News & Events

A workshop on Mindfulness and Healthy Living was conducted for academic staff members of the Faculty of Allied Health Sciences on 15th February 2023 at the Board Room of the Faculty of Medical Sciences. The resource person for the workshop was Dr. Sanath Mahawithanage who is the Director of the Center for Mindfulness based Research & Practices and Senior...Read More

The annual beach cleaning program, ‘Weralata husmak’ was organized by the 2020/2021 batch of Allied Health Sciences students at Crow Island, Colombo on 11th February 2023. All the garbage were separated as ‘soft plastics’, ‘hard plastics’, rubber, and metal for responsible disposal. Students from all batches and staff contributed to this good cause. Parley Sri...Read More

The university video contest – 2022 of SLAAS was organized jointly by the Section B and Environmental Committee of the Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science (SLAAS) under the topic, “Steps towards forest resources management for sustainable development of Sri Lanka”. W.M.T.D. Dharmarathne, M.A.H. Madushan, M.D.S.S. Abeysinghe, M.V.D. Sasindi, T.D.S. Karunarathna, and A.W.D....Read More

The planting programme “කැපකරු රුක් රෝපණ වැඩසටහන” was launched by the Public Outreach & Social Responsibility Committee of Faculty of Allied Health Sciences (POSRC-FAHS) on 29 th September 2022 at the Dept. of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences with the presence of Prof. M.D.J Wijayabandara, Dean (Acting) of the faculty, and about 20 academic and non-academic...Read More

Implementing the national strategic framework for palliative care development in Sri Lanka, the proposed Diploma in Palliative Care programme was initiated at the Post Basic College of Nursing, of the Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka on 8 th October 2022 to foster and strengthen human resource in providing palliative care at the grassroot level. Dr....Read More

The Public Outreach & Social Responsibility Committee of Faculty of Allied Health Sciences (POSRC-FAHS), University of Sri Jayewardenepura in collaboration with the Department of Family Medicine co-organized a health camp on 9 th December 2022 at the Faculty of Medical Sciences, USJ from 8.30 a.m. to 2.00 p.m. Staff and students of all four programmes...Read More

Although every year thousands of laboratory animals are sacrificed for the benefit of humans, meritorious events to pay gratitude for those who pay from their lives is rare. Thus, marking a milestone in the field of laboratory animal sciences in Sri Lanka, the first ever almsgiving was held with the blessing of five Buddhist monks...Read More

The Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences of the Faculty of Allied Health Sciences University of Sri Jayewardenepura in collaboration with CASPPER (Collaboration of Australians and Sri Lankans for Pharmacy Practice, Education and Research) and University of Peradeniya (UoP) organized and held a joint forum to share research findings related to pharmacy practice research supervised/conducted...Read More

The Professional Development Program in Clinical Pharmacy organized by the Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, FAHS, USJ was held on 21 st and 22 nd November 2022. This program comprised of two events aimed at undergraduates, and graduate pharmacists working in Sri Lanka. The program was resourced by Prof. Ian Coombes, Director of Pharmacy,...Read More