Dr. Mayfong Mayxay, Chair of LAOHUN, University of Health Sciences (UHS, Laos)

Dr Mayfong Mayxay is Vice-Rector and a Professor in Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease at University of Health Sciences (UHS), Lao PDR; a Visiting Professor in Tropical Medicine at University of Oxford and a Visiting Professor in Public Health at the National University of Singapore. He initiated many important academic entities in Laos, for example, a clinical research unit called “Lao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospital-Wellcome Trust Research Unit or LOMWRU” at Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane; the first Lao Ethical Committee and the first Lao Medical Journal. He co-founded the Lao One Health University Network (LAOHUN) of which he is currently the Chairman and he co-established the Lao Infectious Disease Society (LIDS) where he is currently the President. Recently, he has co-founded a Unit for Health Evidence and Policy (UHEP) at the Lao University of Health Sciences with the aim to act as a platform for the analysis of the policy relevant scientific and health economics evidence to address key public health issues in Laos.

Prof Mayfong has also been serving to many important international and regional managerial positions such as: Advisor of Pan Asia Communication Disorders Association (Oct 2023-September 2025); Chairman of Asia Pacific Action Alliance on Human Resources for Health (AAAH) since January 2023; Governing Board Member of SEAMEO TROPMED since October 2021; Honorary Consultant for the Mekong One Health Inovation Program (MOHIP) since 2021; and Mahidol-Oxford Research Unit (MORU) Governing Committee Member of Thailand-Laos Major Oversea Program since 2018.

Prof. Mayfong’s particular research interests include antimalarial drug resistance and antimicrobial resistance (AMR), causes of fever, sepsis, dengue, rickettsial infections, melioidosis, leptospirosis, Japanese encephalitis virus infection and infantile beriberi.