The Inauguration ceremony of the 91传媒 Anthropology Field School took place on May 15th, 2023, graced by esteemed Chief Guest Prof. Upul Subasinghe, Acting Vice Chancellor of the 91传媒. The ceremony also witnessed the presence of distinguished guests including Prof. Shirantha Heenkenda, Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Prof. Pathmalal Manage, Dean of the Faculty of Graduate Studies, Prof. Charmalie Nahallage, Head of the Department of Anthropology, Prof. Samanthi Kulathilake from Mount Royal University, Canada, and Dr. Tom Buchman, also from Mount Royal University, Canada. The event brought together faculty members from the Department of Anthropology, USJ, as well as students from both Mount Royal University and the Department of Anthropology, USJ.

The and the Canada, entered into a Memorandum of Agreement in 2016, with the aim of fostering international educational and research collaboration between the two institutions. Building on this partnership, the 91传媒 Anthropology Field School has been successfully conducted for the third time this year, following previous editions in 2018 and 2016.

This year’s field school welcomed 12 undergraduate students from the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, MRU, who visited USJ for fieldwork. They were warmly hosted by the Department of Anthropology, USJ, providing them with a unique opportunity to gain knowledge and experience of 91传媒n culture and society. The fieldwork activities took place from May 16th to June 1st, 2023.

The rich experiences gathered during the fieldwork, combined with conceptual insights, were presented on June 2nd, 2023, in a collaborative forum involving students from both Mount Royal University and USJ. The field school encompassed the disciplines of Anthropology, Sociology, and Archaeology, guided by the expertise of Dr. Samanthi Kulathilake and Dr. Tom Buchman. The program not only facilitated cross-cultural collaboration between 91传媒n and foreign students in the same discipline, but also provided an invaluable opportunity for 91传媒n students to explore diverse teaching methods practiced in other parts of the world.

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Get to know RUDN Lectures

Professor Kapralova Daria

Introducing Kapralova Daria, an esteemed Associate Professor and Ph.D. at the Institute of Environmental Engineering within the Department of Environmental Management at the prestigious Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN). With an impressive background and expertise in Biology, Daria holds a PhD degree, further solidifying her academic prowess in the field with 15 years of work experience.
Daria’s research interests encompass several vital areas, including GIS (Geographic Information Systems), Remote Sensing, Urboecology, and Sustainable Development.

Professor Popkova Anna

Introducing Anna Popkova, an accomplished individual serving as the Deputy Director for International Affairs at the Institute of Environmental Engineering, within the renowned Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN). With a distinguished career and expertise in Environmental Science over 6 years, Anna holds a PhD degree, further enhancing her credibility and knowledge in the field.
Anna’s professional focus revolves around vital areas such as Environmental Biotechnologies, Green Economy and Enterprise, Sustainable Development.

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This conference, organized by the Research Committee of the faculty, aims to showcase research, innovation, and experiences in medical sciences across the region and to foster collaboration among researchers, practitioners, academics, senior scientists and patient representatives. The conference will feature oral and poster presentations and symposia covering topics of medical relevance. All academics, undergraduate and postgraduate students and researchers are welcome to participate in this conference and share their insights and expertise.

For further details contact :

E-mail :听icm@sjp.ac.lk

REGISTRATION FEES

Please deposit or transfer the registration fee given above to the following bank account. Attach proof of payment during online registration.

Account Name : RESEARCH COMMITTEE FMS
A/C number: 097-1-001-9-0027595
Bank and Branck : People bank Gangodawila branch

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IRCHSS 2023 is designed to provide a platform for both established intellectuals and up-and-coming scholars to exchange and share their experiences and research on all aspects of Humanities and Social Sciences. This year, the conference will focus on research that investigates the challenges and opportunities posed by current socio-economic situations and analyzes their implications to propose strategic plans.

