Gladys Jayawardene (died September 12, 1989) was a Sri Lankan Physician and academic.
She was the first female Director of the Medical Research Institute and Chairman of the State Pharmaceutical Corporation.
During her tenure the SPC began manufacturing Oral Rehydration Salts “Jeevanee” based on a formula approved by the WHO and UNICEF which had been imported before.
[5] She married Dr Roland "Roly" Jayawardene, a medical doctor and brother of J. R.
The Gladys Jayawardene Gold Medal for Parasitology is awarded annually by the Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo.