ProfessorAnanda Rajitha Wickremasinghe
Head, Department of Public Health
University of Kelaniya
- Head, Department of Public HealthUniversity of Kelaniya
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- +94 11 2953411 (Work)
BIO
Prof AR Wickremasinghe is University of Kelaniya’s Principal Investigator and Professor of Public Health at the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Kelaniya.
He is an epidemiologist and a biostatistician with an outstanding publication profile. He is widely experienced in the conduct of multi-centre collaborative epidemiological studies. His research interests involve tropical diseases including malaria, non-communicable diseases, nutrition, disability and health policy.
He is an epidemiologist and a biostatistician with an outstanding publication profile. He is widely experienced in the conduct of multi-centre collaborative epidemiological studies. His research interests involve tropical diseases including malaria, non-communicable diseases, nutrition, disability and health policy.
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Head, Department of Public HealthUniversity of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka2021 - present
DEGREES
- MPHTulane Medical Center, New Orleans, United States
- PhDTulane University, New Orleans, United States
WHO REGION
- WHO South-East Asia Region
COUNTRY OF NATIONALITY
- Sri Lanka