Today (30 July 2012) at 13:00 hrs. Clin. Prof. Supat Vanichakarn, Secretary General of Prince Mahidol Award Foundation under Royal Patronage; Mr. Thanee Thongpakdee, Director of Press Division, Representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Assoc. Prof. Apichat Asavamongkolkul, Chairman of Prince Mahidol Award Youth Program Working Committee; and Prof. Somphop Limpongsanurak, Chairman of Prince Mahidol Award Youth Program Selection Committee, together issue a press release on the names of Prince Mahidol Award Youth Program scholarship recipients for 2012 at the Hall in front of Prince Mahidol Aduldej Room, 4th floor of Siriraj Medical Library, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University.
The names of five scholarship recipients of Prince Mahidol Award Youth Program are as follows:
1. Mr. Kanawat Chantaralawan
2. Mr. Jirayu Chantanakomes
3. Mr. Passisd Laoveeravat
4. Mr. Vittavat Termglinchan
5. Mr. Smathorn Thakolwiboon
Seven applicants from 3 institutes were nominated for Prince Mahidol Award Youth Program in 2012. Only 5 successful applicants meet the criteria of Prince Mahidol Award Youth Program. The Selection Committee selected the scholarship recipients and presented to the Board of Trustee which HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn is a President. The final decision had been made on 25 June 2012.
Prince Mahidol Award Youth Program has been established on 20 November 2008 according to the 2nd/2008 consensus of the Prince Mahidol Award Foundation Committee. The program aims to inspire and facilitate Thai youths studied in the health fields to pursue their dedicated life for the benefit of mankind following the footsteps of HRH Prince Mahidol of Songkla.
The steering committee, the working committee, and the selection committee are responsible to select the applicants who meet the criteria of the program, and present their names to the Board of Trustee which HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn is a President, for a final decision.
The successful applicants will obtain a scholarship for research study, professional training or community development abroad or in the country with full support for 12-month overseas placement. The period of overseas placement of the scholarship recipients will be considered as a part of their three-year working period for the government of Thailand.
Prince Mahidol Award Youth Program Scholar 2012
Mr. Kanawat Chantaralawan
Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University
Mr. Kanawat Chantaralawan, a sixth year medical student at the Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University. He is interested in performing a community development project on “Encephalitis Surveillance System : an urgent task in Thailand”. Recently, the incidence of emerging infectious diseases has increased rapidly due to globalization across the globe: improvement in transportation, changing in land utilization, or migration of population. Viral encephalitis is one of its kinds, which can be studied as a role model to build a surveillance system and information networks. Moreover, it is a disease that causes a great burden to patients and severe consequences even after recovery. Therefore, aim of this project is to help create a comprehensive system for viral encephalitis management and build networks across the country in order to decrease the incidence and prevalence of this disease in Thailand.
Mr. Chantaralawan has received many honors and awards as follows:
2011 – Research elective at Information Center for Emerging Diseases, WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training on Viral Zoonoses and Molecular Biology Laboratory for Neurological Disease, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Thailand, supervised by Professor Thiravat Hemachudha, M.D.
– Participation in an academic conference “Days of Molecular Medicine 2011 : Re-engineering and Regenerative Medicine” between November 10th – 12th, 2011 at Faculty of Medicine, Hong Kong University, Hong Kong
2010 – Received “Pink Diamond” scholarship (Research track) from Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University and research interests in “Genetic and epigenetic regulation of progression in HIV patients”, supervised by Professor Apiwat Mutirangura, M.D.,Ph.D.
