Background

Dr. Urusa Thaenkham is Associate Professor in the Department of Helminthology, where she has teaching and research responsibilities. She works with her department colleagues and regional collaborators on helminthology topics pertinent to Southeast Asia. Dr. Urusa Thaenkham’s primary research area is food-borne trematodiases, infections caused by fluke larvae often through the consumption of raw fish, crustaceans or vegetables.

Departments/Centers

• Helminthology

Research

Dr. Urusa’s research expertise is helminthes, with emphasis on systematics and population genetics of helminthes. Her research is also focused on improving molecular identification and diagnosis methods of any objects from the host or environment. She is also very interested in anthelminthic drug development, which includes safety and toxicity evaluation, and efficacy testing of Thai medical herb extracts against helminthic infections in animal model.

Ongoing Research Project(s)

Research Name	Funding Source
• การศึกษาเภสัชจลนศาสตร์และประสิทธิผลในการฆ่าพยาธิของสารสกัดจากรากหนอนตายหยาก เพื่อประเมินขนาดและระยะเวลาในการให้สารสกัดสำหรับ ฆ่าพยาธิตัวจี๊ดในหนูทดลอง	สำนักงานพัฒนาการวิจัยการเกษตร (สวก.)