Welcome! Professor Seiji Okada from Center for AIDS Research, Kumamoto University, Japan to visit Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital and to deliver a special lecture at the “Joint Research Program on Infectious Diseases and Cancer” hosted by Research Department on February 25th, 2019.
Welcome! Prof. Peter Hokland, and Prof. Marianne Hokland from University of Aarhus, Denmark to serve at Siriraj Visiting Scholar and Siriraj Adjunct Staff, respectively, at Center of Excellence for Cancer Immunotherapy, Research Department (from January 28 – February 8, 2019), and Department of Pharmacology (1 Academic Year).
Both distinguished scholars were received a very warm welcome by Prof. Thawatchai Akaraviputh, Deputy Dean for International Relations, Prof. Dr. Pa-thai Yenchitsomanus, Head of Molecular Medicine Division, Assoc. Prof. Uraiwan Panich, Chairwoman of Department of Pharmacology, and Lecturer Dr. Mutita Junking, Ph.D. from Molecular Medicine Division.
On January 29th, 2019, Prof. Mary-Claire King, PhD., from University of Washington and the Prince Mahidol Laureate in the Field of Medicine 2018 delivered a special lecture at Siriraj Medical Research Center.
Apart from the main committee meeting on Research and Innovation Advisory, Prof. Jong IL KIM, Associate Dean of Seoul National University, Korea attended the side-discussion on cancer research with a team from Siriraj Hospital led by Assoc. Prof. Uraiwan Panich, Chairwoman of Department of Pharmacology, Assoc. Prof. Manop Pithukpakorn, Assoc. Prof. Adisak Wongkajornsilp, Dr. Siwanon Jirawatnotai, and Dr. Somponnat Sampattavanich.
On October 16th, 2018, Prof. Dr. Prasit Watanapa, Dean of Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital welcomed distinguished delegates from renowned universities, namely, Prof. Aaron Ciechanover, the Nobel Prize Winner in Chemistry (2004) from Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Dr. Bert Sakmann from Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, Germany, Prof. Chan Soo Shin, Dean of Seoul National University College of Medicine, South Korea, Prof. Gavin Screaton, Head of Oxford’s Medical Sciences Division, University of Oxford, UK, Prof. Sharon Anderson, Dean of the Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine, USA, and Prof. W.K. Alfred Yung from University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA, to attend the Research and Innovation Advisory Committee Meeting.
