Prof. Deepthi Inoka Uluwaduge has been appointed as the new Dean of the Faculty of Allied Health Sciences at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura from 23rd March 2023. She assumed duties at a ceremony attended by Acting Vice Chancellor Prof. S M C U P Subasinghe, Founder Dean, Prof. D M S Fernando, the Registrar of the University Mr.A.B. Weliwita, and other academic and non-academic members of the faculty.
Prof. Inoka Uluwaduge graduated from the Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura with B Sc (Honours) in Human Biology specializing in Biochemistry. She joined the Department of Biochemistry and Clinical Chemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Ragama as a probationary lecturer in 2000. She completed her PhD in Biochemistry at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura. In 2008 she joined the Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura.
Since then, Prof. Uluwaduge has contributed in many ways to the University. She had been a coordinator of the B Sc in Medical Laboratory Sciences Degree Programme, Founder head of the Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Founder Head of the Department of Basic Sciences, coordinator of the Internal Quality Assurance Cell (2019-2021), Faculty of Allied Health Sciences and the faculty representative of the University Cooperate Plan (2019-2021). As the founder chairperson, she was committed in establishing, the Ethics Review Committee for Animal Studies (ERC-AS) of the Faculty of Graduate Studies. During her recent sabbatical leave, she served as the founder Head and Professor of the Department of Biochemistry and Clinical Chemistry and pioneered in establishing the Faculty of Medicine, University of Moratuwa.
