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Researcher
ORCID: 0000-0003-0974-5730
Chandika
Gamage
Professor in Microbiology at University of Peradeniya
Department of Microbiology
Sri Lanka
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About
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Professional Skills
SPSS
Medical & Health Profession Education
Zoonotic Diseases
Epidemiology
Infectious Diseases
Infectious Disease Epidemiology
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Surveillance
Infection
Tropical Diseases
Research Experience
Senior Lecturer
University of Peradeniya May 2013 - Present
Invited foreign researcher
Ryukyu University Japan September 2018 - March 2019
Postdoctoral fellow
Hokkaido University April 2011 - March 2013
Work Experience
Senior Lecturer
University of Peradeniya May 2013 - Present
Specially appointed Associate Professor
Hokkaido University January 2020 - March 2020
Education
Hokkaido University
2009 - 2011
Postgraduate , Zoonosis Control Expert Certification
Hokkaido University
2007 - 2011
Doctoral Degree , Epidemiology and Public Health Microbiology
University of Peradeniya
1999 - 2004
Bachelor of Veterinary Science , Veterinary medicine

Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science 

Membership
Founder Member
2014 - Permanent
Sri Lanka College of Veterinary Surgeons
Media Publications
Leptospirosis – no longer the rural farmer’s disease
Upali Newspapers (Pvt) Ltd. | Jan , 2020

Making a breakthrough in the study of leptospirosis, a bacterial infection transmitted from animals, a team of Sri Lankan researchers in a collaborative endeavour has discovered six new genotypes of this largely undermined tropical disease. In an exclusive interview with the Sunday Island, they throw light on the findings of their research which are now in international literature enabling new knowledge on the world’s commonest zoonotic disease.

Prizes and Awards
Foreign researcher fellowship
Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyu, Japan | 2018
Sri Lankan Society for Microbiology (SSM) Scientific Publications Award
Sri Lankan Society for Microbiology (SSM) - Sri Lanka | Oct 2017

         

Travel grant
 International Society of Leptospirosis | 2017
Research Publication Award
Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka | 2016
National Research Council (NRC) Merit Award
National Research Council (NRC) - Sri Lanka | 2015
Research Publication Award
Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka | 2015

Research grant for international collaborative research on Hantavirus infection and leptospirosis in Sri Lanka
Japan-North American Medical Exchange Foundation | May 2014
Foreign visiting researcher
Japan-North American Medical Exchange Foundation | Oct 2013
Recipient of a grant for postdoctoral research on leptospirosis
Global COE (Center of Excellence) Program "Establishment of International Collaboration Centers for Zoonosis Control”, Hokkaido University, Japan   | May 2011
Postdoctoral fellowship
Global COE (Center of Excellence) Program "Establishment of International Collaboration Centers for Zoonosis Control”,   Hokkaido University, Japan  | Apr 2011
Recipient of a grant for field epidemiological study
Global COE (Center of Excellence) Program "Establishment of International Collaboration Centers for Zoonosis Control”, Hokkaido University, Japan  | Apr 2009
Japanese Government scholarship (MONBU KAGAKU SHO) for doctoral studies in Hokkaido University
Japanese Government | Oct 2006
Realted Researchers