Scholarship and Fellowship Opportunities at Mahidol University

Good Food Fellows Program: Excellent fellowship opportunity for Masters and PhD students at Mahidol University interested in learning how to apply multi-omic food composition data to research in planetary impacts of food systems, agroecology, and nutritional ecology and epidemiology. To be eligible, applicants must already be enrolled in any Masters or PhD program at Mahidol University, or must be enrolled no later than November 25, 2023. For details: https://scholar.harvard.edu/sabri/fellowship.
 
(Temporarily suspended) Research or Capacity Building in Thailand or Online: I am inviting international researchers to apply for a short-term paid scholarship to work with my colleagues and I at the Institute of Nutrition, Mahidol University or remotely (online) for 2 to 12 weeks on collaborative nutrition-related research or capacity building. For details: https://scholar.harvard.edu/sabri/scholarship.

Attending the Micronutrient Forum 6th Global Conference

I will be attending the Micronutrient Forum 6th Global Conference, "Nutrition for Resilience", in person at The Hague, Netherlands, from October 16-20 along with five of my senior colleagues from the Institute of Nutrition, Mahidol University.

I will be presenting the following talks and poster at the conference:

  • Pre-conference Trailer Presentation: "Performance of the Global Diet Quality Score (GDQS) App in Predicting Nutrient Adequacy and Metabolic Risk Factors among Thai Adults" (session on "Enhancing micronutrient data use to more effectively address micronutrient resilience", accessible by logging into https://mnforum2023.org/virtual-login/ and navigating to "Recorded Sessions)
  • October 17: Oral Presentation: "Establishing a Regional Resource Laboratory in Thailand for Measuring Nutritional Biomarkers" (session on: "Increasing the Availability of Reliable Information on Biomarkers of Micronutrient Status: Essential Information for Program Planning and Evaluation", accessible in-person from 1:45-3:15pm CET on Oct 17 in King Willem Alexander Hall or by logging into https://mnforum2023.org/virtual-login/ and navigating to "Live Sessions")
  • October 17 & 19: Poster Presentation: "Performance of the Global Diet Quality Score (GDQS) app in predicting nutrient adequacy and metabolic risk factors among Thai adults" (accessible in-person during my poster shifts from 12:30-1:30pm CET on Oct 17 & 19, the "Posters" section of the MNF 2023 App, or by logging into https://mnforum2023.org/virtual-login/ and navigating to "E-Poster Gallery")

Please connect with me in person at the conference or on the MNF 2023 App, LinkedIn, or by email at sabri.bro@mahidol.edu. I look forward to seeing many colleagues there.

I am also looking forward to meeting new colleagues, in particular...

(1) Researchers contributing to an ongoing project at Mahidol University on recommended analytical methods for surveillance of key nutritional biomarkers and stakeholders involved in nutrient biomarker surveys in SEA interested to learn of our efforts to map and connect regional lab capacity.

(2) Researchers, program designers, or policymakers interested in learning about or using the Global Diet Quality Score (GDQS) or the GDQS app.

(3) Researchers and donors interested in learning about Mahidol University's activities as part of the Rockefeller-funded Periodic Table of Food Initiative (PTFI), including our developing PTFI Asia Center of Excellence Laboratory, upcoming fellowship program, and future demonstration projects aimed at showcasing showcasing the PTFI's potential and providing training in applying PTFI omics data for food systems research.

(4) Potential candidates for a new scholarship for short-term collaborative research or capacity building at the Institute of Nutrition, Mahidiol University.

(5) Researchers working on innovative methods of dietary assessment and analysis who are interested in contributing to a methods collection at JoVE.

(6) Researchers interested in refining and scaling-up a shortcourse in “Research Dietetics for Nutritional Epidemiology" pretested in Ethiopia & Mongolia.

(7) Students, researchers, and program implementers interested in working with my colleagues and I on food-based approaches to improve diet quality and strengthen capacity for nutrition research and programs in Thailand, by (a) employing secondary analysis of diverse conventional and unconventional datasets (including 19 rounds of the Thai Household Socio-Economic Survey), (b) adapting and applying diverse software tools (including Optifood, IMAPP, ADePT-FSM, INDDEX-24, GDQS app, and ISNAPDS), or (c) scaling-up research that we are currently conducting including pilot studies on multifaceted evaluation of food environments and knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to whole grain consumption in schoolchildren.

(8) Donors who may be interested in learning about three complete and ready-to-go proposals that my colleagues and I have recently written and budgeted out for conducting research and capacity building aimed at improving public nutrition in Thailand, including through (a) innovative development of an annual employee medical examination at Mahidol University into a cohort study platform for nutritional epidemiology, (b) implementing an integrated health initiative to prevent and control noncommunicable diseases in northern Hill Tribe communities, and (c) strengthening implementation of food-based-dietary-guidelines within enabling food environments for non-communicable disease prevention in children and adolescents.

(9) Anyone generally interested in learning about our work at the Institute of Nutrition, Mahidol University and discussing research collaborations.

(10) Professionals knowledgeable about existing infrastructure for population nutrition research or programs at local, state, or national levels in Myanmar.