Dr.P.H.D. Kusumawathie

• Medical entomology: Mosquito taxonomy, ecology, bionomics of disease vector mosquitoes and vector control of mosquito borne diseases
• Epidemiology of arthropod vectors
• Use of GIS technology for early warning of mosquito borne disease
• Multidisciplinary research on mosquito borne disease prevention and control. Eg. Climate, epidemiology, sociology

• Participant of the International workshop on principals and procedures for Economic evaluation of malaria control programme, Bangkok, Thailand, 5-18.2.1989.
• Training in malariology with special reference to medical entomology for WHO fellows, National Institute of Communicable Diseases, Delhi, India, 30.3.1992- 21.5.1992.
• International training programme on vector biology and control, National Institute of Communicable Diseases, Delhi, India, 2-27.7.2001.
• Training on Malariology, malaria epidemic surveillance and control, National Institute of Communicable diseases, Delhi. 1.10.2007 – 19.10.2007.
• Training on climate and malaria, International Research Institute for Climate and Society, Columbia University, USA 3rd – 16th November 2007.
• Trainee in the 2nd asian Biosafety Training course under the project entitled "Asian centre for training in Biosafety assessment for human health and environment using genetically modified vectors", CRME, Madurai, India. 22nd February- 5th March 2010.
• Participant of the National Institute of Mathematical and Biological Synthesis. (NIMBioS) Investigative Workshop: Malaria Modeling and Control, NIMBioS at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA. June 15-17, 2011
• Participant of the Training workshop on Technopreneurship for south countries. 15-19 October 2012, Penang, Malaysia.
• Participant of the workshop for the introduction of standard operating procedures for pest control service providers, Department of agriculture, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka- 18.01.2012
• Participant in the International training workshop on "Extreme weather and climate events: detection, monitoring, prediction and risk management for developing countries". 14-23 July 2013, Beijing, China.
• Participants of the Implementation research tool kit pilot workshop, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 22-27 September 2013.
• Country (Sri Lanka) representative of Asia pacific Network of Malaria Elimination (APMEN) 2015, Vietnam

 Awards

• Presidential award for Research. (2006) Sri Lanka
• Presidential award for Research. (2008) Sri Lanka
• Letter of appreciation by the Honorable Chief Minister in Punjab, Lahore in Pakistan (2011)
• Best researcher's Award for research in the Central Province of Sri Lanka (2015)
• Certificate of appreciation in recognition of the valuable contribution made towards the 2nd research symposium of the Department of Health Services, Central Province of Sri Lanka (2015)

Research Publications :

•  Kusumawathie, P.H.D. and Fernando, W.P. (2002). Anopheles maculatus(Theobald) and Anopheles elegans (James) breeding in water storage containers in Kandy, Sri Lanka.The Ceylon Journal of Medical Science, 45: 71-76.
•  Kusumawathie, P.H.D and Fernando, W.P. (2003). Breeding habitats of Aedes aegypti Linnaeus and Ae.albopictus Skuse in a dengue transmission area in Kandy, Sri Lanka. The Ceylon Journal of Medical Science 46: 51-60.
•  Kusumawathie, P.H.D, Wickremasinghe, A.R., Karunaweera, N.D. and Wijeyaratne, M.J.S. (2006). Larvivorous potential of fish species found in river bed pools below the major dams in Sri Lanka, Journal of Medical Entomology, 43(1): 79 - 82.
•  Kusumawathie, P.H.D, Wickremasinghe, A.R., Karunaweera, N.D. and Wijeyaratne, M.J.S. (2005). Use of Sri Lankan larvivorous fish species in mosquito control. Programme and Proceedings, National Symposium on Mosquito control, Eds. S.H.P.Parakrama Karunaratne. September 15 & 16 , 2005.University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
•  Kusumawathie, P.H.D and Siyambalagoda, R.R.M.L.R. (2005). Distribution and breeding sites of potential dengue vectors in Kandy and Nuwara Eliya districts of Sri Lanka. The Ceylon Journal of Medical Science, 48 (2): 43-52.
•  Kusumawathie, P.H.D (2005). Larval infestation of Aedes aegypti and Ae.albopictus in six types of institutions in a dengue transmission area in Kandy, Sri Lanka. Dengue Bulletin, 29: 165 – 168.
•  Kusumawathie, P.H.D, Wickremasinghe, A.R., Karunaweera, N.D. and Wijeyaratne, M.J.S. (2006). Anopheline breeding in river bed pools below major dams in Sri Lanka. ACTA Tropica 99 pp.30 – 33.
•  Kusumawathie, P.H.D, Wickremasinghe, A.R., Karunaweera, N.D. and Wijeyaratne, M.J.S. (2008). Larvivorous potential of the Guppy, Poecilia reticulata in Anopheline mosquito control in river bed pools below the Kotmale Dam, Sri Lanka. Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health, Vol 20 (1): 56-63.
•  Kusumawathie, P.H.D, Wickremasinghe, A.R., Karunaweera, N.D. and Wijeyaratne, M.J.S. (2008). Costs and effectiveness of application of Poecilia reticulata (guppy) and temephos in anopheline mosquito control in river basins below the major dams of Sri Lanka. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Vol. 102, Issue 7, July 2008:pp. 705-711.
• Jayasooriya, G.A.J.S.K.,  Kusumawathie, P.H.D, Wijesinghe, W.M.C.W. and Gunatilake, J. (2008). Use of GIS to determine the GN level risk of dengue transmission in Kadugannawa MOH area, Sri Lanka. Proceedings of the Fifth National Symposium on Geo-Infomatics.Eds., Jagath Gunatilake. July 25th 2008. Geo-Infomatics Socierty of Sri Lanka and Post Graduate Institute of Science, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
• P.H.D.Kusumawathie, A.M.G.M.Yapabandara, G.A.J.S.K.Jayasooriya, and C.Walisinghe (2009). Effectiveness of net covers on water storage tanks for the control of dengue vectors in Sri Lanka. Journal of Vector Borne Diseases, 46,June: pp 160-163.
• G.A.J.S.K. Jayasooriya, S.M.L.Senaratne, W.M.C.M. Wijesinghe, P.H.D.Kusumawathie and J. Gunatilake (2009). Use of Geographical information system (GIS) and global positioning system (GPS) for dengue and dengue haemorrhagic fever control in Sri Lanka. Dengue Bulletin, vol 33: pp 11-20
• W.M.G.S. Wijesinghe, M.B. Wickramasinghe, P.H.D.Kusumawathie, G.A.J.S.K.Jayasooriya and B.G.D.N.K. De Silva (2009). Studies on the efficacy of Toxorhynchites larvae and three larvivorous fish species for the control of Aedes larval populations in water-storage tanks in the Matale district of Sri Lanka. Dengue Bulletin, vol 33: pp 140-147.
• Prabhakargouda B. Patil, Mohammad Shafiul Alam, Prakash Ghimire, Renaud Lacroix, Pahalagedera H. Dona Kusumawathie, Rajib Chowdhury, I. Pulikkottil Sunish, Xu Libo, Phong Tran Vu, Moe Myint Aung, Buyankhishig Burneebaatar, Kanutcharee Thanispong, D.V. Dharamsingh and Siraj Ahmed Khan (2010). Letter to the Editor: Discussion on the proposed hypothetical risks in relation to open field release of a self-limiting transgenic Aedes aegypti mosquito strains to combat dengue As. Pac. J. Mol. Biol. & Biotech., June 2010 Vol. 18, 241-246.