The US-ASEAN Business Council Inc. (Council) was established in 1984 as a non-profit organization. On behalf of its members, the Council conducts research and analysis of economic, environmental, financial, political, and social, conditions in the ten countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and […]
The 2025 Science Prize with the Theme ‘Generative AI for Smart Water Management’ is now Accepting Applications until 20 August 2025
To participate in this Prize, applicants must meet all the following criteria. An applicant must be a/an: A female professionals working in applied science; A citizen of an ASEAN Member States; A holder of a PhD or the equivalent of a doctoral degree in another field. Applicants who are candidates for, or in process of […]
Tran Thi Thanh Huyen is a biomedical researcher from Hanoi, Vietnam. With more than 18 years of working experience, she appreciates the high potential application of biomedical technologies for improvement of disease diagnosis/ prognosis and even treatment support. Her work therefore mainly aims to find biomarkers and to design suitable assays for detecting gene mutations […]
Dr. Thanyanan Reungwetwattana is the Associate Professor in medical oncology. She works as the faculty and consultant including a researcher at Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand. She received her medical degree, Thai Board of Internal Medicine, and Thai Subspecialty Board in Medical Oncology at […]
PhD. MSc. BSc. (Science), BSc. (Nursing), Post Graduate Diploma in Higher Education (PGDHE), RM, RN. Dr Shorey is an Assistant Professor at Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies, National University of Singapore (NUS). Her research programme focuses on family and women health. Through her research, she aims to improve the health and well-being of families […]
Dr. Maria Ruth B. Pineda-Cortel is an Associate Professor at the Department of Medical Technical, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Santo Tomas. She is also a resident researcher at the University’s Research Center for the Natural and Applied Sciences. Her research works cover a wide range of interdisciplinary research fields in health-related issues. She has […]
Dr. Ther Aung is an environmental health scientist from Myanmar. She conducts research at the intersection of energy, air pollution, and health as energy production and use are the largest man-made sources of air pollution, and hence energy and air quality are intricately linked with implications on human health and climate. She draws methods from […]
Dr Chan is currently an Associate Professor and the Head of Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Her research has been focusing on enterovirus A71, an emerging virus that causes severe neurological disease and hand, foot and mouth disease. Specifically, she is developing vaccines, antivirals and education tools […]
Dr. Phonethipsavanh Nouanthong, born to be a scientist in a country with limited resources, and became a pioneer women biomedical researcher, fulfilling her dream. She worked for diagnostic and drug development for the 15 years in Thailand then started working at Lao Luxembourg Laboratory, Institut Pasteur du Laos (IPL) in 2013. Her work now focuses […]
