G.A. Rasari Ayesha Gurusinghe

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Research Interests:

• Autism spectrum disorder

• Cerebral Palsy

  
  
  

Service :

• Coordinating Year 1 undergraduate programs.

• Guiding Final year medical students.

• Conducting tutorials and practical sessions to undergraduates.

• Assisting medical clinics at Ayati National Centre for Children with disabilities.

• Supporting administrative related works at Ayati National Centre.

• Working on ASD database at Ayati National Centre.

• Preparing Diagnostic summaries for patients.

• Addressing Early intervention groups and Down syndrome groups like parent training groups.

• Actively participate in MDTs.

• Engaging with parent advocacy group.

• Actively participate in research activities.

  
  
  

Research Publications:

• Awareness of Postpartum Depression and Ability to Support the Mother during the Postpartum Period and Sociodemographic Correlates of Husbands/Partners: A Study at Antenatal Sessions of Bandarawela Medical Officer of Health (MOH) Area (Oral presentation at Annual Academic Sessions of the
  College of Community Physicians of Sri Lanka – 2021)

• Factors Influencing the Age of Presentation among Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Cross-Sectional Descriptive Study.  Dilini Vipulaguna, Hasini Irathilaka, Hashan Pathiraja, Nilmini Bowala, Sachitha de Silva, Rasari Gurusinghe (Poster presentation at SLCP Annual Scientific Congress 2024)