The 4th Teleconference Research and Innovation Advisory Committee Meeting in 2022

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The 4th Teleconference Research and Innovation Advisory Committee (RIAC) Meeting in 2022 is virtually held as a two-day meeting for different time zones, including December 6, 2022, for the committee members from Europe and Bangkok and December 9, 2022, for the committee members from the U.S. and Australia.

On this occasion, Prof. Apichat Asavamongkolkul, Dean of Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, along with executive members and Siriraj Center of Research Excellence Management (SiCORE-M), welcomed the committee members. Assoc. Prof. Sith Sathornsumetee, Deputy Dean for Research and Innovation and manager of SiCORE-M, provide the participants with brief updates on an overview of research progress and management during the past year.

During the meeting, the board actively discussed research progression and provided recommendations on the strategic research management and supporting mechanisms for each preexisting SiCOREs, namely Siriraj Center of Research Excellence in Allergy and Immunology (SiCORE-Allergy), Siriraj Center of Research Excellence in Dengue and Emerging Pathogens (SiCORE-Dengue), Siriraj Center of Research Excellence in Precision Medicine and Systems Pharmacology (SiCORE-PM&SP) and Siriraj Center of Research Excellence in Cardiovascular Disease (SiCORE-Cardiovascular Disease).

This year’s meeting will be another crucial step in developing our research programs. It will benefit us in leveraging the quality of their research outputs and broader research impact. After the discussion with committee members, 2 of the following 7 Research Programs will join the Research Excellence Development Program in 2023. Name list of the seven new potential research groups as follows;

  1. Siriraj Center of Research Excellence for Diabetes and Obesity (SiCORE-DO)
  2. Siriraj Center of Research Excellence for Microparticle and Exosome in Diseases (SiCORE-MED)
  3. Siriraj Center for Regenerative Medicine (SiCRM)
  4. Siriraj Integrated Perioperative Geriatric Excellent Research Center (SiPG)
  5. Metabolomics and Systems Biology (SiCORE-MSB)
  6. Research Network NANOTEC-Mahidol University on Theranostic Nanomedicine (SiCORE-RNN)
  7. Neurocognitive disorders and Behavioral & Neuropsychiatric Problems Research Center (SiCORE-NCBP)

Name list of the Research and Innovation Advisory Committee members (RIAC) that attend this meeting:

  1. Prof. George Baillie from University of Glasgow
  2. Prof. Ralf F. W. Bartenschlager from University of Heidelberg
  3. Prof. Nicholas J. White from Mahidol-Oxford Research Unit (MORU)
  4. Prof. David Jacoby from Oregon Health & Science University
  5. Prof. Alfred Yung from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
  6. Professor Joshua Burns from the University of Sydney
  7. Prof. Thira Sirisanthana from Chiang Mai University
  8. Prof. Virasakdi Chongsuvivatwong from Prince of Songkla University