RESEARCH & PUBLICATIONS   Dr. T.D. Jayasena Kaluarachchi MBBS Senior Lecturer Grade II and Head Department of Parasitology Telephone - Office : +94 11 2758679     Mobile : +94 77 5146021 E-mail : dilhara@sjp.ac.lk   GENERAL INFORMATION Google Scholar link https://scholar.google.com/citations?authuser=1&user=vW3weLIAAAAJ Research Gate link https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Td-Jayasena-Kaluarachchi Linkedin link https://www.linkedin.com/in/thilini-jayasena-kaluarachchi-598312219 ORCID number https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1635-4917 Sri Lanka Medical Council Registration Number 33168     PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) (Leishmaniasis), 2022 Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka Certificate Course in Teaching in Higher Education, 2019 University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka Certificate course in Fluorescence microscopy Fluo-Micro@ICGEB, 2018 International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Trieste, Italy Certificate course in Research Methodology and Scientific Writing, 2108 Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka Workshop on "A clinical score for cutaneous lesions of Leishmaniases", 2018 Colombo, Sri Lanka. Trainer: Dr. Alison Layton (Consultant Dermatologist, Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer Hull and York Medical School, United Kingdom) Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS), 2014 Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka MBBS 1st Examination - Second Class Upper with a Distinction in Physiology MBBS 2nd Examination - First Class MBBS Final Examination - Second Class Upper with a Distinction in Gynecology & Obstetrics     PAST WORKING EXPERIENCE Visiting Lecturer September 2021 to Present Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka. Visiting Lecturer March 2022 to Present Institute of Chemistry Ceylon, Adamantane House, 341/22 Kotte Rd, Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka. Probationary lecturer June 2017 to June 2022 Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka. Senior House Officer in Surgery July 2016 to June 2017 Base Hospital-Horana, Sri Lanka. RHO, Department of Hematology November 2015 to July 2016 Provincial General Hospital-Ratnapura, Sri Lanka. Intern Medical Officer in Medicine and Surgery November 2014 to November 2015 Provincial General Hospital-Ratnapura, Sri Lanka. Research Assistant January 2014 to November 2014 Epidemiology Unit, Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka.     WORKING EXPERIENCE IN CURRENT POSITION 5 years of teaching experience MBBS, BSc Nursing, BSc Medical Laboratory students since 2017. Training Staff Technical Officers in molecular diagnostics Actively contributing to the leishmania diagnostic service component at the Department of Parasitology.     OTHER POSITIONS HELD Member, Workload calculation committee, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka, October 2022 to January 2023 Convener, IT and LMS Committee, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka, September 2022 to Present Life Member, Sri Lanka College of Microbiologists, No. 6, Wijerama House, Wijerama Mawatha, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka. LM 298, September 2022 to Present Life Member, Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science, 120, 10 Vidya Mawatha, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka. 11742/A, September 2022 to Present Department representative, Building Committee, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka, August 2022 to Present Convener, Introductory module, Phase II, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka, August 2022 to Present Convener, Parasitology module, MBBS Curriculum Revision Committee, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka, April 2022 to Present Convener, Parasitology, Human Biology Curriculum Revision Committee, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka, April 2022 to Present Committee member of the Faculty of Medicine Teachers' Association (FMTA), Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka, October 2020 to Present Committee member, Library Committee, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka, September 2019 to Present Life Member, Sri Lanka Medical Association, No.06, Wijerama Mawatha, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka. (L/4428/3), April 2019 to Present Student supervisor, Personal and Professional Development Stream, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka, July 2018 to Present Personal Tutor, Personal Tutor Scheme, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka, August 2018 to Present Coordinator, Personal and Professional Development Stream, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka, February 2018 to February 2019 Committee member, Opening Ceremony and Decoration Committee, Vedesa 2018 Medical Exhibition, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka, December 2018 Committee member, Organizing Committee, "Back to Faculty" event, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka, August 2018 Student Supervisor, Literature survey & Seminar presentations, Human Biology General Examination (Part III), 2013/2014 Batch, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka, June 2018     HONOURS & AWARDS Dr. W.A.S. De Silva award for the best paper on Tropical Diseases 2022 at Annual academic sessions 2022, Ceylon College of Physicians, Sri Lanka, September 2022 Gold Medal for "Excellence