Background

Dr. Pratap Singhasivanon is an Associate Professor in the Department of Tropical Hygiene. He obtained his medical degree from Kasturba Medical College, India, before receiving his postgraduate Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene from Mahidol University. He has a Master of Public Health degree from Harvard University and a Doctor of Public Health degree from the University of Michigan, USA. 

Departments/Centers

• Clinical Tropical Medicine

Research

Dr. Pratap Singhasivanon is an authority on the epidemiology of tropical diseases, vector-borne infectious diseases, and the application of geographic information system (GIS) in monitoring multi-drug resistant malaria. His primary research area is the epidemiology of malaria, but he has an interest in many other vector-borne diseases that affect populations in Southeast Asia. He often collaborates with medical doctors, specialists and researchers in international health agencies in medical research. Dr. Pratap has established several initiatives to improve the performance of all faculty staff, raising the international profile of the Faculty of Tropical Medicine around the world. He constantly works toward developing and implementing national health policies in Thailand and contributing to the improvement of regulations and planning in Thailand’s public health system. Dr. Pratap regularly works closely with Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health in both research and human-resource capacity-building and development.

Ongoing Research Project(s)