About Mahinda Kommalage

I obtained my first degree, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) in 1997 from University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka. I obtained the degree of Medicine Licentiat (Ph L) and PhD in 2001 and 2005 respectively from Uppsala University, Sweden.

In 1999, I jointed the Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka as a lecturer. In 2000, I jointed the department of Neruroscience, Uppsala University as a researcher where he worked in a project on Spinal cord pain transmission. In 2005, I resumed duty as a senior lecturer in the Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka.

Currently I am engaged in several research projects: Neurological parameters in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome, usage of information technology in undergraduate education, usage of websites as medium of disseminating health information in Sri Lanka and medical education.

Workshops, training Programs and conferences attended

FAIMER-fellow first training session on Medical education and research, Philadelphia, USA 2009.

2nd International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance. Cairo, Egypt, December 2008.

Workshop on ‘Rich-media webcasting technologies for science dissemination’ in Trieste, Italy. December 2007 organized by International centre for Theoretical Physics and funded by UNESCO.

Course conducted by University of Colombo School of Computing on ‘E-learning Technology’ 2006.

Management training course conducted by Management Frontiers limited 2006.

European University Teacher Exchange Program (SOKRATES), teaching at University of Helsinki, Finland, 2004.

Teacher training course in Uppsala University, Sweden, Spring 2004.

4th international symposium of microdialysis in drug research and development, Vienna, 2004.

Pain in Europe IV, 4th congress of EFIC, Prague, Czech Republic, September 2003.

10th world congress on pain, San Diego, California, 2002.

The course ‘Introduction to scientific research’ Uppsala University, Sweden, 2001.

Course in laboratory animal science 2000, Uppsala, Sweden

`Workshop on teaching method and data handling` in University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka 1999.