News & Events

RCHS 2021 is organized by the Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura and will be held on 31st March 2021. The Faculty is proud to organize this inaugural virtual forum sharing research on a range of health sciences and related disciplines. The conference theme is ‘Fostering healthcare needs through research and innovation’ and...Read More

The premier issue of the Journal of Health Sciences and Innovative Research was launched on the 31st of December 2020. This is a peer-reviewed journal published annually by the Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka. The journal aims to promote and disseminate original and innovative health related research beneficial for...Read More

  Event: Annual Scientific Session -2020, College of Medical Laboratory Science-Sri Lanka Mr. L.H.V.Chamikara and Ms. M.L.F.Sajitha, final year students of the Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences  won the “Best Researcher” award for their presentation on “In vitro antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties of Garcinia cambogia, Curcuma longa and sesame oil”...Read More

A new haematological staining method which proved to be a solution to poor staining of hypercellular bone marrow smears was invented by two final year undergraduates following the B.Sc Medical Laboratory Sciences Degree Programme,  Faculty of Allied Health Sciences under the supervision of Dr. D. Gunawardena, Consultant Haematologist, Department of Pathology Faculty of Medical Sciences...Read More

Dr. Ranga Disssanayake, Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Allied Sciences, won the NSF Research Awards 2017 for Scientific Excellence in the field of ‘Environment and Biodiversity’ under the NSF Competitive Research Grants Scheme for his contribution in the project ‘Isolation of antimicrobial compounds from endophytic fungi of endemic flora of Sri Lanka’...Read More

The ‘Narrative Competition for Students of Healthcare Professionals’ was organized by the Sri Lanka Medical Association on 25th October 2019 at the SLMA Auditorium, Wijerama Mawatha.  Ms. M. Thilini Kumari Mapatuna and Ms. Tharinee Weerasinghe, two undergraduates of the B.Sc Nursing Degree Program, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences participated at this competition. Among 32 competitors...Read More

Dr. W.J.A. Banukie Jayasuriya was awarded with the IUBMB-FAOBMB Young Scientist Program Fellowship 2019. Dr. Jayasuriya participated in the Young Scientist Program (YSP) 2019 which was held in conjunction with the 27th FAOBMB conference, 44th MSBMB conference and IUBMB Special Symposia in Malaysia. The Young Scientist Program was held at the Taylor’s University Lakeside Campus, Kuala Lumpur,...Read More

The Geethanjalee Poson Bathi Gee Saraniya was held on 4th July 2019 at the University premises. This was organized as a Bathi Gee competition where groups of students represented the different Faculties of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura. Sixteen students from the Department of Nursing and Midwifery, Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Department...Read More

The Inaugural Faculty Board Meeting of the Faculty of Allied Health Sciences was held on the 7th of June 2019 at the Board Room of the Health Sciences Resource Centre (HSRC) building. It was a memorable occasion for the members of the new Faculty as it officially marked the independent functioning of the Faculty of...Read More