Training and capacity building
This is an exciting time for scientific research in Thailand, as the number of home-grown scientists and clinicians is approaching critical mass. These individuals tend to be based in Bangkok. MORU, embedded within the Faculty of Tropical Medicine is an ideally placed platform for the training and development of these scientists and others from adjacent countries. We provide an opportunity to work on diseases affecting the poorest sections of Thai and Southeast Asian society. We act as a focus for both local and international collaboration, and technology transfer from the developed world. We aim to produce scientists and clinical researchers capable of attracting their own funding and running independent research programmes within the region.

To this end we are developing a formal MSc and PhD training programme, as well as a programme for research physicians. We plan to develop a regional network for training and the dissemination of clinically relevant information. 

 

Lab technician, Lao PDR

Developing the skills and knowledge of local staff is central to MORU's work 

 
 
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