in Research" 2022, awarded by Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, August 2022 Research awards-2019 in recognition of publishing full papers in Science Citation Index Journals, April 2021 Session’s best oral presentation award at the International Conference on Health Sciences 2019, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka, October 2019 Training Scholarship (OSTP/2018/32) awarded by the National Science Foundation, Ministry of Science, Sri Lanka for attending the certificate course in Fluorescence microscopy Fluo-Micro@ICGEB conducted by the International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Trieste, Italy, July 2018               PUBLICATIONS Full Journal Articles Kaluarachchi TDJ, Campbell PM, Wickremasinghe R, Ranasinghe S, Yasewardene S, De Silva H, McBain AJ, Weerasekera M. Possible clinical implications and future directions of managing bacterial biofilms in cutaneous leishmaniasis wounds. Trop Med Health. 2022 Aug 26;50(1):58. doi: 10.1186/s41182-022-00455-y. PMID: 36028889; PMCID: PMC9414163. T. D. Jayasena Kaluarachchi, Paul M. Campbell, Rajitha Wickremasinghe, Shalindra Ranasinghe, Renu Wickremasinghe, Surangi Yasawardene, Hiromel De Silva, Chandrani Menike, M. C. K. Jayarathne, Subodha Jayathilake, Ayomi Dilhari, Andrew J. McBain & Manjula M. Weerasekera. Distinct microbiome profiles and biofilms in Leishmania donovani-driven cutaneous leishmaniasis wounds. Scientific Reports. 2021 November 30; 11, 23181 (2021). Jayasena Kaluarachchi T, Wickremasinghe R, Weerasekera M, Yasawardene S, McBain AJ, Yapa B, De Silva H, Menike C, Jayathilake S, Munasinghe A, Wickremasinghe R. Diagnosing human cutaneous leishmaniasis using fluorescence in situ hybridization. Pathogens and Global Health. 2021 Mar 10:1-8. Jayasena Kaluarachchi TD, Weerasekera MM, McBain AJ, Ranasinghe S, Wickremasinghe R, Yasawardene S, Jayanetti N, Wickremasinghe R. Diagnosing cutaneous leishmaniasis using fluorescence in situ hybridization: the Sri Lankan perspective. Pathogens and global health. 2019 May 19;113(4):180-90. Hasitha A Tisseraa, Dinindu P Kaluarachchia, Thilini D Jayasena, Ananda Amarasinghea, Aravinda M de Silvab, Buddika Weerakoona, Sunethra Gunasenac, Jayantha S D K Weeramana, Duane Gublerd, Annelies Wilder-Smithe, Paba Palihawadanaa "Evaluation of sensitivity and specificity of commercially available dengue rapid test kit in two hospitals in Colombo, Sri Lanka" 2014 World Health Organization, Dengue Bulletin, Volume 38. Other Communications Jayasena Kaluarachchi TD, Campbell PM, Ranasinghe PHKIS, Wickremasinghe R, Yasewardene S, De Silva VH, Menike C, McBain AJ & Weerasekera MM "Evidence of bacterial biofilms in ulcerated cutaneous leishmaniasis wounds" - Oral Presentation, Ceylon College of Physicians - 55th Annual Academic Sessions, 2022. Jayasena Kaluarachchi TD, McBain AJ, Wickremasinghe R, Yasawardene S, Menike C, Jayathilake S, Ranasinghe S, Weerasekera MM. "Development of a porcine skin model for the assessment of bacterial biofilms" - Oral Presentation, 25th Annual Scientific Sessions of the Sri Lanka College of Microbiologists (SLCM), Sri Lanka, 2020. T. D. Jayasena Kaluarachchi, M. M. Weerasekera, R. Wickramasinghe, S. Yasawardene, C. Menike, S. Jayathilake, S. Ranasinghe. "Fluorescence in situ Hybridization Assay to Diagnose Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Sri Lanka" - Poster Presentation, American Society of Microbiology (ASM) microbe 2020. Jayasena Kaluarachchi TD, Weerasekera MM, Wickramasinghe R, Yapa PBDL, De Silva VH, Yasawardene SG, Menike C, Ranasinghe S. "Detection of leishmania donovani promastigotes in culture by fluorescence in situ hybridization; a preliminary study" - Poster presentation, 52nd Anniversary Academic Sessions of the Ceylon College of Physicians, Sri Lanka, 2019. Jayasena Kaluarachchi TD, Weerasekera MM, Ranasinghe PHKIS, Yapa PBDL, De Silva VH, Yasawardene SG, Menike C, Wickramasinghe R. "Clinico-demographic characterization of Cutaneous leishmaniasis in patients reporting to two hospitals in Matara and Hambantota districts, Sri Lanka" - Oral presentation, International Conference of Health Sciences 2019, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardnepura, 2019. Kaluarachchi DP, Jayasena TD, Tissera HA, Weeraman J, Amarasinghe A, Premajayantha C "Comparison of standard dengue laboratory test results and dengue combo rapid test kit performances among febrile patients at two different hospitals in Colombo, Sri Lanka" - Oral presentation, Ceylon College of Physicians 4 5th Annual Academic Sessions, 2014. TC Muthkuda, DP Kaluarachchi, KV Ruwanpura, TD Jayasena, HM Janaka, AS Ambagahawita, DHK Wickramarathne, N Jayasekara Wickramasinghe, WCD Botheju, J Weeraman, H Tissera "Descriptive overview of dengue suspected paediatric patients presenting with Respiratory and/or Gastrointestinal symptoms" - Oral Presentation, International Medical Congress of The Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2014. TC Muthkuda, TD Jayasena, KV Ruwanpura, DP Kaluarachchi, HM Janaka, DHK Wickramarathne, N Jayasekara Wickramasinghe, AS Ambagahawita, WCD Botheju, J Weeraman, H Tissera "Percentage of dengue suspected paediatric patients who had been treated with NSIADs, steroids and antibiotics" - Poster presentation, International Medical Congress of The Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2014.     THESIS "Fluorescence in situ hybridization assay to diagnose cutaneous leishmaniasis and characterization of the microbiome & biofilms in lesions caused by Leishmania donovani in Sri Lanka"