2009 – Participated as an exchange student of Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University at Department of General-Visceral-Vascular Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Otto-Von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany
2008 -Participated as volunteer in “Chula Lampang Camp” for community development at Lampang province, Thailand
2005 – Received “Outstanding in Academic Achievement” award from President’s Education Awards Program, USA (High school)
– Received “Excellency in Academic Performance in Chemistry” award from President’s Education Awards Program USA (High school)
Prince Mahidol Award Youth Program Scholar 2012
Mr. Jirayu Chantanakomes
Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University
Mr. Jirayu Chantanakomes, a 6th year medical student at the Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, has proposed paper about “HIV/AIDS and immerging diseases within the migrated population in Thailand”. This paper was inspired by two major parts. Firstly, his interest in HIV/AIDS which though Thailand’s health services has evolved so much in the last decade, the control of this disease is still a major problem within the public health. This may be due to the fact that there are many sources of spreading and due to other significant factors. Many organizations have tried to prevent the spread of HIV within many populations such as youths, homosexuals, for instance. However, another population that has not yet been fully supported and is a major source of immerging diseases is migrated population and migrant workers. Thus leads to the second inspiration for this project that is his interest in human rights. Though there are millions of migrants in Thailand, there is still lack of interest in this population by organizations within Thailand itself. Therefore this project proposed to the scholarship is mainly to study the control of diseases within migrated population and how to help this group of people. Through helping the migrated population, we will be able to reduce the rate of infection and emerging diseases within the Thai people as well.
Mr. Chantanakomes has received many honors and awards as follows:
2011 – Founder and leader of the “Medical Student Outreach:MSO” : A group of medical students who are interested in making a difference in society and human life through projects that are thought and done by medical students themselves such as Campaigning for organ donations, Collecting donations from medical students for Thai floods 2011, etc.
– Participated in the 2011 meeting on a standardized and ethical way for drug companies to enter hospitals as a medical student representative.
2010 – President of The International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations : Thailand which he has represented Thailand in many international meetings for medical students around the world
2009 – Vice president for the International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations 59th General Assembly, Bangkok, Thailand : This meeting held by Thai medical students received more than 800 medical students from over 90 countries all over the world and Thailand was the 2nd country within Asia that organized this meeting
– National Officer on Student Exchange for the International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations Thailand :This position is required to look over the exchange programs of medical students within Thailand to other countries. Which in this year more than 70 students went to 20 countries for their exchange.
– Class President of the 3rd year medical students, Siriraj Hospital
2007 – Representative of The Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital and first prize winner for the Mahidol Debate contest 2007
Prince Mahidol Award Youth Program Scholar 2012
Mr. Passisd Laoveeravat
Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University
Mr. Passisd Laoveeravat is a sixth year medical student at the Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University. He is interested in performing a research on “Critical care system development for critical patients in general wards of hospitals” due to the fact that there are many patients with cardiopulmonary arrest in the general ward which are the usual situations in hospitals. Without the development of critical care system, cardiopulmonary arrest trends to be increasing nowadays. As a result, the burden on public health system remains the problem because most post-arrest patients will end up with brain anoxia and respirator needs. There are rooms of improvement for critical care system in Thailand especially the warning system and experienced team. Therefore, The aim of this project is to initiate the prevention system as the early detection to decrease the cardiopulmonary arrest and make it applicable to Thai hospital context.
Mr. Laoveeravat has received many honors and awards as follows:
2011 – Join “Chula help flood campaign” to help flood victims during October- November 2011 by help screening people to the temporary shelter, conducting the epidemiology survey in Saraburi province
2010 – Thai delegate to Germany in the medical exchange program by Standing Committee on Professional Exchange program (SCOPE) of IFMSA, March – April 2010
Delegate to Singapore to make the oral presentation on the research “The impact of the mock spot test: the assessment of students, by students, for students” at National University of Singapore, February 2010
2009 President of Department of Academic Affairs of the medical students’ union of Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University 2009-2010
Assistant Vice President on Internal Affairs, IFMSA-Thailand
Head of organizing committee of “ ANAND biology and basic medical sciences quiz competition”, June 2009
2008 Master Ceremony of ANAND Biology quiz 2009
Thai delegate to Indonesia by AMSEP Twinning Program between Thailand and Indonesia, April 2008
Prize for the student who gets the highest score in the course “Behavioral Science”
– 1st runner up of Thai debate competition, Chulalongkorn University
– 2nd runner up of oral presentation on ALCOHOL of EAMSC 2008
Prince Mahidol Award Youth Program Scholar 2012
Mr. Vittavat Termglinchan
Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University
Mr. Vittavat Termglinchan is a sixth year medical student at the Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University. He is interested in performing a research on Regenerative Medicine particularly the “Epigenetic regulation of cardiac stem cells development”. He has received the inspiration from his grandfather who was diagnosed with ischemic heart disease when he was still in secondary school. Cardiovascular disease is a significant chronic health problem around the world. As the prevalence of Cardiovascular disease is increasing at a tremendous rate and most of its diseases are incurable by current medical advancement, Regenerative Medicine is a very promising future alternative. Mr. Termglinchan has a strong motivation to research on the Regenerative Medicine in order to improve the patients’ quality of life and reduce the burden of this problem.
