Keele University

Keele University

A journey to reduce the global health research divide...

Athula Sumathipala, Professor of Psychiatry at Keele University, will give the following address in Keele's project of Inaugural Professorial Lectures 2015-16, on Monday, 16 May 2016, in the Westminster Theater, Chancellor's Building, on the University grounds. The title of his address is "From Colombo to Keele: A trip to lessen the worldwide wellbeing research isolate". 

The address covers Professor Sumathipala's examination vocation that began in Sri Lanka and has gone from observational to intercession contemplates, which have impacted strategy and practice in the field. These incorporate exploration investigating the predominance and heritability of Common Mental Disorders reaching out to metabolic disorder and bioethics. He will depict setting up the Sri Lankan Twin Registry and the Institute for Research and Development, Sri Lanka, for universally aggressive exploration and accomplishments made, for example, the principal ever island wide psychological wellness study. He portrays utilizing the Asian Tsunami as a window of chance for advancing psychological wellness plan. He examines the force of universal joint effort in exploration and the estimation of bi-directional information stream between South to North. In conclusion, his excursion back to UK and to Keele University; anticipates translational examination and new ways to deal with creating intercessions to streamline administration of individuals with co-sullen mental and physical long haul wellbeing conditions 

Teacher Sumathipala finished his MBBS, Diploma in Family prescription and MD in Sri Lanka. These were trailed by a move to the UK where he finished his MRCPsych. His spearheading research on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for the treatment of Medically Unexplained Symptoms, in Sri Lanka framed the premise of his PhD (University of London). He records among his proudest accomplishments the foundation of Institute for Research and Development in Sri Lanka and the Sri Lankan Twin Registry, a one of a kind asset in the creating scene. He is additionally perceived universally as a specialist in bioethics. He is an Emeritus Professor of Global Mental Health, at Kings College London. 

Keele's project of Inaugural Lectures are given by recently settled educators inside the University and plan to give a lighting up record of the speaker's own subject specialism. The addresses, which begin at 6 pm in the Westminster Theater, are led by the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Trevor McMillan.