卡斯图里拉特纳·阿努拉达尼

I am an academic researcher with research interests in preventive medicine including epidemiology, health interventions and health professional education. My research experience extends over 22 years. I trained in medicine and specialized in Public Health and Community Medicine. I was board-certified as a specialist in Community Medicine in 2008. As the Principal Investigator or co-Investigator of several international grants, I have conducted epidemiological and interventional studies on non-communicable diseases. Many international publications generated from my group have contributed to advancement of knowledge in the epidemiology and prevention of non-communicable diseases in Sri Lanka and South Asia. I have been included in the Stanford/ Elsevier list of worlds’ top 2% of most cited scientists since 2021. I have supervised 17 Doctoral and Masters’ students from medicine and allied health fields on topics related to chronic disease epidemiology, prevention and control. I have been a member of the Boards of Study in Community Medicine, Venereology, Forensic Medicine and Sports Medicine at the national level and trained postgraduate medical doctors in these disciplines. I am a reviewer for the Sri Lanka Medical Council Accreditation Unit which is recognized by the World Federation of Medical Education for accreditation of medical schools in Sri Lanka. As the training lead for Sri Lanka in the NIHR Global Health Research Unit and Network funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research, United Kingdom, I oversee the training of six doctoral students from Sri Lanka and contribute to the training of 15 doctoral students from South Asia. My research collaborations extend to academia and health program managers in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh Australia, Singapore, United Kingdom and the United States.