Driving precision health: the rise of molecular diagnostics
Sansure Biotech Inc.
Thursday, 20 October 2022
14:00 - 16:00
Johannesburg room
Overview
There is a clear trend toward precision medicine, a broad, all-encompassing approach that uses technological innovations, diagnostics and bioinformatics to enhance disease prevention, diagnosis, treatment and monitoring. Molecular diagnostic methods now play an essential role in delivering precision health to patients in many clinical areas, and their role is likely to become even more prominent in the coming years.
The workshop will bring a basic intro to the molecular diagnostic and a focused global molecular company (Sansure); then, it will focus on some important application projects for DNA testing, which are Cervical Cancer Screening in Thailand and NAT Blood Screening.
Learning objectives
- Introduction of Sansure company (10-15 min)
- Cervical Cancer Screening in THAILAND: a Paradigm Shift (Dr. Mongkol Benjapibal) (50 min)
- NAT to prevent transfusion-transmitted infections in blood banks and health facilities (50 min)
Speakers
Dr. Mongkol Benjapibal
Secretary-General of The Royal Thai College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (RTCOG)
Associate Professor, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Dr Mongkol is the Secretary-General of The Royal Thai College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (RTCOG), and he is also the Associate Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology in the Faculty of Medicine at Siriraj Hospital. He has over 20 years of experience in Gynecologic Oncology and more than 45 research publications in leading medical journals and medical institutions in Thailand.
Duangnapa Intharasongkroh
Professional Medical Technologist
Thai Red Cross
Dr Duangnapa Intharasongkroh is a professional medical technologist in the Thai Red Cross society. She obtained her doctorate in Medical Science from Chulalongkorn University in 2017, and she is one of the members of the 100th Anniversary Chulalongkorn University for Doctoral Scholarship. Her primary research fields include Virology of Transfusion Transmitted Infection, Cell Biology and Human Molecular Genetics.
Important note: All workshops will be on a first come, first served basis.
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