Positions...Senior Consultant on Medicine and Public Health, National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT); Member of the National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT);Board Member for Medical Science of NRCT Chairman of the Organizing Committee for the 1st ASEAN Medical Science Congress.;Special lecturer and Advisor to the International Graduate Program in Neuroscience, Institute for Molecular Biosciences, Mahidol University Salaya

Address. 29 Phutthamonthol 4 Road, Salaya, 
Phutthamonthol, Nakornpathom 73170
THAILAND Email: naiphibich@gmail.com ;Mobile phone: +6681 483 6066

Topic: Functional Foods for Brain Health

....           Short Biography:..Dr. Naiphinich Kotchabhakdi , Ph.D., is currently a senior  consultative member on medicine and public health and a member of the National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT), a former Board Member of the Section on Medical Science of NRCT and the Chairman of the working group for ASEAN Medical Science. At NRCT and the Health System Research Institute (HSRI), he has served as a member of the Grant Reviewing Committee for approval and monitoring of Targeted Health Research Projects on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs), and on Development of Medical Instrument and Biomedical products. He is an Associate Professor and a senior academic staff of the Research Center for Neuroscience, Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Mahidol University, Salaya, Nakornpathom, 73170, Thailand. He is the founder of the first and premier Neuroscience International Graduate  rogram, (M.Sc. and Ph.D. Program in Neuroscience) in Thailand at Mahidol University.

Dr. Naiphinich Kotchabhakdi was a medical student at the Faculty of Medical Science and Faculty of Medicine at Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University and received B.Sc. in Medical Science with Honor in 1970 from Mahidol University. He continued clinical study in Radiology, Medicine, and Surgery at Ramathibodi Hospital. In the fall of 1970, he received the Rockefeller Foundation (RF) Scholarship to study Neuro-behavioral biology at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA, and received Ph.D. in Neuro-Behavioral Biology (Neuroscience) in 1974. While study in the USA, he visited the Laboratories of Neurobiology and Neurophysiology at NIH, and was also a summer student and a research fellow at the Marine Biological Laboratory in woods Hole, Massachusetts, during the summer of 1972 and 1973. Returning to Mahidol University in Thailand, he was appointed as a lecturer in the departments of Biology, Physiology, Pharmacology and Anatomy at the Faculty of Science in 1974. In 1975, he was chief of the Laboratory of Neurobiology and later in 1976 became an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anatomy where he taught medical neurobiology to medical students.

In 1976, Dr. Naiphinich received NORAD (Norwegian Agency for International Development) postdoctoral fellowship to work at the Anatomical Institute, Faculty of Medicine, at the University of Oslo in Norway. The work has led to a 40 years extension of research collaborations and academic exchanges between Mahidol University and the University of Oslo in the field of brain research (now called “Neuroscience”). With supports from NORAD, International Brain Research Organization (IBRO), UNESCO, and World Health Organization (WHO), Dr. Naiphinich organized the first International Workshop on Basic Neuroscience in Thailand in February and March 1978.

In 1979, he became an Associate Professor in Anatomy, and UNESCO/IBRO Special Lecturer for Basic Neuroscience in Southeast Asia (Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, and the Philippines), and the Coordinator of the Graduate Program in Clinical Psychology in the Faculty of Graduate Studies, as well as a special lecturer in Behavioural Sciences in the Department of Psychiatry, Faculties of Medicine of Siriraj and Chulalongkorn Hospitals.In 1982, Dr. Naiphinich was appointed as the founder and chairman of the first Graduate Program in Neuroscience at Mahidol University Salaya.From 1984 to 2009, he was appointed as the first founding Director of the Neuro- and Behavioural Biology Center, and chairman of the International Graduate Program in .Neuroscience in the Institute of Science and Technology for Research and Development,Mahidol University.In 1996 -1997, Dr. Naiphinich and his wife, Dr. Nittaya J. Kotchabhakdi MD, a developmental behavioral pediatrician, drafted the proposal for the development of Thailand’s National Institute for Child and Family Development (NICFD) which was approved and initially established in the Thai Government Office of the Prime Minister on October 2nd, 1997 and later transferred to Mahidol University Salaya Campus.In 1999, Dr. Naiphinich received the 4 Million Thai Baht Cerebos-Mahidol University Research Grant Award for conducting series of researches on the benefits of Essence of Chicken Extracts on brain and body functions. In 2009, Dr. Naiphinich was invited to undertake a research and development project to develop human autologous stem cells for the stem cell therapy of many diseases by a group of medical investors. In December 2009, he received a Mahidol – Salaya Stem Cell Research Grant Award of US$ 1 Million to develop human autologous angiogenic endothelial progenitor stem cells (AEPSCs) for the treatment of heart diseases and additional funding of US$ 3 Million to develop P100 class clean room laboratory and equipment for

Salaya Stem Cell Research and Development Project.In 2009, Dr. Naiphinich was invited as a member of the Committee for Approval and Monitoring of Research Grants in Nanotechnology, and Nanotechnology for Health Products atthe National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT).In 2010, Dr. Naiphinich was invited to chair and deliver a series of lectures and discussion at the 3rd International Stem Cell Conference in Singapore. In 2010, he was elected for a member of the Institute Committee of the newly named Institute of Molecular Biosciences of Mahidol University, and Mahidol University extended his retirement to 65 years old.In December 2012, he was appointed as a member of the National Research Council and a board member of the section on Medical Science of NRCT.

