Prof. Priyadarshini Senanayake wins ‘Inspire Award’
View(s):Research Scientist and Assistant Professor, Priyadarshini (Preenie) Senanayake of the Cole Eye Institute, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University, Ohio, America, has been presented the ‘Inspire Award’.
The Cole Eye Institute presented the award to Preenie for her invaluable contribution to the institute and community service. Preenie who has been associated with this institute for a long time is investigating the cellular and tissue regulation of a peptide system involved in blood pressure and diabetes.
Her research has been multiply funded by the National Institute of Health, the State and National American Heart Association and the Pharmaceutical Industry – AstraZeneca, Takeda Pharmaceuticals, Novartis Pharmaceutical Corporation and Merck Sharp and Dome Inc. She has collaborations in Germany, Switzerland, Japan, Australia and Brazil.
Preenie is a past pupil of St. Bridget’s Convent, Colombo 7, and graduate of the University of Ceylon. She has a Master’s in the metabolism of Vitamin D from the Medical Faculty of the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom. Her Ph.D is in Regulatory Biology from the Cleveland State University.