Department of Pharmacy

Faculty of Allied Health Sciences

Department of Pharmacy

Faculty of Allied Health Sciences

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Dr. T.M.I.U.K Tennakoon


Official Address :

Department of Pharmacy,
Faculty of Allied Health Sciences,
University of Peradeniya,
Augusta Hill, Sri Amarawansa Mawatha
Peradeniya,
Sri Lanka


Email :

hodpcy@ahs.pdn.ac.lk

imalka@ahs.pdn.ac.lk


Telephone :

+9481 2065792

           



Education Qualification

  • PhD (Queensland University of Technology, Australia, 2015)

  • B.Sc. Special in Molecular Biology & Biotechnology (University of Peradeniya,2007)

Appointments (Selected)

  • Head of the Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, University of Peradeniya (2024 to present).
  • Sectional Editor, Sri Lankan Journal of Health Sciences (2021 to present).
  • Secretary, University of Peradeniya Committee to Monitor Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBVC) (2023 to present).
  • Member, University of Peradeniya Committee to Monitor Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBVC) (2018 to present).
  • Conference Chair, Sri Lankan Society for Microbiology (SSM) Annual Scientific Sessions and Conference (2023).
  • QA Tier 1 Writer, Standard 1 - Institutional Review, University of Peradeniya (2023).
  • Senior Lecturer (Grade I) (2022 to present).
  • Chairperson, Faculty English Committee (2019 to present).
  • Member, Faculty Library Committee (2019 to present).
  • Member, Faculty Publication Committee (2019 to present).
  • Board of Management Member, University Pharmacy (Joint project of the University of Peradeniya and State Pharmaceutical Corporations, Sri Lanka) (2019-2021 and 2024 to present).
  • Member, Editorial Subcommittee, Peradeniya University International Research Sessions (iPURSE) (2021).
  • Senior Student Counselor (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021).
  • Faculty Representative, International Affairs Office (2018, 2019, 2020).
  • Member, Editorial Subcommittee, Peradeniya University International Research Sessions (iPURSE) (2019).
  • Chairperson, Advertising and Fundraising Subcommittee, iPURSE (2017).
  • Member, Editorial Board, Hanthana Vision Research Magazine (2018-2021).
  • Senior Lecturer (Grade II) (2016-2022).
  • Sessional Academic, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology, Australia (2013-2015).
  • Sessional Academic, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Queensland University of Technology, Australia (2014).
  • Member, Faculty Ethical Committee (2011).
  • Faculty Representative, Programme and Registration Subcommittee, Peradeniya University Research Sessions (PURSE) (2010).
  • Member, Technical Evaluation Committee, Department of Pharmacy (2010).
  • Lecturer in Charge, Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, University of Peradeniya (2010-2012).

Memberships / Awards

  • NSF Research Scholarship (NSF/SCH/2024/05).
  • Council Member, Sri Lankan Society for Microbiology (SSM) (2020 to present).
  • Member, Sri Lankan Society for Microbiology (SLSM) (since 2017).
  • Member, Australian Society for Microbiology, Australia (2011-2016).
  • International Post Graduate Research Scholarship (IPRS) (2012-2015).
  • Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) (2012-2015).
  • Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation (IHBI/Australia) Top-up Scholarship (2012-2015).
  • Top-ranked Undergraduate Student in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (2007).
  • Award of Academic Excellence (2007), University of Peradeniya.

Research Interests

  • Pharmaceutical Microbiology
  • Molecular Microbiology
  • Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
  • Sri Lankan honey and its therapeutic applications

Research Publication(Recent)

