Publicity & Outreach
The Publicity & Outreach team facilitates the promotion of APBSEA's vision and mission, with the goal of recruiting new members, developing new knowledge and capabilities, and connecting biomedical education experts across the Asia Pacific and beyond.
Thilanka Seneviratne
Senior Lecturer & Head of Department (Pharmacology)
University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
Dr Thilanka Seneviratne is a Senior Lecturer and Head of Department for the Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine at the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. She received the Doctor of Medicine in Paediatrics from the University of Colombo and the membership of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health in the United Kingdom. Cultivating a special interest in simulation-based medical education, Dr Seneviratne is also the Vice-President of the Sri Lanka Association of Simulation in Healthcare. Dr Seneviratne has pioneered simulation-based teaching of therapeutics in Sri Lanka, which she transitioned to virtual platforms during the COVID-19 pandemic. Her other memberships include being the Social Secretary of the Sri Lanka Association of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, as well as a member of the International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE).
Michael Siu Hong Wan
Head of Basic and Clinical Sciences
The University of Notre Dame, Australia
A/Prof Michael Siu Hong Wan is the Head of Basic and Clinical Sciences at the School of Medicine, University of Notre Dame, Australia. He undertook his Cardiology Fellowship at Westmead Hospital, Sydney. He has published more than 100 abstracts and articles in peer reviewed journals, many of which focused on medical education and assessment. His current research interest is in the assessment of clinical reasoning. He is also the review panelist for many medical education journals and is a collaborator with the Australian Medical Council (AMC), Medical Dean of Australia and New Zealand (MDANZ), University of Adelaide and the Australian Medical Schools Assessment Collaboration (AMSAC) on the calibration of assessment items in Australia. He was a recipient of the Vice Chancellor’s Award for excellence in teaching and the Australian Office of Learning & Teaching National Citation Award. He has also been conferred the Fellowship of the Australia and New Zealand Association for Health Professional Educators (FANZAHPE).