Tongkorn Meeyam DVM, MSc, Dr.med.vet, SEAOHUN Secretariat (Chair of SEAOHUN Executive Board)

Dr. Meeyam currently holds the position of Executive Director at the Southeast Asia One Health University Network (SEAOHUN). Since May 2023, she has served as the Deputy Project Director (Transition Award) at the SEAOHUN Secretariat. Prior to her current roles, Dr. Meeyam accumulated nearly 20 years of experience as a faculty member at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Thailand.

During her career, Dr. Meeyam has played a pivotal role in directing the Veterinary Public Health and Food Safety Centre for Asia Pacific, which is esteemed as a World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) Collaborating Centre in Veterinary Service Capacity Building. Her passion for One Health initiatives was sparked during her tenure as a project coordinator at the EcoHealth-One Health Resource Centre of Chiang Mai University. Her professional expertise lies in Veterinary Public Health, particularly focusing on food safety related to animal-origin foods. Dr. Meeyam holds a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from Chulalongkorn University (2001), and she pursued further education, earning a Master of Science in Health Science from Chiang Mai University (2003). In 2010, she successfully completed her doctoral program at the School of Veterinary Medicine, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.