The Hubert-Yeargan Center for Global Health at Duke University awarded certificates to  Dr. Thyagi Ponnamperuma, Dr. Nayani Weerasinghe, Dr. Subodha Wickramasinghe, and  Dr. Gayani Liyanage who had successfully completed the following online courses  Clinical Research Methodology, Principles of Clinical Research, and Introduction to Statistical Methods   The courses were taught by Dr. Bill Wilkerson of the Hubert-Yeargan Center. The certificate awarding ceremony was held on 09th September 2022 at the Dean’s office, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna. On this occasion Prof. Vasantha Devasiri, Dr. Gaya Wijayaratne, Prof. Champica Bodinayake, Dr. Nayani Weerasinghe, Ms. Ruvini Kurukulasooriya, and Ms. Madureka Premamali were present to represent Ruhuna University, and  Dr. Brad Nicholson and Dr. Gayani Tillekeratne were present to represent Duke University.

Dr. Gayani Tillekeratne received 1st place for poster presentation and 3rd place for oral presentation at the “International Conference on Infectious Diseases and Antimicrobial Resistance” held on 9-10th August 2018 in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Dr. Champa Wijesinghe received a National Research Council Merit Award in 2017 for the article published in Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health 2015; Factors Associated With Caregiver Burden Among Caregivers of Children With Cerebral Palsy in Sri Lanka” authored by Champa J. Wijesinghe, Natasha Cunningham, Pushpa Fonseka, Chandanie G. Hewage, and Truls Østbye. 

Dr. C K Bodinayake was awarded as the “Orator” of the 49th Annual Academic Sessions of the Ceylon College of Physicians in 2016.

Best poster; “Health related cost and loss of productivity in patients with undifferentiated acute febrile illnesses” by Champica K Bodinayake1, L. Gayani Tillekeratne2, Ajith Nagahawatte1 Vasantha Devasiri1, Wasantha Kodikara Arachchi3, Truls Ostbye2, Duane J. Gubler 4, Christopher W. Woods2, Megan E. Reller5 presented in Galle Medical Association October 2014.

Dr. Bilesha Perera (Dpt. of Community Medicine), received the Most Outstanding Scholar Award during the Vice Chancellor’s Awards at the University of Ruhuna in 2013.

Award for the best oral presentation of the Annual Academic Sessions of the Galle Medical Association 2011; Dengue fever in a large cohort of febrile patients in Southern Sri Lanka. C.K. Bodinayake, I.V. Devasiri, A. Nagahawatte, W. Kodikara-Arachichi, M.E. Reller, and C.W. Woods.

Most Outstanding Third Year Clinical Science Research Thesis Award – Misa Noda, a Medical undergraduate from Duke Singapore who studied the Health of Three wheeler drivers in Galle, Sri Lanka under the supervision of Dr. P. Vijitha De Silva, Dr. Rahul Malhotra, and Prof. Truls Ostbye, has won this award for her work on occupational health in Sri Lanka.