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Summaries of Science Talk Luncheon (15th EID Conference by NIAID in 2013 @ Singapore)
Summaries of Science Talk Luncheon (16th EID Conference by NIAID in 2014 @ Dhaka, Bangladesh)
(Antimicrobial drug resistance of bacterial) e-ASIA ScienceTalk Luncheon DiscussionReport [PDF 69KB]Projects
| Year | Project Title | Principal Investigator | Affiliation | Country |
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| 2013 | International study on pulmonary diseases infected with influenza virus and Mycobacterium tuberculosis | Prof. Kazuo Suzuki (Director General) | Institute of Asia International Infectious Disease Control, Teikyo University |  Japan |
| Dr. Phung Thi Bich Thuy (Head) | Department of Biomolecular Research for Infectious Disease, National Hospital of Pediatrics |  Vietnam |
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| Prof. Jaime Montoya | University of the Philippines College of Medicine |  Philippines |
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| Comprehensive study on virus quasi-species and vascular permeability factors in severe dengue infection in humans for innovative epidemic and clinical managements | Prof. Futoshi Hasebe | Center for International Collaborative Research, Nagasaki University | Japan |
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| Dr. Thi Quynh Mai Le (Head) | Department of Virology, National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology | Vietnam |
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| Dr. Filipinas F. Natividad (Vice President) | Research and Biotechnology Division, St. Luke's Medical Center | Philippines |
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| 2015 | Evaluation of the pandemic potential of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses circulating in Indonesia | Prof. Yoshihiro Kawaoka | Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo | Japan |
| Prof. Chairul A. Nidom | Avian Influenza Research Center, Universitas Airlangga |  Indonesia |
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| Prof. Gabriele Neumann | School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison |  U.S. |
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| An integrated research for the development of a scheme to control emerging vector-borne viral diseases in Asia | Prof. Ken Maeda | Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Yamaguchi University | Japan |
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| Dr. Hideki Ebihara (Principal Investigator) | Unit Chief, Molecular Virology and Host-Pathogen Interaction Unit, Laboratory of Virology, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health | U.S. |
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| Prof. Srihadi Agungpriyono (Dean) | Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Bogor Agricultural University | Indonesia |
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| Prof. Worawut Rerkamnuaychoke (Dean) | Faculty of Veterinary Technology, Kasetsart University |  Thailand |
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| Prof. Emmanuel T. Baltazar | College of Veterinary Medicine, Central Mindanao University | Philippines |
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| Development of an innovative diagnostic system against liver fluke infection in Southeast Asian countries | Prof. Hisashi Narimatsu (Senior Invited Researcher) | Glycomedicine Technology Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology | Japan |
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| Prof.Sopit Wongkham | Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University | Thailand |
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| Prof. Bounthome Samountry | Faculty of Basic Sciences, University of Health Sciences |  Lao P.D.R. |
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| Antigenicity to humans and gene polymorphism of the new malaria vaccine candidate, TAM (Trans-amidase like molecule) of Asian malaria | Prof. Kenji Hirayama | Institute of Tropical Medicine (NEKKEN), Nagasaki University | Japan |
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| Prof.Tin Maung Hlaing (Director) | Defense Services Medical Research Center |  Myanmar |
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| Prof. Mario Jiz (Department Chair) | Immunology Department, Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) | Philippines |
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| Whole-genome sequencing of drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains | Prof. Gregory Cook | University of Otago |  New Zealand |
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| Prof. Wah Win Htike | University of Medicine-1 | Myanmar |
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| Dr. Bachti Alisjahbana (Chairperson) |
Universitas Padjadjaran | Indonesia |
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| 2016 | Dengue viral genetic diversity in selected populations in Myanmar | Meng Ling Moi (Associate Professor) | Nagasaki University | Japan |
| Hlaing Myat Thu (Deputy Director General) | Department of Medical Research | Myanmar |
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| Sujan Shresta (Associate Professor) | La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology | U.S. |
