Dr. Manori Vijaya Kumari

Senior Lecturer

Department of Physiology

Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences

Rajarata University of Sri Lanka

MBBS, PhD

Oration

Stella de Silva oration – 2022

Awarded by Sri Lanka College of Physician for the best performance for original research work conducted for PhD under the title of “The association between asthma and functional abdominal pain disorders in the paediatric population:  common pathophysiological mechanisms causing this association”

Research awards

KN Seneviratne memorial research award – 2021

Awarded by the Physiological Society of Sri Lanka for the best performance for original research work conducted in physiology in PhD under the title of “The association between asthma and functional abdominal pain disorders in the paediatric population:  common pathophysiological mechanisms causing this association”

RUSL research Excellence award -2021

Awarded by Rajarata University of Sri Lanka for the researchers who have published articles in indexed journal; World Journal of Clinical Cases, Expert Review of Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Dean’s award -2021

Awarded by Faculty of Medicine & Allied Sciences, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka for the full paper published in Science citation Index expanded (SCIE) journals (Expert Review of Gastroenterology and Hepatology)

Dean’s award -2018

Awarded by Faculty of Medicine & Allied Sciences, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka for the full paper published in Science citation Index expanded (SCIE) journals (World Journal of Clinical Cases)

Travel award - 2018

The travel award winner to participate and present an abstract at the 14th Asian Pan-Pacific Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition – APPSPGHAN conferance, Bangkok, Thailand 2018

Best poster award -2017

The best e-poster presentation in paediatric respirology at the 6^th Global congress for consensus in paediatrics – 2017

Research

1. The association between asthma and functional abdominal pain disorders in the paediatric population: common pathophysiological mechanisms causing this association
2. Epidemiology of asthma and gastroesophagial reflux disease (GERD) among school adolescents in Anuradhapura district: A cross sectional study

 Grants

1. The travel grant to participate and present an abstract at the 14th Asian Pan-Pacific Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition – APPSPGHAN conference, Bangkok, Thailand 2018 was received from the Faculty of Medicine, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka in 2018.

Full paper

• Kumari MV, Amarasiri L, Rajindrajith S, Devanarayana NM. Gastric motility and pulmonary function in children with functional abdominal pain disorders and asthma: A pathophysiological study. PloS one. 2022 Jan 4;17(1):e0262086. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0262086 

• Kumari MV, Amarasiri L, Rajindrajith S, Devanarayana NM. Functional abdominal pain disorders and asthma: two disorders, but similar pathophysiology?. Expert Review of Gastroenterology & Hepatology. 2021 Jan; 15(1):9-24. doi: 10.1080/17474124.2020.1821652.

• Kumari MV, Devanarayana NM, Amarasiri L, Rajindrajith S. Association between functional abdominal pain disorders and asthma in adolescents: A cross-sectional study. World Journal of Clinical Cases 2018 Dec 6; 6(15): 944-951 DOI: http://dx.doi. org/10.12998/wjcc.v6.i15.944

• Kumari MV, Devanarayana NM, Rajindrajith S, Amarasiri L. Clinical utility of spirometry in pre-school children. Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health 2018; 47(1): 64-68 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4038/sljch.v47i1.8432

Abstracts

• Kumari M.V, Devanarayana N.M, Amarasiri L, Rajindrajith S. Association between functional gastrointestinal disorders and asthma in adolescents: a school based study. 14th Asian Pan-Pacific Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition – APPSPGHAN, Bangkok, Thailand, 2018 October; 65.

• Kumari M.V, Devanarayana N.M, Amarasiri L, Rajindrajith S. Gastric motility disturbances among asthmatic children. 14th Asian Pan-Pacific Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition – APPSPGHAN, Bangkok, Thailand, 2018 October ; 92.

• Kumari M.V, Devanarayana N.M, Amarasiri L, Rajindrajith S. Impaired gastric motility among children with abdominal pain predominant functional gastrointestinal disorders (AP-FGIDs). 14th Asian Pan-Pacific Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition – APPSPGHAN, Bangkok, Thailand, 2018 October; 148.

• Kumari A.M.M.V, Amarasiri L, Rajindrajith S, Rajapakse R.M.S.I, Kumara H.E.C.S, Wickramage S.P, Devanarayana N.M. The impact of asthma on adolescent health in Sri Lanka. 6^th Global congress for consensus in paediatrics, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 2017 Nov 13;292.
• Kumari A.M.M.V, Amarasiri L, Rajindrajith S, Kumara H.E.C.S, Wickramage S.P, Devanarayana N.M. Gastrointestinal symptoms among asthmatic adolescents in Sri Lanka. 6^th Global congress for consensus in paediatrics, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 2017 Nov 13;135.
• Kumari A.M.M.V, Amarasiri L, Rajindrajith S, Rajapakse R.M.S.I, Devanarayana N.M. The impact of functional gastrointestinal disorders on quality of life among adolescents in Sri Lanka. 6^th Global congress for consensus in paediatrics, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 2017 Nov 13;155.

• Kumari A.M.M.V, Amarasiri L, Rajindrajith S, Devanarayana N.M. Impaired gastric motility among asthmatic children. 6^th Global congress for consensus in paediatrics, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 2017 Nov 13;299.

• Kumari A.M.M.V, Amarasiri L, Rajindrajith S, Devanarayana N.M. Gastric motility disturbance in children with abdominal pain predominant functional gastrointestinal disorders (AP-FGIDs). 6^th Global congress for consensus in paediatrics, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 2017 Nov 13;229.

• Kumari A.M.M.V, Amarasiri L, Rajindrajith S, Devanarayana N.M. The impaired lung functions among children with abdominal pain predominant functional gastrointestinal disorders (AP-FGIDs). 6^th Global congress for consensus in paediatrics, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 2017 Nov 13;303.

• Teaching for undergraduate medical students at the Faculty of Medicine & Allied Sciences, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka as a permanent Lecturer since 2013

• Teaching Medical English for undergraduate medical students during their foundation English course at the Faculty of Medicine & Allied Sciences, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka in 2022

• Teaching Physiology subject at the department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine & Allied Sciences, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka as a Temporary lecturer  in 2012

Membership and post

• Female warden, , Faculty of Medicine, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka -2022
• Student Counsellor at Faculty of Medicine University of Rajarata – 2014 Aug to 2015 Aug
• Assistant secretary of Ethics Review Committee, Faculty of Medicine, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka – 2014 - 2015
• Assistant secretary of Higher Degree Committee, Faculty of Medicine, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka – 2014 - 2015
• Being a judge at the physiology Quiz organized annually by the Physiological Society of Sri Lanka on 7^th of July 2014
• Member of SLMC since 2014 to date

Courses, workshops and conferences attended:

• 14th Asian Pan-Pacific Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (APPSPGHAN) International Conference at Bangkok, Thailand. 23^rd – 26^th October 2018.
• 6^th Global congress for consensus in paediatrics, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 2017 Nov
• Workshop on statistical usage of SPSS data analytic software and Mendeley reference manager –2015 July
• Completed Medical Statistic online course at Stanford University with a distinction- 2015July to 2015 September
• Workshop on pre-clinical Curriculum development relevant to the integrated Pre-clinical subjects – 2014 December to 2015 April
• Completed the Staff development course at Rajarata University of Sri Lanka – 2014 November to 2015 April
• Fallowed a course “Hand on experience on Spirometry lung function test” conducted by a Respiratory physiologist at Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya. – 2014.October