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As two pandemic years pass by and an emerging surge of dengue with the increases of public mobility, the healthcare system could see a light at the end of the tunnel in fighting with dengue with the potential dengue vaccine. Prof Neelika Malavige 鈥� Head of Scientific Affairs and the dengue programme at the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) recently told 鈥淭he Telegraph鈥� (a prominent UK newspaper) that the new vaccine approach looks 鈥減romising鈥�.

Unlike Coronavirus getting all the attention from the developed countries, Dengue virus got little less attention compared to the similar impact it made on the communities and countries with regards to hospitalization rates. Despite the lack of attention and investment on developing a vaccine during the past, a new vaccine is in the line to give potential relief to the healthcare sector in endemic countries. The Telegraph highlighted Prof Malavige鈥檚 statement 鈥淭he sort of rates of hospitalisation Britain saw with delta, with omicron 鈥� we see that on a seasonal basis with dengue. Our hospital systems are completely overwhelmed and sometimes we have to restrict access during the dengue season, which coincides with monsoon season. This is why we need investment in tools to combat the virus.鈥� To highlight the need for more investments on developing vaccines against Dengue, faster.

The Telegraph reported, Last month, Indonesia became the first country in the world to approve Qdenga vaccine, developed by the Japanese pharmaceutical company Takeda, for use in six to 45 year olds. In clinical trials, the shot (also called TAK-003) was found to be 84 per cent effective at preventing hospitalization four and a half years after a primary course of two doses, and 61 per cent effective against symptomatic disease. The vaccine is yet to receive pre-qualification status from the World Health Organization (WHO), but the data is under review by the European Medicines Agency and other dengue-endemic countries. Dr Sutee Yoksan, a Professor Emeritus at the Center for Vaccine Development at Mahidol University in Thailand, whose research is behind the vaccine mentioned the uniqueness of TAK-003 (Takeda Vaccine) vaccine, which uses DENV2 (Dengue variation 2) as its backbone with genes from the remaining 3 strains added creates a broader protection without amplifying the risk of more severe illness if someone catches the virus post-vaccination.

Sanofi- the first Dengue vaccine WHO approved in 2015 to combat dengue, increased the risk of severe dengue and hospitalisation among those who had never previously been infected by the virus, which was found by the company from its data in 2017. This led the usage of Sanofi vaccine only to the people who previously caught the disease according to the updated WHO guidance. 鈥淚t鈥檚 tricky to test whether you鈥檝e previously had dengue, so in reality, the Sanofi vaccine is rarely used now. Takeda seems to have learned lessons from Sanofi鈥檚 experience鈥� it does look promising.鈥� Prof Malavige said to The Telegraph in the interview.

Further Prof Malavie told The Telegraph, 鈥淪o given these factors, the Takeda vaccine might have a better outlook, but there is some evidence of waning of immunity with time, especially to some dengue virus serotypes. So, we can鈥檛 completely rule out people developing severe diseases following vaccination.鈥�

The Telegraph reported that the dengue vaccine developer, Takeda said it will continue to monitor data over time. The vaccine is the company鈥檚 first to be licensed outside of Japan and could generate up to $1.6 billion in annual sales. Gary Dubin, president of the company鈥檚 vaccine business unit, also said to The Telegraph 鈥淭akeda is working to have Qdenga available in Indonesia in early 2023, targeting the private market first to ensure it is available as soon as possible鈥�.

Given the facts, it鈥檚 been just a matter of time and some dollars for 91传媒 to have the new promising Dengue vaccine available for the 91传媒n community to fight against Dengue. With or without availability of the Dengue vaccine, we will have to clean up our surroundings to control the spread of blood sucking mosquitoes and diseases including dengue.

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Theme: Economic resilience听听听and environmental sustainability: A synergy for the future

The Department of Forestry and Environmental Sciences, 91传媒 proudly invites you to the 27^th International Forestry and Environment Symposium.

