Channa Jayasumana
Channa Jayasumana is a Sri Lankan politician, Cabinet Minister and is a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka for the Anuradhapura District. He belongs to the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna.[1] He was the professor in Pharmacology at the Faculty of Medicine of Rajarata University of Sri Lanka before entered in to politics. He holds professional qualifications MBBS from University of Peradeniya, PhD and FRCP Edin.
Channa Jayasumana | |
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| චන්න ජයසුමන சன்ன ஜயசுமன | |
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| Minister of Health | |
| Assumed office 18 April 2022 | |
| President | Gotabaya Rajapaksa |
| Prime Minister | Mahinda Rajapaksa |
| Preceded by | Keheliya Rambukwella |
| State Minister of Production, Supply and Regulation of Pharmaceuticals | |
| In office 12 August 2020 – 3 April 2022 | |
| President | Gotabaya Rajapaksa |
| Prime Minister | Mahinda Rajapaksa |
| Member of Parliament for Anuradhapura District | |
| Assumed office August 2020 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 8, 1980 |
| Nationality | Sri Lankan |
| Political party | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna |
| Other political affiliations | Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance |
He has done extensive research on drinking water, occupational exposure to pesticides and its association with chronic kidney disease highly prevalent in rural farming communities.[2] Together with his doctoral advisor, Sarath Gunatilake, Prof. Jayasumana was awarded the AAAS Award for Scientific Freedom and Responsibility in 2019 for this work, citing "challenging circumstances."[3] He has authored 30 papers in indexed International journals. Further, He is a author of a chapter in Oxford text book of medicine.
He was appointed state minister of Pharmaceutical Production, Supply and Regulation in 2020.[4]
Following the mass resignation of the Sri Lankan cabinet in the wake of the 2022 Sri Lankan protests, he was appointed as the Minister of Health by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on 18 April 2022.[5][6]
References
- "Channa Jayasumana". Archived from the original on 2020-10-27. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
- Jayasumana, Channa; Paranagama, Priyani; Agampodi, Suneth; Wijewardane, Chinthaka; Gunatilake, Sarath; Siribaddana, Sisira (2015-01-18). "Drinking well water and occupational exposure to Herbicides is associated with chronic kidney disease, in Padavi-Sripura, Sri Lanka". Environmental Health. 14 (1): 6. doi:10.1186/1476-069X-14-6. ISSN 1476-069X. PMC 4417209. PMID 25596925.
- "Recipients of the AAAS Award for Scientific Freedom and Responsibility". Archived from the original on 2021-08-17. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
- "Sri Lanka President appoints cabinet ministers, state ministers". EconomyNext. 2020-08-12. Retrieved 2020-08-13.
- Krishnasai, C. "Sri Lankan president appoints 17 cabinet ministers amid calls for govt ouster". WION News. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
- "President appoints 17 new Cabinet ministers". Ada Derana.lk. Retrieved April 20, 2022.
