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Dr. RHMPN Rathnayake, Senior Lecturer,
Department of Nursing, Faculty of Allied
Health Sciences delivered an Oration on
“Sarcopenia; a scantily addressed, highly
imperative area of aging in Sri Lanka”, at the
Annual Academic Sessions of Sri Lankan
Association of Geriatric Medicine (SLAGM),
held on 31st March 2022, at the Galle-Face
Hotel, Colombo.
Ms. KDSV Karunanayaka, a Lecturer
attached to the Department of Pharmacy,
Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, University
of Ruhuna successfully completed her
postgraduate studies, Master of Philosophy in
Pharmaceutical Sciences at University of
Ruhuna, Sri Lanka with the effective date of
01st January 2022. Her research topic was
“Formulation of alcohol-based hand rubs and
non-alcohol-based hand scrubs using Aloe
vera and selected essential oils and evaluation
of antimicrobial efficacy”. This research study
was carried out under the supervision of Dr.
Sujeewa K. Hettihewa, Senior Lecturer,
Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Allied
Health Sciences, University of Ruhuna, Dr.
Dharshan De Silva, Consultant Physician and
Clinical Pharmacologist, Department of
Pharmacology, Medical Research Institute
(MRI) and Dr. Lilani Karunanayaka,
Consultant Clinical Microbiologist,
Dr. P Wijesiriwardhana, Senior Lecturer, Department of Bacteriology, MRI. The study
Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences received a research grant
awarded the best presenter award at 19th (32/2015/11.09.2015) and the majority of the
Academic sessions and 18th Vice Chancellors work was conducted at the MRI. Ms.
awards, University of Ruhuna, for the poster Karunanayaka received the ethical clearance
presented under Health and Medicine category from MRI and specially obtained the clinical
in 18th Academic sessions and 17th Vice trial approval from Sri Lanka Clinical Trial
Chancellors awards, University of Ruhuna. Registry (SLCTR/2019/016) to conduct this

study. She thanks her supervisors, Vice
Wijesiriwardhana P, Sirisena UND, Wettasinghe Chancellor, Dean, Heads of the Department,
TK, Dissanayake VHW. Germline copy number Board of Study together with the Faculty of
variation in patients with hereditary breast cancer Allied Health Sciences, Faculty of Graduate
in Sri Lanka. 18th Academic sessions and 17th Studies and her family for raising her up with
Vice Chancellors awards, University of Ruhuna

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