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Editorial Board

Co-editors

Prof. Carukshi Arambepola
MBBS (Colombo), MSc (Community Medicine), MD (Community Medicine)
Professor in Community Medicine
Department of Community Medicine
Faculty of Medicine
University of Colombo
Sri Lanka
carukshi@commed.cmb.ac.lk

Prof. Shamini Prathapan
MBBS, MSc (Community Medicine), MD (Community Medicine)
Professor in Community Medicine
Department of Community Medicine
Faculty of Medical Sciences
University of Sri Jayewardenepura
Sri Lanka
shamini@sjp.ac.lk

Editorial board

Prof. Chrishantha Abeysena
MBBS/MSc (Community Medicine)/MD (Community Medicine)/BA/MA/MA/PGDStat.
Professor in Community Medicine
Department of Public Health
Faculty of Medicine
University of Kelaniya
Sri Lanka
chrishantha-abeysena@kln.ac.lk
chrishanthaabeysena@yahoo.com

Dr. Sampatha Goonewardena
MBBS, MSc (Community Medicine), MD (Community Medicine)
Senior Lecturer
Department of Community Medicine
Faculty of Medical Sciences
University of Sri Jayewardenepura
Sri Lanka
sampatha@sjp.ac.lk
sampatha4@yahoo.co.uk

Dr. Nirupa Chandanie Pallewatte
MD, MSc (Community Medicine), MD (Community Medicine)
Consultant Community Physician
National Programme for Tuberculosis Control & Chest Diseases
Ministry of Health, Nutrition & Indigenous Medicine
Sri Lanka
ccpnptccd@hotmail.com
nirupap@sltnet.lk

Dr. K.D.A. Ruwan Ferdinando
MBBS, MSc (Community Medicine), MD (Community Medicine), MA (Sociology), Adv.
Dip. Psych., Adv. Dip. Psych. Couns. & Psychotherapy
Consultant Community Physician (Planning)
Ministry of Health
National Institute of Health Sciences, Nagoda, Kalutara
Sri Lanka
ccpplanningnihs@health.gov.lk
ruwanferdinando@gmail.com

Dr. Manuja Perera
MBBS, MSc (Community Medicine), MD (Community Medicine)
Senior Lecturer
Department of Public Health
Faculty of Medicine
University of Kelaniya
Sri Lanka
manuja@kln.ac.lk
kmanujanp@gmail.com

Dr. Sudath Samaraweera
MBBS, MSc (Community Medicine), MD (Community Medicine), PhD
Acting Deputy Director General (Education, Training & Research)
Chief Epidemiologist - Epidemiology Unit
Ministry of Health, Nutrition & Indigenous Medicine
Sri Lanka
sudath.samara@gmail.com

Dr. Rajendra Surenthirakumaran
MBBS, MSc (Community Medicine) MD (Community Medicine), PGD (App.Stat.)
Senior Lecturer
Department of Community and Family Medicine
Faculty of Medicine
University of Jaffna
Sri Lanka
rsuren@univ.jfn.ac.lk
surenthirakumaran@gmail.com

Dr. Shreenika De Silva Weliange
MBBS, MSc (Community Medicine), MD (Community Medicine)
Senior Lecturer
Department of Community Medicine
Faculty of Medicine
University of Colombo
Sri Lanka
shreenika@commed.cmb.ac.lk
shreenika73@yahoo.co.uk

Dr.Priyadarshani Samarasinghe
MBBS, MSc (Community Medicine), MD (Community Medicine)
Deputy Director - Anti-Filariasis Campaign
Ministry of Health & Indigenous Medicine
555/5 Alvitigala Mawatha
Colombo 05
Srilanka
aipsamarasinghe@gmail.com

Dr. Vindya Kumarapeli
MBBS, MSc (Community Medicine), MD (Community Medicine)
Director - Non-Communicable Diseases
Ministry of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine
Sri Lanka
vindyalk@yahoo.com

Dr. Anuji Upekshika Gamage
MBBS, MSc (Community Medicine), MD (Community Medicine),
Grad. Certificate in Economics, MSc (Health Economics and Policy) (Australia), FRSPH
Consultant Community Physician
Provincial Epidemiologist North-Central Province
Office of PDHS
Anuradhapura
anujigamage@gmail.com

Dr.Thilanga Ruwanpathirana
MBBS, MSc (Community Medicine), MD (Community Medicine)
Consultant Epidemiologist
Epidemiology Unit
Ministry of Health, Nutrition & Indigenous Medicine
Sri Lanka
thilangar@yahoo.com

Dr W.A.N.D. Wickramasinghe
MBBS, Dip (OH&S), MSc (App. Epid.), MSc (Community Medicine),
MD (Community Medicine), FRSPH
Senior Lecturer
Department of Community Medicine
Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences
Rajarata University of Sri Lanka
Saliyapura, Anuradhapura
Sri Lanka
nuwick74@yahoo.com

Online-editor

Dr. Supun Wijesinghe
MBBS, MSc (Community Medicine), MD (Community Medicine),
MPH, MRSPH
Consultant Community Physician
Health Promotion Bureau
Ministry of Health, Nutrition & Indigenous Medicine
Sri Lanka
wijesinghe.msd@health.gov.lk
dr.wijesinghe@gmail.com

International Advisory Board

Prof. Ranjit De Alwis
MBBS, MSc (Occupational Medicine), Dip. Industrial Health,
MD (Community Medicine)
Associate Professor
Community Medicine
School of Medicine
International Medical University
Malaysia
ranjit_dealwis@imu.edu.my
ranjithdea@hotmail.com

Prof. Arvind Kasthuri
MBBS, MD
St Johns Medical College
Bangalore
India
arvindk@gmail.com