Awards and Grants

Awards

  • 2018
    President’s award (Sri Lanka) for the scientific publication in the year 2016.
  • 2017
    Travel award for the oral presentation of 10th International Leptospirosis Society Conference. 2017.
  • 2017
    President’s award (Sri Lanka) for the scientific publication in the year 2015.
  • 2016
    The Best Presentation Award in Basic Immunology : Proceedings of 8th Biannual Scientific Session of the Allergy and Immunology Society of Sri Lanka
    Roshan Niloofa, Lilani Karunanayake, Janaka H de Silva, Senaka Rajapakse, Sunil Premawansa, Shiroma Handunnetti.Serovar diversity of pathogenic Leptospira infecting patients in Western Province, Sri Lanka. Proceedings of 8th Biannual Scientific Session of the Allergy and Immunology Society of Sri Lanka. 14th – 15th July, 2016;25.
  • 2016
    The Best Oral Presentation Award in Immunology & Infectious Diseases : 8th Annual Scientific Sessions of Institute of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology
    Roshan Niloofa, Lilani Karunanayake, Janaka H de Silva, Senaka Rajapakse, Sunil Premawansa, Shiroma Handunnetti. Diagnostic accuracies of six different immunoassays compared to the gold standard tests, real-time quantitative PCR and isolation of pathogenic Leptospira. 8th Annual Scientific Sessions of Institute of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology. 27th May 2016;OP 08:19
  • 2015
    Kumaradasa Rajasuriya Prize for the best paper in Tropical Medicine: 128th Anniversary International Medical Congress of Sri Lankan Medical Association
    Rajapakse S, Weeratunga PN, Rodrigo C, Sriharan S, Niloofa MJR, Fernando N, de Silva HJ, Karunanayake L, Premawansa S, Handuunnetti S. A diagnostic model for Leptospirosis for use in resource limited settings. 128th Anniversary International Medical Congress of Sri Lankan Medical Association. 6th-8th July 2015; OP 008,120.

Grants/Fellowhips

  • 2014
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  • 2018
    President’s award (Sri Lanka) for the scientific publication in the year 2016.
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