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Pravit Akarasereenont, PhD

◼ Position/Affiliation/E-mail
Position/Affiliation:
Head of Siriraj Center of Applied Thai Traditional Medicine (Si-CATTM);

Head of Division of Inflammopharmacology, Pharmacology Department,
Siriraj Metabolomics and Phenomic Center (SiMPC), Faculty of Medicine
Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Thailand;
Director of WHO CC for traditional medicine in Thailand Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital,
Mahidol University, Thailand.

E-mail: pravit.auk@mahidol.ac.th

◼ Biography

Dr. Pravit Akarasereenont completed his MD from the Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital,
Mahidol University, in 1991, graduating with Second Class Honours. He earned his PhD in
Pharmacology in 1995 at the University of London under Nobel laureate Prof. Sir John Vane.
After returning to Thailand, he established an inflammation research group at Siriraj Hospital

and contributed significantly to the field through numerous publications.
In 2003, Dr. Pravit became Deputy Head of the Siriraj Center of Applied Thai Traditional
Medicine (Si-CATTM), where he advanced herbal medicine research using a reverse
pharmacology model. In 2015, he helped establish the metabolomics platform at Siriraj

Hospital, serving as Deputy Head of the Siriraj Metabolomics and Phenomics Center (SiMPC).
Since 2017, Dr. Pravit has led Si-CATTM and was appointed Director of the WHO
Collaborating Center for Traditional Medicine in 2018. He currently leads the Metabolomics
Group in Thai Traditional Medicine at Siriraj Hospital, pioneering the development of a reverse

metabolomics model for Thai traditional medicine research. His work focuses on multi-omics
analysis and the use of big data in personalized and precision medicine, including the
development of AI platforms for Thai traditional medicine.

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