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Health Sciences staff profiles

Nethmini Haththotuwa

PositionPhD Student
DepartmentDepartment of Anatomy
QualificationsBachelor of Veterinary Medicine (Sri Lanka) MSc (Sri Lanka)
Research summaryNovel protein, in vivo and in vitro characterisation, skin and hair health
TeachingUndergraduate teaching: HUBS 191 and HUBS 192 (first year), Med2 Gross Anatomy, Med 2/3 Histology, Med 3-RDA Histology (2nd and 3rd year Medical)
Memberships
  • Clinical Anatomy Research Group
  • Australian and New Zealand Association of Clinical Anatomists (ANZACA)
  • Anatomical Society, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
  • Physiological Society United Kingdom
  • Physiological Society Sri Lanka
  • Young scientist forum Sri Lanka
  • Peradeniya University Teachers Association
  • Society of Companion Animal Practitioners of Sri Lanka
  • Sri Lanka Association of Animal Production
  • Alumni Association University of Peradeniya

Research

Currently, Im looking at the effects of a novel protein, developed by the Dias research group, on the health of hair and skin using in vivo and in vitro tests.

Additional details

Lecturer (probationary) at Department of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka (February 2015 to present).
Dr Nethmini Haththotuwa

Won both first place and people's choice awards for the 2020 “Bake your Thesis” competition.

Publications

Ratnayake, J., Camilleri, J., Haththotuwa, T. N., & Huang, J. (2023). In vitro biological testing of dental materials. In G. J. Seymour, M. P. Cullinan, N. C. K. Heng & P. R. Cooper (Eds.), Oral biology: Molecular techniques and applications: Methods in molecular biology (Vol. 2588). (3rd ed.) (pp. 505-524). New York, NY: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2780-8_31

Dias, G. J., Haththotuwa, T. N., Rowlands, D. S., Ingram, M., & Bekhit, A. E.-D. A. (2022). Wool keratin: A novel dietary protein source: Nutritional value and toxicological assessment. Food Chemistry, 383, 132436. doi: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2022.132436