Administration
Co-Directors
Prof. Champica Bodinayake
Professor in MedicineFaculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna Honorary Consultant Physician, Teaching Hospital Karapitiya Adjunct Professor of Global Health, Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University
Prof. Ajith Nagahawatte
Professor of MicrobiologyFaculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna Adjunct Professor of Global Health, Duke University
Prof. Gayani Tillekeratne
Assistant Professor of MedicineDivision of Infectious Diseases Assistant Research Professor, Global Health Adjunct Professor in Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna
Prof. Truls Ostbye
Vice-Chair (Research)Community and Family Medicine, DGHI Professor, Community and Family Medicine, Nursing and Global Health, DGHI
Leads Infectious Diseases
Prof. Christopher Woods
Executive DirectorHubert-Yeargan Center for Global HealthProfessor, Medicine and Global HealthChief, Infectious Diseases Division, Durham VA Medical Center
Leads Community Medicine
Prof. Vijitha de Silva
Professor in Community MedicineDepartment of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna Adjunct Professor of Global Health Institute, Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University
Leads Research Laboratory
Dr. Bradly Nicholson
DirectorMolecular Epidemiology Research Laboratory, VA Medical Center, Duke University
Dr. Subodha Wickramasinghe
Head–Department of MicrobiologyMBBS(Ruhuna), Pg.Dip. Med. Micro.(Colombo), MD Medical Microbiology(Colombo). Senior Lecturer -Grade II and Head of the Department
Lead Administrative Staff (Duke)
Mrs. Sarah Cao
Assistant DirectorInternational Operations, Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University
Statistician (Duke)
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Administrative Staff (Ruhuna)
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Dr. Ruvini Kurukulasooriya (From 2011)
Senior Research Scientist (Grade I)BSc (Hons)-Ruhuna, MSc-Peradeniya, Ph.D. in Molecular Microbiology-Ruhuna
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Ms. Kavindya Wickramasekara (From 2018)
Data Manager (Grade I)BA in Social Sciences-Open University of Sri Lanka (reading)
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Mr. Buddhika Dilshan (From 2020)
Laboratory Research Manager (Grade I)BSc (Hons)-Wayamba, MSc in Agricultural Microbiology-Colombo(reading)
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Ms. S. A. Weerasinghe (From 2023)
Research Scientist (Grade II)BSc- LPU-India, MSc in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology-Colombo
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Ms. Jayani Gamage (From 2023)
Laboratory Research Manager (Grade II)BSc in Microbiology, Chemistry and Botany-Bangalore, India
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Dr. Bhagya Senadheera (From 2023)
StatisticianBIT-Colombo - MSc-Colombo, PhD in Computing (Bioinformatics)-Colombo
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Current Research Assistants
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