HUMAN GENETICS UNIT

Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka Established in 1983

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Faculty

Prof. Rohan W. Jayasekara MBBS, PhD (Newcastle), M.I.Biol (UK), C.Biol. (UK)
Chair and Senior Professor of Anatomy, Director Human Genetics Unit, Medical Geneticist

Dr. Vajira H. W. Dissanayake MBBS, PhD (Nottingham)
Senior Lecturer, Medical Geneticist
 
Lecturer, Trainee Medical Geneticist
 
Secretarial Staff
 
Secretary
 
Genetic Nurse
 
Genetic Nurse
 
Technical Staff
 
Senior Technical Officer (Cytogenetics)
 
Senior Laboratory Assistant (Cytogenetics)
 
Laboratory Assistant (Informatics)
 
Scientists
 
Research Assistant (Cytogenetics)
 
Research Assistant (Bioinformatics)
 
PhD Students
 
working on Genetics of Recurrnet Pregnancy Loss and Subfertility
 
on leave from Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Colombo, University of Colombo.
working on host genetics of cutaneous leishmaniasis
 
on leave from Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Jaffna.
working on Genetics of Pre-eclampsia
 
on leave from Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Universtity of Colombo.
working on Genetics of Pre-eclampsia
  
working on genetics of Breast Cancer
 
working on genetics of Pre-eclampsia examining the role of infectious agents in the aetiology of the condition
 
Allumni of the HGU
 
Gayani Gammulla BSc, MSc
Currently PhD student, Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.
 
Jeevani Opanayake BSc
Currently Scientist, Asiri Centre for Genomic and Regnerative Medicine, Asiri Group of Hospitals, Colombo
 
Nadeeka Jayawardena BSc, MSc
Currently Pobationary Lecturer, University of Peradeniya
 
Sumali Jayaweera BSc
Currently MSc Student, University of Peradeniya
 
Nirosha Samsudeen BSc 
 
Lakshini Weerasekara BSc
 
Risama Mohamed BSc
 
Dr. S. Sandamal MBBS
 
Dr. Roshini Weerasiri MBBS
 
Dr. Sharmilee Sivaneswaran MBBS
 
Dr. Priyanwada Jayalath MBBS