2019

Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit Network Institutional Translational Partnership Award: Thailand Major Overseas Programme award (WT_iTPA_F2019/002). Project: Prospecitve validation of diagnostic accuracy of Hcp1-ICT as a point-of-care test for rapid detection of melioidosis using whole blood samples. 43,750 GBP (15 July 2019- 14 January 2021).

Principal Investigator

2019

Role Model Lecturer Award from Senate of Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University

Research award 2019, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, 4 April 2019

2018

Gold Medal Award from Citizen Innovation, Singapore at 10^th International Exhibition of Invention and 3^rd World Invention& Innovation Forum. Project: Rapid Immunochromatography test for melioidoisis. 13-15 September 2018 at Foshan, China

Principal Investigator

Outstanding Award from 10^th International Exhibition of Invention and 3^rd World Invention& Innovation Forum. Project: Rapid Immunochromatography test for melioidoisis. 13-15 September 2018 at Foshan, China

Principal Investigator

2018

Outstanding team and popular vote from TROPMED Quality Fair. Project: Rapid Immunochromatography test for melioidosis. 18 July 2018 at Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Principal Investigator

2015-2020

NIH/NIAID grant (1U01AI115520). Project: Determinants of Outcome and Recurrent Infections in Melioidosis (DORIM).  $408,000/year for 5 years

Principal Investigator

2018-2022

NIH/NIAID grant (1R01AI137111). Project: Integrated Multi-omics of melioidosis (IMOM). 

Co-Investigator

2018-2021

Defense Threat Reduction Agency HDTRA1-18-C-0062. Project: Optimization of lead melioidosis and glanders vaccine formulations (IVAC)

Co-Principal Investigator

2017-2019

Newton Mobility Grant. Project: Blood transcriptomics to develop biomarkers for melioidosis diagnosis and treatment response

Principal Investigator

2018-2021

Royal Golden Jubilee Scholarship for an ASEAN PhD student (Rathanin Seng), Thailand Research Fund.

Advisor

2018-2021

Royal Golden Jubilee Scholarship for a student (Anucha Preechanukul), Thailand Research Fund.

Advisor

2016-2017

Newton Institutional Links Grant, UK and Office of Higher Educational Committee (OHEC), Thailand. Project: Improving the diagnosis and prevention of melioidosis and tuberculosis in Thailand and UK (in Collaboration with London School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Khon Kaen University, Chulalongkorn University and Mahidol University).

Co-Investigator

2016-2017

Thailand One Healthy University Network. Project: Molecular analysis of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) producing Escherichia coli  from patients and environment in Chachoengsao province, Thailand.

Principal Investigator

2014-2017

Faculty of Tropical Medicine Research Grant. Project “Variation of Burkholderia pseudomallei lipopolysaccharide and impact on innate immune response”.

Principal Investigator

2013-2017

Royal Golden Jubilee Scholarship for a PhD student (Chakaphan Ruencharoen), Thailand Research Fund

Advisor

2016

Outstanding Research Award from National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT). Project: Trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole versus trimethoprim sulphamethoxazole plus doxycycline as oral eradicative treatment for melioidosis (MERTH): a multicenter, double-blind, non-inferiority, randomized controlled trial

Co-investigator

2014

FTM researcher award 2014 from Faculty of Tropical Medicine Mahidol University

2013-2015

Thailand Research Fund for New Researcher for 2 years for project: Effective compounds from Xenorhabdus and Photorhabdus isolates from Thailand against mosquito larvae

Mentor

2012

Royal Golden Jubilee Scholarship for a PhD student (Sineenart Sengyee), Thailand Research Fund

Advisor

2014-2016

Faculty of Tropical Medicine PhD Scholarship (Vichaya Suttisanhakul) and University of South Alabama. Project: Evaluation of methods for detection and identification of Burkholderia pseudomallei

Advisor

2012-2014

Thailand Research Fund for New Researcher. Project: Antigenic variation of O-polysaccharide moiety of Burkholderia pseudomallei

Mentor and co-investigator

2011-2012

Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahdiol University. Project: Roles of the secreted Twin-arginine translocation (TAT) protein and oxidoreductase of Burkholderia pseudomallei under salt stress

Mentor

2013-2015

Thailand Research Fund for New Researcher. Project: Effective compounds from Xenorhabdus and Photorhabdus isolates from Thailand against mosquito larvae)

Mentor and co-investigator

2009-2014

Wellcome Trust Intermediate Fellowship of Tropical Medicine and Public Health. Project “Associations between genetic polymorphisms, innate immune responses and outcomes from sepsis in Thai patients with melioidosis and S. aureus infection

Principle investigator

2009-2012

FP7 program of European Commission. Project “Genomic approaches to metabolite exploitation from Xenorhabdus/Photorhabdus (GAMEXP)”

2009-2011

Thailand Research Fund for New Researcher. Project: Role and significance of arginine deiminase (ADS) in adaptation of  Burkholderia pseudomallei.

Principle investigator

2008-2011

Strategic Scholarships Fellowships Frontier Research Networks by the Higher Education Commission.

Advisor

2005

Best presentation award in student academic forum for candidate, doctor of science in tropical medicine at Tropical Disease Research Centre, Kanchanaburi, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Thailand

PhD student