Vice Chancellor’s award for research excellence 2020 – Prof. Pathirage Kamal Perera
Professor Pathirgae Kamal Perera graduated from the Institute of Indigenous Medicine, the University of Colombo in 2003 with honors, obtaining distinctions in Obstetrics and Gynecology in Degree of Bachelor of Ayurveda Medicine and Surgery. He completed his Master’s Degree to Ph.D. in Pharmacology at China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China, and was certified as a Pharmacologist in China. He specialized in Pharmacology & Therapeutics, and Immunology. He has been certified and trained in Pharmacovigilance and Drug Safety in the WHO Collaborating Centre of Uppsala Monitoring Centre (UMC), Sweden. Further, he obtained post-doctoral training in clinical drug development and achieved the Diploma in Research & Development of Products to Meet Public Health Needs, Nagasaki University Japan. Currently, he is a full member of the British Pharmacology Society in the United Kingdom. He joined the Institute of Indigenous Medicine University of Colombo in 2006 as a Probationary Lecturer and subsequently was promoted to Senior Lecturer grade I. He was promoted to Professor in Ayurveda Medicine in 2020 as the youngest who was promoted to Professor in Ayurveda Medicine in Sri Lanka. He also serves as an honorary consultant Physician at National Ayurveda Teaching Hospital in Colombo. He extends his service globally as a Visiting Professor at the Management and Science University in Malaysia. Professor Perera, served as a senior consultant to the World Health Organization on a project on “A review of traditional medicine research in Sri Lanka: 2015–2019” and a Project on “intellectual property rights (IPRS) and trade in traditional medicines (TM) in Sri Lanka, 2015” He is a leading clinical researcher in the fields of herbal pharmacology and immunology, Ayurveda medicine, traditional medicine, and integrative medicine in Sri Lanka. He together with his students and colleagues has been the recipient of awards for research excellence and innovation at university, national and international levels including NRC Merit Awards, Vice Chancellor’s Research Award in 2016, and University of Colombo Senate Research Awards in 2016 and 2019. Apart from supervising undergraduate research, he has supervised 20 research degree students (08Ph.D. and 02MPhil, 04MD, and 06MSc research thesis. Professor Perera has over 70 original research publications in Science citation indexed and refereed journals, 125 abstract presentations, 04 books, 07 book chapters in international scientific books, 06 commissioned reports, and 04 herbal product innovations, and commercialization. Further, he was involved in Editorial works and as a reviewer for Peer-reviewed International Journals.
