Prof. B. Kumarendran

Peer reviewed publications in refereed journals

1. The impact of rate and rhythm control strategies on quality of life for patients with atrial fibrillation: a protocol for a systematic, Powsiga Uruthirakumar, Rajendra Surenthirakumaran, Tiffany E Gooden, Gregory YH Lip, G Neil Thomas, David J Moore, Krishnarajah Nirantharakumar, Balachandran Kumarendran, Kumaran Subaschandran, Shribavan Kaneshamoorthy, Vethanayagam Antony Sheron

2. Generalisability of and lessons learned from a mixed-methods study conducted in three low- and middle-income countries to identify care pathways for atrial fibrillation  Gooden, Tiffany E.; Wang, Jingya; Carvalho Goulart, Alessandra; Antony Sheron, Vethanayagan; Kumarendran, B.; Nirantharakumar, Krishnarajah; Surenthirakumaran, R.

3. Santos, I. S., Lotufo, P. A., Goulart, A. C., Brant, L. C. C., Pinto, M. M., Pereira, A. C., Barreto, S. M., Ribeiro, A. L. P., Thomas, G. N., Lip, G. Y. H., Bensenor, I. M., Arasalingam, A., Beane, A., Bensenor, I. M., Brocklehurst, P., Cheng, K. K., El-Bouri, W., Feng, M., Goulart, A. C., Greenfield S, Guo Y, Guruparan M, Gusso G, Gooden TE, Haniffa R, Humphreys L, Jolly K, Jowett S, Kumarendran B, Lancashire E, Lane DA, Li X, Lip GYH, Li YG, Lobban T, Lotufo PA, Holland SM, Moore DJ, Nirantharakumar K, Olmos RD, Paschoal E, Pirasanth P, Powsiga U, Romagnolli C, Santos IS, Shantsila A, Sheron VA, Shribavan K, Szmigin I, Subaschandren K, Surenthirakumaran R, Tai M, Thomas GN, Varella AC, Wang H, Wang J, Zhang H, Zhong, J. (2022). Cardiovascular Health and Atrial Fibrillation or Flutter: A Cross-Sectional Study from ELSA-Brasil. Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia. https://doi.org/10.36660/ABC.20210970
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4. Sheron, V.A., Shanmugathas, S., Gooden, T.E., Guruparan, M., Kumarendran, B., Lip, G.Y.H., Holland, S.M., Nirantharakumar, K., Shribavan, K., Subaschandren, K., Haniffa, R., Surenthirakumaran, R., Thomas, G.N., Uruthirakumar, P., Greenfield, S., Lane, D.A., Beane, A.. Healthcare provider and patient perspectives on access to and management of atrial fibrillation in the Northern Province, Sri Lanka: a rapid evaluation of barriers and facilitators to care. BMC Health Serv Res 22, 1078 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-022-08440-1

5. Kusuma D, Atanasova P, Anjana RM, De Silva L, Hanif A, Hasan M, Hossain M, Indrawansa S, Jayamanne D, Jha S, Kasturiratne A, Katulanda P, Khawaja KI, Kumarendran B, Mridha MK, Rajakaruna V, Chambers JC, Frost G, Sassi F, Miraldo Met al., 2022, Food environment and diabetes mellitus in South Asia: a geospatial analysis of health outcome data, PLoS Medicine, ISSN: 1549-1277

6. Atanasova P, Kusuma D, Pineda E, Anjana RM, De Silva L, Hanif AAM, Hasan M, Hossain MM, Indrawansa S, Jayamanne D, Sujeet Jha, Kasturiratne A, Katulanda P, Khawaja KI, Kumarendran B, Mrida MK, Rajakaruna V, Chambers JC, Frost G, Sassi F, Miraldo M (2022) ‘SSM – Population Health Food environments and obesity : A geospatial analysis of the South Asia Biobank , income and sex inequalities’, SSM – Population Health, 17(December 2021), p. 101055. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2022.101055

