- Faculty of Medicine
- Department of Community Medicine and Family Medicine
- Senior Lecturer Grade II
Contact information
Department of Community Medicine 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 (2022 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)
Research Activities
Education and Professional Affiliations
Career
Honours and Awards
Publications*
Directorate of non-communicable diseases,".National dietary and physical activity guidelines for selected non communicable diseases: for healthcare physicians.",Directorate of non-communicable diseases, Ministry of Health,2022
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,
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