Awards
- B. Somasundaram Gold Medal for best results at MD (Psychiatry) Part I Examination in 2007 awarded by the Sri Lanka College of Psychiatrists
- Raghavan Kulanayagam Gold Medal in 2008 for best essay by a psychiatry trainee awarded by the Sri Lanka College of Psychiatrists
- Oration of the Sri Lanka College of Psychiatrists at the Annual Academic Sessions 2018 for the study “Outcome of schizophrenia in first episode and chronic illness patients: a one-year prospective cohort study”
- Best oral presentation in occupational and environmental health category for the paper ‘Evaluation of an intervention to reduce occupational stress among secondary teachers in the district of Colombo’ at the Annual Academic Sessions of the Ceylon College of Community Physicians 2021 July
- HMSSD Herath research award for the paper ‘Evaluation of an intervention to reduce occupational stress among secondary teachers in the district of Colombo’ at the Annual Academic Sessions of the Ceylon College of Community Physicians 2021 July
- Third place in oral presentations for the paper ‘Comparative accuracy of the Sinhala versions of Addenbrooke’s Cognitive Examination III, Mini-mental examination and Montreal Cognitive Assessment for detection of Alzheimer disease in a Sri Lankan population’ at the Annual Academic Sessions of the Sri Lanka College of Psychiatrists 2020
- Award for best free paper titled ‘Validation of the Sinhala version of the Addenbrooke’s Cognitive Examination III (ACE III) in a Sri Lankan population’ at the 5th Scientific Conference of the Sri Lanka Association of Geriatric Medicine, 2019
- Gold medal for the best oral presentation for the paper “Genetic association study between antipsychotic –induced weight gain and sixteen single nucleotide polymorphisms in a Sri Lankan population” at the Annual Academic Sessions of the Sri Lanka College of Psychiatrists 2018
- Third place in oral presentations for the paper “Erectile dysfunction in male patients diagnosed with schizophrenia on antipsychotic medication and impact on quality of life” at the Annual Academic Sessions of the Sri Lanka College of Psychiatrists 2018
- Gold medal for Best Research Proposal Award (All categories) for the paper “Comparison of the accuracy of three techniques used for estimating dental age among 6-16 years old children in Sri Lanka” at the MORCC Oral Health Research Symposium and Research Proposal Competition by the College of Community Dentistry and Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka 2018
- Gold medal for First Place in Best Research Proposal Award in Consultant / Senior Academic Category for the paper “Comparison of the accuracy of three techniques used for estimating dental age among 6-16 years old children in Sri Lanka” at the MORCC Oral Health Research Symposium and Research Proposal Competition by the College of Community Dentistry and Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka 2018
- Award for Best presentation in Consultant / Senior Academic Category for the paper “Comparison of the accuracy of three techniques used for estimating dental age among 6-16 years old children in Sri Lanka” at the MORCC Oral Health Research Symposium and Research Proposal Competition by the College of Community Dentistry and Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka 2018
- National Research Council Merit award in 2016 for publication “Metformin for treatment and prevention of antipsychotic induced weight gain: a systematic review and meta-analysis”
- National Research Council Merit award in 2015 for publication “Metformin for treatment of antipsychotic-induced weight gain in a South Asian population with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder: A double blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study”
- Second place for Poster Presentation at the Annual Academic Sessions of the Sri Lanka College of Psychiatrists 2010 for the study “Assessment of the knowledge about clozapine among schizophrenia patients followed up at a specialized clozapine clinic at National Hospital of Sri Lanka (NHSL)”
