The MoU was signed by Dean Prof Prasit Watanapa from the Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital and Vice Dean (Research) A/Prof Teo Yik Ying from the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health. The MoU will see the two institutions collaborating on research projects centred around tuberculosis and dengue, in the areas of genomic surveillance, vaccine efficacy, modelling of vector and disease burden, and economics of dengue epidemics.
The Schools will also collaborate on joint capacity building workshops in pathogen genomics and biostatistics, and will be committed to future staff and student exchanges to build capacity in the area of infectious disease research and potentially in health services and health economics research.
Following this, the School hosted a delegation from Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University on 16 September to understand the structure of health economics and health services research in the School. A team from the School will also head to Siriraj Hospital from 3 to 7 November to run a Biostatistics workshop.