Dr. Champa Wijesinghe received a National Research Council Merit Award in 2017 for the article published in Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health 2015; Factors Associated With Caregiver Burden Among Caregivers of Children With Cerebral Palsy in Sri Lanka” authored by Champa J. Wijesinghe, Natasha Cunningham, Pushpa Fonseka, Chandanie G. Hewage, and Truls Østbye.