Positions

  • To date2016

    Senior Professor in Parasitology

    Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.

  • Sept 2019Sept 2018

    Senior Professor in Parasitology

    General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University, Sri Lanka.

  • 20162008

    Professor

    Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.

  • 20182017

    Head

    Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.

  • 20082005

    Head

    Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.

  • 20052004

    Post Doctoral Fellowship

    Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Oxford, United Kingdom.

  • 20172014

    Chairperson, Research and Higher Degrees Committee.

    Faculty of Medicine, Colombo.

  • 20182012

    Chairperson, Foundation Module 2

    Faculty of Medicine, Colombo.

  • 20162015

    Coordinator, Internal Quality Assurance.

    University of Colombo.

  • 20152015

    Chairperson, Annual Research Symposium

    Faculty of Medicine, Colombo.

  • 20082001

    Senior Lecturer

    Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.

  • 20011995

    Lecturer

    Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.

  • To date2008

    Member of the Technical Support Group and Consultant to the Anti Malaria Campaign, Sri Lanka

    For Malaria Elimination and Prevention of reintroduction of malaria to Sri Lanka.

  • To date2016

    Consultant/Advisor, Case Review Committee

    Anti Malaria Campaign, Sri Lanka.

  • To date2013

    Consultant/Advisor to draft the National Strategic Plan for Malaria Elimination and Prevention of Reintroduction

    Anti Malaria Campaign, Sri Lanka.

  • 20182014

    Consultant/Advisor to draft the Monitoring and Evaluation Plan for Malaria Elimination and Prevention of Reintroduction

    Anti Malaria Campaign, Sri Lanka.

  • 20142009

    Programme Deputy and Technical Consultant

    Tropical and Environmental Diseases and Health Associates (TEDHA). One of the three Principal Recipients of the Global Fund Round 8 Grant for malaria elimination from Sri Lanka.

  • To date2014

    Consultant/Advisor, Technical Advisory Committee

    National Dengue Control Unit, Sri Lanka.

  • 20092007

    WHO AD HOC Strategic and Technical Advisory Group on Neglected Tropical Diseases

    Geneva, Switzerland.