Tropical parasitic diseases; Clinical manifestation, diagnosis and treatment

Tropical diseases caused by non-parasitic infection

Research methodology and its application in medical study, proposal preparation, clinical trials, diagnosis, etiologic study, good clinical practice, case record form design, sampling and allocation, ethical issues and informed consent form, conduct of the study, data management, publication and presentation

Principles of clinical pharmacology in tropical medicine; Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics; Interpretation of pharmacokinetic parameters; Causes of variability in drug response; Drug efficacy; Methods in pharmacokinetic and drug metabolism studies; Determination of drug concentration in human body

Pharmacokinetics of drugs used in tropical diseases; Antimalarials, antiprotozoals, antihelminthics, anti- HIVs and antibiotics; Absorption, distribution, metabolization and excretion; Pharmacokinetic interactions between drugs

Planning; Protocol development for pharmacokinetic studies; Techniques for drug research; High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) for drug level analyses

Computerized evaluation of clinical pharmacological research and pharmacokinetic analysis of important drugs for tropical diseases

Planning an epidemiological research; Analysis and application of knowledge and modern epidemiological concepts; Epidemiological investigation; Data analysis for medical and public health research; Sources of errors and biases in the measurement of epidemiological parameters; Interaction among factors; Controlling confounders in the design and analysis

Statistical models and concepts of using intermediate biostatistics in analyzing different types of epidemiological data; Regression analysis for multi variables; Linear and non- linear regression; Ordinary least square; Maximum likelihood methods; Equation analysis models of different outcomes; Application of intermediate statistics in biomedical science and public health

Biological characteristics of pathogenic bacteria, virus and fungi; Classification, pathogenesis, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of the microbial diseases

Elements of immune system; Characteristics of antigen and antibodies; Antigen- antibody reaction; Lymphocyte development and maturation; Mechanisms of immune response; Immune regulation; Immunological tolerance; Immunological disorders

Roles and functions of important immune cells and molecules; Cell signal transduction; Immune cell migration; Mucosal immunity; Immunity to bacterial, viral, protozoal and helminthic infections; Immune responses against transplanted cells, tissues and organs; Immune responses against cancer cells; Immunotherapy; Vaccine development; Experimental animals for immunological study

Mechanism of microbial virulence; Evolution of microbial pathogens; Mechanism of drug resistance and new treatment; Advanced epidemiological studies of pathogens; Development and evaluation of new diagnostic methods; Host genetic factors contributing to infection susceptibility; Development and evaluation of novel vaccine

Techniques in characterization and identification of medical important bacteria, fungi and viruses from specimens; Application of bioinformatics for microbial study

Animal manipulation; Cell culture; Immunological and molecular biology techniques for tropical diseases diagnosis

Digestion, absorption and transport of macronutrients and micronutrients; Methodologies for nutritional assessment; Nutritional status in various age ranges; Relationship between nutrition and diseases; Nutritional problems in Thailand and South-East Asia region; Nutritional promotion and education

Principles of nutritional laboratory involving energy, protein, lipids, oxidative stress, vitamins, minerals and trace elements; Nutritional assessment, dietary assessment, biochemical analyses, computer program, and physical examinations in all age ranges; Analyses of nutritional problems in Thailand and Asia Pacific region; Relationship between nutritional status and disease; Diets for specific diseases

Structures and functions of biomolecules; Enzyme and its regulation catalysis; Metabolism of biomolecules; Mechanism of the flow of genetic information; Gene synthesis, expression and regulation

Advanced knowledge and modern technologies in biochemistry; Molecular biology and nutrition; Applications of molecular biology and nutrition in medical science; Nutrition and cancer; Food supplementation; Alternative nutrition; Food safety

Cell structures; arrangements of various tissues and organs in human and animal bodies under light and electron microscope

Processes and mechanisms by which the living human and animals function under various conditions; Pathological conditions in tropical diseases

Cell injury and responses of the body to cell injury; Inflammation and repair; Degenerative changes; Neoplasia or cancer; Pathological changes due to environmental exposure; Fluid; Hemodynamic derangements; Nutritional deficiency

Histopathology of communicable and non- communicable tropical diseases

Application of concepts and theoretical methods in health social science; Social, cultural and economic perspectives of health care system; Health economics; Behavioral modification; Ethics in health social science research

Current issues in medical social sciences at global, regional, and national levels; Social, cultural, and behavioral aspects, disease occurrence, prevention and control; Health promotion; research needs

Environmental health and toxicology; Human- environment relationship; Environmental pollutants, fate and transportation in the environment; Toxicokinetics and metabolism; Effects on human health and the environment; Environmental management; Laws and regulations

Health risk assessment for environmental pollutants; Hazard identification; Dose- response evaluation; Exposure assessment; Risk characterization; Risk perception; Risk communication; Risk management; Analysis of environmental pollutants, current exposure to risk management

Analysis of environmental health and toxicology; Biological and environmental sample collection; Extraction and analysis of toxicants; Instruments, atomic absorption chromatography, gas chromatography, high performance liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry; Molecular techniques

Principles of environmental management, air, water, hazardous substances, solid and hazardous wastes, vectors and tropical pathogens; Methods in environmental management; Policy and planning; Environmental monitoring process; Emergency preparedness; Environmental standards and laws

Medically important arthropod; Identification, morphology, specific characteristics, biology, behavior, habitat, roles in disease transmission; Vector control

Medically important helminthes; Classification, morphology, life cycle, ecology, epidemiology, pathogenesis and pathology; Clinical manifestations; Laboratory diagnosis; Treatment; Prevention and control

Sample collection, preservation, transportation; Parasite identification; Intermediate hosts; Arthropod vectors; Diagnostic techniques

Medically important protozoa; Classification, morphology, stages; Species identification; Life cycle; Laboratory diagnosis; Epidemiology; Mode of transmission; Clinical symptoms; Prevention

Biomolecules; DNA replication and DNA repair; Control of gene expression and regulation; Translation and post translation; Protein trafficking and export; Control of cell differentiation; Population and evolutionary genetics; Molecular immunology; Molecular diagnosis in tropical diseases

Current research articles in molecular tropical medicine

Laboratory practices in molecular biology

Short term research project in molecular tropical medicine and genetics

Environment and ecosystem processes; Microbes in the environment; Application of biotechnology, nanotechnology and molecular biology for solving environmental problems; Bioremediation; Bio- absorption; Bio- composting; Bioleaching; Bio-fertilizer, biofuel and biodiesel, biopolymer and bio-plastics

Applied biotechnology in medical sciences, agriculture, environment, military, forensic and marine science; Ethic and policy in biotechnology

Recombinant DNA technology; Antibody development and engineering; Vaccine development; Diagnostic test kit development

Biological sample collection; Cultivation of bacteria, fungi, and viruses; Biochemical and phenotypic test; Novel technology; Bio- sensor, rapid detection of microbes; Antibody production; Hybridoma and phage display