• Medical Microbiology and Immunology

• Bacterial enteric infections related to Salmonelloses and Shigellosis.
• Antimicrobial resistance.

1. March 2019 – Travel Award Recipient. Awarded by the Coalition Against Typhoid. 11th International Conference on Typhoid and Other Invasive Salmonelloses. Hanoi, Vietnam. 26th- 28th March, 2019.
2. November 2017 – Travel Award Recipient. Awarded by the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 66th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. 5th-9th November, 2017.
3. Aug/Sept 2017 – Best Section Paper.Sajeevan TR. Lilani Karunanayake, Patebendige CGUA, Nasmiya Mubarak, Ravikumar R. A multicenter study to determine the prevalence and the associated factors of New Delhi Metallo-Betalactamase-1 (NDM-1) strains among gram negative bacilli clinical isolates. Sri Lanka College of Microbiologists Annual Scientific Sessions. Aug/September 2017.
4. August 2017 – PRIZE: Poster Presentation Award – 2nd Place. Assig K, Corea E, Folli B, Abeykoon M, Mubarak N, Kumanan T, Senanayake T, Piyasiri B, Steinmetz I. Prevalence of environmental Burkholderiapseudomallei in Sri Lanka. 2nd South Asian Melioidosis Congress, Colombo, Sri Lanka. 29-30th August, 2017.
5. August 2017 – PRIZE: Poster Presentation Award – 3rd Place.Mubarak FN, Thavapalan S, Corea EM, De Silva AD, Cooray BJR, Ghetheeswaran S, Indranath K, Kumanan T, Peranantharajah T, Pradeepan JA, Pratheepan GJ, Selvaratnam G, Sivansuthan S, Sugan-than N, Uthayakumaran S. Melioidosis in northern Sri Lanka: filling the gap in the map. 2nd South Asian Melioidosis Congress, Colom-bo, Sri Lanka. 29-30th August, 2017.
6. April 2017 – Travel Award Recipient. Awarded by the Coalition Against Typhoid. 10th International Conference on Typhoid and Other Invasive Salmonelloses. Kampala, Uganda. 4-6th April, 2017.
7. Aug 2016 – Poster Presentation Award – 2nd Place. Corea E, Patabendige G, Kothalawala M, Francis V, Dassanayake M, Vidanagama D, Nanayakkara G, Fernando R, Abeykoon M, Elvitiga-la JP, Piyasiri DLB, Jayatilleke SK, Dissanayake N, Chandrasiri S, Namalie KD, Karunaratne GKD, Wadanamby JMRWW, Jayasuriya R, Mubarak FN, Udagama S, Wijayaratne WMDGB, Pathirage S, Masakorala J, de Silva AD, Sathkumara H, Krishnananthasivam S, Thevanesam V. Epidemiology of melioidosis in Sri Lanka 2006-2016. 25th Annual Scientific Sessions of the Sri Lanka College of Microbiologists, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
8. 8. June 2016 – Best Student Award. Instruction Course in Molecular Diagnostic Methods for Emerging Infectious Diseases – Pathology Equipment & Training Project, Sri Lanka. Department of Microbiology, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
9. Sept 2015 – Dr W A S De Silva Award for the Best Paper in Tropical Diseases.Mubarak FN, Fernandopulle ANR, Pathirage MVSC. A preliminary analysis of the serotype distribution and anti-microbial susceptibility of Shigella species isolated at Teaching Hospital Jaffna. 48th Annual Academic Sessions of the Ceylon College of Physicians, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 2015.
10. Jan 1997 – MBBS, University of Karachi, Pakistan. Distinction in Anatomy. Distinction in Biochemistry.

