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Annual Research Symposium of the Faculty of Medicine
View(s):The Annual Research Symposium of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, will be held on November 21 from 8.30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the New Lecture Theatre in the faculty.
The Chief Guest will be Prof. Janaka de Silva, Director of the Postgraduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo and Senior Professor of Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya. The keynote address will be on ‘Scientific Research in Sri Lanka: The Need to do Better’.
A plenary lecture titled ‘Extreme Genetics, Innovation and Drug Discovery’ will be delivered by Dr. Roshni R. Singaraja, Assistant Professor of the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, while the Faculty of Medicine Oration ‘Trends in Suicide and Deliberate Self-Harm in Sri Lanka’ will be by Prof. Varuni de Silva, Professor in Psychological Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo.
More than 50 research papers will be presented with 16 oral and 36 poster presentations. The research conducted at the Colombo Medical Faculty ranges from communicable, non-communicable and chronic diseases to molecular genetics, pharmacodynamics, pharmacogenetic, forensic analysis, ophthalmology and medical education.