Suneth Agampodi
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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.
Education & Training
- MPHMassey University, Biosecurity (2011)
- MDPost Graduate Institute of Medicine, Community Medicine (2011)
- MScPost Graduate Institute of Medicine, Community Medicine (2006)
- Intern Medical OfficerSri Jayawardanapura General Hospital (2003)
- Intern Medical OfficerSri Jayawardanapura General Hospital (2001)
- MBBSUniversity of Peradeniya, Medicine (2001)
Certifications
- Board CertificationPost Graduate Institute of Medicine, Sri Lanka, Community Medicine (2012)
Activities
- Predicting, Investigating and Ameliorating Global Epidemic LeptospirosisNew Orleans, LA, United States 2018American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 67th Annual Meeting
- Leptospirosis in the Tropics: The Diagnostic ChallengeAtlanta, GA, United States 2016ASTMH Annual Meeting 2016
- Minor Ailments in Pregnancy Are Not a Minor Concern for Pregnant Women: A Morbidity Assessment Survey in Rural Sri LankaBoston, MA, United States 2013Maternal Health is Women’s Health Launching event of MHTF-PLOS special collection on maternal health
- Minor Ailments in PregnancyKuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2013Women Deliver
Professional Service
Organization | Role | Date |
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PLoS Global Public Health | Associate Editor | 2022 - Present |
National Institute of Health Care and Research, UK | Reviewer | 2021 - 2022 |
Journal of College of Community Physicians of Sri Lanka | Editorial Board Member | 2021 - 2022 |
International Leptospirosis Association | Executive Board Member | 2017 - Present |
NSF Working Committee on Bioethics, National Science Foundation, Sri Lanka | Committee Member | 2017 - 2019 |
Ethics Review Committee, Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka | Chairperson | 2017 - 2019 |
Sri Lanka Journal of Infectious Diseases | Editorial Board Member | 2015 - 2021 |
Sri Lanka Medical Association | Council Member | 2015 - 2016 |
BMC Public Health | Associate Editor | 2015 - 2016 |
WHO Knowledge, Ethics and Research Department and the Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research (AHPSR) | Development of "Guidance on reporting of Implementation / Operational Research" | 2015 |
Anuradhapura Clinical Society | Editor | 2014 - 2019 |
Post Graduate Institute of Medicine | Board Member | 2014 - 2019 |
National Health Development Commitee, Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka | Committee Member | 2014 - 2015 |
National Health Research Council, Ministry of Health | Council Member | 2014 - 2015 |