qualifications: MD
position: Doctor
Sri Lanka
Specialist in Dental Public Health working at the Community Dental Unit, Dental Institute, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Former visiting academic to Australia from Sri Lanka in Dental Public Health. Conducted much research such as the relationship between socioeconomic inequalities and oral health among 15-years-old-adolescents in the Colombo District in Sri Lanka. Research interests are social determinants of population oral health and social inequalities in oral health, oral health in pregnancy. Presidential Awards Winner for Scientific Research Publications for 2007 & 2008.
Obstetric outcomes across US urban and rural hospitals
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Community water fluoridation and child dental caries in remote NT
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Prevalence and factors associated with sarcopenia in southern Brazil
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11th Biennial Pacific Region Indigenous Doctors Congress (PRIDoC) 2024, 2–6 December 2024, Kaurna Country, Adelaide, Australia
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Te Tāreitanga: Evolving understanding of health workforce research, 9 December 2024, Dunedin, NZ, and online
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4th International Indigenous Health & Wellbeing Conference 2025, 16–19 June 2025, Adelaide Convention Centre, Kaurna Country, Australia
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