Ms. Thillainathan Kobika

Ms. Thillainathan Kobika

Lecturer (Prob) in Medical Laboratory Sciences
M.Sc in Molecular Pathology (UoC)
B.Sc (Special) Medical Laboratory Sciences (USJP)

kobika@univ.jfn.ac.lk

Overview

Ms. Thillainathan Kobika

M.Sc in Molecular Pathology (UoC)
B.Sc (Special) Medical Laboratory Sciences (USJP)

Chronology of career

  • Lecturer Probationary (2019 – to date)

Membership in subcommittees

  • Member, Curriculum Development, Revision and Monitoring Committee, FAHS (2019 – to date)
  • Secretary, Strategic Planning & Building Committee, FAHS (2020 – to date)
  • Person In Charge, Student Supporting Committee, Health Promotion Committee, FAHS (2020 – to date)
  • Member, Research and Higher Education Committee, FAHS (2020 – 2021)
  • Nominated member of the Faculty Board of the Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, among the Lecturers (Probationary) (2021 – to date)

Honours and Awards

  • 2nd Runner Up Award for the Poster Presentation at Annual Research Symposium 2020, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo.

Membership in Professional Associations

  • Sri Lankan Society for Microbiology (SSM) – 2019 onwards
  • Sri Lanka Medical Council (SLMC) – 2017 onwards
  • Global Genomic Medicine Collaborative (G2MC) – 2020 onwards
  • Biotechnology & Molecular Biology
  • Clinical Histotechnology
  • Clinical Biochemistry
  • Microbiology

Book Publication

  • D.Inoka Uluwaduge and Kobika Thillainathan. Palmyrah Research in Sri Lanka: A Way Forward. ISBN : 978-624-95037-0-0

Conference proceedings

  • Thillainathan K, Wetthasinghe TK, Noordeen N, Dissanayake VHW. Design and implementation of novel pharmacogenomic assays for clinically important CYP2C19 variants to predict the response to clopidogrel in a cohort of Sri Lankan population. Annual Research Symposium 2020, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo.
  • Thillainathan K, Noordeen N, Wetthasinghe TK, Sirisena ND, Dissanayake VHW. Design and implementation of novel pharmacogenomic assays for CYP2C19*17 variant to predict response to clopidogrel therapy in patients. THE CEYLON MEDICAL JOURNAL. Volume 64, Supplement 1 July 2020 Quarterly ISSN 0009- 0875.
  • Kandage, I. K., Sedara, W. R., Kalubowila , K. D. C. T., De Zoysa, D. N., Thillainathan , K., & De Silva , B. S. S. (2019). Patients’ Experiences of Intensive Care Following Cardiac Surgery. In Singapore Prevention & Cardiac rehabilitation Symposium (SPCRS 2019): Contemporary Cardiac Rehabilitation: Special Situations, Novel Measures (p. 42). Singapore.
  • K.Thillainathan, I.Uluwaduge. A Comparison between sodium fluoride and acidified blood samples to prevent in-vitro reduction of blood glucose. In proceedings of the Peradeniya University International Research Sessions, Sri Lanka, Volume 19.
  • L.D.M.I.SamanKumari, K.A.U.S.U. Kalansooriya, K.D.T.K.Rathnayaka, R.H. Wijenayake, K. Thillainathan, B.S.S. De Silva. End of life experiences of patients with cancer. In International Critical Care Nursing Conference.
  • Thillainathan, K., & Uluwaduge, I. The impact of Sodium fluoride (NaF) and citric acid as preservatives for in-vitro blood glucose and the impact in diabetic diagnosis. In South Asia Conference on Multidisciplinary Research 2018 (SAMR’18).
  • K. Thillainathan, T. K. Wetthasinghe, N. Noordeen, V. H. W. Dissanayake. A study of the clinically important CYP2C19 gene variants in the Sri Lankan Population. 6th G2MC International Conference Young Investigators Forum. 29th Sep – 1st Oct 2021.