Key Dates

Deadline for Abstract Submission: 10th October 2022
Notification of Acceptance (Abstract): 10th听 听November2022
Commencement of Registration of Presenters: 15th December 2022

Submission of Full Papers Selected for the Journal of Tropical Forestry and Environment: 15th March 2023

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Key Sessions:

1. Forest and Natural Resource Management
2. Biodiversity Conservation and Management
3. Waste Management and Pollution Control
4. Environmental Economics and Resource Management
5. Climate Change and Disaster management
6. Biomass and Sustainable Energy
7. Sustainable Tourism
8. Sustainable Land Use and Urban development
9. Wood Science, Wood and Non-Wood Industry
10. Environmental Engineering and Green Technology
11. Geology, Soil and Water Resource Management

Submission procedure

Abstracts are now accepted for formal presentations and posters via

visit the symposium website for guidelines on preparation and submission of abstracts. All correspondence will be made by the principal author by email.

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Review and Selection process

Abstracts will be reviewed by panel of experts, those selected will be published in symposium proceedings. Authors of the selected abstracts have the option to submit their full papers to the Journal of Tropical Forest and Environment. The journal has double- bind peer- review process

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Contact Details

Symposium Chair

Prof. Priyan Perera

Symposium Coordinators

Dr. Chaamila Pathirana

Symposium organizing Committee

Department of Forestry & Environmental Science
91传媒, Nugegoda,
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Tel: +94 11 280 4685

Fax: +94 11 280 2914

Email: fesympo@sjp.ac.lk

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Vice-Chancellor Senior Professor Sampath Amaratunge, Dean Faculty of Technology Professor Sudantha Liyanage, Dean Faculty of Medical Sciences Surangi Yasawardena, Dr Akila Subasinghe former Dean, Faculty of Engineering, Prof Ranil De Silva, Director, World Class University Project and Prof Hiran Amarasekera, Director, Digital Media and Communication visited various USA Universities in Houston, Texas last month.

one of 91传媒鈥檚 most eminent inventors of medical devices and the Ambassador for, Science Technology and Innovation residing in Texas, USA organized this tour. 听Dr. Bandula Wijay 听has patented more than 30 medical devices and founder of four medical device companies in USA,

Japura academies visited Rice University, , MD Anderson Cancer Center and the University of Houston.

The 91传媒 explored the possibility of starting a Bachelor of Engineering course in Bio-Medical Engineering in collaborating with the Bio-engineering Department at Rice University, Baylor College of Medicine and the University of Houston in the future.

The delegation visited the , Texas. This department has been in operation within the Department of Electrical Engineering from 听1996 and has recently established a separate department of BME. During the visit, the prospects in the fields of Biomedical Informatics, Remote Sensing and Brain-Computer Interfacing (BCI) was discussed in detail, and Japura faculty received a glimpse to the nature of Bio-medical Engineering education. This was followed up with a Laboratory visit and also experiencing a Biomedical Engineering lecture session with an undergraduate student group. The department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Houston extended its support for developing a program at the 91传媒.

Japura faculty also visited Baylor College of Medicine to learn about American medical education, host of professionals, including the Dean of medicine explained the medical education in US Universities and specifically that of the highly ranked Baylor College of Medicine. The clear message was that Baylor medical students engage in clinical exposure quite early during their education and the emphasis on research.听 Also, the cycle of innovation and few case studies in the invention of medical devices was explained, which included the work on Ebola outbreak and various other healthcare applications in African Countries under the leadership of , Vice-President of Baylor Global Initiatives and the Baylor Global Innovation Center.

Prof. Will Clifton of Rice University stressed the importance they place on supporting student start-up projects during their degree program.听 The University has a 鈥淒esign Kitchen鈥� for the undergraduates to develop their new medical devices and conducts regular ‘BOOT CAMPS’ for entrepreneurship and innovation/ invention.

A discussion was held with and she explained the process of development of curricula for a BioEngineering degree program. She emphasized the need for hands-on practical education and preparing students to meet new challenges in the workplace.

