Athula Sumathipala
| Professor Athula Sumathipala | |
|---|---|
| Born | Sri Lanka |
| Residence | United Kingdom |
| Nationality |
 Sri Lankan |
| Education |
Nalanda College Colombo University of Colombo University of London |
| Occupation | Dr |
| Employer | Keele University United Kingdom |
| Title | Professor |
Professor Dr Athula Sumathipala MBBS, MD, PhD, MRCP, MRCPsych is a Professor of Psychiatry at Faculty of Health Keele University United Kingdom.[1]
Early life
Athula after attending Nalanda College Colombo excelling in secondary education entered the Medical Faculty of University of Colombo. In 1980 he graduated as a Medical Doctor gaining a degree of Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery. Consequently he followed it up with a Diploma of Family medicine (DFM) at Post Graduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo in 1985. Dr Sumathipala obtained a degree of MD from the same university in 1990. Later in 2004 he obtained a PhD from University of London.[2]
Career
Dr Athula is also the founder of the Institute for Research and Development, and founder of the Sri Lankan Twin registry. He had authored many books & publications in Psychiatry. Professor Sumathipal works for the World Health Organization in advisory capacity too.
References
- ↑ Prof Athula Sumathipala to attend Global Forum on Bioethics in Research Archived September 8, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ American University of Sovereign Nations Archived September 8, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.
- "Another time, another terror". Sunday Times.
- "The counsellor's role: a response". Island. 2005-03-23.
- "Ethics of trauma research". Sunday Observer. 2005-02-06.
- "Mental Health to the Black Dogs". Nation. 2009-04-19.
- "Fifth Oration 2011 - Post Graduate Institute of Medicine University of Colombo". Institute of Medicine University of Colombo. 2011.
- "INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CONFERENCE - 201 Parallel Plenary Session - Medicine". General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University. 2014.
- "Capacity building through multi-disciplinary research: a report from Sri Lanka". The Royal College of Psychiatrists.
- "Prof. Athula Sumathipala". youtube.
- "Executive Committee Members". IRD. 2011. Archived from the original on 2014-09-08.
- "Athula Sumathipala - Institute of Psychiatry". PUB FACTS - Institute of Psychiatry.
- "Bioethics Training Programme University of the Philippines". University of the Philippines. Archived from the original on 2015-01-02.
- "Nalanda College Alumni". Nalanda College Colombo. Archived from the original on 2014-10-05.