From Raw Fish Consumption to Cancer – Uncovering the Natural History of Liver Fluke Infection

Date:

17 September 2025, Wednesday

Time:

2pm SGT (Time Zone Conversion)

Platform:

Zoom 

Synopsis:

The foodborne liver fluke (Opisthorchis viverrini) is endemic across the Mekong region of Southeast Asia and is of considerable public health interest as a primary cause of biliary cancer (cholangiocarcinoma) in humans. This presentation will discuss recent quantitative analysis to understand the natural history of parasite infection and carcinogenesis in Northeast Thailand, using a combination of transmission modelling and evolutionary cancer genomics. The presentation will also describe the unique challenges of modelling infection with parasitic worms (helminths) more generally.

About the speaker:

Assistant Professor Thomas Crellen
NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health