7. Kumarendran B, O’Reilly M.W., Subramanian A., Šumilo D.,  Toulis K., Gokhale K.M.,  Wijeratne C.N., Coomarasamy A.,  Tahrani A.A., Azoulay L., Arlt W., Nirantharakumar K.,  (2021). Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, Combined Oral Contraceptives, and the Risk of Dysglycemia: A Population-Based Cohort Study With a Nested Pharmacoepidemiological Case-Control Study, Diabetes Care; dc210437. https://doi.org/10.2337/dc21-0437

8. Bohren MA, Lorencatto F, Coomarasamy A, Althabe F, Devall AJ, Evans C, Oladapo OT, Lissauer D, Akter S, Forbes G, Thomas E, Galadanci H, Qureshi Z, Fawcus S, Hofmeyr GJ, Al-beity FA, Kasturiratne A, Kumarendran B, Mammoliti KM, Vogel JP, Gallos I & Miller S. (2021) ‘Formative research to design an implementation strategy for a postpartum hemorrhage initial response treatment bundle (E-MOTIVE): study protocol.’, Reproductive health, 18(1), p. 149. doi: 10.1186/s12978-021-01162-3.https://reproductive-health-journal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12978-021-01162-3#citeas

9. Kusuma, D., Pradeepa, R., Khawaja, K.I., Hasan, M., Siddiqui, S., Mahmood, S., Ali Shah, S.M., De Silva, C.K., de Silva, L., Gamage, M., Loomba, M., Rajakaruna, V.P., AM Hanif, A., Kamalesh, R.B., Kumarendran, B., Loh, M., Misra, A., Tassawar, A., Tyagi, A., Waghdhare, S., Burney, S., Ahmad, S., Mohan, V., Sarker, M., Goon, I.Y., Kasturiratne, A., Kooner, J.S., Katulanda, P., Jha, S., Anjana, R.M., Mridha, M.K., Sassi, F., Chambers, J.C., 2021. Low uptake of COVID-19 prevention behaviours and high socioeconomic impact of lockdown measures in South Asia: evidence from a large-scale multi-country surveillance programme. SSM – Popul. Heal. 13, 100751. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2021.100751

10. Balachandran Kumarendran, Dana Sumilo, Michael W. O’Reilly, Konstantinos A. Toulis, Krishna M. Gokhale, Chandrika N. Wijeyaratne, Arri Coomarasamy, Wiebke Arlt, Abd A. Tahrani, Krishnarajah Nirantharakumar  (2019) ‘Increased risk of obstructive sleep apnoea in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: a population-based cohort study’, European Journal of Endocrinology. doi: 10.1530/EJE-18-0693

11. Kumarendran B, O’Reilly MW, Manolopoulos KN, Toulis KA, Gokhale KM, Sitch AJ, Wijeyaratne CN, Coomarasamy A, Arlt W and Nirantharakumar K (2018) Polycystic ovary syndrome, androgen excess, and the risk of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in women: A longitudinal study based on a United Kingdom primary care database. PLoS Med 15(3): e1002542. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29590099

12. O’Reilly, M.W., Glisic, M., Kumarendran, B., Subramanian, A., Manolopoulos, K.N., Tahrani, A.A., Keerthy, D., Muka, T., Toulis, K.A., Hanif, W., Thomas, G.N., Franco, O.H., Arlt, W., Nirantharakumar, K., 2018. Serum testosterone, sex hormone-binding globulin and sex-specific risk of incident type 2 diabetes in a retrospective primary care cohort. Clin. Endocrinol. (Oxf).

13. Toulis KA, Robbins T, Reddy N,Kumarendran B, Gokhale K, Wijesinghe H, Cheng KK, Karavitaki N, Wass J, Nirantharakumar K. (2018) Males with prolactinoma are at increased risk of incident cardiovascular disease. Clinical Endocrinology. 88(1):71-76

14. Caleyachetty, R., Thomas, G. N., Toulis, K. A., Mohammed, N., Gokhale, K. M.,Kumarendran B., & Nirantharakumar, K. (2017). Metabolically Healthy Obese and Incident Cardiovascular Disease Events Among 3.5 Million Men and Women. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 70(12). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28911506