1. Mubarak, F., Pathirage, M., Kandasamy, N., Keerthika, A., Mahalingam, S., Mithulan, F., Selvi, K., Umakanthan, S., Perera, K., Waidyarathne, K., Sandeepani, S., Sathiadas, G., Arulmoli, S. and Srisaravanapavananthan, N., 2019. Establishing Campylobacter culture methods in a clinical diagnostic laboratory and the first report of Campylobacter species isolation in northern Sri Lanka. Sri Lankan Journal of Infectious Diseases, 9(1), pp.49–58. DOI: http://doi.org/10.4038/sljid.v9i1.8240
2. Mubarak FN, Thavapalan S, Corea EM, De Silva AD, Cooray BJR, Ghetheeswaran S, Indranath K, Kumanan T, Peranantharajah T, Pradeepan JA, Pratheepan GJ, Selvaratnam G, Sivansuthan S, Suganthan N, Uthayakumaran S. 2017. Melioidosis in northern Sri Lanka: filling the gap in the map. Sri Lankan Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2017;7:S28: 35 – 6. DOI: http://doi.org/10.4038/sljid.v7i0.8196
3. Assig K, Corea E, Folli B, Abeykoon M, Mubarak N, Kumanan T, Senanayake T, Piyasiri B, Steinmetz I. 2017. Prevalence of environmental Burkholderiapseudomallei in Sri Lanka. Sri Lankan Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2017;7:S22: 28–9. DOI: http://doi.org/10.4038/sljid.v7i0.8190
4. Pirasath S, Selvaratnam G, Kumanan T, Pradeepan J, Mubarak FN. Melioidosis: Emerging infection in Northern Sri Lanka. 2016. International Journal of Medical Microbiology and Tropical Diseases, 2(3):112-114. DOI: 10.5958/2455-6807.2016.00020.9
5. Sathiadas, M., Mubarak, F. &Arulmoli, S. 2016, Clinical manifestations and microbiology of Shigelladiarrhoea in children admitted to Teaching Hospital, Jaffna, Sri Lanka. Sri Lankan Journal of Infectious Diseases, 6(2), pp.94–100. DOI: http://doi.org/10.4038/sljid.v6i2.8110
6. Jeyakanth T, Mayurathan P, Guruparan M, Mubarak FN, Pathirage MVSC, Sivansuthan S. 2015. The first case of prosthetic valve endocarditis due to Salmonella entericaSerovarEnteritidis infection in Sri Lanka. Sri Lankan Journal of Infectious Diseases, 5(2), pp.92–95. DOI: http://doi.org/10.4038/sljid.v5i2.8085
7. Mubarak, Nasmiya; Sandaradura, Indy; Isaia, Lupeoletalalelei; O’Sullivan, Matthew; Zhou, Fei; Marriott, Debbie; Iredell, Jonathan; Harkness, John; Andresen, David. 2015. Non-susceptibility to ceftaroline in healthcare-associated multiresistant MRSA in Eastern Australia. J Antimicrob Chemother 70(8). DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkv124
8. Mubarak FN, Chandrasiri P. 2013. A case series of nontyphoidal Salmonella bacteraemia–some food for thought! Sri Lankan Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol.3(2):37-42. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4038/sljid.v3i2.4711

Presentations at conferences, meetings of professional associations Published in abstract form

