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.
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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
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Ricardo Aguas
University Research Lecturer
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Chanaki Amaratunga
DeTACT Coordinator
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Premjit Amornchai
Laboratory manager
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Ghulam Rhahim Awab
Senior researcher
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Stuart Blacksell
Senior Research Scientist
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Daniel Blessborn
Senior Scientist
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Pawadee Boonyakanjanapon
Postgraduate assistant
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David Burton
Chief Operating Officer (MORU)
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James Callery
Research Physician
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Olivier Celhay
Statistics and Econometrics
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Panjaporn Chaichana
Postdoctoral Immunologist
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Xin Hui Chan
Clinical Research Fellow
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Prakaykaew Charunwatthana
Senior Researcher, Malaria Clinical Team
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Phaik Yeong Cheah
Associate Professor
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Kesinee Chotivanich
Associate professor
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Ben Cooper
Professor of Epidemiology
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Nicholas Day
Professor of Tropical Medicine
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Mehul Dhorda
DeTACT-Africa Coordinator / Head of Specimen Management Laboratory
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Adrianus Dondorp
Professor of Tropical Medicine
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Nattwut Ekapirat
Biostatistician & data manager
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Maneerat Ekkapongpisit
iTPA Manager
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Rachel Greer
Research Physician
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Borimas Hanboonkunupakarn
Research Physician
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Warunee Hanpithakpong
Postdoctoral Researcher
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Viriya Hantrakun
Clinical Researcher
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Richard Hoglund
Head of Pharmacometrics
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Sazid Ibna Zaman
Data manager & GIS specialist
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Soulixay Inthasone
Project Coordinator
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Monnaphat Jongdeepaisal
Social Scientist
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Frank Kagoro
Research Physician
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Jahirul Karim
Research Physician
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Panarasri Khonputsa
Epidemiologist
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Worarat Khuenpetch
Administrative Assistant
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July Ko Ko
Data Manager and Project Coordinator
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Cherry Lim
Wellcome Trust Training Fellow
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Direk Limmathurotsakul
Assistant Professor
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Nantasit Luangasanatip
Postdoctoral Researcher
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Yoel Lubell
Associate Professor
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Vilayvone Malaphone
Project Coordinator
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Suphitsara Maneenet
Research Assistant
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Rapeephan Maude
Research Physician
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Richard Maude
Associate Professor at Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health
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Chris Mercado
Research Assistant
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Olivo Miotto
Associate Professor
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Mavuto Mukaka
Associate Professor
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Pengby Ngor
Data manager & GIS specialist
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Loan Nguyen
Project Coordinator
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Mathupanee Oonsivilai
Research Assistant
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Wirichada Pan-ngum
Assistant Professor
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Thomas Peto
Research Epidemiologist
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Sonexay Phalivong
Project Coordinator
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Tianrat Piteekan
Research Scientist, Malaria Laboratory
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Rob Van Der Pluijm
TRAC II project coordinator
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Kulchada Pongsoipetch
Spatial Data Engineer
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Thomas Pouplin
Senior Scientist
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Orathai Prasert
Research Assistant
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Sasithon Pukrittayakamee
Consultant Physician
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Jade Rae
Epidemiologist
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Chawarat Rotejanaprasert
Lecturer in Biostatistics
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Andrea Ruecker
Senior Postdoctoral Researcher
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Jeanne Salje
Associate Professor
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Sompob Saralamba
Senior Scientific Software Developer
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Lorenz Von Seidlein
Associate Professor
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Shwe Sin
Economic modeller
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Ipsita Sinha
Research Physician
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Ratchaneewan Sinitkul
Paediatric allergist
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Piengchan Sonthayanon
Senior Scientist
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Joel Tarning
Professor of Clinical Pharmacology
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Patricia Tauran
Research Physician
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Bob Taylor
Senior Clinical Research Fellow
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Janjira Thaipadungpanit
Senior Scientist
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Didar Uddin
Research Assistant
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Ranitha Vongpromek
IDDO/WWARN SML & EQA Coordinator
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Tri Wangrangsimakul
Research physician and DPhil Student
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James Watson
Senior Scientist
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Nicholas White
Professor of Tropical Medicine
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Vanaporn Wuthiekanun
Senior Scientist
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Mo Yin
Infectious Diseases Physician
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Win Zaw
Data analyst
Latest news
Recent publications
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The design and statistical aspects of VIETNARMS: a strategic post-licensing trial of multiple oral direct-acting antiviral hepatitis C treatment strategies in Vietnam
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McCabe L. et al, (2020), Trials, 21
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Machine learning analysis plans for randomised controlled trials: detecting treatment effect heterogeneity with strict control of type I error
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Watson JA. and Holmes CC., (2020), Trials, 21
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Bayesian spatiotemporal modeling with sliding windows to correct reporting delays for real-time dengue surveillance in Thailand
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Rotejanaprasert C. et al, (2020), International Journal of Health Geographics, 19