Best Oral Presenter Award. The Second Biennial Scientific Session. Graduate Nurses' Foundation, Sri Lanka, 2020

Griffith University School of Nursing and Midwifery Publication Prize, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Griffith University, Australia, 2019

Travel Award by ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research (CEPAR), Australia: to participate 18th National Conference of Emerging Researchers in Ageing, Sydney, Australia, 2019

Griffith University International Conference Travel Grant: to participate ICN Congress, Singapore, 2019

Travel award by Shandong University, China; to participate the 3rd Qilu International Young Nursing Scholars Froum and Shandong Nursing Education Conference, 2019

President's Award for Scientific Publications, Sri Lanka for highly rated research, 2018

Griffith University Post Graduate Research Scholarship for PhD in Nursing at Griffith University Australia, 2016

Griffith University International Post Graduate Research Scholarship for PhD in Nursing at Griffith University, Australia, 2016

Best Oral Presenter Award, 6th International Nursing Student's Forum and UNIMAS Nursing Students' Conference, Hosted by Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia, 2015

Higher Education for the Twenty First Century Project Scholarship for Master in Nursing (by Research) at Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia, 2013

Athabasca University Gold Medal for the Excellence in the Bachelor of Science (Nursing) programme in 2009

Roberta L Carey Prize for the Excellence in Nursing Courses in the Bachelor of Science (Nursing) programme in 2009

Chandra de Silva Memorial Award for the Best Student in Nursing Courses in the Bachelor of Science (Nursing) programme in 2009

Member, Sri Lanka Nurses’ Association

Member, Graduate Nurses’ Foundation, Sri Lanka

Member, University Teachers’ Federation, Sri Lanka

Rathnayake, S., Moyle, W., Jones, C., & Calleja, P. (2020). Co-design of an mHealth application for family caregivers of people with dementia to address functional disability care needs. Informatics for Health and Social Care, 1-17. doi.10.1080/17538157.2020.1793347

Rathnayake, S. (2020). Co-design: A powerful approach for interventional studies in Nursing. New Vision. 9(01), 32-34.

Rathnayake, S., Moyle, W., Jones, C., & Calleja, P. (2020). Family carers’ needs related to management of functional disability in dementia care and use of mHealth applications in health information seeking: An online survey. Collegian, 27(3), 288-297. doi.10.1016/j.colegn.2019.09.001.

Rathnayake, S., Jones, C., Calleja, P., & Moyle, W. (2019). Family carers' perspectives of managing activities of daily living and use of mHealth applications in dementia care: A qualitative study. Journal of clinical nursing, 28(23-24), 4460-4470. doi.10.1111/jocn.15030

Rathnayake, S., Moyle, W., Jones, C., & Calleja, P. (2019). mHealth applications as an educational and supportive resource for family carers of people with dementia: An integrative review. Dementia, 18(7-8), 3091-3112. doi.10.1177/1471301218768903

Rathnayake, S., & Senevirathna, A. (2019). Self-reported eHealth literacy skills among nursing students in Sri Lanka: A cross-sectional study. Nurse education today, 78, 50-56. doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2019.04.006

Rathnayake, S., Moyle, W., Jones, C. J., & Calleja, P. (2019). Development of an mHealth application for family carers of people with dementia: A study protocol. Collegian, 26(2), 295-301. doi.10.1016/j.colegn.2018.07.006

Rathnayake, S., Athukorala, Y., & Siop, S. (2016). Attitudes toward and willingness to work with older people among undergraduate nursing students in a public university in Sri Lanka: A cross sectional study. Nurse Education Today, 36, 439-444. doi.10.1016/j.nedt.2015.10.007

Rathnayake, S., & Ekanayaka, J. (2016). Depression, anxiety, and stress among undergraduate nursing students in a public university in Sri Lanka. International Journal of Caring Sciences, 9(3), 1020-1032.

Rathnayake, S., & Siop, S. (2015). Quality of Life and Its Determinants among Older People Living in the Rural Community in Sri Lanka. Indian Journal of Gerontology, 29(2), 131-153.

