Department of Tropical Hygiene Organizes Staff Development Program on AI Agents

The Department of Tropical Hygiene, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, organized a staff development program titled “Empowering Academic and Support Staff with AI Agents” on 24 March 2026.

The program was led by Asst. Prof. Dr. Ratchainun Thammasujit from the Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Science, Srinakharinwirot University. Through lectures and hands-on workshops, participants learned about the fundamentals of large language models (LLMs) and prompt frameworks, AI applications for research, including retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) and NotebookLM, and the use of AI tools to enhance administrative tasks.

The program aimed to strengthen the skills of academic and support staff and improve work efficiency in the digital era.