Siriraj Visit Keio University School of Medicine

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On September 1st, 2022, Prof. Takanori Kanai, Dean of Keio University School of Medicine, and Mr. Hiroki Yamamoto of the International Office, Keio University School of Medicine, welcomed the administrative members of the Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, led by Prof. Apichat Asavamongkolkul, Chairman of Department of Orthopaedic Surgery; Assoc. Prof. Prapat Wanitpongpan, Deputy Dean for International Relations; Prof. Kulkanya Chokephaibulkit, Director of Siriraj Institute of Clinical Research (SICRES); Assoc. Prof. Dr. Vitoon Chinswangwatanakul, Director of Siriraj Cancer Center; Assoc. Prof. Sith Sathornsumetee, the Manager of Siriraj Center of Research Excellence Management Unit (SiCORE-M); and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Adada Methasate from Minimally Invasive Surgery Unit; on a visit and discussion about the collaborations between Siriraj and Keio University School of Medicine in medical student exchange and academic exchange in Surgery/Orthopedics Surgery.

Alternative Immunotherapy in Breast Cancer by SiCORE-CIT

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Siriraj Center of Research Excellence for Cancer Immunotherapy (SiCORE-CIT) has published an article about alternative immunotherapy in breast cancer “Adoptive Transfer of Anti-Nucleolin T Cells Combined with PD-L1 Inhibition against Triple-Negative Breast Cancer” on the world-renowned journal Molecular Cancer Therapeutics Volume 21, Issue 5, May 1st, 2022 (https://doi.org/10.1158/1535-7163.mct-21-0823).

Molecular Cancer Therapeutics is a journal published on translational research studies focused on the discovery and preclinical development of therapeutic agents for oncology.

Mahidol University’s Highest Citation Per Publication 2018 – 2021

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Congratulations to Lect. Dr. Juthathip Mongkolsapaya, Deputy Chief of the Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever Research Unit, Office for Research and Development, and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pongsakorn Tantilipikorn, Vice Chairman of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Chief of the Rhinology & Allergy Division, after they were ranked as the 2nd and 3rd most highly cited researchers in the list of Mahidol University’s Top 10 Highest Citation Per Publication 2018 – 2021!

Siriraj Has Been Certified as WAO Center of Excellence

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February 8th, 2022, Siriraj Center of Research Excellence in Allergy & Immunology (SiCORE-Allergy & Immunology) has been certified as a World Allergy Organization Center of Excellence (WCOE)! WAO Centers of Excellence intensify and accelerate multidisciplinary scientific and clinical innovation, education, and advocacy worldwide providing excellence in education, research, training to various stakeholders in allergy, asthma, and clinical immunology. Congratulations!

The 3rd Siriraj Research and Innovation Advisory Committee Online Meeting in 2021 (Day 2)

The 3rd Teleconference Research and Innovation Advisory Committee in 2021, is virtually held as two-day meeting for different time zones includes November 12, 2021 for the committee members from the US, Australia and South Korea and November 19,2021 for the members in Europe, Israel and Bangkok. On this occasion, Prof. Dr. Banchong Mahaisavariya M.D., President of Mahidol University and Prof. Dr. Prasit Watanapa, Dean of Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, along with executive members and Siriraj Center of Research Excellence Management (SiCORE-M) welcomed the distinguished Research and Innovation Advisory Committee members.

On November 19, 2021, the advisory board received the brief updates from Deputy Dean for Research, SiCORE-M and the representatives of each SiCOREs. During the meeting, the board discussed and provided recommendations on the strategic research management and supporting mechanisms at Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital. In the interactive session, there was discussion about the research progress from Siriraj Center of Research Excellence in Allergy and Immunology (SiCORE-Allergy), Siriraj Center of Research Excellence in Dengue and Emerging Pathogens (SiCORE-Dengue), Siriraj Center of Research Excellence in Precision Medicine and Systems Pharmacology (SiCORE-PM&SP) and Siriraj Center of Research Excellence in Cardiovascular Disease (SiCORE-Cardiovascular Disease).

This two-day meeting provided us with an invaluable opportunity that all those that participated in this meeting found it extremely beneficial and greatly welcomed the opportunity to exchange perspectives and from the experience of advisory committee members. Without doubt, the insightful comments and recommendations that we received from this meeting will be of great benefit in research transformation to our Faculty and eventually magnify a broader outcome in aspects of Thailand healthcare system in the future.

