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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. Sampatha Goonewardena
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
sampatha@sjp.ac.lk, sampatha4@yahoo.co.uk

Dr. Nirupa Chandanie Pallewatte
MD, MSc (Community Medicine), MD (Community Medicine)
Deputy Director
National Programme for Tuberculosis Control & Chest Diseases
Ministry of Health
Sri Lanka
ddnptccd@gmail.com, ncpallewatte@gmail.com

Prof. Suneth Agampodi
MBBS, MSc, MD, MPH, FRSPH
Founder Professor and Chair
Department of Community Medicine
Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences
Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, Saliyapura
Sri Lanka
sunethagampodi@yahoo.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
Sri Lanka
chiefepid@health.gov.lk, 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
Sri Lanka
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)
Senior Lecturer/Consultant Community Physician
Paraclinical Department
Faculty of Medicine,
General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University
Ratmalana 10390
Sri Lanka
anujigamage@gmail.com

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

Dr. Nuwan Darshana 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

Dr. Shashinie M. Thenabadu
PhD Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL), Australia,
MA Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL),
Australia, MA Linguistics, Sri Lanka, BA, Sri Lanka
Senior Lecturer/Head,
Department of English Language Teaching (DELT),
Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo
Sri Lanka
shashinie@delt.cmb.ac.lk

Online-editor
Dr. Supun Wijesinghe
MBBS, MSc (Community Medicine), MD (Community Medicine),
MPH, MRSPH
Consultant Community Physician
Health Promotion Bureau
Ministry of Health
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