15. Toulis KA, Willis BH, Marshall T, Kumarendran B, Gokhale K, Ghosh S, Thomas GN, Cheng KK, Narendran P, Hanif W, Nirantharakumar K (2017), All-cause mortality in patients with diabetes under treatment with dapagliflozin: a population-based, open-cohort study in THIN database, J ClinEndocrinolMetab. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28323967

16. Dafoulas GE, Toulis KA, Mccorry D, Kumarendran B, Thomas GN, Willis BH, Gokhale K, Gkoutos G, Narendran P, Nirantharakumar K (2017), Type 1 diabetes mellitus and risk of incident epilepsy: a population-based, open-cohort study, Diabetologia, 60(2):258-261. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27796422

17. Toulis KA, Hanif W, Saravanan P, Willis BH, Marshall T, Kumarendran B, Gokhale K, Ghosh S, Cheng KK, Narendran P, Thomas GN, Nirantharakumar K (2017). All-cause mortality in patients with diabetes under glucagon-like peptide-1 agonists: A population-based, open cohort study. Diabetes & Metabolism, 43(3), pp. 211–216. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28325589

18. Athauda, L. K., Wickremasinghe, A. R., Kumarendran, B. & Kasturiratne, A. (2015). An ecological study for Sri Lanka about health effects of coconut. Ceylon Medical Journal, 60, 97-99. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26520863

19. Goto K, Kumarendran B, Mettananda S, Gunasekara D, Fujii Y, Kaneko S (2013). Analysisof effects of meteorological factors on dengue incidence in Sri Lanka using time series data. PLoS One. 9;8(5):e63717. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0063717.Print 2013. PubMed PMID: 23671694; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3650072. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23671694

20. Ebenezer R, Gunawardena NK, Kumarendran B,Pathmeswaran A, Jukes MCH, Drake LJ and de Silva NR (2013). “Cluster-randomised trial of the impact of school-based deworming and iron supplementation on the cognitive abilities of schoolchildren in Sri Lanka’s plantation sector.” Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH 18(8): 942-951. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23837404

21. Vijayakumary, T., de Silva, J.R., Sarathchandra, J. and Kumarendran, B., 2012. Prospective study of ventilated patients in the paediatric medical intensive care unit of Lady Ridgeway Hospital. Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health, 41(3).

22. KithsiriGunawardena, Balachandran Kumarendran, Roshini Ebenezer, MudithaSanjeewaGunasingha, ArunasalamPathmeswaran, and Nilanthi de Silva, (2011), Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infections among Plantation Sector Schoolchildren in Sri Lanka: Prevalence after Ten Years of Preventive Chemotherapy, PLoSNegl Trop Dis. 2011 September; 5(9): e1341 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2198054

Peer reviewed presentations at National/ International Conferences / Symposia published in Abstract form

1. Coonghe PAD, Surenthirakumaran R, Kumarendran B, Kesavan R, Muhunthan K , Umasankar N, Pearce N, Nithyananda S , Lawlor DA, Sivaganesh S, Balakumar S and Sasrubi S (2022). Maternal factors associated with low birth weight among deliveries registered in 2020 in the Nallur Medical Officer of Health, Sri Lanka, Proceedings and Abstracts of Free Communications- Jaffna University International Research Conference, Research Conference of Faculty of Medicine – Jaffna, p. 23-24.

2. Jabir, S., Jayaweera, K., Dissanayake, L., Ediriweera, I., Weerasinghe, N., Jayasinghe, K., Abhayasinghe, K., Lokugamhewa, B., Wijewickrama, A., Hewamalage, A., Fernando, B., Kumarendran, B., Liyanage, C., Wickramasinghe, E., Abeysinghe, N., Wijeymuni, R., Agampodi, S., Makuloluwa, T., Sumathipala, A., 2021. Lived Experiences of Sri Lankans Hospitalised with COVID-19: A Mixed Method Study, in: COVID-19: Impact, Mitigation, Opportunities and Building Resilience. National Science Foundation, Sri Lanka, Colombo.

3. Ariyhan, V., Nisala, M., Lavanya, V., Murugananthan, A. and Kumarendran, B., 2020. Factors associated with usage of electronic resources for academic purpose among the medical students of Faculty of Medicine University of Jaffna. In: Asia- Pacific Academic Consortium Public Health (APACPH 2020).

