

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Wiriya Mahikul is an epidemiologist and public health researcher with a Ph.D. in Tropical Medicine (Epidemiology track). His research focuses on analyzing both large-scale and small-scale health datasets to investigate disease epidemiology and evaluate the impact of public health interventions. He has conducted research across a broad range of health conditions, including communicable diseases, non-communicable diseases, and mental health disorders. His primary research interest is respiratory epidemiology, with a particular focus on COVID-19, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and lung cancer. His broader research and innovation interests include public health epidemiology, biostatistics, meta-analysis, data science, artificial intelligence (AI), mathematical modeling, health economic evaluation, systematic reviews, and population dynamics. Field of Expertise - Epidemiology - Public Health - Systematic review and meta-analysis - Biostatistic - Mathematical modelling
2011 - 2014 B.Sc. (Public Health; Track Community Health, Second class honors), Faculty of Public Health, Mahidol University, Thailand (grade: 3.47).
2014 - 2019 Ph.D. (Tropical Medicine; Track Epidemiology), Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Thailand (grade: 3.81) Thesis title: Modelling population dynamics and its impacts on infectious disease epidemiology: Melioidosis and RSV as case studies
2020 - 2026 M.Sc. (Biostatistics), Faculty of Public Health, Mahidol University, Thailand (grade: 3.88)
2025-2027 Visiting Researcher at School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, England, United Kingdom