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Suneth Agampodi, MBBS, MSc, MPH, MD

Assistant Professor Adjunct of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
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Assistant Professor Adjunct of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)

Biography

Dr. Agampodi has been an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine since 2021. Before this appointment, he served as a Visiting Research Scientist at Yale School of Medicine (2019-2021). He is also a Research Scientist at the International Vaccine Institute in Seoul, Korea.

Dr. Agampodi earned his medical degree from the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, and completed his internship at Sri Jayawardanapura General Hospital, Sri Lanka, before being appointed as a primary care physician. He trained in community medicine at the Post Graduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo, where he received his MSc and MD in Community Medicine and became a board-certified consultant in community medicine. With an academic interest in zoonotic diseases and epidemiology, he completed a Master of Public Health at Massey University, New Zealand, focusing on biosecurity.

He was a pioneer member of the new Department of Community Medicine at Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, where he was appointed as the Head in 2012, promoted to Professor in 2015, and became the Founding Chair of the department in 2018. While at Rajarata, he served as Dean (2021-2022), Chair of the Ethics Review Committee, Director of the Maternal and Child Health Research Unit, and Lead Epidemiologist of the Tropical Disease Research Unit. Since 2010, Dr. Agampodi has been committed to developing research capacity at Rajarata through competitive international grants. He also served as a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of California, San Diego, in 2011.

His primary academic interests are in infectious disease epidemiology, population health, and preventive medicine.


Last Updated on June 06, 2024.

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Education & Training

MPH
Massey University, Biosecurity (2011)
MD
Post Graduate Institute of Medicine, Community Medicine (2011)
MSc
Post Graduate Institute of Medicine, Community Medicine (2006)
Intern Medical Officer
Sri Jayawardanapura General Hospital (2003)
Intern Medical Officer
Sri Jayawardanapura General Hospital (2001)
MBBS
University of Peradeniya, Medicine (2001)

Research

Overview

Medical Research Interests

Epidemiology; Health Services Research; Infectious Disease Medicine; Leishmaniasis; Leptospirosis; Population Health; Public Health; Zoonoses

Public Health Interests

Global Health; Infectious Diseases; Neglected Tropical Diseases; Community Engagement; Community Health; Emerging Infectious Diseases; Epidemiology Methods; Vaccines

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Suneth Agampodi's published research.

Publications

2026

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Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

Activities

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    International Leptospirosis Association

    11/01/2017 - PresentProfessional OrganizationsExecutive Board Member
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    PLoS Global Public Health

    2022 - PresentJournal ServiceAssociate Editor
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    Journal of College of Community Physicians of Sri Lanka

    2021 - 2022Journal ServiceEditorial Board Member
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    National Institute of Health Care and Research, UK

    2021 - 2022Peer Review Groups and Grant Study SectionsReviewer
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    Sri Lanka Journal of Infectious Diseases

    2015 - 2021Journal ServiceEditorial Board Member
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