Push for medical research
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The Consortium of Thai Medical Schools plans to break down barriers in research collaboration among medical schools and promote research policies.
“We hope to encourage lecturers from various medical schools to jointly conduct medical and clinical research,” Avudh Srisukri, secretary-general of the consortium and a lecturer at Chiang Mai University’s medical school, said yesterday.
Some studies required wider sampling so a collective approach would be better. “It will be good if our samples come from various regions,” he said.
In late October, the consortium expects to launch the Medical Research Network (MedResNet), which is an upgrade of the Clinical Research Collaboration Network established in 2005 with a similar objective.
“MedResNet will also push for research-based policies,” he said.
Dr Surapon Wiangnon of Khon Kaen University’s medical school said if medical schools pooled their research findings, they would create a large, functional database for pharmaceutical development.
“We should work together otherwise we’ll lag behind our neighbouring countries,” he said.
Thai medical researchers could get complete information if they joined hands rather than competed against each other, he said.
