Dr. DP Jayasena
Lecturer (Probationary) in Clinical Medicine
Email : praveenajayasena@kdu.ac.lk
Qualification
Teaching Areas
Research Interests
Awards and Grants
Publications
Other
Involvement with Other Organizations
Qualification
- MBBS (University of Southampton)
Teaching Areas
- Clinical Medicine
- Basic first aid for non-medical personnel
Research Interests
- Infectious Diseases
Awards and Grants
- Recipient of Tenovus Prize (founded by Professor G.T Stevenson 1983) for best Cancer Sciences research, from University of Southampton (2011)
Publications
Publications
- Benjamin JS, Best K, Jayasena DP, Douglas L, Elliott T, Boulanger D. Diversity of the tapasin knock-out mice T-cell repertoire Immunology 143:71-71 · December 2014.
- Jayasena DP, Boulanger D, Elliott T Influence of Tapasin on Immunodominance & CD8 T cell repertoire. Immunology, 2010 131 (Suppl. 1), 52—190
Presentations
- Poster presentation on “Influence of Tapasin on Immunodominance & CD8 T cell repertoire” at the British Society of Immunology Conference, Liverpool, United Kingdom (07/12/2010)
- Poster presentation on ”In-hospital Cardiac Arrest: Are we missing a Beat?” at the Wessex Foundation Conference, Southampton University Hospital NHS, UK (21/09/2011)
- “Mucosal Fold lesions as a cause of hoarseness of voice- A clinical study” presented at the 29th Annual Academic Sessions, Sri Jayewardenepura General Hospital (13/12/2014)
Other research experience
- Research student- Cancer Sciences Division, University of Southampton, United Kingdom 2010/2011
Other
- Conference Convener – General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University (KDU)- Mayo Clinic USA: International Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplant Medicine and Oncology Conference 2018
- Convener-Curriculum Development and Evaluation Committee
- Organizing Committee- Foundation Programme for Intake 34, FoM, KDU
- Co- Conductor- Sinhala Language Programme to improve spoken Sinhala of foreign students and expatriates of Intake 32, FoM, KDU.
Involvement with Other Organizations
- Member, Sri Lanka Medical Association
- Member of Board of Directors, non-profit children’s Charity People in Need Foundation, Galle, Sri Lanka
- Registered Medical practitioner, General Medical Council, United Kingdom