Introduce yourself

[Saranath]

To get to know each other, please post a VDO clip to introduce yourself.
1. Your name
2. Your background
3. What kind of work you are doing, particularly works that related to informatics.
4. What you expect to learn in the BHI online program
Please upload your introduction clip here:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1VmVFRrOC3_YxUthmGEzGY9c_kDWWQeoI?usp=sharing

Then post a brief introduction in this topic forum below (our IT will post your VDO in this forum for you). Please feel free to say hello to your friends!

[Arwin Jerome Manalo Onda]

My name is Arwin Jerome M. Onda. You can call me Arwin for short.

I am from the Philippines. I am a pharmacist by profession. I have 4 siblings and I am the youngest. I am the only one in thefamily who has a health background – my father and 2 brothers are engineers, and my mother and sister are entrepreneurs. On my free time I read or watch technology-related content, browse through social media, and play mobile games.

I started my career as a health researcher under the Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Unit of the Philippine Department of Health. The HTA is a mechanism for the government to select interventions that should be funded or reimbursed by the government. Together with experts in digital and mobile health technologies, we established the first ever topic nomination forms and prioritization criteria for these types of technology.

I am very much keen to learn on the dimensions of information technology as integral components of the healthcare system. I am eager to learn about machine learning and data visualization techniques. I look forward into applying the theories into practice. I am also excited to communicate and create meaningful connections with other professionals who share the same aspirations as I do. Wishing for meaningful years to come, 2021 MSc BHI classmates.

[Napisa Freya Sawamiphak]

Hello everyone!!. My name is Napisa Freya Sawamiphak. You can call me Jomfah or Faye (from my middle name). I am a pharmacist and I also took some courses in clinical epidemiology and clinical statistics. After I graduated from the pharmacy program, I began working as a Pharmacovigilance specialist. I was involved in the drug safety database a lot during that time. Currently, I work as a Medica Science Liaison. I have been involved in literature surveillance and also medical research which still requires data generation and data management skills. I want to obtain advanced training in biomedical and health informatics and improve my research skills so that I can work more sufficiently and I would like to try working in the research field in the future as well.

Nice to meet you all !!

[Karina Dian Lestari]

Hi everyone!

My name is Karina Dian Lestari, you can call me Karin. I come from Indonesia.

I have been working in Eijkman-Oxford Clinical Research Unit since 2014 as a statistician. The team is currently focused on malaria and covid-19 research. In the projects, my tasks are heavily involved in database management, data analysis and mapping. The BHI program and curriculum is very fitting with my line of work. I am particularly looking forward to learning about GIS in epidemiology, mathematical modelling, and data visualisation and data presentation techniques. I am certain that learning in the courses will improve my capability and enhance my experience in doing research.

Although we meet virtually, I hope I can build a good relationship with you all.
Nice to meet you! Stay safe and healthy.

[Anawat ratchatorn]

Hello everybody.

My name is Anawat Ratchatorn, you can call me Jun or John. I am a physician and also working as CIO for a private hospital in Khon Kaen, Thailand.

In my experience, to exchange and manage health data is quite challenging. Because, health data is very complex, vary and sensitive.

I used to be a project manager for some health IT projects and I am working, as CIO, with health data everyday. I’ve been facing with this challenging issue. So, I want to learn more about health informatics, health data science and also legal issue to help improving healthcare in Thailand.

My area of interest would be Health information exchange and ML in healthcare.

[Auswin Rojanasumapong]

My name is Auswin Rojanasumapong. You can call me Win

I am a family physician in Lampang Provincial Hospital. I am interested in medical informatics and associated technologies that can improve the quality of care. I am also interested in research and developing methods to improve primary care and patients’ health literacy. I used to work as an instructor in the Department of Family Medicine in the university, so one of my interests is teaching and sharing knowledge with students.

My current works that involve health informatics are COVID-19 vaccine clinic administration and vaccine distribution. My other works related to health informatics are NCDs surveillance and control in Muang Lampang District. So, knowledge about health informatics is essential for my works.

My expectation from BHI online program is that I would like to know all about theories and topics that are associated with health informatics and apply those to my current work. I hope to contribute to conducting researches to develop the quality of primary care for the hospital, the province, and the system of health care in Thailand.