4. Thevanihedan, P., Sutharshana, J., Rinosha, S., Kumaran, S. and Kumarendran, B., 2020. Knowledge, attitude, practice and associated factors offever management among mothers of children admitted to paediatric wards in the teaching hospital Jaffna. In: Asia- Pacific Academic Consortium Public Health (APACPH 2020).

5. Azra, M., Bandara, D., Rifkhan, M., Srisaravanapavananthan, N. and Kumarendran, B., 2020. Knowledge, attitude, self-reported practice towards healthy cooking among non-academic female staff in university of Jaffna. In: Asia- Pacific Academic Consortium Public Health (APACPH 2020).

6. Mayoori, G., Ransika, T., Sarugan, R., Guruparan, K. and Kumarendran, B., 2020. THE Factors associated with anemia among first trimester pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in teaching hospital Jaffna. In: Asia- Pacific Academic Consortium Public Health (APACPH 2020).

7. Jashmy, A., Nazeera, A., Mufaza, M., Aravinthan, M. and Kumarendran, B., 2020. Knowledge, attitude and practice towards sugar intake among medical students of university of Jaffna. In: Asia- Pacific Academic Consortium Public Health (APACPH 2020).

8. Senevirathne, B., Gulegoda, G., Garchicca, Sritharan and , Kumarendran, B., 2020. Awareness on pre-pregnancy counselling among primi women attending teaching hospital Jaffna. In: Asia- Pacific Academic Consortium Public Health (APACPH 2020).

9. Saravanan, R., Dinushiyan, V., Hidhayathullah, M., Sujanitha, V. and Kumarendran, B., 2020. Knowledge and practice of edible salt usage among female staff of the Jaffna municipal council. In: Asia- Pacific Academic Consortium Public Health (APACPH 2020).

10. Anuradha, R., Roshington, J., Anusika, S., Suthagaran, V. and Kumarendran, B., 2020. Knowledge, attitude and practice towards ‘breast self-examination’ among female staff in selected divisional secretariats of Jaffna district. In: Asia- Pacific Academic Consortium Public Health (APACPH 2020)

11. Madhubhashini, S. Piranavan, S., Sivarajah, T., Kumaran, S., Kumarendran, B., 2020. Patients’ perceptions on the attire of medical students and its associated factors in the medical wards of Teaching Hospital Jaffna, 3rd Undergraduate Research Symposium, Faculty of Medicine & Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, University of Jaffna.
12. Karunarathne, R.M.M.D., Keerththanan,V., Jothika,B., Kumarendran, B.,  Sritharan, A., 2020. Factors associated with contraceptive prevalence among staff of the District Secretariat Office Jaffna, 3rd Undergraduate Research Symposium, Faculty of Medicine & Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, University of Jaffna. 
                                   
     
13. S. Kumar, MS., Subhashini, MP., Swasthiga, S., Sivakanthan, S., Kumarendran, B., 2020. Challenges in adapting to English medium learning among first to fourth year medical students of the University of Jaffna, 3rd Undergraduate Research Symposium, Faculty of Medicine & Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, University of Jaffna.

14. Rishan, M., Sajier, M., Mayoorika, K., Bavani, G. and Kumarendran, B., 2020. Pre pregnancy body mass index and gestational weight gain among pregnant women admitted to teaching hospital Jaffna. In: 3rd Undergraduate Research Symposium, Faculty of Medicine & Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, University of Jaffna.

15. Jeyasuthan.M, Kumarendran.B 2018, Bypassing primary health care facilities among admissions to medical wards, Teaching Hospital, Kandy, Accepted for oral presentation at the 131^stAnniversary International Medical Congress of the Sri Lanka Medical Association.

16. Premasiri D.G.A.L, Premathilaka N.T K, Priyadarshana M.A.I, Pussellage A.C, Rai.S, Kumarendran B 2018, Reproductive health knowledge among arts students in the University of Kelaniya, Accepted for poster presentation at the 131st Anniversary International Medical Congress of the Sri Lanka Medical Association.

