Royal Visit to the People’s Republic of China by Professor Dr. Her Royal Highness Princess Chulabhorn Mahidol from May 6-18, 2024 Professor Dr. Her Royal Highness Princess Chulabhorn Mahidol, President of the Chulabhorn Research Institute, has long recognized the importance of academic and research collaborations with the world’s leading institutes in the fields of medical science and technology to enhance knowledge and research and development in medicine, aiming to elevate the country’s medical standards to international level. In May, the President of the Chulabhorn Research Institute paid a royal visit to the People’s Republic of China to continue academic cooperation, exchange of knowledge and development of advanced research in medical science and technology, as well as promotion of long-standing relationship in arts and culture, at the formal invitation of the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Bangkok. On this occasion, Her Royal Highness graciously granted the opportunity for Mr. Sun Yeli, Minister of Culture and Tourism, People’s Republic of China, to present the details of the cooperation on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of diplomatic ties between Thailand and the People’s Republic of China in 2025. During this royal visit to China, numerous leading public and private institutes expressed their readiness to support and cooperate in every possible way to fulfill Her Royal Highness’s aspirations to care...

Royal Visit to the Swiss Confederation to Strengthen Cooperation between Chulabhorn Research Institute and the World Health Organization in Addressing the Health and Environmental Issues under the “One Health” Concept Through the proactive policies of Professor Dr. Her Royal Highness Princess Chulabhorn Mahidol, President of the Chulabhorn Research Institute, Her Royal Highness has been guiding the Chulabhorn Research Institute in its efforts to enhance personnel potential and produce talented personnel in the fields of science and technology where there are shortages at accelerated pace. Her Royal Highness places importance on organizing training courses relevant to the problems of health, environmental health, toxicology, and chemical risk assessment. The Chulabhorn Research Institute has long implemented the royal policies both at the national and regional levels, achieving notable empirical results and gaining international recognition. Over the years, the President of the Chulabhorn Research Institute has been committed to promoting cooperation with leading international organizations to address the environmental problems impacting people’s health. This commitment is evident in the President’s active meetings participation in and follow-up efforts on the cooperation in toxicology and environmental health with the World Health Organization (WHO). Thanks to the achievements of research and academic work aligned with the President’s policies, particularly the research on environmental health, the Chulabhorn Research Institute has earned international recognition. In 2005, the World Health...

Through the benevolence of Professor Dr. Her Royal Highness Princess Chulabhorn Mahidol, and in addition to her commitment to the well-being of the Thai people in various aspects, Her Royal Highness also takes great interest in the development of veterinary science to promote the healthcare of animals so that they do not suffer from serious diseases especially rabies, which constitutes a major public health problem in the country. Her Royal Highness continuously dedicates all her efforts to supporting the government sector in addressing such problems, as demonstrated for instance by her royal duties performed with HRH Princess Chulabhorn’s Veterinary Volunteer Unit in Chaiyaphum, Lop Buri, and Phetchabun Provinces between January 27-30, 2024. Upon arrival in each province, Her Royal Highness donated 500 doses of rabies vaccines to the livestock officials in each province to boost the animals’ immunity against the disease. This proactive measure upgraded surveillance and prevention of rabies. Her Royal Highness also administered rabies vaccines to dogs and tagged them under HRH Princess Chulabhorn’s project on “Disease-free Animals, Safe Humans from Rabies”, marking them as vaccinated and safe animals. Rabies remains a public health problem in Thailand, threatening people’s health, and is still found spreading in some areas. At present, there is no cure for rabies, and if infected individuals are not provided with...

Professor Dr. Her Royal Highness Princess Chulabhorn Mahidol recognizes the importance of the care of health and hygiene for the Thai people to enjoy a higher quality of life and better livelihoods. Her Royal Highness is strongly committed to providing assistance in the form of standard medicine, nursing, and public health to all the Thais, ensuring they are inclusively and equally free from diseases. Since His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej the Great graciously appointed Her Royal Highness as Honorary President of the Princess Mother’s Medical Volunteer Foundation (PMMV) in 2009, Her Royal Highness has embraced and continued the commitments of Her Royal Highness Princess Srinagarindra, or the Princess Mother, known as the “Mother of Thai Public Health”, and the commitments of Her Royal Highness Princess Galyani Vadhana Krom Luang Naradhiwas Rajanagarindra, visiting and following up on the work of the Princess Mother’s Medical Volunteer Units across the country. At the beginning of 2024, the needy people of northeast Thailand witnessed the benevolence of Her Royal Highness as she personally visited to perform medical and public health duties. This enabled people to have access to quality medical treatment, disease prevention, and health rehabilitation under the operation of the Princess Mother’s Medical Volunteer Units in Yasothon, Amnat Charoen, and Ubon Ratchathani Provinces in January 9-12, 2024. Upon arrival, Her Royal Highness graciously...

