Sri Lankan Specialist Brings Glory To Her Motherland – By Dr Tilak S. Fernando Dr Yanushi Dullewe Wijeyeratne is the granddaughter of the late Dr Nissanka Wijeyeratne (one-time Minister of Education and Justice of Peace in Sri Lanka). Dr Yanushi Dullewe Wijeyeratne works at St. George’s University Hospital in London as a Speciality Registrar and Fellow in Electrophysiology and Devices NIHR Clinical Lecturer. In 2022, she was awarded the highly competitive NIHR (National Institute for Health and Care Research) Clinical Lectureship in Cardiology at St George’s, University of London. National Institute for Health and Care Research Clinical Lectureships in Cardiology are highly sought after in the UK, with less than ten awarded annually. In such circumstances, it is an honour for a Sri Lankan to receive such an award. She holds a double doctorate, having recently completed her PhD in Cardiac Genetics and Stem Cell models of inherited cardiac conditions at the world-renowned St George’s, University of London. Background. Dr Wijeyeratne was a past student at Colombo International School ...
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Raveen Kariyawasam clinches Rhodes Scholarship to study at Oxford: First Sri Lankan in 54 years to do so Source : sundaytimes Raveen Kariyawasam, who won one of the most competitive postgraduate scholarships at 22, spoke to the Education Times this Wednesday about his successes in life and what the future holds for him. Despite the inclement weather, Raveen’s charisma and energy filled the room as he talked about his background and how he came about to win the Rhodes Scholarship, the oldest running postgraduate scholarship to study at the University of Oxford, first established in 1902 by Cecil Rhodes and last won by a Sri Lankan in 1968 by Prof. G.L. Peiris. Kariyawasam is an alumnus of Colombo International School, where he studied his A-levels before he was accepted to the prestigious Ivy League University of Pennsylvania to study Bioengineering with concentrations in computational medicine and medical devices. Speaking to us ...