1. Nasmiya Mubarak, NiroshyKandasamy, SinthujaMahalingam, SujathaPathirage. Analysis of Nontyphoidal Salmonella Isolated at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Northern Sri Lanka. Poster Presentation. 11th International Conference on Typhoid and Other Invasive Salmonelloses. Hanoi, Vietnam. 26th- 28th March, 2019.
2. Mubarak FN, Pathirage MVSC, Shayshananth T, Ratnadurai MBM, Jayawardene KASC, Jeyaseelan M, Keerthika A, Selvi K, Umakanthan S. Speciation, Serotyping and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Pattern of Shigella Isolates in Northern Sri Lanka. Poster Presentation. 66th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. 5th-9th November, 2017.
3. Mubarak FN, Ratnadurai MBM, Shayshananth T, Jayawardene S, Keerthika A, Jeyaseelan M, Selvi K, Sinthuja S, Umakanthan S. Antimicrobial Susceptibility Profile in Patients with Enteric Fever in Northern Sri Lanka. Poster Presentation. ASM/ESCMID Conference on Drug Development to Meet the Challenge of Antimicrobial Resistance. Boston, MA, USA. 6-8th September, 2017.
4. Sajeevan TR. LilaniKarunanayake, Patebendige CGUA, Nasmiya Mubarak, Ravikumar R. A multicenter study to determine the prevalence and the associated factors of New Delhi Metallo-Betalactamase-1 (NDM-1) strains among gram negative bacilli clinical isolates. Sri Lanka College of Microbiologists Annual Scientific Sessions. Aug/September 2017. Abstract: SLCM Annual Bulletin Vol15:(1) p 9-10. PRIZE: Best Section Paper.
5. Mubarak FN, Thavapalan S, Corea EM, De Silva AD, Cooray BJR, Ghetheeswaran S, Indranath K, Kumanan T, Peranantharajah T, Pradeepan JA, Pratheepan GJ, Selvaratnam G, Sivansuthan S, Suganthan N, Uthayakumaran S. Melioidosis in northern Sri Lanka: filling the gap in the map. Poster Presentation. 2nd South Asian Melioidosis Congress, Colombo, Sri Lanka. 29-30th August, 2017. PRIZE: Poster Presentation Award – 3rd Place.
6. Assig K, Corea E, Folli B, Abeykoon M, Mubarak N, Kumanan T, Senanayake T, Piyasiri B, Steinmetz I. Prevalence of environmental Burkholderiapseudomallei in Sri Lanka. Poster Presentation. 2nd South Asian Melioidosis Congress, Colombo, Sri Lanka. 29-30th August, 2017. PRIZE: Poster Presentation Award – 2nd Place.
7. Mubarak FN, Ratnadurai MBM, Shayshananth T, Jayawardene KASC, Keerthika A, Mithulan FJM, Selvi K, Umakanthan S. Serotypes and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of Salmonella species causing enteric fever in northern Sri Lanka. Poster Presentation. 10th International Conference on Typhoid and Other Invasive Salmonelloses. Coalition against Typhoid. Kampala, Uganda. 4-6th April, 2017.
8. Corea E, Patabendige G, Kothalawala M, Francis V, Dassanayake M, Vidanagama D, Nanayakkara G, Fernando R, Abeykoon M, Elvitigala JP, Piyasiri DLB, Jayatilleke SK, Dissanayake N, Chandrasiri S, Namalie KD, Karunaratne GKD, Wadanamby JMRWW, Jayasuriya R, Mubarak FN, Udagama S, Wijayaratne WMDGB, Pathirage S, Masakorala J, de Silva AD, Sathkumara H, Krishnananthasivam S, Thevanesam V. Epidemiology of melioidosis in Sri Lanka 2006-2016. Poster Presentation. 25th Annual Scientific Sessions of the Sri Lanka College of Microbiologists. PRIZE: Poster Presentation Award – 2nd Place.
9. Mubarak FN, Fernandopulle ANR, Pathirage MVSC, Ratnadurai MBM, Shayshananth T, Jayawardene KASC, Keerthika A, Selvi K, Umakanthan S. Aetiology and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of shigellosis observed in a tertiary care hospital in northern Sri Lanka. Poster Presentation. Sri Lanka Medical Association 129th Anniversary International Medical Congress, Colombo, Sri Lanka 2016. (AB 231; Abstract).
10. Mubarak FN, Ratnadurai MBM, Shayshananth T, Jayawardene KASC, Keerthika A, Mithulan FJM, Selvi K, Umakanthan S. Salmonella enterica serotypes causing enteric fever and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns identified in a tertiary care hospital in northern Sri Lanka. Poster Presentation. Sri Lanka Medical Association 129th Anniversary International Medical Congress, Colombo, Sri Lanka 2016. (AB 229; Abstract).
11. Mubarak FN, Fernandopulle ANR, Pathirage MVSC. A preliminary analysis of the serotype distribution and antimicrobial susceptibility of Shigella species isolated at Teaching Hospital Jaffna. Poster Presentation. 48th Annual Academic Sessions of the Ceylon College of Physicians, Colombo, Sri Lanka 2015. ( PRIZE: Dr W A S De Silva Award for the Best Paper in Tropical Diseases.
12. Patabendige CG, Goonasinghe R, Amarasinghe I, Mubarak N, Wickramasinghe D. Actinomyces infected osteoradionecrosis in mandible mimicking tumour recurrence in two males following radiotherapy for head and neck surgery. Poster presentation. 13th Asia-Pacific Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infection, Beijing, China. 2012.
13. Mubarak FN, Chandrasiri P, Dias PRD, Priyangika D. Group B Streptococcus isolation over a period of one year in a maternal tertiary care hospital. Poster presentation. Annual Scientific Sessions of the Sri Lanka College of Microbiologists, 2012.
14. Mubarak FN, Thevanesam V, Agampodi SB. Molecular Diagnosis as an Early and Rapid Diagnostic Method for Leptospirosis. Oral Presentation. Annual Scientific Sessions of the Sri Lanka College of Microbiologists, 2012.
15. Mubarak FN, Karunanayake L, Weerakoon R. Prevalence of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia in a Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit at Teaching Hospital, Kandy. Oral Presentation. Annual Scientific Sessions of the Sri Lanka College of Microbiologists, 2006.

• Life Member of the Association of Medical Specialists, Sri Lanka.
• Life Member of the Sri Lanka College of Microbiologists.
• Life Member of the Sri Lanka Medical Association.
• Life Member of the Jaffna Medical Association.
• Member of the Government Medical Officers Association, Sri Lanka (2003-2017)
• Life Member of the Past Pupils Association of Holy Family Convent, Bambalapitiya, Sri Lanka