Thank you for visiting my Home Page. My name is Siripala and I was born in Sri Lanka. I had my preliminary and secondary education in the village school; Maputugala Maha Vidyalaya. After finishing Advanced Level education at Taxila Central College, Horana I got my university education in Sri Jayawardanapura University where I specialized in Sociology. After graduation I worked at the Sarvodaya Research Institute for some time and joined National Dangerous Drugs Control Board (NDDCB) in 1986. I got my Masters from Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo Japan where I am reading for my Doctors now.
My main research interest is the problem of 'Drug Abuse' while I am also interested in studies about communal problem. Presently I am attached to the Graduate School of Social Studies at Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo and in the sametime I am doing research at the National Institute of Mental Health Japan as a Researcher on Drug Abuse. Presently I am working on my Ph.D. theasis.
Papers and presentations:
-Poster Presentation; A Methodological Study on the applicability of TLFB & SM Methods in Measuring Alcohol Consumption among Japanese. United States-Jpan Joint Workshop. Cross Cultural Collaboration in Alcohol use disorders; New Avenues For Research. (co-presenter with M.Fujiwara and S.Simizu) Tokyo. 10-12 Nov.1998
-Drug Abuse in Sri Lanka; The Changing factors and Peoples Everyday@Experience. Presented at the Second Annual Asian Studies Conference Japan. Tokyo. 1998
-Differences in Dietary of Selected Nutrients Between Urban and Rural Sri Lankans. (With Dr. Kajiomoto and others)
Journal of the National Institute of Public Health (NIPH) Japan. Vol.47,No.1, pp.39-43. 1988.
-Is TLFB Method Applicable to Japanese Drinking Population: A Methodological Study on Measurement of Alcohol Consumption Based on Sri Lankans and Japanese. Japan Journal of Alcohol and Drug Dependence.Vol.32 no.3 June 1997. (in Japanese) (co-author with Dr. S.Simizu and others) 1997
-Tourist Industry and Heroin Abuse in Sri Lankan Society. The 3rd international Conference on Health Behavioral Sciences, Japan. Crisis Behavior Towards Growth & Solidarity. Proceedings; part 3, 303. pp.93-96. 1996
-The Problem of Hidden Drug Use and Monitoring Systems. Submitted to Hitotsubashi University as partial requirement of the M.A. course. (Japanese) 1994
-Drug abuse Preventive Activities in Sri Lanka. Country paper presented at the 3rd Drug and Narcotics Experts Study Programme held in Tokyo Japan by the Japan International Cooperation of Welfare Services Agency :JICWELS. ( Coauthor with Dr. N.Kodagoda) ( English) 1988
-The Life in Slums and Crime. Presented to the university of Sri Jayewardenepura Sri Lanka as the partial requirement of B.A. degree . (Sinhalese) 1985
Current working papers:
@- Consciousness Towards Drug Use and Recovering Possibility Among the Health Professionals in Japan.
@- The Problem of Drug Abuse in Sri Lankan Society. ( Ph.D. dissertation)
Daily News/Sunday Observer--Keeps you in touch with what happens in Sri Lanka
Amazon Com. Book Store-- Access to variety of books around the world
My University--Hitotsubashi University of Japan
Sri Lankan Student Association of Japan (SLSAJ)--Click, if you are interested in meeting with Sri Lankan student community in Japan
My academic advisor --Prof. Shujiro Yazawa
National Institute on Drug Abuse/USA (NIDA)--The famous Research Institute for Drug Abuse research
My Graduate School--
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JAPAN--
Presently I am living in Tokyo with my wife Rupika, daughter Hikari and son Watharu. I like to hear from you!!!!
This page was finally updated on 26/12/2002.
| Siripala Weerakoon Graduate School of Social Studies, Hitotsubashi University, Kunitachi City Naka 2-1, Tokyo 186-0002, Japan. Email: gsd9406@srv.cc.hit-u.ac.jp |