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| Characterization of multidrug resistance Gram-negative bacteria carrying antibiotics-resistance gene which have been inserted to chromosome |
Itaru Hirai (Professor) | University of the Ryukyu | Japan |
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| Bui Thi Mai Huong (Department Head) | National Institute of Nutrition | Vietnam |
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| Kuntaman Kuntaman (Professor) | Airlangga University | Indonesia |
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| Health impact of Opisthorchiasis infection in Cambodia and Vietnam : prevalent surveillance of Opisthorchiasis and risk surveillance for liver cancer |
Kazuko Miyamoto (Professor) | Yamanashi University | Japan |
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| Virak KHIEU (National Helminth Control Program, Manager) | National Centre for Parasitology Entomology and Malaria Control / MOH |  Cambodia |
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| Nguyen Thu Huong (Vice Chief of Department) | Parasitology Department of National Institute of Malaria |
Vietnam |
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| Collaborative fever etiology research in Southeast Asia | John A. Crump (Professor) | Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago | New Zealand |
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| Wan Win Htike (Professor) | University of Medicine 1 | Myanmar |
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| Mayfong Mayxay (Associate Professor) | University of Health Sciences of Lao PDR | Lao P.D.R. |
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| 2017 | Elucidating the contribution of HBV/HDV co-/super-infection to hepatocellular carcinoma genome and biology | Taro Yamashita (Associate Professor) | Kanazawa University | Japan |
| Xin Wei Wang (Chief) | National Cancer Institute | USA |
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| Pham Van Thuc (Professor) | Haiphong University of Medical and Pharmacy | Vietnam |
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| Genetic and Molecular Basis of Resistance and Drug Action in Vivax Malaria | Bruce Malcolm Russell (Ph.D.) | University of Otago | New Zealand |
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| Tran Tinh Hien (Professor) | Oxford University Clinical Research Unit | Vietnam |
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| Didier Ménard (Ph.D.) | Institute Pasteur Cambodia | Cambodia |
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| Surveillance of specific cancer incidence and mortality in South East Asia, by developing a standard population-based cancer registry system | Tomohiro Matsuda (Section Head) | National Cancer Center | Japan |
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| Hav Monirath (Head of Department) | Calmette Hospital | Cambodia |
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| Adriano Laudico (Project Director) | Philippine Cancer Society Inc. | Philippines |
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| Dung Pham Xuan (Director) | Ho Chi Minh City Oncological Hospital | Vietnam |
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| A study of latitudinal viral gene migration and reassortment of potentially zoonotic avian influenza viruses along wild bird East Asian - Australasian Flyway in Pacific Rim | Masatoshi Okamatsu (Professor) / Yoshihiro Sakoda (Professor) | Hokkaido University | Japan |
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| Alexander Shestopalov (Professor) | Research institute of experimental and clinical medicine |  Russia |
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| Duc-Huy Chu (Ph.D.) | Department of Animal Health | Vietnam |
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| Falk Huettmann (Associate Professor) | Institute of Arctic Biology | USA |
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| 2018 | Development of new diagnostic tools for detecting malaria parasites resistant to drugs used in Artemisinin-based Combination Therapy | Shiroh Iwanaga (Professor) | Tokyo Medical and Dental University | Japan |
| Chairat Uthaipibull (Principal Researcher) | National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC) |
Thailand |
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| Din Syafruddin (Professor) | Eijkman Institute for Molecular Biology | Indonesia |
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| Investigating the sylvatic transmission and reservoir potential of Zika, dengue, and chikungunya viruses of long-tailed macaques proximal to human populations of Thailand and Cambodia | Kobporn Boonnak (Assistant Professor) | Mahidol University | Thailand |
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| Rebecca C. Christofferson (Assistant Professor) | Louisiana State University | USA |
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| Leang Rithea (Head) | National Center for Parasitology, Entomology, and Malaria Control | Cambodia |
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| Randomised trial of an intervention to increase tuberculosis notifications by private practitioners in Indonesia, plus sequencing and susceptibility sub studies | Philip Hill (Professor) | University of Otago | New Zealand |
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| Bachti Alisjahbana (Ph.D.) | University of Padjadjaran | Indonesia |