Mr. Termglinchan has received many honors and awards as follows:
2011 Elected as Vice President of the Society of Medical Students, Chulalongkorn University (SMCU).
2010 – Awarded Scholarship from the “Pink-Diamond-Research Program”, Chulalongkorn University. He is researching on “Intragenic LINE-1 Effects on Isoform Change of Stem Cells Gene Expression” with Prof. Anan Srikiatkhachorn.
2010 – Awarded as ‘Honorable Student’ from Chulalongkorn’s University Council.
2009 – Won 2nd Place at the 7th Inter-Medical School Physiology Quiz at the University of Malaya, Malaysia.
– Research Student with Asst. Prof. Nipan Israsena on “Epigenetic Regulation of Neural Gene Expression in Mouse Mesenchymal Stem Cells” and presented Poster Presentation in the 9th Annual Meeting International Society for Stem Cell Research.
2008 Elected as the President of Sophomore medical students.
2007 – Won 1st Place at the English Language Speech Competition, “Ellis Championship”, and received Scholarship from HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn to visit Regenerative Medicine laboratories at National University of Singapore.
– Won 2nd Place at the Inter-university English Debating Contest, “American and the World Debating Championship”, Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University.
2006 Awarded the prestigious award, the “SUN Award”, from Kasetsart University Laboratory School, International Program.
Prince Mahidol Award Youth Program Scholar 2012
Mr. Smathorn Thakolwiboon
Faculty of Medicine Siriraj hospital, Mahidol University
Mr. Smathorn Thakolwiboon is a sixth year medical student at the Faculty of Medicine Siriraj hospital, Mahidol University. He has an intention in performing a research on the proteomics of neural stem cell. This study is expected to be a stepping stone for the developments of new therapeutic targets or agents and preventive measures for disease-related growth-and-death of cells such as neurodegenerative diseases and cancer. These diseases and their treatment not only burden individually, caregivers, patient’s families, and national economics are also affected.
Mr. Smathorn Thakolwiboon has received many honors and awards as follows:
2012 – Chairperson of organizing committee for the first Southeast Asian Medical Students’ Leadership Summit
2011 Director of the project, “Impact of flood crisis 2011 on health” and volunteer in a mobile medical outreach unit during the national floods
2010 – President of Siriraj International Relations Club
– Participate in Asia conference 2010 of Harvard Project for Asia and Internaitonal Relations
– Perform a community project, “The assessment of the obstacles affecting dengue prevention and control in rural area of Thailand” with Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, and Tha-Luang Hospital, Lopburi, Thailand
2009 – Representative of Thailand to present research project: “Study on affecting factors of the quality of life and social attitude towards psoriasis patients” at The 30th Asian Medical Students’ Conference of AMSA, Taipei, Republic of China
– Chairperson of organizing committee for the 7th Asia Pacific Regional Meeting, International Federation of Medical Students’ Association
– Participate in the 23rd East Asian Medical Students’ Conference, Asian Medical Students’ Association, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and participate in a community service in slum in Kuala Lumpur
2008 Participate in research exchange program under the topic of “Molecular markers and response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in gastric cancer” Institute of Pathology, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Federal Republic of Germany
2007 Honorable mention in poster creativity competition “The electrical model of nervous system” in Asian Science Camp 2007, Taipei, Republic of China
2006 Special Diploma in research project contest: “The equation of blood flow in aorta” in The XV Annual Sakharov’s Reading, Russian Academy of Science: Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute: Lycee Technical High School, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
2005 – Silver medal in Thailand Physic Olympiad
– Bronze award in Singapore Mathematical Olympiads
