Research

Migrant Worker Health & Occupational Risk

This research develops and evaluates health interventions to address work-related musculoskeletal disorders among Myanmar migrant workers in Thailand’s seafood industry, using co-design and gamification to make prevention approaches culturally relevant and ethically sound.

Stigma & Cross-Cultural Instrument Validation

This work adapts and validates stigma measurement scales across Thai and Myanmar migrant populations, ensuring psychometric tools originally developed elsewhere accurately capture stigma experiences within local cultural and linguistic contexts.

Health Research Ethics

This research investigates ethical dimensions of health research and practice, including how health professions students navigate practice-driven ethical dilemmas and how research priorities should be set in partnership with vulnerable populations like migrant workers.

Public Engagement & Involvement

This area explores participatory methods, from forum theatre to science festivals, for engaging communities and the public around health topics such as antibiotic use, testing how creative and involvement-based approaches shift understanding and behavior.

Medical Education & Clinical Decision-Making

This research examines how diagnostic tools, clinical algorithms, and planning models can improve clinical decision-making and prescribing behavior for conditions like acute febrile illness, with a focus on translating evidence into practical training for healthcare providers.