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Curriculum vitae

Name

• Prof. Emeritus Dr. Prasert Thongcharoen

Marital Status Married, 3 Children Date of Birth January 2, 1934 Nationality Thai Education M.D., Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, University of Medical Sciences (now Mahidol University), Bangkok 1957. Doktor der Medizin, University of Hamburg, Germany, 1962 National College of Defense, 1984 Previous employment 1958-1960 Instructor in Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, University of Medical Sciences, Bangkok 1963-1966 Instructor in Clinical Virology at the same school 1974-1987 Dean, Faculty of Medical Technology, Mahidol University 1975-2005 Member, WHO Expert Committee Advisory Panel on Virus Diseases 1976-1978 Associate Professor in Clinical Virology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital 1979-1981 Professor and Chief, Division of Virology, Department of Microbiology 1981-1987 Professor and Chairman, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University 1987-1995 Senior Vice President, Mahidol University Present position - Professor Emeritus of Virology, Mahidol University Advisor to the Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, and to the Department of DiseaseControl, Ministry of Public Health Special fields of study - Clinical Virology

• Tropical Medicine
• Infectious Diseases
• Laboratory Medicine
• Retrovirology

Membership of

• Vice - President of the Medical Council of Thailand 1987-1988

Societies

• President of the Medical Association of Thailand under the Royal

Patronage 1988-1989

• Member of the Society of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology of

Thailand

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• President of the Virology Association (Thailand) 1990-1999
• President of the Thai Clinical Chemistry Association 1990-present
• Member of the Medical Technologist Association of Thailand
• Member of the Asia- Pacific Society of Allergy and Immunology
• Advisory member of the Asia-Pacific Society of Medical Virology
• Member, Asia Pacific Advisory Committee on Influenza
• Fellow of The Royal Institute, Academy of Science, Grand Palace,

Bangkok

• President of the Influenza Foundation (Thailand)

Activities on HIV/AIDS 1986-1994 Director, WHO Collaborating Centre on AIDS, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand 1988 WHO Short Term Consultant on AIDS Prevention to the Royal Nepalese Government 1989 WHO Short Term Consultant on AIDS Prevention to the Royal Brunei Government 1991-1994 Member, Steering Committee on Diagnostics, Global Programme on AIDS, World Health Organization. 1991-present Member, The National AIDS Prevention and Control 1991-1995 Chairman, the Scientific Aspect Subcommittee of the National AIDS Prevention and Control Council 1993 Vice Chairman of the Working Group on Drafting the HIV/AIDS Vaccine Development and Evaluation for Thailand 1993-present Member of The Laboratory Diagnosis on HIV/AIDS Subcommittee, Ministry of Public Health of Thailand 1993-present Chairman of The Thai HIV/AIDS Vaccine Candidate Evaluation Group (TVEG) 1994-1995 Chairman, of The National Data and Safety Monitoring Board of the HIV/AIDS Vaccine Candidate Evaluation 2004 Chairman of the Scientific Programme Committee of the 15th International Conference on AIDS, Bangkok, Thailand Editorship

• Former Editor-in-Chief: Asian Pacific Journal of Allergy and

Immunology (A six-monthly periodical published in English)

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Former Editor-in-Chief: Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand (A monthly periodical published in English with abstract in Thai). (Resigned 2004)

• Former Editor-in-Chief : The Thai Medical Council Bulletin (A

quarterly periodical published in Thai)

• Editor-in Chief: Thai AIDS Journal (A quarterly periodical

published in Thai with abstract in English) Publications More than 250 Publications in Thai and English on : Dengue Influenza, bird flu and other Respiratory viruses Epidemic Acute Hemorrhagic Conjunctivitis Rabies Rubella Enterovirus Rotavirus infection Japanese Encephalitis Hepatitis Herpesvirus HIV/AIDS infection Award: Awardee: Outstanding Researcher of the Year 1991 Gold Medal Award of the National Research Council of Thailand. Awardee: Distinguished Researcher on Rabies, Department of Disease Control, Ministry of Public Health 2005. Awardee: Manidol-B.Braun Award from Mahidol University 2006. Awardee: Recognition award to recipient who has made an

• utstanding contribution to international health from the Asia-

Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health 2006. (Prof. Emer. Dr. Prasert Thongcharoen)

February 9, 2007

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