Dr. Kumnuan Ungchusak
Director
Bureau of Epidemiology Department of Disease Control Ministry of Public Health 

 
Member since: 12/18/2010
Countries or Region: Thailand 

Biography

Kumnuan Ungchusak graduated from Siriraj Medical School, Bangkok, Thailand in 1979. He got his Master of Public Health from Mahidol University, and subsequently joined a 2 year on-the-job field epidemiology training programme under the Thai Ministry of Health in 1984. Since then he has served as a field epidemiologist supervising surveillance and investigations of communicable-disease outbreaks in the country. At present, Dr Ungchusak is the senior expert in preventive medicine at the Bureau of Epidemiology, Department of Disease Control, and is the country contact person for international health regulation. He played an important part in the set up of surveillance rapid response teams, which now function in every district and province over the country. His current work is related to avian influenza, public-health emergencies of international concern, and joint operations for outbreaks across borders.