Dr. Koji Hisatake, Chair of Doctoral Program in Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Regional Director for South East Asia, Dr. Masao Ichikawa, Professor of Global Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Dr. Embo Ma, Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical Trials and Clinical Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine and Ms. Yoko Matsuzawa, Promotion Coordinator for International Cooperation from University of Tsukuba, Japan visited SEAMEO TROPMED Regional Centre for Tropical Medicine at the Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University.

              The visit was officially welcomed by Assoc. Prof. Pratap Singhasivanon, Secretary General/ Coordinator, SEAMEO TROPMED Network, Prof. Yaowalark Sukthana, Centre Director, SEAMEO TROPMED/ Thailand and Dean of the Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University and Deputy Deans at SEAMEO TROPMED Network. They had discussed on possible future collaborations regarding staff exchange, student mobility and research activities. On this occasion, the University of Tsukuba team also visited Hospital for Tropical Diseases.