MORU organisation chart
MORU team
University of Oxford Nuffield Department of Medicine Head: Prof Richard Cornall
Mahidol University Faculty of Tropical Medicine Dean: Weerapong Phumratanaprapin
Wellcome Trust / Oxford Asia Research Units Chairman: Nicholas White
Wellcome Trust Director: Jeremy Farrar
MORU Director: Nicholas Day
MORU Deputy Director: Arjen Dondorp
Health & Safety USO: Stuart Blacksell
Health & Safety CSO: Wirongrong Chierakul (MORU staff with position within FTM)
Compliance & Quality Assurance: Eoin Mac Hale
Clinical Trials Support Group Head: Tanya Cope
Statistics Head: Mavuto Mukaka
Data Management Head: Naomi Waithira
Medicine Quality Research Group: Paul Newton
Bioethics & Engagement: Phaik Yeong Cheah
MORU (Bangkok, Thailand): Nicholas Day
SMRU (Maesot, Thailand) Director: François Nosten
LOMWRU (Laos) Director: Liz Ashley
COMRU (Cambodia) Director: Paul Turner
MOCRU (Myanmar)Director: Frank Smithuis
Kinshasa KIMORU study site Director: Caterina Fanello
Kinshasa KIMORU study site Clinical Director: Marie Onyamboko
Operations & Administration
COO: David Burton
HR & Administration: Kanchana Pongsaswat
Media & Communications: John Bleho
Logistics & Purchasing: Pornjarus Sukhapiwat
Training: Gaye Proctor
Head of IT: Dean Sherwood
Operations Officer: TBC
Finance CFO: TBC
Fundraising /Grant Management: Dave Gandy
Postgraduate Studies: Leigh Jones
Malaria & Critical Illness Arjen Dondorp
Malaria Lab: Kesinee Chotivanich (MORU staff with position within FTM)
Molecular Malaria Lab: Mallika Imwong (MORU staff with position within FTM)
ICU Clinical Team
Microbiology Direk Limmathurotsakul (MORU staff with position within FTM)
Core Operations: Vanaporn Wuthiekanun
Molecular Microbiology: Liz Batty Janjira Thaipadungpanit (MORU staff with position within FTM)
Immunology: Susanna Dunachie
Cell Biology: Jeanne Salje
Serology/Safety/PACS: Stuart Blacksell
Chiangrai Clinical Research Unit: Carlo Perrone
Bangkok AMR-DRI/Sepsis
Ubon Ratchathani AMR-DRI Group Sepsis Group
Mo Yin Modelling Group
Melioidosis Prevention Group
Melioidosis Genomics: Claire Chewapreecha, Head
Clinical Pharmacology Joel Tarning
Pharmacometrics: Richard Hoglund
Routine Laboratory Manager: Urairat Koesukwiwat
Mathematical and Economics Modeling Wirichada Pan-ngum (MORU staff with position within FTM)
Neglected Tropical Diseases Modeling: Wirichada Pan-ngum (MORU staff with position within FTM)
Bacterial Resistance Analysis Group: Ben Cooper
Economic & Implementation Research Group: Yoel Lubell
Analytical Tools for Malaria Elimination Group: Ricardo Aguas
Epidemiology Richard Maude
Clinical Therapeutics Unit (CTU) Nicholas White Sasithon Purkritayakamee (MORU staff with position within FTM)
IDDO/WWARN Mehul Dhorda
SML & EQA Coordinator: Ranitha Vongpromek
Lab Manager: Cholrawee Promnarate