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| Megan Murray (Professor) | Harvard University | USA |
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| Construction of liver fluke biliary cancer PDX library aiming at development of personalized medicine | Siwanon Jirawatnotai (Instructor) | Mahidol University | Thailand |
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| Seiji Okada (Professor) | Kumamoto University | Japan |
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| Peter Sicinski (Professor) | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | USA |
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| 2019 | The Predict-XDR Project: Predicting genetic markers for pre-XDR and XDR tuberculosis | Raul Destura (Deputy Executive Director) | Philippine Genome Center (UP System) | Philippines |
| Midori Kato-Maeda (Associate Professor) | University of California San Francisco | USA |
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| Satoshi Mitarai (Professor) | Research Institute of Tuberculosis | Japan |
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| An international platform for discovery of novel chemotypes against flaviviral infection | Sarin Chimnaronk (Assistant Professor) | Mahidol University | Thailand |
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| Ryuichi Sakai (Professor) | Hokkaido University | Japan |
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| Daniel Romo (Schotts Professor of Chemistry) | Baylor University | USA |
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| Integrated application of human and pathogen genomic information for improvement of treatment outcome and control of drug-resistance in Asian tuberculosis patients | Katsushi Tokunaga (Director) | National Center for Global Health and Medicine (NCGM) | Japan |
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| Surakameth Mahasirimongkol (Medical Doctor) | Ministry of Public Health | Thailand |
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| Ma. Cecilia Ama (Head) | Research Institute for Tropical Medicine | Philippines |
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| Rika Yuliwulandari (Dean) | YARSI University | Indonesia |
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| Tools to diagnose carcinogenic liver fluke infection | Alexander Loukas (Distinguished Professor) | James Cook University |  Australia |
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| Olga Fedorova (Department Head) | Siberian State Medical University | Russia |
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| Philip Felgner (Professor) | University of California, Irvine | USA |
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| Thewarach Laha (Associate professor) | Khon Kaen University | Thailand |
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| Eliminating the major Helminth Neglected Tropical Diseases from the Lower Mekong Basin | Darren Gray (Professor) | Australian National University | Australia |
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| Banchob Sripa (Professor) | Khon Kaen University | Thailand |
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| Somphou Sayasone (Head of Department) | Lao Tropical and Public Health Institute | Lao PDR |
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| Virak Khieu (Vice Chief of Technical Bureau) | Ministry of Health | Cambodia |
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| Are TB neighbourhoods a high risk population for active intervention? | Susan McAllister (Research Fellow) | University of Otago | New Zealand |
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| Bachti Alisjahbana (Director) | University of Padjadjaran | Indonesia |
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| Megan Murray (Professor) | Harvard University | USA |
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| 2020 | Role of the pre-existing immunity to Japanese encephalitis and Zika viruses in influencing dengue disease outcome and vaccination program in Vietnam and Thailand | Sujan Shresta (Associate Professor) | La Jolla Institute for Immunology | USA |
| Thi Quynh Mai Le (Vice Director) | National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology | Vietnam |
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| Montarop Yamabhai (Director of Molecular Biotechnology) | Suranaree University of Technology | Thailand |
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| Novel precision-based treatments for biliary tract cancer | John Mariadason (Professor) | La Trobe University | Australia |
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| Temduang Limpaiboon (Professor) | Khon Kaen University | Thailand |
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| Yoshimasa Saito (Professor) | Keio University | Japan |
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| Identification of molecular and cellular pathways predicting susceptibility or resistance to severe dengue fever | Diana Hansen (Laboratory Head) | The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research | Australia |
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| Tedjo Sasmono (Head of Dengue Research Unit) | Eijkman Institute for Molecular Biology | Indonesia |
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| Kouichi Morita (Professor) | Nagasaki University | Japan |
