KKU Researchers Present Collaborative Research Between Khon Kaen University and Imperial College London to Minister Catherine West of the UK Parliament
On September 20, 2024, the British Council Thailand, in collaboration with the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation, welcomed the Honourable Catherine West, UK Minister for Indo-Pacific Affairs, to a bilateral meeting. The meeting focused on advancing and supporting scientific research and collaboration between researchers from both countries, emphasizing the close partnership in driving higher education and scientific research between Thailand and the United Kingdom.
In this context, a research team from Khon Kaen University (KKU) had the honor of presenting their collaborative project with Imperial College London. The team consisted of Assistant Professor Dr. Jutarop Phetcharaburanin from the Faculty of Medicine and Chairperson of the Phenomic Research and Academic Services Steering Committee at KKU, Dr. M.L. Manida Suksawat from the International College and member and assistant secretary of the Phenomic Research and Academic Services Steering Committee at KKU, and Mr. TheerayutBubpamala, a graduate student in the Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Program at the Faculty of Medicine, KKU.
They represented the joint research project between KKU and Imperial College London, supported by the British Council under the Research Environments Scheme. The project, titled “Personal Health AI for Phenomic Medicine Open Data Infrastructure for Research, Development and Innovation in Thailand”, is a collaborative effort with Associate Professor Dr. Jia Li and a team of experts from multiple fields such as phenomics, data science, and artificial intelligence from Imperial College London, one of the UK’s and the world’s leading academic institutions. This year, Imperial College London was ranked the second-best university globally, just behind the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States, according to the QS World University Rankings.
This prestigious project highlights the strong international collaboration between the two universities and reflects the growing importance of AI and phenomic medicine in advancing healthcare and research in Thailand.
