  Bernard De Souza International award from the Child Neurology Society of USA in 2014 for the most outstanding International Paediatric Neurologist
• 2017
  Presidential award for excellence in research
• 2017
  Senate award for excellence in research
• 2012
  Award for the best scientific paper – 6th Association of Sri Lankan Neurologists
• 2013
  EM Wijerama Prize - awarded by the SLMA for the Best Scientific Paper at the 126th SLMA Annual Scientific Medical Congress
• 2013
  Award for the best scientific paper – awarded by the Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians
• 2013
  Award for the best scientific paper- Annual conference of the Sri Lanka College of Psychiatrists
• 2013
  Award for the best scientific paper – 7th -Association of Sri Lankan Neurologists
• 2014
  Award for the 1st runners up – Best scientific paper- 8th Conference of the Association of Dementia and the Association of Sri Lankan Neurologists
• 2015
  Wilson Pieris Price- awarded by the SLMA for the Best Scientific Paper at the 128th SLMA Annual Scientific Medical Congress, (Principle Investigator)
• 2015
  Dr. Gamini Karunarathne award for the best scientific paper from the outstations- awarded by the Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians
• 2015
  Award for the Best paper at the 9th Annual conference of the Association of Sri Lankan Neurologists 2015 – (Co-Investigator)
• 2015
  Award for the Best poster- 1st runner up at the 9th Annual conference of the Association of Sri Lankan Neurologists 2015 – (Co-Investigator)
• 2016
  Award for Best poster – Awarded by Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians 2016 (Co-Investigator)
• 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015
  National Research Council awards – 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015
• 2017
  Award for the best paper - 11th Annual conference of the Association of Sri Lankan Neurologists 2017 (Co-Investigator)
• 2017
  Gold medal for the best local paper - Global Conference in Paediatrics, 2017 (Principle Investigator)
• 2020
  Best female in the Health category – Derana “Aya” Awards to mark the Women’s Day 2020
• 2020
  Best Poster presentation -13th Annual Conference of the Association of Sri Lankan Neurologists 2020 (Co-Investigator)