Established in 1979 as a research collaboration between Thailand's Mahidol University and the UK's University of Oxford and Wellcome, the Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU) and its Departments, laboratories and Operations & Admin are headquartered in Bangkok, Thailand within Mahidol's Faculty of Tropical Medicine.
©
MORU 2019. Photo by Gerhard Jørén
Our discipline-specific departments and laboratories in Bangkok and elsewhere work closely with all of our MORU Units and study sites, as well as with the national malaria control programmes and ministries of health in countries across SE Asia and the tropics. This enables us to explore heterogeneity in the causes of infectious diseases and allows us to conduct adequately powered multicentre clinical trials, ensuring the generalizability of results.
This broad interconnected network is coordinated by our Science and Strategy Committee, which meets monthly. We also work together through cross programme disease and discipline working groups (for e.g. in malaria, rickettsial diseases, melioidosis, lab microbiology, mathematical and economic modelling and epidemiology).
Through this process we develop our joint research themes and ensure that our research efforts are efficient, synergistic and directed towards the greatest possible impact on health.
Our team
-
Ricardo Aguas
Associate Professor
-
Kristen Aiemjoy
Visiting Scientist, Epidemiology Department
-
Chanaki Amaratunga
DeTACT Coordinator
-
Premjit Amornchai
Laboratory manager
-
Ghulam Rhahim Awab
Senior researcher
-
Abi Beane
Researcher
-
Stuart Blacksell
Professor of Tropical Microbiology
-
Daniel Blessborn
Senior Scientist
-
Pawadee Boonyakanjanapon
Postgraduate assistant
-
David Burton
Chief Operating Officer (MORU)
-
James Callery
Research Physician
-
Prakaykaew Charunwatthana
Senior Researcher, Malaria Clinical Team
-
Phaik Yeong Cheah
Professor of Global Health
-
Kesinee Chotivanich
Associate professor
-
Ben Cooper
Professor of Epidemiology
-
Cintia Cruz
Research Physician
-
Nicholas Day
Professor of Tropical Medicine
-
Mehul Dhorda
DeTACT-Africa Coordinator / Head of Specimen Management Laboratory
-
Arjen Dondorp
Professor of Tropical Medicine
-
Steeve Ebener
Health Geolab Coordinator and Technical Assistance Lead
-
Maneerat Ekkapongpisit
iTPA Manager
-
Abul Faiz
Consultant, Malaria Clinical Team
-
Dave Gandy
Grants & Contracts Manager
-
Rachel Greer
Research Physician
-
Borimas Hanboonkunupakarn
Research Physician
-
Patrick Hannay
DeTACT Project Finance and Contracts Coordinator
-
Warunee Hanpithakpong
Postdoctoral Researcher
-
Richard Hoglund
Head of Pharmacometrics
-
Nan Shwe Nwe Htun
Postdoc researcher
-
Tom Hughes
Post-graduate student
-
Sazid Ibna Zaman
Data manager & GIS specialist
-
Soulixay Inthasone
Project Coordinator
-
Nicharee Jiracheep
PhD Student
-
Podjanee Jittamala
Senior Research Physician
-
Monnaphat Jongdeepaisal
Social Scientist
-
Natpapat Kaewkhao
Senior scientist
-
Frank Kagoro
Research Physician
-
Jahirul Karim
Research Physician
-
Worarat Khuenpetch
Administrative Assistant
-
July Ko Ko
Data Manager and Project Coordinator
-
Kevin Kobylinski
Honorary Visiting Research Fellow in Medical Entomology
-
Sue Lee
Senior Statistician CTSG
-
Cherry Lim
Wellcome Early-Career Research Fellow
-
Direk Limmathurotsakul
Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology
-
Yoel Lubell
Professor of Global Health
-
Vilayvone Malaphone
Project Coordinator
-
Suphitsara Maneenet
Research Assistant
-
Richard Maude
Professor of Tropical Medicine
-
Olivo Miotto
Associate Professor
-
Mavuto Mukaka
Professor of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology
-
Suwanna Mukem
ENDGAME project coordinator for Thailand
-
Pengby Ngor
Data manager & GIS specialist
-
Mathupanee Oonsivilai
Research Assistant
-
Chris Painter
Health Economist
-
Wirichada Pan-ngum
Associate Professor
-
Thomas Peto
Research Epidemiologist
-
Sonexay Phalivong
Project Coordinator
-
Luigi Pisani
Postdoc Clinical Researcher
-
Tianrat Piteekan
Research Scientist, Malaria Laboratory
-
Kanchana (Phung) Pongsaswat
HR & Administration Manager
-
Kittiyod Poovorawan
Associate Professor and Research Physician
-
Orathai Prasert
Research Assistant
-
Sasithon Pukrittayakamee
Consultant Physician
-
Chawarat Rotejanaprasert
Lecturer in Biostatistics
-
Jeanne Salje
Associate Professor
-
Sompob Saralamba
Senior Scientific Software Developer
-
Lorenz Von Seidlein
Professor of Global Health
-
Ipsita Sinha
Research Physician
-
Ratchaneewan Sinitkul
Paediatric allergist
-
Massaya Sirimatayanant
APMEN Surveillance and Response Working Group coordinator
-
Piengchan Sonthayanon
Senior Scientist
-
Greta Tam
Research Physician
-
Joel Tarning
Professor of Clinical Pharmacology
-
Bob Taylor
Professor of Tropical Medicine
-
Janjira Thaipadungpanit
Senior Scientist
-
Nguyen Tien Thang
ENDGAME Project Coordinator, Vietnam
-
Phornpimon Tipthara
Senior Scientist
-
Didar Uddin
Research Assistant
-
Ranitha Vongpromek
IDDO/WWARN SML & EQA Coordinator
-
Qian Wang
DPhil Student
-
Tri Wangrangsimakul
Research physician
-
James Watson
IDDO Associate Director
-
Nicholas White
Professor of Tropical Medicine
-
Vanaporn Wuthiekanun
Senior Scientist
-
Mo Yin
Honorary Visiting Research Fellow
-
Win Zaw
GIS & Data Specialist (Myanmar)
-
Salum Mshamu
DPhil Student
-
Witchayoot Huangsuranun
DPhil Student
-
Tara Wagner-Gamble
DPhil Student
-
Juthathip Mongkolsapaya
Associate Research Fellow
Latest news
Recent publications
-
Association between Charlson Comorbidity Index and positive blood cultures at a tertiary-care hospital in Indonesia
Journal article
Tauran PM. et al, (2025), PLOS Global Public Health, 5, e0004749 - e0004749
-
Using Abattoir-Based Surveillance to Establish Foot-and-Mouth Disease Non-Structural Protein Seropositivity in Cattle and Pigs in Cambodia
Journal article
Kong L. et al, (2025), Animals, 15, 1624 - 1624
-
The limitations of mobile phone data for measuring movement patterns of populations at risk of malaria.
Journal article
Tam G. et al, (2025), Malar J, 24