Banchob Sripa

Professor Banchob Sripa is a KKU Senior Research Scholar, Head of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Control of Opisthorchiasis, and Director of the Tropical Disease Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Thailand. Currently, Dr.Sripa is a panel member of the WHO Foodborne Disease Burden Epidemiology Reference Group (FERG II) and the WHO Diagnostic Technical Advisory Group (DTAG) for Neglected Tropical Diseases. He has been working on human liver flukes including their related cholangiocarcinoma as well as other tropical diseases for >40 years. Dr.Sripa’s expertise spans the epidemiology, ecology, biology, immunology, pathology, pathogenesis, carcinogenesis, and control of the liver fluke infection. His "Lawa model" integrated liver fluke control program is recognized by WHO/NZD program as one of two global showcases for successful parasitic control. Dr. Sripa has published over 300 research articles, viewpoints, editorials and reviews in peer reviewed international journals and book chapters with citation index, h = 61 (Citations=16,008, 2025). He was ranked among world top 2% scientists in Mycology and Parasitology by Stanford University (2022-2025). He sits on the Associate Editor of Tropical Medicine & International Health, and editorial boards of several tropical disease and One Health journals. He received several scientific research awards, the most prestige the Thailand Outstanding Scientist Award from the Foundation for the Promotion of Science and Technology under the Patronage of H.M. the King, the King Award (2013) and the Thailand Research Fund Senior Research Scholar (2013).