Professor
Department of Medicine
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
United States of America
Tel: 305-243-0810
Prof. Dushyantha Thilak Jayaweera is a professor of Department of medicine and Executive Dean for Research and Research Education for the Miller School of Medicine, USA. He received his M.D. degree from University of Colombo in 1976, Sri Lanka and trained in medicine in Great Britain, and Loyola University of Chicago. Prof. Jayaweera has over 20 years of experience in HIV and serves as the Director for the HIV/HCV co-infection clinic. He has received grant support from the National Institutes of Drug Abuse, National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, and the National Science Foundation. Prof. Jayaweera has led and continues to lead numerous industry-funded trials HIV and HIV/HCV co infection and has published more than 70 peer-reviewed research articles. In 2012, Prof. Jayaweera was appointed as Associate Vice Provost for Human Subject Research overseeing the activities of the IRB committees and of the HSRO staff, and acting as a liaison between the IRBs and senior institutional leadership. Prof. Jayaweera was instrumental in initiating a new IRB study submission program called IRB 7.