[Ashaya.i]

Hi everyone,
My name is Ashara Semsri, you can call me Nui. I’ve been working as a medical statistician-coding at Phyathai 3 Hospital. My job are included transforming the doctor’s diagnosis and medical procedure into ICD-10 code by using SSB program and then collect those data to conduct monthly or yearly report for further health data and financial management. So, I think my job is strongly relate to health informatics system in terms of using, collecting, and data management.

Studying in health informatics is quite interesting and challenging for me. I hope BHI program will provide the helpful knowledges and skills to develop my current work and it can be the foundation of my future work. Moreover, I’m looking forward to share the experiences and have a good relationship with you all.

Nice to meet you!

[Navin Prasai]

Hello everyone,
I’m Navin Prasai from Nepal. I am a medical graduate and have worked for several years in the health care sector where I have involved in promoting health and wellbeing among a diverse population.
I am pursuing my Master’s degree in BHI at Mahidol University. I am interested in this program as this is a multidisciplinary field and will fulfill the gap between the medical and IT-related areas.
I am excited about commencing the program and I am looking forward to it.

[Sri Budi Fajariyan]

Hello everyone,

My name is Sri Budi Fajariyani, you can call me Fajar. I come from Indonesia.

I’m working in National Malaria Control Program in MoH Indonesia. I’m responsible for monitoring evaluation and also surveillance. Currently, my team is focusing on developing a new malaria system information call SISMAL V2. I work a lot in data management and developing malaria information systems due to that. Hopefully, I could learn how to manage data from BHI.

Thank You

[Pisit Saiwangjit]

Good day, everyone (´ ∀ ` *)

Pleased to meet you all. As you may know, my name is Pisit Saiwangjit and I am 25-year-old pharmacy graduate from Northern Thailand. This year, I recently obtained my bachelor’s degree in pharmaceutical care and about to get the license to practice pharmacy. I was involved in statistical analysis in the research project a year before my graduation, which worked on model development and internal validation for binary outcome.

During my internship in certain hospital, there was an implementation of information technology in their setting that sparked my great enthusiasm on this particular area. I also interested in high-dimensional data because, based on my own experiences, the real-world data tends to be hierarchy data.

HAPPY SATURDAY !!

[Hazem Abouelfetouh]

Hello everyone,

My name is Hazem Abouelfetouh, I’m a pharmacist from Egypt. graduated in 2012. I have been working in Clinical Research for the last 6 years. During this period I was involved in Pharmacovigilance, and Clinical data management in addition to my main role as a Clinical Research Associate. Also, I have 14+ years of experience in software development coming from both a corporate and freelancing background.

I’m excited to be here and looking forward to starting the program and meeting you all.

Thank you

[Tossapol Prapassaro]

Hello everyone,

My name is Dr.Tossapol prapassaro. I am a vascular and endovascular surgeon at Siriraj hospital, Bangkok, Thailand. I graduated from the faculty of medicine Siriraj hospital in 2010. I spent 4 years in the general surgery training program and another two years in vascular and endovascular surgery fellow training.
I focus on arterial disease especially in carotid and peripheral arterial disease. The reason for applying to BHI program is that I want to broaden my horizons, increase my knowledge and skill in health informatics, data management, and also research skills.

Pleased to meet you.

[Theekhathat Huapai]

My name is Theekhathat Huapai, a 5th-year intern at Health promotion center 3 Nakhon Sawan. As a physician, I am interested in public health and health informatics in non-communicated diseases.
Currently working on an automatic health check-up reporting program in Nakhon Sawan province, Transforming data from health questionnaires and laboratory testing into a report.

After I finished a course, I will apply for a preventive-medicine residency program and M.Sc. in epidemiology. I hope that this course will help my research in the future.

Auf wiedersehen!

[Taksin Ukkahad]

Hi everyone, my name is Taksin Ukkahad. You can call me “Phylm” for shortly. I’m originated from Narathiwat, the southernmost province of Thailand. Now, I’m a newly graduated medical doctor and working as a general practitioner at Naradhiwas Rajanagarindra Hospital.

For my working as a physician, I realized that several types and amount of health informatic are surrounding, encountering and frequently used to analyze for medical decision making in real practice for patient’s benefit. So, if we choose proper tool for the data, the result will be valuable.

For BHI program, I expected to learn how to properly manipulate all healthcare data and use the data management skill to apply in my real practice.

Enjoy the BHI program together!

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