Aung Pyae Phyo
Post-doctoral Researcher
- Associate Research Fellow
Aung Pyae Phyo is a a Burmese (Myanmar) Post-doctoral Researcher at MORU's Shoklo Malaria Research Unit (SMRU) in Mae Sot, Thailand. After finishing medical training in 2001 in Yangon, Aung joined SMRU as a research assistant (2005-2008), research clinician (2009-2013) and DPhil student (2013-2017).
After receiving his DPhil in Clinical Medicine at Oxford University in 2017, Aung moved to MORU's Myanmar Oxford Clinical Research Unit (MOCRU) in Yangon, Myanmar and worked as a senior clinician scientist until 2021. In 2019 he received the post-doctoral International Training fellowship from the Wellcome Trust to assess the immune decay after malaria elimination and the risk of malaria resurgence, and a seed grant from Australian Centre of Research Excellence in Malaria Elimination (ACREME) for the project: Field evaluation of a point-of-contact device for P. falciparum malaria sero-surveillance.
Aung's current research focus is malaria elimination, malaria immunity and anti-microbial resistance.
Recent publications
Molecular markers of artemisinin resistance during falciparum malaria elimination in Eastern Myanmar.
Journal article
Thu AM. et al, (2024), Malar J, 23
Ethical and cultural implications for conducting verbal autopsies in South and Southeast Asia: a qualitative study.
Journal article
Htun NSN. et al, (2023), BMJ Glob Health, 8
A systematic review of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in Myanmar.
Journal article
Swe MMM. et al, (2023), PLoS Negl Trop Dis, 17
Outbreaks of COVID-19 in a tuberculosis treatment sanatorium on the Thailand-Myanmar border: a retrospective cohort analysis
Journal article
Aung HKK. et al, (2023), Wellcome Open Research, 8, 272 - 272
Severe Falciparum and Vivax Malaria on the Thailand-Myanmar Border: A Review of 1503 Cases.
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Chu CS. et al, (2023), Clin Infect Dis, 77, 721 - 728