 

Name list of the Research and Innovation Advisory Committee members (RIAC) that attend this meeting:

  1. Prof. Aaron Ciechanover from Technion-Israel Institute of Technology
  2. Prof. Gavin Screaton from University of Oxford
  3. Prof. George Baillie from University of Glasgow
  4. Prof. Ralf F. W. Bartenschlager from University of Heidelberg
  5. Prof. Nicholas J. White from Mahidol-Oxford Research Unit (MORU)
  6. Prof. Vicharn Panich, M.D. from Prince Mahidol Award Foundation, Thailand
  7. Somsak Chunharas, M.D. from National Health Foundation, Thailand
  8. Prof. Jumras Limtrakul, M.D. from Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology, Thailand
  9. Prof. Rutjawate Taharnklaew, from Betagro company, Thailand
  10. Dr. Somkiat Tangkitvanich, from Thailand Development Research Institute, Thailand
  11. Chalermpon Punnotok, from CEO CT Asia Robotics company, Thailand

 

The 3rd Siriraj Research and Innovation Advisory Committee Online Meeting in 2021 (Day 1)

On November 12, 2021, Prof. Dr. Banchong Mahaisavariya M.D., President of Mahidol University and Prof. Dr. Prasit Watanapa, Dean of Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, along with executive members welcomed the distinguish Research and Innovation Advisory Committee members to the 3rd Siriraj Research and Innovation Advisory Committee Meeting in 2021, organized by Siriraj Center of Research Excellence Management (SiCORE-M). This year, the meeting will be virtually held on November 12, 2021 and November 19, 2021

During the meeting, the advisory board received a brief update on the research progress and the strategic research and innovation management at Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University since the last meeting in 2019. There was then further discussion about the current limitation in research ecosystem and funding management. In addition, the board provided advices on potential supporting mechanisms and opportunities with industrial partners. As always, this was our great honor and pleasure to learn from the advisory committee members. We have certainly gained numerous insights and new ideas that will assist us immensely in research transformation at our Faculty, which eventually may lead to significant impact at the national level.

Name list of the Research and Innovation Advisory Committee members (RIAC) that attend this meeting:

  1. Chan Soo Shin, M.D., Ph.D, from Seoul National University, College of Medicine, Republic of Korea
  2. Sharon Anderson, M.D. from Oregon Health and Science University School of Medicine, USA
  3. Joshua Burns, Ph.D. from the University of Sydney, Australia
  4. W. K. Alfred Yung, M.D. from MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA
  5. Prof. Vicharn Panich, M.D. from Prince Mahidol Award Foundation, Thailand
  6. Somsak Chunharas, M.D. from National Health Foundation, Thailand
  7. Prof. Jumras Limtrakul, M.D. from Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology, Thailand
  8. Prof. Rutjawate Taharnklaew, from Betagro company, Thailand
  9. Dr. Somkiat Tangkitvanich, from Thailand Development Research Institute, Thailand
  10. Chalermpon Punnotok, from CEO CT Asia Robotics company, Thailand

  

Strengthening Of Clinical Trial In The Midst Of COVID-19

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Siriraj Institute of Clinical Research (SICRES) and the National Center for Global Health and Medicine (NCGM) from Japan are pleased to announce the free training on the topic “Strengthening Of Clinical Trial In The Midst Of COVID-19: The Rise of Digital Revolution”. This free training is available both online and onsite (for onsite, the seats are limited!).

For more information and registration, please visit https://sicres.org/2021/10/19/clinical-trial-in-the-midst-of-covid-19/ or scan the QR code in the poster below.

Online Mini-Symposium “Thai Tastes X Metabolomics”

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Siriraj Metabolomics and Phenomics Center (SiMPC), Research Department, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University is pleased to announce a free online mini-symposium organized by Thailand Metabolomics Society under the theme “Thai Tastes X Metabolomics”.

The event is scheduled for November 20th, 2021, from 9:00hrs -12:00hrs (BKK time).
For online registration, please click: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdZq7Ri7_x0TY0qaA0W-59HMyLXqGn6fvos9XVD26cg-c5v8g/viewform?fbclid=IwAR0G0NIqVFT9a7CZpKBFtn-ImynqLBc8baIfZxRke1IWcdypx1lJq8FjsMw

This event is free of charge. All are invited!