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| e-DiVA (empowering Dementia Carers with an iSupport Virtual Assistant) | Tuan Anh Nguyen (NHMRC-ARC Dementia Research Development Fellow-Senior Research Fellow) | University of South Australia | Australia |
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| Yuda Turana (Lecturer) | Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia | Indonesia |
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| Sarah Cullum (Senior Lecturer) | The University of Auckland | New Zealand |
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| Thang Pham (Chairman) | Vietnam Association Geriatrics and Gerontology | Vietnam |
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| Cooperation of Vietnam, Myanmar and Russia in the development of new targeted agents against viral and parasitic infections based on plant metabolites | Irina Smirnova (Reseacher) | Ufa Federal Recearch Center of the Russian Academy of Science | Russia |
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| Van Loc Tran (Associate Professor) | Institute of Chemistry | Vietnam |
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| Myint Myint Khine NiL (Professor) | University of Yangon | Myanmar |
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| Non-human primate and translational models of SARS-CoV2 infection and COVID-19 vaccine development | Suchinda Malaivijitnond (Director) | National Primate Research Center of Thailand-Chulalongkorn University (NPRCT-CU) | Thailand |
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| Jeffrey A Roberts (Associate Director) | University of California Davis | USA |
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| Genetics, Immunological and Neurological Long-term Consequences in Prospective COVID-19 Cohort in Thailand, Japan, Philippines and USA | Nattiya Hirankarn (Professor) | Chulalongkorn University | Thailand |
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| Kunihiro Otsuka (Designated Assistant Professor) | Tokushima University | Japan |
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| Douglas Golenbock (Professor) | UMass Medical School | USA |
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| Fresthel Monica Climacosa (Associate Professor) | University of the Philippines Manila | Philippines |
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| Long-term immunity to SARS-CoV-2 in influencing COVID-19 disease outcome in Asia | Meng Ling Moi (Professor) | Nagasaki University | Japan |
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| Sujan Shresta (Associate Professor) | La Jolla Institute for Immunology | USA |
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| Thi Quynh Mai Le (Vice Director) | National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology | Vietnam |
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| Kathryn Roa (Infectious Disease Specialist) | Southern Philippines Medical Center | Philippines |
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| Roles of T follicular helper cells and tissue resident memory cells of mucosal immunity in COVID-19 disease severity | Kazuko Yamamoto (Assistant Professor) | Nagasaki University Hospital | Japan |
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| Jay Kolls (John W Deming Endowed Chair in Internal Medicine) | Tulane School of Medicine | USA |
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| Comprehensive elucidation of the host factors contributing to severe COVID-19 using large U.S. and Japanese cohorts | Ho Namkoong (Visiting Fellow) | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases | USA |
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| Sho Shibata (Assistant Professor) | Tokyo Medical and Dental University | Japan |
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| Mathematical modelling of heterogeneous contact and movement patterns for preventing COVID-19 | Hiroshi Nishiura (Professor) | Kyoto University | Japan |
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| Saranath Lawpoolsri (Associate Professor) | Mahidol University | Thailand |
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| Comprehensive investigation of SARS-CoV-2-like coronavirus infection in horseshoe bats (a natural host of SARS-CoV-2) and its effect on bat immunity and behavior | Kei Sato (Associate Professor) | The University of Tokyo | Japan |
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| Thong Vu Dinh (Associate Professor) | Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, VAST | Vietnam |
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| Development of a Simulation Model for Prediction of the Next Outbreak of Bat derived Coronavirus Infection in Human | Tsutomu Omatsu (Associate Professor) | Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology | Japan |
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| Phillip Alviola (Associate Professor 7) | University of the Philippines Los Banos (UPLB) | Philippines |
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| Ngan Pham (Associate Professor) | Vietnam National University of Agriculture (VNUA) | Vietnam |
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| Research and development on Media literacy and anxiety reduction during Covid-19 pandemic by using Inquiry Based Instruction with Instructional Package for Thailand and Vietnam Undergraduates | Tasanee Satthaphong (Lecturer) | Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University | Thailand |