Other topics discussed included Cancer Biology, control of CKDu, Executive Education for business leaders, Innovations In Medicine, Science and Technology, Mammalian synthetic Biology and Immuno-therapy.

The dedication and support from Ambassador Wijay and his wife Constanza Wijay, Dr. and Mrs. and Mr. Chanaka Wijesinghe made this visit to Houston to learn about medical and Bio-engineering education by the Japura delegation a very worthwhile learning experience for the Japura faculty.

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91传媒 has been expanded its boundaries towards international relationships as another step of touching the peak, by signing the contract with Cottey College, Nevada, USA for an exchange internship program for three years, starting in May 2016. This work has been initiated by the University-Industry interaction cell of the Faculty of Applied sciences for encouraging in seeking internships for our undergraduates not only in 91传媒 but also around the globe. The objective of this program is to enhance and share the learning experience through joint research activities and to build the exchange internship possibilities between two universities. Under this program, the first research internship was successfully completed by Ms. Peace Olaoluwa on June 23-August 14 at the Department of Chemistry, under the supervision of Dr. Pahan Godakumbura.

Ms. Olaoluwa is a final-year undergraduate student at Cottey College, Nevada, USA working on a Bachelor鈥檚 of Science in Health Sciences. Ms. Olaoluwa鈥檚 interest lies in the field of Asian traditional medicine, and was seeking internship opportunities in Asian countries for completion of her degree. The research work and learning experience obtained in USJP will play major role in her medical school application as she is concentrating medical field for higher studies at USA. With much dedication and hard work, she was the recipient of the international research grant offered by Cottey in 2016.

In USJP, she did a research with the aim of investigating the medicinal properties in a whole plant sample of dried polpala (Aerva lanata) by preparing decoctions and infusions. Today at the NFC seminar room at FAS she had presented her research finding on the topic of 鈥淚nvestigating the Chemical Composition and Bioactivities of Infusions and Decoctions Prepared from Aerva lanata (Polpala)鈥�. Moving along with her future endeavors, she is hoping to continue on this field of research further under the supervision of Dr. Ganga Fernando, Associate professor in Cottey College.
By Dr. Pahan Godakumbura

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The Department of Entrepreneurship organized a study visit to the Institute of Modern Services of听Zhejiang Shuren University, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, China and visited Canton Fair, Guangzhou, China from 08^th April to 18^th April, 2016. This was organized as an academic component of Master of Entrepreneurship Program. Mr. R.N. Weerasinghe, Head-Department of Entrepreneurship and Dr. Janak Kumarasinghe, Senior Lecturer – Department of Business Economics, guided 22 Masters鈥� students.

The first part of the visit was scheduled for an academic program organized by the Zhejian Shuren University which includes two industrial visits from 08^th to 12^th of April 2016. 听From 13^th onwards, the group visited Canton Fair, one of the world largest import and export exhibitions.

Both students and academics of the group were benefitted with the visit through;

1. Signing a memorandum of understanding between two universities aiming at students and staff transferring, research collaboration and exchanging both staff and students between two countries for mutual benefits.
2. Obtaining international exposure on entrepreneurial education, global businesses and entrepreneurial management practices in a different context.
3. Understanding economy, politics, culture and the business practices of China.
4. Building effective networksbetweenboth universities and with industries in China.
5. Enabling Masters鈥� students to engage in international businesses with Chinese firms exhibited in Canton fair.
6. Recognizing the Chinese way of leading markets through radical and incremental innovations in many areas.
7. Opening new pathways to effectively run local businesses through experiences accumulated.

There were fruitful discussionswith the President, Vice presidents and International Manager of the Zhejian Shuren University about long term collaboration among two universities. Both parties agreed to share the facilities, staff and the students. TheDepartment of Entrepreneurship highly appreciates the service rendered by Zhejian Shuren University and its staff including the Dean and Deputy Dean of the Institute of Modern Services.

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