“Cancers” Published SiCORE-CIT’s Research

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Congratulations!

The world-renowned journal “Cancers” Volume 13, Issue 9 (May-1 2021) published the research article “Cancer-Associated Fibroblast-Derived IL-6 Determines Unfavorable Prognosis in Cholangiocarcinoma by Affecting Autophagy-Associated Chemoresponse” (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaad.2020.04.169) by Dr. Suyanee Thongchot from Siriraj Center of Research Excellence for Cancer Immunotherapy (SiCORE-CIT), Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University! This research is a collaborative research project between Dr. Suyanee and other world-renowned researchers such as Prof. Ciro Isidoro from the University of Eastern Piedmont Amedeo Avogadro, Italy, and Assoc. Prof. Nisana Namwat from Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, and more!

“Cancers” is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal of oncology published semimonthly online by MDPI and has an Impact Factor of 5.968!

Siriraj Research Excellence Award 2021

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Congratulations to the award recipients of “Siriraj Research Excellence Award 2021”. The Research Excellence Awards highlight the research achievements of recently tenured faculty members. The list of awardees is shown as follows:

The Award of Excellence for Clinical Research:

  1. Prof. Rungroj Krittayaphong, Department of Medicine
    Title: “Adherence to Anticoagulant Guideline for Atrial Fibrillation Improves Outcomes in Asian Population: The COOL-AF Registry”
    https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/STROKEAHA.120.029295
  2. Assoc. Prof. Phunchai Charatcharoenwitthaya, Department of Medicine
    Title: “Prospective comparison of transient elastography, point shear wave elastography, APRI and FIB-4 for staging liver fibrosis in chronic viral hepatitis”
    https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jvh.13246
  3. Prof. Dr. Thanongchai Siriapisith, Department of Radiology
    Title: “Pyramid graph cut: Integrating intensity and gradient information for grayscale medical image segmentation”
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compbiomed.2020.103997
  4. Assoc. Prof. Torpong Thongngarm and Dr. Mongkhon Sompornrattanaphan, Department of Medicine
    Title: “As-Needed Versus Regular Use of Fluticasone Furoate Nasal Spray in Patients with Moderate to Severe, Persistent, Perennial Allergic Rhinitis: A Randomized Controlled Trial”
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaip.2020.09.057
  5. Assoc. Prof. Annop Piriyapatsom, Department of Anesthesiology
    Title: “Effects of intra-operative positive end-expiratory pressure setting guided by oesophageal pressure measurement on oxygenation and respiratory mechanics during laparoscopic gynaecological surgery: A randomised controlled trial”
    https://journals.lww.com/ejanaesthesiology/Fulltext/2020/11000/Effects_of_intra_operative_positive_end_expiratory.11.aspx

The Award of Excellence for Biomedical Research:

  1. Lecturer Dr.Navin Horthongkham, Department of Microbiology
    Title: “Clinical validation of a Cas13-based assay for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA”
    https://www.nature.com/articles/s41551-020-00603-x
  2. Asst. Prof. Dr.Methichit Wattanapanitch, Siriraj Center of Excellence for Stem Cell Research (SiSCR)
    Title: “Multilineage differentiation potential of hematoendothelial progenitors derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells”
    https://stemcellres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13287-020-01997-w

The Award of Excellence for Innovative Research:

  1. Prof. Dr.Anchalee Tungtrongchitr, Department of Parasitology, and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nitat Sookrung, Department of Health Research and Development
    Title: “Serological Test Kit for Canine Allergen Antibody”

The Award of Excellence for Young Researcher:

  1. Lecturer Dr. Nalat Sompagdee, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
    Title: “Seroprevalence of Bordetella pertussis antibodies and anti-pertussis antibody response after a single dose of reduced-antigen combined diphtheria, tetanus, and acellular pertussis vaccine (Tdap) in pregnant Thai women”
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.01.074
  2. Lecturer Dr.Monrat Chulanetra, Department of Parasitology
    Title: “GD2 chimeric antigen receptor modified T cells in synergy with sub-toxic level of doxorubicin targeting osteosarcomas”
    https://cancerres.aacrjournals.org/content/75/15_Supplement/3157