K N Seneviratne Memorial Research Award
The Physiological Society of Sri Lanka makes an annual award for original investigational work done in physiology by undergraduates or postgraduates.
The award arises from an endowment made by Mrs. Alison Seneviratne in memory of her husband Dr. K. N. Seneviratne a former Professor in Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo.
The award will consist of a certificate and a cash prize.
Conditions to be fulfilled by applicants for the Award
- The work for which the Award is made must be of the nature of an original investigation done by the applicant. The work (thesis/ dissertation sumitted) should have been done within a period of five years or less preceding the closing date of application for the Award. At the time of study the applicant/s should be student/s at a university or other higher educational institutions at undergraduate level or postgraduate level.
- The work should have been supervised by an experienced scientist (applicable to undergraduates)
- The work must be in any one or more of the various fields of physiology, including animal, human, microbial and plant physiology.
- The applicant must submit his work in the form of a scientific paper. Original and two copies should be submitted. The copies should not have the names of authors. Typical sections in such a paper would be title, author’s name and address, abstract, introduction, methods and results, discussion, acknowledgment and references. The length of the paper should be 10 pages or less of double spaced typewritten material on A4-size paper. Longer papers may exceptionally be accepted. A paper that has already been published by a scientific journal may be submitted for the Award. The style in presenting the references should confirm to that required when preparing papers and abstract of presentation at the Physiological Society of Sri Lanka.
- Priority would be for applicants less than 40 years of age at the time of closing applications and for work conducted in Sri Lanka but the award would be open for all ages and would include research work conducted outside Sri Lanka.
- This award would be open to all citizens of Sri Lanka.
- The award is a lifetime award.
Past K N Seneviratne Memorial Research Award holders
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Year |
Awardee |
Title of research paper |
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2017 |
Dr Tania Warnakulasuriya |
Frequency of micronuclei among persons resident in the vicinity of a mineral sand processing factory in Pulmoddai, Sri Lanka |
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2016 |
Dr Nalinda Silva |
Metalloestrogen cadmium stimulates proliferation of stromal cells derived from the eutopic endometrium of women with endometriosis |
| 2015 | Dr Padmini Dahanayake | Assessment of hearing using brain stem auditory evoked potentials in at-risk infants and a follow-up study in Sri Lanka |
| 2014 | Dr Tharaka Dasanayake | Where does cognition meet vision? Neurophysiological evidence for attentional enhancement of visual processing in the primary visual cortex |
| 2013 | Dr. Sudheera Kalupahana | Overproduction of angiotensinogen from adipose tissue induces adipose inflammation, glucose intolerance and insulin resistance |
| 2012 | Dr Lakmali Amarasiri | Relationship between gastro-oesophageal reflux disease and asthma in a population of adults in Sri Lanka. |
| 2011 | Dr Dilshani Dissanayake | Sensory gating, cannabis and research rewards |
