Australian Leadership Award Scholarship – 2009

Member – The American Peptide Society

Member – Pharmaceutical Society of Sri Lanka

Member – Pharmacy Graduate Association - University of Colombo, Sri Lanka

Registered pharmacist - Sri Lanka Medical Council , Sri Lanka

Dean's award for Research Higher Degree Excellence in 2013. University of Queensland, Australia

Australian Leadership award scholarship – 2009

The best Research Project (Poster presentation) award - Annual Academic Sessions of the Collage of Pathologists of Sri Lanka, August 2003

A.K. Hewavitharana, H.M.D.R.Herath, P. Kebarle, P. Cabot, P.N.Shaw, Effect of solvent and electrospray mass spectrometer parameters on the charge state distribution of peptides – a case study using LC-MS method development for β-endorphin assay, Rapid Commun. Mass Spectrom, 24, (2010) 3510.

H.M.D.R. Herath, P.N. Shaw, P. Cabot, A. K. Hewavitharana, Effect of ionization suppression by trace impurities in mobile phase water on the accuracy of quantification by HPLC-MS, Rapid Commun. Mass Spectrom, 24, (2010) 1502.

Dilanthi R. Herath, Amitha K. Hewavitharana, Peter j. Cabot, P. Nicholas Shaw, Metabolism of beta-endorphin (β-END) in inflammatory tissue. The Australian Pharmaceutical Science Association, Annual conference, Brisbane, Australia, (2010) 131.

Ryung-Rae Kim, Amitha K. Hewavitharana, Dilanthi R. Herath, Peter J. Cabot, P. Nicholas Shaw, Binding of peptides to sample containers during storage and analysis. The Australian Pharmaceutical Science Association, Annual conference, Brisbane, Australia, (2010)118.

H. M. D. R. Herath  M. Gunatilake, D. Lokuhetty, J. Wijayabandara, A preliminary investigation on the effect of polpala (Aerva lanata) on the structure and the function of urinary tract of rats,  The Ceylon Journal of Medical Science, 48, (2005) 33.

H. M. D. R. Herath  M. Gunatilake, D. Lokuhetty, J. Wijayabandara, Diuretic activity of low and high molecular mass fractions of Aerva lanata (Polpala),  The 32nd Annual Meeting of the Physiological Society of Thailand, (2003) 56.

Asvadi, NaghmehHajarol, Morgan, Michael, Herath, Herath M., Hewavitharana, Amitha K., Shaw, P. Nicholas and Cabot, Peter J. (2014) Beta-Endorphin 1-31 Biotransformation and cAMP Modulation in Inflammation. PLoS One, 9 3: e90380.1-e90380.11.

Suraweera R.K., Pasansi H.G.P., Herath H.M.D.R., Wickramaratne D.B.M., Sudeshika S.H.T., NIyangoa D., Sakeena M.H.F. (2014). Formulation and stability evaluation of ketoprofen loaded virgin coconut oil based creamy emulsion. International Journal of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences; 6, 250-254.

Herath, H.M.D.R., Ryung-Rae Kim, Shaw, P. N., Cabot, P. &Hewavitharana, A. K. (2013). Inaccuracies in quantification of peptides – a case study using beta endorphin assay. LCGC North America, 31, 58-61.

Morgan, M., Herath, H. M. D. R., Cabot, P., Shaw, P. &Hewavitharana, A. (2012). Dynorphin A 1–17 biotransformation in inflamed tissue, serum and trypsin solution analysed by liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 404, 3111- 3121.

Herath, H.M.D.R, Cabot, P. J., Shaw, P. N. &Hewavitharana, A. K. (2012). Study of beta endorphin metabolism in inflamed tissue, serum and trypsin solution by liquid chromatography- tandem mass spectrometric analysis. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 402, 2089-2100.

Herath, H.M.D.R., Shaw, P. N., Cabot, P. &Hewavitharana, A. K. (2010). Effect of ionization suppression by trace impurities in mobile phase water on the accuracy of quantification by high- performance liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 24, 1502-1506.

Hewavitharana, A. K., Herath, H.M.D.R., Shaw, P. N., Cabot, P. J. &Kebarle, P. (2010). Effect of solvent and electrospray mass spectrometer parameters on the charge state distribution of peptides - a case study using liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry method development for beta- endorphin assay. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 24, 3510-3514.

H. M. D. R Herath, M. Gunatilake, D. Lokuhetty, J. Wijayabandara (2005). A preliminary investigation on the effect of polpala (Aervalanata) on the structure and the function of urinary tract of rats, The Ceylon Journal of Medical Science, 48, 33-41.