Head of the Department
BPharm (USJ), PGD in AOC (UOP), MPhil (UOP)Pharmacy
Faculty of Health Sciences
Website RG GS
Senior Lecturer (Grade II)
Contact:
Colombo Regional Center, Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences, The Open University of Sri Lanka
Office: 0112881131, Ext: 6600
E-mail: hdpharma@ou.ac.lkrbbud@ou.ac.lk
Web: www.linkedin.com/in/janani-buddhika-750a2b4a
Education
MPhil Post Graduate Institute of Science, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. September 2019
PG.Dip (Post Graduate Diploma in Applied Organic Chemistry) University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. September 2015
BPharm University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka, December 2010
Employment History
- Senior Lecturer (Gr-II) at the Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences, The Open University of Sri Lanka, 2019 September to date.
- Head/ Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences, The Open University of Sri Lanka, 2020 August to date.
- Lecturer (Probationary) at the Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences, The Open University of Sri Lanka, 2012 February to 2019 September.
- Coordinator- BPharm Hons Programme, Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, The Open University of Sri Lanka, June 2011 to June 2015.
- Lecturer (Temporary) at the Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, The Open University of Sri Lanka, 2011-2012.
- Demonstrator, Pharmacy Unit, Department of Medical Education & Health Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, 2011.
Last Updated on 10 months
Areas of Specialization:Pharmaceutics
Research interests:Drug development, Pharmacy Practice
Affiliations:- Life member, Pharmaceutical Society of Sri Lanka.
- Registered Pharmacist (Sri Lanka Medical Council)
- Member, International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP)
FMU4302 Pharmacognosy II
FMU5210 Research Methodology
FMU5208 Literature Review
FMU6806 Research Project
Awards:• Faculty Research Fund/ Faculty of Health Sciences, Role: Principle Investigator, Period: 2023 – 2024
• Faculty Research Fund/ Faculty of Health Sciences, Role: Principle Investigator, Period: 2020 – 2022
• Faculty Research Fund/ Faculty of Health Sciences, Role: Principle Investigator, Period: 2016 – 2017
• Faculty Research Fund/ Faculty of Health Sciences, Role: Co-Investigator Period: 2016 – 2017
• National Science Foundation, Title: Overseas Special Training Scholarship Period: 2018
• National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Tsukuba, Japan Title: NIMS Internship Program Fellowship
Original Articles
Dhanushi T Welideniya, Ph.D; Adeesha Saseenda Jayathilaka, BS; Anjana Delpe Acharige, BS; Upamalika Samanthi, MS; Umayangani Wanninayake, Ph.D; Shashika Sevvandi Perera, BS; Weranga Rajapaksha, BS; Chamod C Fernando, BS; Madhavi Hewadikaram, BS; Janani Buddhika, BS; Pivini Gunasekara, BS; Veranja Karunaratne, Ph.D; G. A. J. Amaratunga, PhD, “Practical and Scalable Synthesis of Beclomethasone Dipropionate”, Steroids, 2021; 108948, ISSN 0039-128X, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.steroids.2021.108948
R. B. J. Buddhika, J. P. S. Rasangika, W. Pathirana, M. D. J. Wijayabandara, S. D. M. Chinthaka. Journal of Pharmaceutical Society of Sri Lanka, 2011; 1 (1): 10-13. Pharmacopoeial Examination of Calcium Carbonate Deposits in Sri Lanka, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/284162335_Pharmaceutical_Evaluation_of_Calcium_Carbonate_Deposits_in_Sri_Lanka
Communications at Science Meetings, Published as Abstracts
Chulani Herath1, 2* H.P.K. Amarasinghe2 P.M.S.S. Kumari3 K.K.D.S. De Silva3 E.B.S. Samarakoon2 K.A. Sriyani4 D.T. Wijeratne5 R.B.J. Buddhika6 H.U.C. Nuwansala 4 R.G.L. Rathnayake5 K.A.I. Priyangika6 N. R. Kuruppu4 R. S. R. Rajakulasooriya5 R. A. N. Dilsha6. Students’ drop-out rates in health sciences degree programmes at the open university of Sri Lanka. Open University International Research Session (iOURS), 10th November 2022. https://ou.ac.lk/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/iOURS-2022-Paper-ID-158.pdf
Karunanayaka. K.D.S.V., Dilsha. R.A.N., Tanuja. R.W.N., Buddhika. R.B.J., & Samarasekara. P.W.G.D.P. (2017). Government pharmacists’ perception on continuing education. Open University Research Session (OURS), 16th November 2017, 181-185. https://ours.ou.ac.lk/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/OURS2017-all-part-3-27-31.pdf
R.B.J. Buddhika, S.S.N. Fernando and T.D.C.P Gunasekara. Knowledge, attitudes, and practices on antibiotic use of a student population attending Open University of Sri Lanka (OUSL): A descriptive study on undergraduate nursing students. Annual Academic Sessions 2015- The Open University of Sri Lanka. https://ours.ou.ac.lk/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/NS15-08-F.pdf
K. S. K. Peiris, H. V. L. Rangika , G. M. N. K. Siriwardena, B. J. Buddhika and B. S. S. De Silva. Use of Contraceptives among mothers during the first year after their first delivery. Annual Academic Sessions 2014- The Open University of Sri Lanka. https://www.ou.ac.lk/home/images/Research/AAS/AAS_2014_programme_Final.pdf
G. P. R. C. L. Hungampola, S. M. C. Samarakoon, D. A. C. D. Perera, H. A. M. S. Perera , B. S. S. De Silva and R. B. J. Buddhika. Factors influencing for gastritis: a preliminary study for assessment of knowledge, attitudes, and practices among patients with gastritis. Annual Academic Sessions 2013- The Open University of Sri Lanka. https://ours.ou.ac.lk/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/NSC-37-Formated-checked.pdf
Posters
Pharmacognostical evaluation and antibacterial activity of the flowers of Impatiens balsamina. L (Kudalu) Samarakoon D.D.N.W., Kumara R.S., Buddhika R.B.J., Jayasuriya W.J.A.B.N., Proceedings of the Annual Scientific Sessions 2021, Pharmaceutical Society of Sri Lanka., September 25, 2021
Janani Buddhika, Gayan Priyadarshana, Dhanushi Welideniya, Nedra Karunaratne and Veranja Karunaratne, Eutectic compositions of resveratrol for oral administration. Asian Symposium on Medicinal Plants, Spices and Other Natural Products XVI. 2018, p239.