ETHICS REVIEW COMMITTEE, FACULTY OF MEDICINE, UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO

Established in 1981

Recognised Under the SIDCER  Recognition Programme on November 25, 2009.

MEMBERS

Prof. Hemantha Senanayake (Chairperson) - Professor in Obstetricis and Gynaecology
Dr. Enoka Corea (Joint Secretary) - Senior Lecturer in Microbiology
Dr. Vajira H. W. Dissanayake (Joint Secretary) - Senior Lecturer in Anatomy/Genetics
Dr. Charukshi Arambepola - Senior Lecturer in Community Medicine
Dr. Sriyakanthi Benaragama - Consultant Epidemiologist (Non Affiliated Member)
Dr. T. Chenthuran - Lecturer in Anatomy/Vetrenary Surgeon
Dr. Varuni De Silva - Senior Lecturer in Psychological Medicine
Dr. Malik Fernando - Retired Physician (Non Affiliated Member)
Prof. Rohini Fernandopulle - Professor in Pharmacology
Dr. Priyadarshani Galappatthy - Senior Lecturer in Pharmacology
Dr. Mangala Gunathikale - Senior Lecturer in Physiology/Vetrenary Surgeon
Mrs. Kumudini Hettiarachchi - Assistant Editor, Sunday Times (Non Affiliated Lay Member)
Ms. Naazima Kamardeen - Lecturer in Law/Attorney at Law (Non Affiliated Lay Member)
Dr. Kantha Lankathialke - Senior Lecturer in Community Medicine
Ms. Poornima Perera - Lecturer in Sociology (Non Affiliated Lay Member)
Dr. S. Premarathne - Consultant Gynaecological Oncologist (Non Affiliated Member)
Prof. Manouri Senanayake - Professor in Paediatrics
Dr. Maithri Wickramasinghe - Senior Lecturer in English (Non Affiliated Lay Member)
Prof. Mandika Wijeyaratne - Professor in Surgery

OFFICE STAFF

Ms. Madubashini Jayamanne - Research Assistant
Dr. S Lakshy - Research Assistant
Ms. Nilupa Awanthi - Secretarial Assistant

OFFICE CONTACT NUMBERS & ADDRESS

Ms. Nilupa Awanthi - 00 94 (0) 11 2689 545

email: ercmfc@yahoo.com
fax: 00 94 (0) 11 2689545

Ethics Review Committee Office,
Pathology Building,
Faculty of Medicine,
University of Colombo,
Kynsey Road,
Colombo 00800,
SRI LANKA

INFORMATION FOR APPLICANTS

We review applications received from researchers affiliated to the Faculty of Medicine, Colombo as well as researchers who are not affiliated to the Faculty. The meetings are usually held on the third Thursday of the month. Applications received up to the last working day of the previous month are taken up at these meetings for review. The committee may contact the applicant before the meeting to clarify any matters or requet the applicant to be present at its meetings. The review process takes a minimum of two months. So please submit your applications early. The committee reserves the right to refuse to accept applications for projects that are due to commence within two months of the date of submitting the application or projects that have already commenced. No retrospective ethics clearance can be granted. Please examine FERCSL Guidelines  to determine whether your project may qualify for expedited review. If you require expidited review please state that you are applying for expedited review in the application form, otherwise it would be processed as a regular application. The application fee is Rs. 500/-. It has to be paid to the Shroff Counter of the Faculty of Medicine, Colombo.

Applicants should email  our office to obtain application forms. These are only available electronically and will be sent to prospective applicants via email only.

Please examine FERCSL guidelines, workshop documents, and our publications listed below for guidence on how to comply with research ethics requirements. Further guidence may be available at sites listed in the links  page of this website. If you require any assistance please feel free to contact our office.