Published November 28th, 2022, Clin. Prof. Supat Vanichakarn, Secretary General of Prince Mahidol Award Foundation under the Royal Patronage, Mr. Natapanu Nopakun, Deputy Director-General of the Department of Information and Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Prof. Vicharn Panich, Chairman of Prince Mahidol Award Youth Program Steering Committee, and Emer. Prof. Sompop Limpongsanurak, Chairman of Prince Mahidol Award Youth Program Selection Committee, issued a press release on the result of Prince Mahidol Award Youth Program scholarship recipients for 2022 at the Chulabhorn conference room, 2nd floor of Syamindra Building, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University.
The names of five scholarship recipients 2022 of Prince Mahidol Award Youth Program are as follows:
Ms. Napasiri Putthanbut, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University
Mr. Pranaidej Hengswat, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University
Mr. Piyawat Kantagowit, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University
Mr. Sarute Chawvavanich, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University
Mr. Setthanan Jarukasemkit, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University
Thirteen applicants from seven institutes were nominated for Prince Mahidol Award Youth Program in 2022. Only five successful applicants qualified for the criteria of Prince Mahidol Award Youth Program. The Selection Committee selected the scholarship recipients and presented to the Board of Trustees which HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn is a President. The final decision was made on October 31st, 2022.
Prince Mahidol Award Youth Program was founded on November 20th, 2008, in accordance with the 2nd/2008 consensus of the Prince Mahidol Award Foundation Committee. Following in the footsteps of HRH Prince Mahidol of Songkla, the initiative aims to motivate and encourage Thai youths studying in the health fields to pursue a dedicated life for the benefit of mankind. The steering committee, working committee, and selection committee are in charge of selecting applicants who satisfy the program’s criteria and presenting their names to the Board of Trustees, of which HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn is a member, for a final decision.
We would like to congratulate two exceptional Siriraj medical students on representatives of the Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University as follows:
Ms. Napasiri Putthanbut
Ms. Napasiri Putthanbut has received honors and awards as the followings:
2022 Class president of sixth-year medical student
2021 Vice-president of academics of Siriraj Medical Student Union (SMSU); Vice-president of Mahidol Day Charity Champaign; President and liaison of faculty’s nomination committee for Aspire to Excellence Award – Student Engagement Specialization; President of After Extern Guidance project
2020 President of 10th Siriraj Medical Volunteer Camp; Assistant to the vice-president of academics of Siriraj Medical Student Union (SMSU); Selected to be representative in Eisai Global Mobility Program
2021 which is a collaboration between Thailand, Hong Kong, Japanese, and Chinese universities that are exceptional in engineering, medicine, and business management
2019 Second runner-up award in the 17th Inter-medical School Physiology Quiz (IMSPQ) 2019 at Jakarta, Indonesia; First runner-up award in Global Healthtech Hackathon Challenge 2019 which is a joint program between the Faculty of Engineer, Mahidol University, National Innovation Agency (NIA), and Royal Academy of Engineering, United Kingdom
2018 Head of inter-university coordination in royal cremation ceremony for body donators for anatomical studies; Head of the advisor moderator in Siriraj International Medical Microbiology, Parasitology and Immunology Competition (SIMPIC) 2019; Head of public relations in second-year class committee
2017 Director of art and design in first-year class committee and volunteer in Mahidol Day Charity Campaign
2016 Awarded a gold medal in the 15th Thailand Physics Olympiad (TPhO); the fourth-highest score and first runner-up in Thailand Young Physicists’ Tournament (TYPT) 2016
Mr. Pranaidej Hengswat
Mr. Pranaidej Hengswat is a sixth-year medical student at Mahidol University’s Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital. He is particularly interested in the use of engineered comprehensive oncolytic herpes simplex virus-1 (ecoHSV-1) to modulate tumor-immune microenvironment in Cholangiocarcinoma.
The research’s core idea is to develop a virus that does not harm normal human cells but can infect and destroy cancer cells. Furthermore, the virus should be designed to be capable of causing anti-tumor inflammation within the tumor microenvironment. Mr. Pranaidej is engaged in such technology at the laboratory research level, considering it is vital for the future development of innovative alternative therapies for cancer patients in Thailand and throughout the world.
Mr. Pranaidej Hengswat has received honors and awards as the followings:
2022 Poster presentation at the European School of Hematology 6th Translational Research Conference: Multiple Myeloma about “Enhance T-lymphocyte Function by Activated with Self-differentiated Dendritic Cells Redirected to NY-ESO-1 for Multiple Myeloma Treatment”; Achieved Siriraj Medical Student Research Awards Scholarship
2021 Co-author of “Economic burden of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis with significant fibrosis in Thailand,” published in BMC Gastroenterology; Served as the president of The 10th Siriraj International Medical Microbiology, Parasitology, and Immunology Competition (10th SIMPIC)
2020 Graduated with Bachelor of Economics from Sukhothai Thammathirat open university; Researcher in “The Cost-effectiveness analysis of medical devices to be listed in the Health benefits package of Thailand Universal Health Coverage: Drug-coated balloon.”
2019 Served as the Vice president of External Affairs of the 9th SIMPIC
2018 Served as the Vice president of Internal Affairs of the 8th SIMPIC
2017 Selected as the Thailand representative to attend Asian Science Camp 2017 in Malaysia
2016 Winner of the 8th Petch Yod Mongkut Economics Competition
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