17. Kumarendran B, Pathmeswaran A, de Silva NR 2017, Prevalence of pinworm infection among children living in low income settlements in Colombo Municipal Council area, 130th Anniversary International Medical Congress of the Sri Lanka Medical Association.

18. Kumarendran B, Pathmeswaran A, de Silva NR 2017, Effectiveness of mebendazole and health education in control of pinworm among children living in low income settlements in Colombo Municipal Council Area, 130th Anniversary International Medical Congress of the Sri Lanka Medical Association.

19. E Hilvers, B Kumarendran, P Weber, R Ryan, S Ghosh, B Bordbar, T Marshall and K Nirantharakumar 2016, ‘Do comorbidities impact on glycaemic control in patients with Type 2 diabetes?’ Poster number P534, Abstracts of the Diabetes UK Professional Conference, 2–4 March 2016, P194.

20. Nalliah, A., Kumarendran, B., Ferdiniands, E. R, 2015, Physiotherapy Screening and Pre habilitation for the Biomechanical Requirements of Fast Bowling, 5th World Congress of Science & Medicine in Cricket, 23rd – 26th Sydney, Australia.

21. Nalliah, A., Kumarendran, B., Ferdiniands, E. R, 2015, Association between Transferrin Saturation and Fast Bowling Speed and Fitness, 5th World Congress of Science & Medicine in Cricket, 23rd – 26th Sydney, Australia.

22. Wickramasinghe WAI, Jayathilake JMS, Thilakarathne KASH, Wijesinghe JAAS, Wijesooriya UGWUS, Perera KMN, Kumarendran B, Chandrathilake MC, Kasturiratne KTAA, 2015, Engaging in an alcohol and tobacco control intervention as a component of an ethnic cohesion programme: perspectives of medical undergraduates, Research Symposium on Combating alcohol, tobacco and other drugs in national medelopment, 26th March, BMICH, Colombo.

23. Kasturiratne A, Perera KMN, Chandratilake M, Kumarendran B, Pathmeswaran A, Wickremasinghe AR, 2014,Community-based assessment of communication skills in medical undergraduates, 3 rd South East Asian Regional Association for Medical Education ( SEARAME ) Conference. 12th – 15th November 2014, Sri Lanka.

24. Ebenezer R., Gunawardena N.K.,Kumarendran B., Pathmeswaran A., de Silva N.R. 2013, Cluster randomized trial of the impact of school based deworming and weekly iron supplementation on haemoglobin level of plantation primary school children, 18^th Annual Academic Sessions, College of Community Physicians of  Sri Lanka, Colombo.

25. Wijesooriya W.A.G.M, Wijesundara W.M.R.D., Wijewardhane M.G.N.D., C.G.A, Zangmo K, Kumarendran B 2013, Ergonomic and health related factors associated with carrying bag usage among medical students in Faculty of Medicine, Ragama, 18th Annual Academic Sessions, College of Community Physicians of  Sri Lanka, Colombo.

26. Kensuke Goto, Takashi Shinzaki, Balachandran Kumarendran, Deepa Gunasekara, Nipul. K. Gunawardena, Satoshi Kaneko 2013, Challenge to system construction for collecting and tracing patient information by using vein authentication, Conference on Sri Lanka Japan – Collaborative Research, University of Peradeniya

27. Rajapaksha R.M.D.S.S., Ranathunga R.M.D.C., Ranaweera R.K.M.D.S.P., Randika J.M.T., Rathnayake R.M.N.P., Rathnayaka K.M.S.P., Kumarendran B., Pinidiyapathirage JM 2013, Sleep patterns among medical undergraduates in Faculty of Medicine, Ragama, 11th Asia Pacific Medical Education Conference (APMEC), Singapore.

28. YC Jayasinghe, KAW Karunasekera, B Kumarendran 2013, Prevalence and risk factors for childhood wheezing in Ragama Medical Officer of Health area: an on-going, community based study, Oral Presentation, 126th Anniversary Scientific Medical Congress, Sri Lanka Medical Association, Waters Edge, Colombo, July, 2013

29. K., KumarendranB., ManamperiN.H., SenarathnaB.P., Manori Silva, PathmeswaranA, de SilvaN.R., 2013, Randomized placebo-controlled trial of the efficacy of mebendazole polymorphs in the treatment of hookworm infections, 22nd Annual American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene    

30. B Kumarendran, A Kasturiratne, R Wickramasinghe, L Athauda 2012, Does consumption of coconut products increase the risk of CVD mortality?, The 44th Asia Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health Conference (APACPH), Colombo. PP 2-36.

