Workshop on the Post Disaster Role of Media Representatives A one day workshop was held on the 15th of May 2019 at the Ministtry of disaster management, Sri Lanka. The resource persons who spoke at the workshop included Senior Consultant Psychiatrist Prof. Athula Sumathipala, Dr.Kanthi Hettigoda, Dr.Rohan Rathnayake, Dr. Chathiri suraweera, Dr Dhanuja…
Community Workshop, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka A community led workshop on “Community Based Health Promotion Process” were held on 07th & 08th February 2019, at Department of Health Promotions, Faculty of Allied Sciences, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka (RUSL), Mihintale. This workshop was jointly organised by the Institute for Research & Development in Health…
Workshop for Undergraduates, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka An introductory workshop on PPIE for the undergraduates of Department of Health Promotions, Faculty of Allied Sciences, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka (RUSL) were held on 07th & 08th February 2019, at RUSL, Mihintale. These workshops were jointly organised by IRD and RUSL in collaboration with the…
Establishing & Sustaining meaningful PPIE in Sri Lankan Research The workshop titled “Establishing and Sustaining meaningful Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement in Research in Sri Lanka: Reflections and Learnings”, was held on the 6th of February 2019 at the National Institute of Mental Health, Sri Lanka. It was organized under the capacity building component…
The Notion and Value of Public Involvement and Engagement in Research The workshop titled “The Notion and Value of Public Involvement to Improving the Ethical Design of Research”, was held on the 5th of February 2019 at the Post Graduate Institute of Management, Sri Lanka. It was organized under the capacity building component of the…
Workshop on Fundamentals of Research Ethics A one day workshop was held on the 4th of January 2019 at the National Institute for Mental Health, Mulleriyawa, Sri Lanka. This workshop is being organised as a part of capacity building component of the Medical Research Council, UK (MRC) funded South Asian Early Development and Research Capacity…
Collaborative Grant Proposal Writing Workshop The collaborative grant proposal writing workshop was held at Postgraduate Institute for Management, Sri Lanka. It was a 5 day event which commenced on the 08th October 2018 and concluded on 12th October 2018. The collaborative grant proposal writing workshop was funded by the Medical Research council, UK. Timeline…
5th Annual International Course on Qualitative MethodsQualitative Methods for Health and Social Care ResearchDay 1 This course is part of a global research capacity building initiative, aimed at young researchers. Based on the prior success of the course, it was held for the 5th time in 2018. It was three day workshop which took place…
Workshop on Depression, Apeksha Hospital Maharagama This workshop was organized as a part of the World Health Day program, which had been scheduled to be celebrated on the 7th of April 2017, to mark the founding anniversary of the World Health Organization. The theme for the World Health Day 2017 was “Depression – Let’s Talk”.…
Research Ethics Workshops Prof. Athula Sumathipala and Dr. Jonathan Ives of University of Bristol UK, conducted one day workshops on research ethics. Research committee members of Ruhuna University and Academic members of Kotelawala Defence University participated for these two sessions.
International Ethics Teachers’ Training Course, UNESCO For the first time in Sri Lanka, an “Ethics Teachers” training course was held from 20th – 24th of February 2017. This was delivered jointly by UNESCO office in Jakarta and the Institute for Research and Development, Sri Lanka, to advance quality ethics education by building professional capacities of…
Ethics & the Dissemination of Research Findings A half day workshop and discussion on “Ethics & the Dissemination of Research Findings” by Ms. Anna Chiumento, a PhD student and staff member at the Institute of Psychology, Health and Society, University of Liverpool, UK, was held on 8th of November at Institute for Research and Development.…