BIOGRAPHY

Dr. G. Amodini Rajakaruna had her undergraduate education from the Faculty of Dental Sciences, University of Peradeniya and graduated with Bachelor of Dental Sciences in 2005. Afterwards she worked as a Demonstrator at the Section of Periodontology, Department of Oral Medicine and Periodontology at the same Faculty. In 2006 she received a scholarship and became as a Special Research student at the Department of Periodontology, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (Currently known as Institute of Science Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan). In 2007 she received the prestigious Japanese Government Scholarship (Monbukagakusho) awarded for the foreign students and entered the Graduate School in the same University and completed her PhD in 2012. Dr. Rajakaruna has experience conducting research at the same university as a foreign researcher.

Qualifications, Fellowships and Certifications

  • PhD April 2008 - March 2012

    Dissertation Topic: Possible Translocation of Periodontal Pathogens into the Lymph Nodes Draining the Oral Cavity

    Department of Periodontology, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan

  • Research Student 2008

    Education title

    Department of Periodontology, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan

  • BDS (Bachelor of Dental Surgery) May 2005

    Education title

    Faculty of Dental Sciences, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

  • Certificate in Teaching in Higher Education (CTHE) 2024

    Education title

    conducted by the Human Resource Development Centre (previously Staff Development Centre) of the University of Colombo

Positions

  • PresentPresent

    Senior Lecturer (Grade II)

    Postgraduate Institute of Medicine

  • June 2022March 2019

    Dental Surgeon

    Medical Centre, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka

  • March 2017September 2015

    Dental Surgeon

    Medical Centre, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka

  • September 2006May 2005

    Demonstrator

    Department of Oral Medicine and Periodontology, Faculty of Dental Sciences, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka