Biography

Prof. Dushyantha Jayaweera MD, FACP, MRCOG (UK), CIP is a Professor in Clinical Medicine at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. He graduated from the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka and has been working on HIV for the last 25 years. 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. Dr. Jayaweera has led and continues to lead numerous industry-funded trials HIV and HIV/HCV coinfection and has published extensively. He was formerly the Associate vice Provost for Human Subject Research and Dean for Research. He received his M.D. degree in Sri Lanka, and trained in medicine in Sri Lanka, Great Britain, and Loyola University/Hines VA in Chicago. In conjunction with other esteemed faculty members at UM, he manages minority HIV and HIV/HCV care clinics in Miami. Prof. Jayaweera is a frequent speaker and an organizer of international workshops, meetings, and conferences.