- Faculty of Medicine
- Department of Public Health and Family Medicine
- Senior Lecturer Grade II
Contact information
Department of Public Health and Family Medicine
Faculty of Medicine
University of Moratuwa
Moratuwa
10400
Teaching and Administrative Activities
coordinator of Community Medicine Modules -Developing, delivering and coordinating all the curriculum and lectures, including the student research module, community and family attachment streams, MOH attachment and relevant examinations (2021 To date)
Chairperson - Community and Family Medicine committee - coordinate and oversee the activities related to the Community Medicine and Family Medicine curriculum (2023 To date)
coordinator - improvement of services of the UOM - (2022 To date)
Head of the Department - All administrative work related to the department; Curriculum related activities (2022 To 2025)
Chairperson - Ethics review committee, Faculty of Medicine, University of Moratuwa - All administrative work and coordination related to ethics review committee; reviewing proposals. (2025 To date)
Chairperson - Public Health and Family Medicine Stream committee committee - All work related to the PH and FM curriculum and coordination. (2024 To 2025)
Student Counsellor - Student Counselling related work (2022 To date)
Research Activities
Education and Professional Affiliations
Career
Honours and Awards
Publications*
Dr Sashiprabha Nawaratne Professor Samadhi Rajapaksa Dr Janaki Vidanapathirana Dr Ishanka Talagala Dr Lalantha Senaratna Dr Senitha Liyanage Dr Kelum Palpola,".Advance care planning: advanced directives for healthcare.",College of Community Physicians of Sri Lanka,2024
Directorate of non-communicable diseases, Ministry of Health,".National dietary and physical activity guidelines for selected non communicable diseases: for healthcare physicians.",Directorate of non-communicable diseases, Ministry of Health,2022
Priyanjala Sumanasekara, Shashiprabha Amaratunge, Ishanka Talagala, Kamela Anuranga, Nadeeja Samarasekara,".1. Pharmacological Optimization of Hemoglobin in Anemic Patients Undergoing Surgery for Colorectal Cancer and its Clinical Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta Analysis .",54th Annual Academic Sessions of the College of Surgeons of Sri Lanka and joint international conference with the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and the SAARC Surgical Care Society,Colombo,2025,
Gunasekara T.D.R.G., Panamulla E.M., Premathunga K.D.N.K., Madhuwanthi K.K.V.S.S., Poththapitiya P.I.S., Ekanayake W.E.M.S.G., Talagala I.A,".2. Undernutrition and its associated factors among primary school children of government schools in Horana Education Zone in Sri Lanka.",- Global Public Health Summit 2025 and 30th Annual Academic Sessions of College of Community Physicians of Sri Lanka,Colombo,2025,
Talagala I.A., Anuranga M.A.K., Fernando N.S., Kudagamage D.S., De Mel W.R.N., Walakuluarachchilage P.J.,".Quality of life and associated factors among hypertensive patients followed up at Teaching Hospital, Kalutara in Sri Lanka.",- Global Public Health Summit 2025 and 30th Annual Academic Sessions of College of Community Physicians of Sri Lanka,Colombo,2025,
Pamada W.R.V.V., Peiris P.H.D., Perera G.V.B.J., Perera H.N.U., Perera S.S.I., Neththikumara U., Talagala I.A.,".Quality of life and its associated factors among chronic kidney disease patients at the Teaching Hospital, Kalutara, Sri Lanka.",Global Public Health Summit 2025 and 30th Annual Academic Sessions of College of Community Physicians of Sri Lanka,Colombo,2025,
Anuranga M.A.K., Kudagamage D.S., De Mel W.R.N., Jagadeepa W.A.P., Talagala I.A.,".5. Depression, anxiety and associated factors among hypertensive patients followed up at the Teaching Hospital, Kalutara in Sri Lanka.",Global Public Health Summit 2025 and 30th Annual Academic Sessions of College of Community Physicians of Sri Lanka,Colombo,2025,
Pathirana W.P.U.M., Talagala I.A.,".6. Preparedness on flood-related emergencies: knowledge, attitudes and associated factors among adults in flood prone areas of Attanagalle Divisional Secretariat (DS), Sri Lanka..",Global Public Health Summit 2025 and 30th Annual Academic Sessions of College of Community Physicians of Sri Lanka,Colombo,2025,
