Dr. Athula Sumathipala, a guest speaker at the 10th International Congress on Twin Studies.
Dr. Athula Sumathipala, an executive committee member of the Sri Lanka National Twin Registry, was invited to deliver a guest lecture at the 10th International Congress on Twin Studies held at Imperial College, London, UK. From 4th to 7th July 2001 Dr. Sisira Siribaddana and Ms. Nimali De Silva was also invited to present their research work.
Dr Sumathipala's lecture is "Challenges and Experiences in establishing a twin registry in Sri Lanka". Further information on International Congress on Twin Studies could be obtained from the web site www.ists.qimr.edu.au
SLTR team invited for guest lecture at Denmark
SLTR Team is invited for guest lecture and presentations at the 11th International Congress on Twin Studies. This is the second such ISTS meeting, that SLTR was invited.
- Use of key informants and a community survey to compile a population based twin register.
- Intensive course on bioethics; an evaluation.
- Using school curriculum to popularize twin research.
Training Trainers
A Sustainable Contribution To Local Capacity Building
WHO Expert Trains Sri Lankan Researchers
Use of standardised research instruments is essential to study human behaviours.
Another benefit arising from this project was the training offered to 14 Sri Lankan psychiatrists, community physicians, and laypersons. They will be resource persons for training research assistants not only for this project but anyone in the field of mental health.
Dr. Nick Glozier, Consultant Psychiatrist from Institute of Psychiatry, University of London trained Sri Lankan researchers during March 9 th to 12th at Trans Asia Hotel in a workshop organised by Sri Lankan Twin Registry.
He trained them on a Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI), a tool to detect status of mental health in the community. This tool was developed by WHO and was used in more than 70 countries in the world.
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