Institute for Research & Development

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Wellcome Trust
World Health Organization
Rufford Foundation

Awarded Grants

  • UK Research and Innovation | Medical Research Council

    2019

    MRC Global Health Nutrition Developmental Grant MR/T00679X/1.

  • Rufford Foundation

    2018

    Phylogeny, Ecology and Conservation Status of the Endemic Skink Genus Lankascincus (Squamata: Scincidae) in Sri Lanka.

  • UK Research and Innovation | Medical Research Council

    2018

    Establishing a child and adolescent twin register for research and capacity building on the etiology of mental illness in Sri Lanka and other LMICs.

  • The Wellcome Trust UK

    2016

    Public understandings of genomic research: a Sri-Lankan perspective of biobank participants at IRD.

     
     

  • Center for Disease Control (USA)

    2016

    Integrating mental health into primary care for conflict affected internal forced migrants in Northern Sri Lanka (COMGAP-S).

     
     

  • South Asian Hub for Advocacy, Research & Education on Mental Health (SHARE)

     

    2013An intervention to improve mental health care for conflict-affected forced migrants in low-resource primary care settings: a WHO MhGAP-based pilot study in Sri Lanka (COM-GAP study).

  • National Health & Medical Research Council Australia(NHMRC)

    2012

    The University of Sydney as Collaborating Institution. A twin study on sleep duration, disturbance and physical activity levels – Prevalence and associations with depression, BMI and metabolic syndrome in Sri Lanka.

     

  • TimelineThe Wellcome Trust

    2011

    The Colombo Twin and Singleton follow-up Study (COTASS 2); the overlap between metabolic syndrome and depression.

  • International Organization on Migration –

    2010
     
    ‘Impact of spouse migration on the left behind family in Sri Lanka’.

  • The Wellcome Trust

    2010
     
    Bioethics grant, Building capacity in Sri Lanka on veterinary ethics and policy.
     
     

  • The Wellcome Trust

    2010

    Use of Behavioral Genetics to explore overlaps between depression and metabolic syndrome in Sri Lanka (The Colombo Twin and Singleton Study (CoTaSS) follow up).

  • The Wellcome Trust

    2008

    A supplementary grant, Population based Twin study on common mental disorders in Sri Lanka.

  • The Wellcome Trust

    2008

    International engagement award Multiples and twins engaging in research through cultural activities.

  • The Wellcome Trust

    2008

    Master’s Fellowship in Public Health and Tropical Medicine.

  • The Wellcome Trust

    2008

    Bioethics grant; Building capacity in Sri Lanka to conduct research into ethical issues in health care and research.

  • WHO Colombo

    2007

    Development, execution and evaluation of a training programme for OPD doctors in Eastern province in Sri Lanka, for identification, treatment and referral of epilepsy, psychosis, severe depression, MUC and heavy alcohol use.

  • The World Bank & Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka

    2006

    Island wide mental health survey; community and school based, and attitude survey in Sri Lanka.

  • The Wellcome Trust

    2006

    Bioethics grant; A conference grant for a meeting titled; ‘Disaster related research and ethics for the developing world in global context’.

  • The Wellcome Trust

    2006

    A training grant for a basic and advanced course on bioethics titled ‘Ethics; a friend of research.

  • WHO Colombo

    2005

    Getting 15 years of research on medically unexplained symptoms into policy and practice; a poster, training manual and workshops in Sri Lanka (including evaluation of training).

  • The Wellcome Trust

    2004

    Bioethics grant; Projects grant (1 year) for the project titled ‘Informed consent in Sri Lanka; current practices, quality of the information leaflets, consent forms and participants understanding of the process.

  • The Wellcome Trust

    2003

    Bioethics grant; To hold a Bioethics training workshop in Sri Lanka.

  • The Wellcome Trust

    2003

    A population based twin study on common mental disorders in Sri Lanka.

  • The Wellcome Trust

    2002

    An extension for RCTs of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for medically unexplained symptom.

  • The Wellcome Trust

    2000

    An International Research Initiative Grant for 2 years to carry out preliminary work of establishing a Population based Twin Registry in Sri Lanka.

  • The Wellcome Trust

    1999

    A randomized controlled trial of CBT Vs structured care for patients with medically unexplained symptoms in general medical care in Sri Lanka. CBT was administered by Primary care doctors.

  • The Wellcome Trust

    1997

    Pilot RCTs of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for medically unexplained symptoms.