Ekanayake W.K.E.M.K.R.B., Hettige L.H., Rajapaksha R.W.H.C., Premarathna K.A.S.D., Sithumini M.K., Wimalasena U.R., Wimalasundera A.R., Talagala I.A.,".7. Quality of life and its associated factors among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus attending the Teaching Hospital, Kalutara, Sri Lanka..",Global Public Health Summit 2025 and 30th Annual Academic Sessions of College of Community Physicians of Sri Lanka,Colombo,2025,
Sumanasekara SAYP, Amaratunge SS, Anuranga MAK, Fernando NS, Talagala IA,".Pharmacological Interventions and Surgical Outcomes of Optimizing Hemoglobin Levels in Anemic Patients Undergoing Surgery for Colorectal Carcinoma: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.",- Sri Lanka Medical Association รขโฌโ138th Anniversary International Medical Congress.,Colombo,2025,
Talagala IA, Kodithuwakku M, Herath H,".Are we including palliative care provision in disaster management?.",- 1st Annual Academic Sessions of the College of Palliative Medicine of Sri Lanka,Waters' Edge, Colombo,2022,
Talagala IA and DeSilva DU,".Quality of life, its associated factors and coping mechanisms used among nursing officers in a tertiary care hospital in the district of Colombo during the COVID-19 pandemic .",27th Annual Academic Sessions of the College of Community Physicians of Sri Lanka. ,Colombo,2022,
Talagala IA, Nawarathne M., Arambepola C,".Oesophageal Carcinoma - Survival and its prognostic factors: a follow-up study.",27th Annual Academic Sessions of the College of Community Physicians of Sri Lanka,Colombo,2022,
Talagala IA, Krishanth MDA, Kodithuwakku KM,".Supply chain challenges of personal protective equipment for the Ministry of Health Sri Lanka amid COVID-19 pandemic .",27th Annual Academic Sessions of the College of Community Physicians of Sri Lanka,Colombo,2022,
Ishanka Ayeshwari Talagala,".Supply chain challenges of personal protective equipment and methods of mitigation amidst COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study from Sri Lanka, a developing country in South East Asia.",Archives of Clinical and biomedical research,9 (2),2025
Ishanka Ayeshwari Talagala,".Every baby thrives, every community flourishes: evidence for action. .",Journal of College of Community Physicians of Sri Lanka,31 (2),2025
Ishanka Talagala, Chrishantha Abeysena, Rajitha Wickremasinghe ,".Content analysis of policy documents related to non-communicable diseases prevention and control in Sri Lanka: a developing country in the South-East Asia.",F1000 Research,13:171,2024
4. Kishara Gooneratne, Lakmal Vithanage, Ishanka Talagala, Niroshan C Lokunarangoda, Nilantha Gamage, Nishantha P Muthumal, Aruna Rodrigo, Jagath Kosgahakumbura, Gimhani Liyanage, Amandi Perera, Udaya C Ranawaka.,".Thrombolysis with tenecteplase in acute ischaemic stroke in a tertiary care setting in Sri Lanka: a retrospective study..",Sri Lanka Journal of Neurology,11,2024
Dulshani Pujitha Gunawardhana and Ishanka Ayeshwari Talagala,".Factors influencing the maternal choice of packaged snacks for 6-10 years old children: A cross sectional study from Sri Lanka..",PLOS Global Public Health,4(9): e0003574,2024
2. Pandula Siribaddana, Achala U Jayatilleke, Nalika Gunawardena, Angela de Silva, Champika Wickramasinghe, Lakshman Gamlath, Thilak Siriwardena, Vindya Kumarapeli, Janaki Vidanapathirana, Shanthi Gunawardena, AMAAP Alagiyawanna, Ishanka Talagala, Aravinda Wickramasinghe, Prabha Kumari, Prasad Ranatunga, Sapumal Dhanapala, Razia Pendse ,".Challenges and advances towards reformulating processed foods to contain low salt in Sri Lanka.",International Journal of Nutrition Sciences,7(4),2022
3. Achala Upendra Jayatilleke, Nalika Gunawardena, Angela de Silva, Champika Wickramasinghe, Lakshman Gamlath, Thilak Siriwardena, Janaki Vidanapathirana, Shanthi Gunawardena, Vindya Kumarapeli, AMAAP Alagiyawanna, Ishanka A Talagala, Aravinda Wickramasinghe, Prabha Kumari, Prasad Ranatunga, Sapumal Dhanapala, Razia Pendse ,".Slat and Health: public awareness, attitudes, and practices in Sri Lanka to inform a behaviour change communication campaign to reduce dietary salt..",Journal of the College of Community Physicians of Sri Lanka,28/3,2022
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