March 14, 2023, at 1:00 p.m., Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sura Pattanakiat, the Dean, together with Asst. Prof. Dr. Jongdee To-im, the Assistant to the President for Student Affairs and Alumni Relations at Mahidol University, Dr. Boripat Siriaroonrat, Researcher, and Asst. Prof. Dr. Preeyaporn Koedrith, Lecturer at the Faculty of Environment and Resource Studies at Mahidol University, welcomed Dr. Qing Xia, the Associate Director for Global Health Education, Research Coordinator Dr. Ramjee Ghimire, the Global Outreach and Network Specialist from Michigan State University (MSU), USA, and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Saengduen Moonsom, the Thailand One Health University Network (THOHUN) National Coordinating Office. The working group had the opportunity to discuss cooperation in research and academic services under the MSU and THOHUN in the Mekong One Health Invitation Program (MOHIP) project, emphasizing capacity development and networking for research on "Health Security, One Health, and Zoonoses."
The discussions also included introducing an international networking approach between Mekong researchers/practitioners and the United States Government (USG) One Health to strengthen health security using the One Health approach, solving and overcoming the challenges of One Health security, developing and delivering courses on the topic of "Health Insurance, One Health, and Zoonoses " , as well as providing funds for researchers/practitioners in the Mekong Basin to conduct research on health security in the Mekong Basin. There was also an exchange of opinions and suggestions on expanding the scope of cooperation to other departments and research centers, both inside and outside Mahidol University. The meeting was held at Meeting Room 4, Nart Tuntawiroon Building, Faculty of Environment and Resource Studies, Mahidol University.
