
University of Colombo Vice Chancellor’s Award for Research Excellence – 2021 Professor Ranil Jayawardena, Faculty of Medicine
Prof. Ranil Jayawardena is a Professor in Nutrition in the Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine. Following his graduation from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, he completed his MSc from the University of Glasgow, UK and subsequently his PhD at Queensland University of Technology, Australia. He is one of the leading practitioners and…
Postgraduate Convocation 2020
Eleven students received their postgraduate degrees on 2nd March 2023 at the BMICH. Congrats on your outstanding achievement. Wishing you all the best for the future and all its challenges and opportunities. Following students of the faculty were awarded Doctor of Philosophy Dr. Hermali Slva Ms. Prabhavi Wijesiriwardhne Ms. KPD Ruwanika Ms. YMUY Bandara Dr.…
The Inauguration of Orientation Programme of MBBS Degree 2021/2011
The Inauguration of the Orientation Programme for 2021/2022 MBBS students of the Faculty of Medicine was held on 30th January 2023 at the Main Auditorium of the UCFM tower. Senior Professor (Chair) H.D.Karunarathne, the Vice Chancellor graced the occasion as the Chief Guest. The ceremony was attended by Senior Professor Vajira H.W.Dissanyake, Dean, Faculty of…
Commencement of Language Course – UCFM/2021 Batch
The language course for the UCFM 2021 batch commenced on 2023 – 01 – 16.
General Convocation 2021 – University of Colombo
The University of Colombo held its General Convocation 2020 for the Faculty of Medicine on December 13th, 2022 at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall, Colombo. The event was graced by the Vice-Chancellor, Senior Professor H.D. Karunaratne, the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Vidya Jyothi Prof. Vajira H.W. Dissanayake, several academic and administrative staff,…
Ceremonial Opening of Rural Health Research Centre, Kataragama
Sri Lanka was in the process of eliminating of malaria, and the infrastructure of this facility was upgraded into a research center through a grant under the World Bank for Higher Education for the Twenty-First Century Window-3 (HETC-W3) during the 2015-2018 period. Through this grant, the Rural Health Research Center (RHRC) of the University of…
World diabetes day celebration 2022 & Initiation of community physiotherapy clinic at RHRC,Kataragama : 19th November 2022
A diabetes screening & awareness program was held at the Rural Health Research Center, Kataragama, for commemoration of World Diabetes Day, on 19th November 2022 with the organization of the University of Colombo, Faculty of Medicine and sponsored by the Diabetes Endocrinology & Cardio Renal Trust. Furthermore, the Rural Health Research Center in Kataragama conducted…