(L-R):  Associate Professor Dr. Palanee Ammaranond (Acting Vice President for International Affairs and Global Network); President Wilert Puriwat; Professor Thomas Schneider (Chief Executive, APRU); Ms. Michiko Yoshida (Director, Global Networking and Engagement Division, Office of International Affairs and Global Network)

APRU Chief Executive, Professor Thomas Schneider, visited President Wilert Puriwat of the Chulalongkorn University in November to discuss APRU’s and Chulalongkorn University’s current engagement and future strategic priorities, including new data.org collaboration with the goal to train big data professionals in Southeast Asia. Chulalongkorn University has the intention to provide students with a value-based education and to ensure that universities maintain a key role as guarantors of societal cohesion. Additional discussions with Associate Professor Chanchai Sithipan (Dean of Faculty of Medicine), Professor Kiat Ruxrungtham, M.D. (Director, School of Global Health, MDCU), Professor Suttipong Wacharasindhu, M.D. (Strategic Leader, School of Global Health, MDCU), Sompon Kamonsiripíchaiphon (Assistant Professor), Professor Taninee Sahakitrungruang (Department of Pediatrics) as well as Associate Professor Dr. Palanee Ammaranond (Acting Vice President for International Affairs and Global Network) and Ms. Michiko Yoshida (Director, Global Networking and Engagement Division, Office of International Affairs and Global Network) highlighted Chulalongkorn University’s interest to  take on an even more active and engaged role within APRU.

Chulalongkorn University – particularly the School of Global Health in the Faculty of Medicine – has successfully hosted the APRU Global Health Conference 2024 from November 4-6. Situating human health within the wider context of planetary health, the conference shed light on the close nexus between the environment and its impact on the well-being of societies, highlighting also the promise that artificial intelligence and digital transformation holds for solutions to human health challenges and sustainability.

APRU had fruitful discussions with Chulalongkorn University

APRU Global Health Conference 2024