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| Tan Dat Nguyen (Vice Dean) | Can Tho University of Medicine and Pharmacy | Vietnam |
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| Multidisciplinary Collaborative Research for Developing a COVID-19 Policy Risk Index (COV19PRI) to Overcome the Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic in 3 Asian Megacities | Akira Mukaida (General Manager) | Remote Sensing Technology Center of Japan (RESTEC) | Japan |
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| Marlon Era (Associate Professor) | De La Salle University | Philippines |
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| Voranop Viyakarn (Associate Professor) | Chulalongkorn University | Thailand |
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| Development of MiByo prevention method by AI proteomics | Nobuhiro Hayashi (Associate Professor) | Tokyo Institute of Technology | Japan |
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| Neil Andrew Bascos (Assistant Professor) | University of the Philippines | Philippines |
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| Sittiruk Roytrakul (Researcher) | National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology | Thailand |
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| 2021 | Alternative therapeutics to tackle AMR pathogens | Tavan Janvilisri (Professor) | Mahidol University | Thailand |
| Joy Scaria (Associate Professor) | South Dakota State University | USA |
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| Henrietta Venter (Associate Professor) | University of South Australia | Australia |
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| Angelyn Lao (Associate Professor) | De La Salle University | Philippines |
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| Ending HIV transmission by Optimizing Pre-exposure prophylaxis in East Asia (HOPE) | Jason Jiat Shern Ong (Doctor / Head of HIV economics and Health Preference Research) | Monash University | Australia |
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| Nittaya Phanuphak (Executive Director) | Institute of HIV Research and Innovation | Thailand |
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| Noel Juban (Professor) | University of the Philippines Manila | Philippines |
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| Weiming Tang (Doctor) | UNC Chapel Hill | USA |
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| Promotion of photodynamic medicine for cancer | Shun-ichiro Ogura (Associate Professor) | Tokyo Institute of Technology | Japan |
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| Anom Bowolaksono (Doctor / Associate Professor) | Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences (FMIPA) | Indonesia |
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| Taifo Mahmud (Professor) | Oregon State University | USA |
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| Development of genome platform for virulence and antimicrobial resistance of Helicobacter pylori in ASEAN countries | Yoshio Yamaoka (Professor, Dean of Faculty of Medicine) | Oita University Faculty of Medicine | Japan |
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| Muhammad Miftahussurur (Vice Rector) | Airlangga University | Indonesia |
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| Ratha-korn Vilaichone (Professor) | Thammasat University Hospital | Thailand |
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| Targeting MYCN/NCYM for cancer therapy | Yoshitaka Hippo (Department Head) | Chiba Cancer Center | Japan |
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| Tao Liu (Group Leader) | The University of New South Wales | Australia |
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| Edy Meiyanto (Professor) | Gadjah Mada University | Indonesia |
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| Vector sero-surveillance tools to accelerate malaria elimination | Freya Fowkes (Deputy Director, Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health, Head, Malaria and Infectious Disease Epidemiology) | Burnet Institute | Australia |
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| Victor Chaumeau (Head of Entomology Laboratory) | Shoklo Malaria Research Unit (SMRU) | Thailand |
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| Aung Pyae Phyo (Clinician Scientist) | Myanmar Oxford Clinical Research Unit (MOCRU) | Myanmar |
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| Sovannaroth Siv (Malaria Program Manager/ Chief of Technical) | Cambodia National Centre For Parasitology, Entomology & Malaria Control | Cambodia |
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| Phoutnalong Vilay (Vice of unit) | Ministry of Health, Laos | Laos |
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| Innovative point-of-care diagnostics and environmental surveillance tools for the elimination of Asian schistosomiasis | Pengfei Cai (Doctor / SRO) | QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute | Australia |
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| Mario Antonio II Jiz (Department Head / Chief Science Research Specialist) | Research Institute for Tropical Medicine | Philippines |
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| Yasuhito Sako (Professor) | Asahikawa Medical University | Japan |