Dr. D Hiruni Jayasena
Lecturer (Probationary) – Clinical Medicine
Email : hiruni.jayasena@kdu.ac.lk
Qualifications
Teaching Areas
Research Interests
Publications
Awards and Grants
Involvement with Other Organizations
Qualifications
- MBBS (Lond)
- MRCP (UK)
- MD (Bristol)
Teaching Areas
- Clinical Medicine
Research Interests
- Gastroenterology – Inflammatory bowel disease, Irritable bowel disease, Nutrition
Publications
Research and Publications
- Menon S, Jayasena H, Nightingale P, Trudgill N. Influence of age and sex on endoscopic findings of gastro oesophageal reflux disease: an endoscopy database study. European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 2011: 23(5):389-95
- Shepherd S, McGuire ND, de Lacy Costello B, Ewen R, Jayasena DH, Vaughan K, Ahmed I, Probert CSJ and Ratcliffe NM. The use of a gas chromatograph coupled to a metal oxide sensor for rapid assessment of stool samples from irritable bowel syndrome and inflammatory bowel disease patients. Journal of Breath Research. 2014; 8 (2). ISSN 1752-7155 \
Doctoral study: - Volatile organic compounds and Lactoferrin as non-invasive biomarkers in inflammatory bowel disease
- Date, Supervisor: Aug 2010 – Sep 2013, Prof Chris Probert, Consultant Gastroenterologist, Bristol Royal Infirmary. Thesis published: 2013, University of Bristol, UK
Presentations
- “A needle to penetrate” – winning essay on acupuncture presented at the opening ceremony of the Annual World Congress in Alternative Medicine, Sri Lanka 1999
- Paper and Oral presentation: Urinary biomarkers in Inflammatory bowel disease
British Society of Gastroenterology Scientific Research Symposium, Glasgow 2013 - Ceylon Medical Journal 2005 – annual scientific papers. Malignant otitis media and diabetes
Other Publications
- Best of five MCQs for the Gastroenterology SCE :
By Oxford University Press
Chapter 1, Upper Gastrointestinal tract disorders - British Society of Gastroenterology annual session – GUT magazine April 2012
Lactoferrin as a faecal biomarker in inflammatory bowel disease - British Society of Gastroenterology annual session – GUT magazine July 2013
1) Volatile organic compounds as faecal biomarkers in inflammatory bowel disease
2) Volatile organic compounds as urinary biomarkers in inflammatory bowel disease - Get Ahead of Medicine: 150 EMQs for Finals
By CRC Press
Editor: Dr H Jayasena
Awaiting publication
Awards and Grants
Involvement with Other Organizations
- Director ,
People In Need Foundation,
Boossa, Sri Lanka - Mentor: Emerge Lanka Foundation,
Colombo, Sri Lanka