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The International Journal of the Royal Society of Thailand
Volume XI - 2019

About the authors

Sasithon Pukrittayakamee is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Thailand and
an Emeritus Professor of Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University. Her
clinical research background is tropical diseases focusing on malaria, influenza,

and control of malaria in Thailand and neighbouring countries. She has published
over 200 papers and was the 2015 Mahidol Outstanding Researcher. She is working
in collaboration with the Mahidol-Oxford Research Unit, University of Oxford.
Borimas Hanboonkunupakarn is a lecturer at the Department of Clinical Tropical
Medicine, and a clinician at Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Faculty of Tropical
Medicine, Mahidol University. Her background is MD-PhD and DTM&H with

experiences in Phase 1 and Phase 2 clinical trials. Her research interests are tropical
disease, infectious disease, and malaria focusing on the safety and efficacy of triple
artemisinin combinations and blocking of malaria transmission.

Podjanee Jittamala is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Tropical
Hygiene. She is a paediatrician with a specialization in infectious diseases.
Dr. Podjanee's research expertise includes malaria epidemiology and conducting
clinical trials to evaluate malaria treatment and elimination strategies in the
region. She is also leading pragmatic trials, assessing the efficacy of treatments or
therapies for malaria in clinical practice.
Kittiyod Poovorawan is an Associated Professor at the Department of Clinical

Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University. He is a med
ical doctor with expertise in internal medicine, gastroenterology, hepatology, and
clinical research of tropical diseases. His primary research area is liver diseases
including viral hepatitis, liver abscess, chronic liver diseases, and gastrointestinal
involvement in tropical diseases.

Kesinee Chotivanich is an Associate Fellow of the Royal Society of Thailand and
a Professor of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University. She is the head of the
laboratory malaria in Mahidol-Oxford University Research Unit. Her interests are
malaria pathophysiology and pharmacodynamics of antimalarial drugs. As an
expert in cell and tissue cultivation in vitro, she provides clinical-related laboratory
training and works with malaria research teams on international multi-centre
clinical trials, especially for tracking artemisinin resistance.

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