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Prof. Champica Bodinayake
Head- Duke Ruhuna Collaborative Research Centre, Professor in Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna
Prof. Gayani Tillekeratne
Associate Professor at the Duke Global Health Institute, Adjunct Professor in Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna
Prof. Truls Ostbye
Professor of Family Medicine Community Health, Research Professor of Global Health, Professor in Population Health Sciences, Duke-NUS, Singapore
Prof. Ajith Nagahawatte
Former Head- Duke Ruhuna Collaborative Research Centre, professor of Microbiology, University of Ruhuna, Adjunct Professor of Global Health
Administrative Staff (Ruhuna)
Dr. Ruvini Kurukulasooriya (From 2011)
Chief Research Scientist, Ph.D. in Molecular Microbiology- University of Ruhuna
Ms. Anuththara Kariyawasam (From 2025)
Project Manager (Grade II), BSc Honours in Agriculture, Specialized in Biotechnology, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka
Dr. Bhagya Senadheera (From 2023)
Statistician, PhD in Computing (Bioinformatics)- University of Colombo
Ms. Jayani Gamage (From 2023)
Laboratory Research Scientist (Grade II), BSc in Microbiology, Chemistry, and Botany, Bangalore, India
Ms. S. A. Weerasinghe (From 2023)
Research Scientist (Grade I), MSc in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology-University of Colombo
Mr. Buddhika Dilshan (From 2020)
Laboratory Research Scientist (Grade I), MSc in Agricultural Microbiology- University of Colombo
Ms. Kavindya Wickramasekara (From 2018)
Data Manager (Grade I), BA in Social Sciences- Open University of Sri Lanka
Ms. Senani Wasana (From 2023)
Data Manager (Grade II), Bachelor of Business Management-University of Kelaniya
Mr. S L P Evin (From 2025)
Research Scientist (Grade II), Master's in Medical Statistics(Reading) -University of Kelaniya
Current Research Assistants
Research Assistant
Research Assistant
Mrs. K. Liyanagunawardana (From 2022)
Research Assistant, Retired Nurse- National Hospital Galle
Dr. Binuri De Silva
Research Assistant, Pre-Intern Doctor, MBBS, University of Ruhuna
Dr. J N P Dias
Research Assistant, Pre-Intern Doctor
Dr. Sandaru Nimesha
Research Assistant, Pre-Intern Doctor
Dr. H B M Hatharasinghe
Research Assistant, Pre-Intern Doctor
Ms. R. Y. W. B. Jayadeepa (From 2024)
Research Assistant, BSc(Hons) in Nursing, University of Ruhuna
Chamali Dasitha
Research Assistant, Pre-Intern Doctor, MBBS