Professor Dr. Her Royal Highness Princess Chulabhorn Mahidol has long been inspired to dedicate herself to helping the Thai people. Since her childhood, Her Royal Highness accompanied His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej the Great and Her Majesty Queen Sirikit The Queen Mother to every region in Thailand on visits to care for the suffering and promote happiness of the Thai people. This experience has enabled Her Royal Highness to understand the people’s hardships, especially from diseases, due to their lack of access to standard medical and public health services. Moreover, the compassion of Her Royal Highness extends to animal health as animals can be disease-carriers to humans. Therefore, to ensure inclusive and comprehensive treatment, Her Royal Highness graciously dispatched the Royal Medical Unit of Chulabhorn Hospital and the Chulabhorn Veterinary Volunteer Unit to increase the efficiency in healthcare, disease prevention, and address public health issues of the people, as well as conduct campaigns to promote the prevention of the spread of rabies in the northeast in Nakhon Ratchasima, BuriRam, Surin, and Si Sa Ket provinces from November 24-28, 2023. On this occasion, Her Royal Highness made visits and provided moral support to the team of doctors, nurses, and medical personnel from Chulabhorn Hospital, The Provincial PMMU Unit (Princess Mother’s Medical Volunteer Unit), Provincial Public Health Office, and community hospitals in...

Professor Dr. High Royal Highness Princess Chulabhorn Mahidol, President of the Chulabhorn Research Institute, has long been dedicated to the Thai people and fostering sustainable development in Thailand. This commitment is evident in Her Royal Highness’s establishment of the Chulabhorn Research Institute (CRI) in 1987, with the aim of providing a platform for academics with high potential to collaborate and generate new knowledge through study and research in chemistry, science, and technology. Additionally, the CRI functions as a center for studying and developing human resources in science and other advanced fields of study.   Internationally recognized for Her competence and accomplishment, Her Royal Highness has been awarded the Albert Einstein Gold Medal by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), notably for Her outstanding contribution as an exemplary academic scientist and for promoting scientific work. Her Royal Highness is the third person and the first female scientist in the world to receive such award. Furthermore, Her Royal Highness has been honored with the Windaus Award in Organic Chemistry from the German Chemical Society of the Federal Republic of Germany for Her significant role as an outstanding scientist with numerous research and academic works in organic chemistry, leading to substantial advancement in the field of organic chemistry.   As a result, Thammasat University Council has made a unanimous decision...

On November 19, 2023, Professor Dr. Her Royal Highness Princess Chulabhorn Mahidol graciously presented the Royal Trophies to the winners of the 2023 National Buffalo Beauty Contest in the “2nd Udon Thani: People’s Ways of Life, Buffaloes’ Ways of Life, Thai Heritage, World Heritage Festival”. The event was organized by Udon Thani Provincial Office, in collaboration with Udon Thani Provincial Administrative Organization, Udon Thani Provincial Livestock Office, the Association for Thai Buffalo Conservation and Development under the Royal Patronage, Udon Thani Rajabhat University, and a network of buffalo farmers in Udon Thani province, at the Khok Nong Ko public area, Thung Yai subdistrict, Thung Fon district, Udon Thani Province. On this occasion, Her Royal Highness presented the Royal Trophies to the first-prize winners of the Grand Champion category, the owners of a male buffalo named Pee Mai from Ubon Ratchathani Province and a female buffalo named Khao Hom from Chai Nat Province, and to the runners up of the Reserve Champion category, the owners of a male buffalo named Wan Charoen from Nong Bua Lamphu Province and a female buffalo named Thong Tip from Nong Khai Province, totaling 4 awards. This year, 686 buffaloes from across the country entered the beauty contest. The Thai people are filled with joy and deep gratitude for the intention of Her Royal Highness to...

Professor Dr. Her Royal Highness Princess Chulabhorn Mahidol, President of the Chulabhorn Research Institute (CRI), has dedicated Herself to numerous research and academic work, scientific development, as well as improving people’s access to standard medical and public health services, aiming to develop the quality of life, alleviate suffering, and promote happiness among the Thai people in a sustainable manner. Acting upon the President of the CRI’s directives, comprehensive site visits were organized, under the banner of the Princess Mother’s Medical Volunteer Foundation (PMMV) and the Chulabhorn Veterinary Volunteer Unit, to offer services in a campaign for the promotion of people’s health and disease prevention, in parallel with the care for animals’ good health. This took place at Nakhon Ratchasima Rajabhat University and Bua Yai School, in Nakhon Ratchasima Province, from March 25-26, 2023. The PMMV in Nakhon Ratchasima Province, consisting of teams of doctors, nurses, and public health officials from Nakhon Ratchasima Provincial Public Health Office, Mueang Nakhon Ratchasima District Public Health Office, Bua Yai District Public Health Office, and local hospitals, worked with each other with commitment, dedication, and selflessness to fulfill Her Royal Highness’s intention to assist society, especially needy and underprivileged patients without expecting anything in return, targeting better quality of life of people across the board. The teams offered services which included treatment of general illnesses,...