Rukshana MFF., Tennakoon T.M.I.U.K., Health entrepreneurship in Pharmacy: Exploring success stories from south Asian countries, Int. J. Pharm. Investigation, 2025; 15(1):78-85., DOI: 10.5530/ijpi.20251792
Dalugodage, S.S., Bowatte, G., Antonypillai, C., Tennakoon T.M.I.U.K. Association of pharmacogenomic, clinical and behavioural factors with oral levothyroxine (LT-4) dose of hypothyroid patients in Sri Lanka: a matched case control study. BMC Med Genomics 17, 79 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12920-024-01849-z
Tennakoon TMIUK, Vinodani LPS, Warnasooriya WMSN, Amarasinghe NR, Madushani JS. Physical, Chemical, and Biological Characteristics of Sri Lankan Bee Honey Varieties. Asian Journal of Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Vol 11(1), 15-23:2023.
Tennakoon T., Thayananthan A. Environmental Sterility-control Practices in Selected Retail Pharmacies in Sri Lanka: A Study in Kandy District. Int J Pharm Compd. 2023 Nov-Dec;27(6):503-511. PMID: 38100668.
Navoda Bandara, and Tennakoon T.M.I.U.K. “Isolation and Identification of Actinomycetes with Antibacterial Activity from Soil Samples Around Kandy, Sri Lanka”. Current Research in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Vol. 13, no. 3, Dec. 2023, pp. 118-25, DOI: 10.24092/CRPS.2023.130301
GBNS Bandara, TMIUK Tennakoon. Preliminary study to identify actinomycetes with antibacterial activity from soil samples around Kandy, Sri Lanka. Proceedings of the 11th Annual Scientific Sessions of Sri Lankan Society for Microbiology, 2022, 21st October 2022.
Dalugodage SS, Tennakoon I. Antibacterial Activity of Honey in Combination with Cinnamon. Sri Lankan Journal of Health Sciences. 2022;1(1):43–50. DOI: http://doi.org/10.4038/sljhs.v1i1.29
Kumari SR, Tennakoon I. Molecular Farming: Implication for Future Pharmaceutical Products. Sri Lankan Journal of Health Sciences. 2022;1(1):51–9. DOI: http://doi.org/10.4038/sljhs.v1i1.30
Ranasinghe R.A.D.M., Tennakoon T.M.I.U.K. “Antibacterial activity of a laboratory made cosmetic cream Vs marketed creams containing bee honey”, accepted as a conference abstract in Annual Proceedings of the Sri Lankan Society for Microbiology (October 2021).
Jiffry N., Tennakoon T.M.I.U.K., “In vitro antimicrobial activity of Sri Lankan raw bee honey with turmeric”, Sri Lankan Journal of Infectious Diseases 2021 Vol 11 (Supplement) S2:21, DOI: http://doi.org/10.4038/sljid.v11i0.8384
Thayananthan A., Tennakoon T.M.I.U.K., “Environmental microbial contaminants in selected retail pharmacies of Sri Lanka”, Sri Lankan Journal of Infectious Diseases 2021 Vol 11 (Supplement) S2:18, DOI: http://doi.org/10.4038/sljid.v11i0.8381
Premarathne H.B.C.M., Madushani J.S., Tennakoon T.M.I.U.K., Sudeshika T., “Prevalence of Headaches Among Undergraduates in Sri Lanka: Cross-Sectional Analysis”, DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-75577/v1 (preprint).
Vinodini L.P.S., Amarasinghe N.R., Tennakoon T.M.I.U.K., “Determination of the antibacterial activity of Sri Lankan raw honey”, Proceedings of the Annual Scientific Sessions of Sri Lankan Society for Microbiology, 2019, 24th October 2019.
Vinodini L.P.S., Amarasinghe N.R., Tennakoon T.M.I.U.K., “Determination of the biological profiles of Sri Lankan raw honey”, Golden Jubilee Annual Scientific Session of Pharmaceutical Society of Sri Lanka (PSSL), Colombo, Sri Lanka, 12th October 2019.
Bandara G.Y.M.H., Herath H.M.D.R., Amarasinghe N.R., Tennakoon T.M.I.U.K., “Formulation characterization and evaluation of anti-inflammatory cream incorporating Carica papaya L. leaf extract”, Golden Jubilee Annual Scientific Session of Pharmaceutical Society of Sri Lanka (PSSL), Colombo, Sri Lanka, 12th October 2019.
Madushan T.G.A., Athukorala A.D.S.N.P., Tennakoon T.M.I.U.K., Gama-Arachchige N.S., “Antibiotic susceptibility pattern of a probiotic strain isolated from a commercial probiotic supplement”, Proceedings of the Faculty of Allied Health Sciences Undergraduate Research Sessions 2019, Volume 1, 17th June 2019.
W.M.S.N.Warnasooriya and Tennakoon T.M.I.U.K., “Determination of physical and chemical profiles of raw honey varieties in Sri Lanka”, Asian Symposium on Medicinal Plants, Spices and Other Natural Products XVI (ASOMPS XVI), 12-14 December 2018.



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