Professor Indika Karunathilake is the first ever professor in Medical Education in the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. He is currently the Head of the Department of Medical Education, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo and the WHO Collaborating Centre for Medical Education, Faculty of Medicine.

Prof. Indika Karunathilake has conducted extensive research and authored over 100 publications in peer reviewed international journals and over 150 research presentations at international and national level. He is a recipient of President’s Award for Scientific Publications. He also serves as the editor-in-Chief of the South East Asian Journal of Medical Education (SEAJME).

Professor Krish Nirantharakumar is the Joint Director for the Centre for Health Data Science and Professor in Health Data Science and Public Health at the Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham. Krish’s research interest spans across methodology development in epidemiology to clinical research in diabetes, endocrinology, women’s health and multimorbidity. Krish’s unique innovative methodological programme of work, known as “Automated Clinical Epidemiology Studies (ACES)”.

Krish is passionate to support junior staff, particularly from under-represented backgrounds to develop into self-sustaining leaders. His contribution was recognised and highlighted in BMJ as a role model.

He has made significant achievements in: 
1) developing, implementing and evaluating digital technologies for learning health systems and real-world evidence research; 2) clinical and public health themes relating to diabetes epidemiology, women’s health and multimorbidity; and 3) global health.