He is now a senior academic member of the Research Center for Neuroscience, Institute of Molecular Biosciences of Mahidol University Salaya, and appointed a senior consultant on medicine and public health of the National Research Council of Thailand. Dr. Naiphinich Kotchabhakdi is member and/or executive committee of many local and international organizations including: Sigma XI and Phi Kappa Phi elected in 1973, member of Society of Neuroscience (SFN, USA), member and Administrative Committee of the Science Society of Thailand under H.M. KING Royal Patronage, Founding Member and Administrative Committee of the Foundation for the Promotion of Science and Technology Under H.M. KING Royal Patronage, member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Anatomical Association of Thailand, Physiological Association of Thailand, EuropeanNeuroscience Association (ENA), European Brain and Behaviour Society, International Brain Research Organization (IBRO), International Society for Neuroethology, Electron Microscopic Society of Thailand, International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP), Thai Neuroscience Society (TNS), Advisory Committee of the Northeastern Neuroscience Society of Thailand.

He was elected as a member of the New York Academy of Science (NYAS), Indian Academy of Neuroscience, International Society of Behavioral Medicine (ISBM), Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM, USA). In 1999, he founded the Thai Society of Behavioural Medicine (TSBM) and International Society for Brain – Behaviour Science and Medicine (ISBBSM). Dr. Naiphinich Kotchabhakdi has many research interests and has been extensively involved or collaborated with and/or published research papers on the following areas:comparative neurobiology of the cerebellum and brain stem, neural controls of movements and central vestibular projections, central controls of autonomic functions, effects of nutrition and environmental stimulation on the development of brain and behaviour, the reticular formationand the functional states of the brain and consciousness, reduction of stress, anxiety and improvements of physical and mental Health by the practice of meditation and other relaxation techniques, development of neuronal cell culture for selected area brain transplantation,animal models for neurological diseases, nerve growth factors (NGFs) and other neurotrophic factors, functional brain Imaging and Topographic Brain Mapping, aging of the brain, senile dementia, and Alzheimer's disease, sleep and sleep disorders, restless legs syndrome (RLS) ,  sleep breathing disorders (SBDs), Patho-physiology of Sudden Unexplained Nocturnal Death Syndrome (SUNDS) among Northeastern Thai males, Bio-psycho-social factors influencing brain and behavioural development, neurobiology of drug abuses and the rehabilitation of drug addicts, confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy and Calcium ion imaging, patch-clamping studies of ionic channels and pharmacology of drugs, chemicals and Toxins which influence the function of ionic channels, early gene expression and modulation of neuronal functions, Nutritional Influences on brain development and functions, subjective Unexplained Health Complaint and Quality of Life, Community Participation in Health Development, integrated Early Child Development (ECD) and Health , Executive Functions (EFs) of the brain and their impacts on health and happiness, neural Stem Cells for treatment of neurological patients, and development of autologous adult stem cells and embryonic stem cells for cell therapy.He was the founder of Salaya Sleep Research Laboratory and was invited by the Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) with multiple research grants to investigate causes and pathophysiology of Sudden Unexplained Nocturnal Death Syndrome (SUNDS) or “Lai Tai” among Thai workers in Singapore. He is the founding President of Thai Sleep Research and Sleep Medicine Society (TSRSMS), a co-founder of Asian Sleep Research Societies (ASRS) and current ASRS Vice President for Education. He was Chairman of Organizing Committee for 3rd ASRS Congress in 2000 and 2nd World Congress of Sleep Medicine in 2007 in Thailand.Dr. Naiphinich was the recipient of numerous research grants and awards including the Mahidol – Cerebos Research Grant Award of 4 Million Thai Baht in 1999, and Mahidol –Salaya Stem Cell Research Grant Award of 1 Million US$ in 2009. Dr. Naiphinich Kotchabhakdi has published 148 papers in peer-reviewed international and local professional journals, 15 books and monographs, and over 340 published research abstracts and presentation at International professional conferences and congresses. Email: naiphinich@gmail.com and naiphinich.kot@mahidol.ac.th For more information: http://www.neuroscience.mahidol.ac.th

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