On March 24, 2023 at 08:27 a.m., Professor Dr. Her Royal Highness Princess Chulabhorn Mahidol performed Royal Duties with the Chulabhorn Veterinary Volunteer Unit under HRH Princess Chulabhorn’s project on “Disease-free Animals, Safe Humans from Rabies”, at Kasetsart University Veterinary Teaching Hospital Tippimarn, in Pongtalong Subdistrict, Pak Chong District, Nakhon Ratchasima Province. Her Royal Highness’s compassion extends to sick animals, ensuring they receive treatment and relief from suffering, which reduces their death rate from serious diseases, as well as eases the burden on pet owners. On this occasion, Her Royal Highness administered anesthesia to five dogs to ensure that they did not experience pain during sterilization procedures, including Her Royal Highness’s own pet, a dog named Khun Komane, which underwent surgery on a lump on its tail, a resident’s pet dog that had surgery on its right hip bone, and three dogs from the “Nakhon Chai Burin” shelter for homeless dogs, each undergoing surgery to remove lumps on the left breast, right chest, and head, respectively. Throughout the procedures, Her Royal Highness maintained anesthesia conditions and closely monitored vital signs to assess and ensure safety. All procedures were conducted with Her Royal Highness’s utmost competence and expertise in veterinary anesthesia. Moreover, Her Royal Highness directed the Chulabhorn Veterinary Volunteer Unit to perform sterilization on 12 more dogs. With visionary leadership,...

Professor Dr. Her Royal Highness Princess Chulabhorn Mahidol, President of the Chulabhorn Research Institute, is deeply concerned with the health issues of the Thai people, who form a vital foundation for sustainable national development. Her Royal Highness directed the Royal Medical Unit, under the banner of the Princess Mother’s Medical Volunteer Foundation (PMMV) and the Chulabhorn Veterinary Volunteer Unit, to campaign for the prevention and control of the spread of rabies in the north, stationing at Tak Provincial Administrative Organization and the International Convention and Exhibition Centre Commemorating His Majesty’s 7th Cycle Birthday Anniversary, in Tak and Chiang Mai Provinces respectively, from February 8-10, 2023. During this mission, under Her Royal Highness’s directives, the PMMV in Tak and Chiang Mai Provinces provided numerous forms of vital medical and public health services, attending to people from all walks of life, offering treatment for general diseases, health consultations, traditional Thai medicine, and dentistry. Common health issues in these two Provinces included muscular, cardiovascular, and respiratory diseases. Moreover, veterinarians from the Chulabhorn Veterinary Volunteer Unit collaborated with their counterparts from the Provincial Livestock Offices in the local areas, offering sterilization and rabies vaccination services, promoting responsible pet ownership, and ensuring effective surveillance, prevention, and control of rabies. The Chulabhorn Veterinary Volunteer Unit also organized activities to educate pet owners and livestock volunteers on...

On January 24, 2023 at 09.46 a.m., in the Meeting Room 1 at the Chulabhorn Research Institute Convention Center, Professor Dr. Her Royal Highness Princess Chulabhorn Mahidol, President of the Chulabhorn Research Institute (CRI), presided over the meeting to follow up on the progress of Thailand’s Initiative in Genomics and Expression Research for Liver Cancer (TIGER-LC) in 2023.  The meeting, held from January 24-25, 2023, aimed to explore ways to support people suffering from liver and bile duct cancer in high-risk areas and to address public health issues in Thailand.  The meeting was attended by researchers and experts from the CRI, Chulabhorn Hospital, National Cancer Institute-NCI, USA, National Cancer Institute-Thailand, Chiang Mai University, and Khon Kaen University. During the meeting, the research team from the National Cancer Institute-NCI, USA reported on the use of technologies to study liver and bile duct cancer at the molecular level, focusing on classifying patient groups to improve treatment accuracy.  They also discussed research on cancer treatment using targeted therapy related to cell degradation process, studies on metabolite, the role of microbiome in cancer development, as well as liver cancer prevention in communities by reducing exposure to risk factors in daily life. Moreover, the meeting covered project planning, operational improvements, and the initial study and sample collection from patients suffering from liver and bile duct...

Professor Dr. Her Royal Highness Princess Chulabhorn Mahidol, President of the Chulabhorn Research Institute (CRI), has unwaveringly dedicated Herself to continuing the commitments of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej The Great and Her Majesty Queen Sirikit The Queen Mother to providing medicine and public health services to all Thai people and all animals. Under Her Royal Highness’s benevolence, these efforts aim to enhance their happiness and well-being. Her Royal Highness has administered activities to increase the capabilities of healthcare, and prevention and solutions to the public health issues of the people. Since 2016, Her Royal Highness has directed HRH Princess Chulabhorn’s project on “Disease-free Animals, Safe Humans from Rabies”. Recognizing the importance of improving quality of life by campaigning for people’s good health, as well as prevention and control of rabies, in 2023, the President of the CRI started such campaign in the south, stationing at Suratthani Rajabhat University in Surat Thani Province and at Walailak University in Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, from January 15-17, 2023. During the mission, Her Royal Highness directed the Princess Mother’s Medical Volunteer Unit (PMMV) in Surat Thani and Nakhon Si Thammarat Provinces, from Provincial Public Health Offices and local hospitals with their teams of doctors, nurses, and medical personnel, equipped with expertise and resources, to provide services to local people, including registration, patient history...