Professor Jennifer Perera has been appointed as the new Registrar of the Ceylon Medical College Council (CMCC).
The appointment was made by the Minister of Health and Mass Media, Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa, and the letter of appointment was presented to Professor Perera by the Deputy Minister of Health and Mass Media, Dr. Hansaka Wijemuni, at the Ministry of Health and Mass Media recently.
This appointment has been made in accordance with the provisions of the Medical Ordinance.
Professor Jennifer Perera has rendered over four decades of dedicated service to the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Colombo. From 2015 to 2020, she served as the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, and has also served as an active member of the Sri Lanka Medical Council.
She obtained her Doctorate in Medical Microbiology in 1986 and was appointed as a Professor in 2001. Her research, which focuses on the use of modern molecular biological techniques to identify infectious diseases such as tuberculosis, has been widely recognised.Professor Perera’s work has earned her several Presidential Awards and commendations from the National Science Foundation.
In 1996, Professor Perera played a pioneering role in restructuring the medical science curriculum and has contributed significantly to reforms in medical education. She has also provided her expertise to a number of national committees, including the National Biotechnology Steering Committee of the National Science Foundation, the Advisory Committee on Communicable Diseases at the Ministry of Health, and the National Committee on Women.
Professor Jennifer Perera is a member of both the Sri Lanka Association for Microbiologists and the National Science Foundation. She is also an active member of the Sri Lanka Medical Association and served as its President in 2015.
She holds MBBS and MD degrees from the University of Colombo, a Postgraduate Diploma in Medical Education from the University of Dundee, a Postgraduate Diploma in Women’s Studies from the University of Colombo, and an MBA from the University of Wales.
Professor Perera is an Emeritus Professor at the University of Colombo. She also serves as an external professor at the Faculty of Medicine, Wayamba University, and as a senior adviser at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Moratuwa.
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