31. Athauda LK, Kumerendran B, Kasturiratne KTAA, Wickremasinghe AR, 2012, Negative health effects of coconut; are they real at the population level? 125th Anniversary International Medical Congress, Sri Lanka Medical Association, BMICH, Colombo.

32. Jayathilaka EKS, Kumerendran B, Mudalige MPS Chandrasena LG and Gunesekara KADC 2012, Validationof Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis Against Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry in assessing body fat measurement among adults, 3rd Conference of the South Asian Association of Physiologists.

33. Krishnapradeep S, Kumarendran B, Bandara S, 2012, Neonatal Hypothermia And Associated Factors At Special Care Baby Unit, Teaching Hospital Peradeniya, Annual Scientific Sessions, Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians , Colombo.

34. Jayasooriya JAPW, Kumarendran B, Kumarasiri JM, 2011, Client satisfaction on antenatal care in Mirigama Medical Officer of Health area, National Conference on Public Health Innovations, National Institute of Health Sciences, Kalutara, p 43 – 44.

35. Krishnapradeep S, Aslam WAM, Kumarendran B, Kekulawala KRCP 2011, Comparison of adverse events following the administration of two brands of Desferrioxamine in Thalassaemic patients: a randomized controlled trial, Annual Scientific Sessions, Sri Lanka College of Pediatricians. – Best outstation paper

36. Jayasooriya JAPW, Kumarendran B, Kumarasiri JM, 2011 Gendered Pattern in STI Related Knowledge and Attitude among Workers of 8 Garment Factories in Sri Lanka, Poster presentation (SaPE 050), The 10th International Congress on AIDS in Asian and the Pacific, Bussan, South Korea.

37. Thadchanamoorthy V, De Silva S, Sarathchandra J, Kumarendran B 2011, Ventilated patients in the paediatric medical intensive care unit of Lady Ridgeway Hospital: an audit, The Ceylon Medical Journal, vol. 56 sup. 1, p.65.

38. Kajarajan R, Kumarendran B, Fernando A 2011, Association of smoking with some aspects of pulmonary tuberculosis in Central Chest Clinic, Colombo, The Ceylon Medical Journal, vol. 56 sup. 1, p.66.

39. Gunawardena NK, Gunasingha HMMSK, Kumarendran B, Pathmeswaran A, De Silva NR, (2010), Prevalence of soil-transmitted helminth infections and malnutrition among 9-10 year old children attending estate sector schools, Ceylon Medical Journal, Volume 55, Supplement 1, June 2010, p.28.

40. Kumarendran B, Kumanan T, 2010, Admission patterns and documentation of clinical features of head injuries in an Accident and Emergency Unit of a Sri Lankan Hospital for children, 10th South East Asia Regional Scientific Meeting of the International Epidemiological Association, poster presentation, p125.
41. Pachek SJR, Kumarendran B,  Gunasekara K, (2010), Epidemiology and treatment of patients with tuberculosis in Mannar District,  Ceylon Medical Journal,  Volume 55, Supplement 1, June 2010, p.37.

42. Jawahir AGM , Kumarendran B , Fernando A, (2010), Characteristics of tuberculous lymphadenitisCentral Chest clinic Colombo Ceylon Medical Journal,  Volume 55, Supplement 1, June 2010, p.66. 

43. Kumarendran B, YLS Nandasena, HTCS Abeysena (2009), Perceptions of editorial staff and coverage of reproductive health related newspaper articles and adolescents, The Ceylon Medical Journal, vol. 54, Sup. 1, 2009 (March), pp 42.

44. Kumarendran B, Kumanan T, 2009, Admission patterns and completeness of documentation of clinical features of head injuries in Accident and Emergency Unit of a Sri Lankan Hospital for children, Journal of the College of Community Physicians of Sri Lanka, Vol. 14, sup. 1, 2009 (Sept), pp 49.