Tsujimura, H., Mori, Y., Miyakoshi, S., Pathiranage, A. M. S. D., & Rathnayake, U. W. S. (2014). Distance education for supporting nurse training in developing countries—assessment of nursing techniques for postural change using skype in Sri Lanka. Kitakanto Medical. Journal, 64 (1), 44-57.

Senevirathna, A., Rathnayake S. Use of Internet and eHealth literacy Skills among Nursing Students in a Selected Government School of Nursing, Sri Lanka. 3rd Research Symposium of the Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka, 2020.

Jagoda, T., Rathnayake, S. Association between learning environment and perceived stress among nursing students: A cross-sectional Study. 3rd Research Symposium of the Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka. 2020

Rathnayake S., Moyle W., Jones C., Calleja P. Functional disability care to a person with dementia by family carers: A smartphone application. 2nd Biennial Scientific Session, Graduate Nurses' Foundation, The Post Basic College of Nursing, Colombo, Sri Lanka, January, 2020.

Rathnayake S., Moyle W., Jones C., Calleja P. Functional disability care and use of smartphone applications: Experiences of family carers of people with dementia. 18th National Conference of Emerging Researchers in Ageing in partnership with the ARC Centre for Excellence in Population Ageing Research (CEPAR). Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. 4th -5th, November 2019.

Rathnayake S., Moyle W., Jones C., Calleja P. Use of mHealth applications in health information seeking among carers of people with dementia. ICN Congress, 2019, Singapore. 27th June – 1st July 2019.

Rathnayake S., Moyle W., Jones C., Calleja P. The development of a smartphone application for family carers of people with dementia to address needs related to functional disability care. The 3rd Qilu International Young Nursing Scholars Forum and Shandong Nursing Education Conference, Jinan, China. 13th -15th June, 2019.

Rathnayake. S., Moyle, W., Jones, Cindy, & Calleja, P. mHealth applications for family carers of people with dementia: An integrative review. The National Nursing Forum, Australian College of Nursing, Gold Coast, Australia, 28-30 August, 2018.

Rathnayake. S., Moyle, W., Jones, Cindy, & Calleja, P. mHealth applications as an educational resource for family carers of people with dementia: An integrative review. Brain and Behaviour Higher Degree Research Conference. Griffith University, Australia. 26 September, 2017.

Kumari., J.A.D.I., & Rathnayake, S., Depressive Symptoms among Patients with Cancer undergoing Chemotherapy in a Public Hospital, Sri Lanka. 10th International Research Conference, General Sir John Kothalawala Defence University, Sri Lanka. 3-4, August, 2017.

Rathnayake, S., & Siop, S., The Association between Chronic Medical Problems and Functional Disability in Older Sri Lankan Living in the Rural Community. 6th International Nursing Student's Forum & UNIMAS Nursing Students' Conference. Sarawak, Malaysia: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 7-8 March, 2015.

Rathnayake, S. & Siop, S. Quality of Life and Its Determinants among Older People: A Cross Sectional Study in the Thalawa Divisional Secretariat Division, Sri Lanka. World Congress of Geriatrics and Gerontology, 3rd International Conference, November. Indo-British Geriatric Council, Bangalore, India, November, 2015.

Nakazawa, R., Mori, Y., Tsujimura, H., Moyakoshi, S., Rajasekera, J., Pathiranage, D., Rathnayake, S., Quiroz, Z., Reyes, S., Gaitan, M., Gaalan, K., & Sakamoto, M. A trial of distance education to support education of co-medical professionals in developing countries. The 28th Japan Association for International Health Congress, Nago, Okimawa, Japan. 2-3, November, 2013.

Tsujimura, H., Mori, Y., Rajasekara, J., Miyakshi, S., Pathiranage, S.D., & Rathnayake, S. Distance education for supporting development of nurses in Developing countries. ICN Conference, 2013, Melbourne, Australia. 18-23, May, 2013.