Athula Sumathipala

Athula Sumathipala
Born	Sri Lanka
Nationality	Sri Lankan
Education	Nalanda College Colombo University of Colombo University of London
Occupation	Dr
Employer	Keele University United Kingdom
Title	Professor

Athula Sumathipala is a Professor of Psychiatry at Faculty of Health Keele University United Kingdom. ^[1]

Early life

Sumathipala after attending Nalanda College Colombo entered the Medical Faculty of University of Colombo. In 1980, he graduated as a Medical Doctor gaining a degree of Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery. Consequently, he followed it up with a Diploma of Family medicine (DFM) at Post Graduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo in 1985. Sumathipala obtained a degree of MD from the same university in 1990. Later in 2004, he obtained a PhD from University of London. ^[2]

Career

Sumathipala is also the founder of the Institute for Research and Development, and founder of the Sri Lankan Twin registry. He had authored many books and publications in Psychiatry. Sumathipala works for the World Health Organization in advisory capacity.^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1. "Prof Athula Sumathipala to attend Global Forum on Bioethics in Research | Daily News Online : Sri Lanka's National News". 8 September 2014. Archived from the original on 8 September 2014. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
2. "Athula Sumathipala, MBBS DFM MD MRCP | American University of Sovereign Nations (AUSN)". au-sn.com. Archived from the original on 6 November 2014. Retrieved 18 March 2025.

• "Another time, another terror". Sunday Times.

• "The counsellor's role: a response". Island. 23 March 2005.

• "Ethics of trauma research". Sunday Observer. 6 February 2005. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.

• "Mental Health to the Black Dogs". Nation. 19 April 2009. Archived from the original on 8 September 2014.

• "Fifth Oration 2011 - Post Graduate Institute of Medicine University of Colombo". Institute of Medicine University of Colombo. 2011. Archived from the original on 8 September 2014.

• "INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CONFERENCE - 201 Parallel Plenary Session - Medicine". General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University. 2014.

• Sumathipala, Athula; Siribaddana, Sisira; Samaraweera, Sudath; Dayaratne, D. A. R. K. (2003). "Capacity building through multi-disciplinary research: a report from Sri Lanka". British Journal of Psychiatry. 183 (5). The Royal College of Psychiatrists: 457–458. doi: 10.1192/bjp.183.5.457 . PMID   14594923. S2CID   10719340.

• "Prof. Athula Sumathipala". youtube. 21 August 2014.

• "Executive Committee Members". IRD. 2011. Archived from the original on 8 September 2014.

• "Athula Sumathipala - Institute of Psychiatry". PUB FACTS - Institute of Psychiatry.

• "Bioethics Training Programme University of the Philippines". University of the Philippines. Archived from the original on 2 January 2015.

• "Nalanda College Alumni". Nalanda College Colombo. Archived from the original on 5 October 2014.