45. Jawahir AGM, Kumarendran B, Fernando EAC, 2009, Tuberculous Lymphadenitis in Chest Clinic Colombo, “Respire”, Inaugural Symposium of the Association of Pulmonologists, pp 47.
                   
                                                                       
46. Pachek SJR, Kumarendran B, Gunasekara K, 2009, A study of Tuberculosis patients in Mannar district, “Respire”, Inaugural Symposium of the Association of Pulmonologists, pp 39.
          
                                                                                        
47. Karunanayake AL, Salgado LSS, Abeysuria V, Fernando S, Herath HMRP, KumarendranB, Premaratna BAHR, Mahawithanage STC, 2008, Prevalence of osteoporosis in a sample of Sri Lankan urban population, The Ceylon Medical Journal, vol. 53, Sup. 1, 2008 (March), pp 33.

48. Karunanayake AL, Salgado LSS, Abeysuria V, Fernando S, Herath HMRP, Kumarendran B, Premaratna BAHR, Mahawithanage STC, 2008, Prevalence of osteoporosis among Sri Lankan adults in Ragama area, Scientific Sessions of the Nutrition Society p 9.

49. Kumarendran B, YLS Nandasena, HTCS Abeysena 2008, Coverage of reproductive health related articles published by selected Sinhalese newspapers and the perceptions of journalists and editorial staff, Thirteenth Academic Sessions, College of Community Physicians of Sri Lanka, pp 38.

50. Karunanayake AL, Salgado LSS, Abeysuria V, Fernando S, Herath HMRP, Kumarendran B, Premaratna BAHR, Mahawithanage STC, 2008, Prevalence of osteoporosis in a sample of Sri Lankan adults, 9th Annual Research Symposium, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya (D18/MS/7/i).

51. Surenthirakumaran R, Kumarendran,Pratheepan, Sivagnanasundram and Jeyakumar 2006, Prevalence of Cancer In Jaffna – A population based study, The Ceylon Medical Journal, vol. 51, Sup. 1, 2006 (March), pp 31.

52. Kumarendran, Phillipananthan Johnson, DayaSomasundaram, Sivayokan 2003, A study of Obsessive Thoughts and Compulsive Rituals among the GCE advanced level students in Jaffna, Annual Scientific Sessions, Jaffna Medical Association, 21.02. 2003.

Chapters and Books of Scholarly work published in the relevant field

1. Kumarendran B, YLS Nandasena, HTCS Abeysena, ‘How far the news-papers fulfil the demand on adolescent reproductive health?’, in Wickremasinghe AR & Pathmeswaran A. ed. (2008) A collection of research papers on adolescent sexual and reproductive health. Ragama, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya.

2. Microplastic and you (in Tamil), Kumarendran B (Editor), Edirisinghe S, Gamage NS, Kithsiri HMP and Weerakoon WRWMA (Authors). This is published by Sri Lanka Medical Association. Sinhala version of this book was also published by the Sri Lanka Medical Association. ISBN 978-955-9386-51-3

3. Kumarendran B, Lamabadhusuriya SP 2011, Herbal Medicine, Editorial, SLMA News, Sri Lanka Medical Association, Vol. 4, No. 2, Pp 1-4.
4. Translation of Book from English to Tamil: “Operational guidelines on preparedness and response forcovid-19 outbreak for work settings” published by Directorate of Environmental Health, Occupational Health and Food Safety, Ministry of Health and Indigenous Medical Services

5. Edirisinghe E.A.S.T and Kumarendran B 2022, Plastic waste: Do we do our due role as doctors? SLMA News Letter, March 2022, vol 15, issue 3.

6. Kumarendran B, de Silva NR 2017, Pinworm infection : Time to pay more attention, SLMA News Letter, Decmber 2017, vol 10, issue 12.

7. Kumarendran B, de Silva NR 2017, Pinworm infection : Time to pay more attention, SLMA News Letter, December 2017, vol 10, issue 12.

Women’s endocrine diseases, Cardio-metabolic conditions, neglected tropical diseases and big data research