thipruethai phanitchat

Name: Asst. Prof.Thipruethai Phanitchat

Position: Assistant Professor

Department: Medical Entomology

thipruethai.pha@mahidol.ac.th



Last updated: January 18, 2023

Field of Expertise

Field of Specialization/Expertise

medical entomology

vector ecology

molecular biology

vector control

international research

medical science background and project management.


Work experience

2019 - Present

Lecturer; Department of Medical Entomology, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University.

2016 - 2019

Researcher and project coordinator of DENGUE-INDEX:

  • Coordination of research project (together with other international researchers) to maintain quality outcomes and achieve results/reports in timely manner
  • Coordination with high ranking government officials, staffs from vector control and various hospital colleagues for dengue patient identification using specify Dengue test kits (advance molecular techniques and standard kits).
  • Dengue survey: Identify human research participants as well as entomological indices (to assess dengue transmission, predict dengue outbreaks by utilizing statistical and GIS tools). Identify Dengue virus (human and mosquito samples).
  • Utilizing various international research standards such as create and update Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
2010 – 2016

Medical technologist at Rajavithi hospital Thailand