Feiying he | Public Health | Research Excellence Award

Ms. Feiying he | Public Health | Research Excellence Award

Associate Professor | Southern Medical University | China

The scholar is an associate professor in public health policy and management at Southern Medical University with interdisciplinary training spanning health management, management science, and public health policy from Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, and Southern Medical University, and has established a strong academic profile at the intersection of mind–body medicine, health behavior, intelligent health management, aging health, and mind–brain comorbidity modeling supported by artificial intelligence. The researcher has led and participated in multiple competitive national, provincial, and industry-funded projects focusing on comorbidity risk prediction, community-based intelligent elderly care, intestinal microecology and health, primary medical service optimization, and integrated healthcare for active aging. Scholarly outputs include peer-reviewed publications in leading domestic and international journals such as BMC Health Services Research and Chinese General Practice, with influential studies on health literacy segmentation, smart home health applications, physician professional behavior, ethical practice, turnover intention, and the psychosocial determinants of diabetes–depression comorbidity. As editor-in-chief and associate editor of several academic monographs on elderly health risk management, clinical geriatrics, intelligent healthcare, and entrepreneurship management, the scholar has made sustained contributions to academic capacity building and applied education. Professional service includes leadership and editorial roles in multiple provincial and national academic associations related to psychosomatic medicine, psychiatry, and medical–industry integration. Through sustained university–industry collaboration and translational research, the scholar’s work has informed community health service optimization, promoted intelligent elderly care models, and strengthened evidence-based strategies for chronic disease comorbidity management, generating meaningful public health, technological, and societal impact at regional and national levels. She has 88 citations from 13 documents with an h-index of 4.

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Publications

  1. Revisiting successful aging through a machine learning approach to quantifying the influence of chronic diseases. (2025). Scientific Reports

 

Yanisa Pumsutas | Public Health | Research Excellence Award

Ms. Yanisa Pumsutas | Public Health | Research Excellence Award

Research assistant | International Health Policy Program | Thailand

Miss Yanisa Pumsutas is a Thai nutrition scientist and registered dietitian serving as a Research Assistant at the Health Promotion Policy Research Center under the International Health Policy Foundation in Thailand, with a strong academic foundation in nutrition and dietetics from Chulalongkorn University and advanced postgraduate training at Mahidol University. Her professional expertise spans public health nutrition, health promotion policy, noncommunicable diseases, metabolic disorders, eating behavior, and clinical nutrition counseling. She is a licensed dietitian recognized by the Thai Dietetics Council and has held key clinical roles at leading tertiary hospitals including Bumrungrad International Hospital and Phramongkutklao Hospital, where she contributed extensively to patient care, multidisciplinary nutrition management, and professional training. Her research portfolio includes multiple peer reviewed publications as both first author and co author in high impact international journals covering obesogenic environments, refugee health access, sleep and physical activity in older adults, metabolic liver disease, work related obesity, renal nutrition, and cancer cachexia. She has also been actively involved in randomized clinical trials, systematic and scoping reviews, and community based nutrition research. Her work is widely cited and demonstrates strong interdisciplinary collaboration with national and international public health, medical, and policy research teams. In addition to research, she has made significant contributions to academic service through professional nutrition societies, where she has supported scientific conferences, delivered specialized training workshops, and contributed to policy and practice dissemination. Her work has generated meaningful societal impact by supporting evidence based nutrition policy, strengthening clinical nutrition services, improving health literacy, and advancing equitable access to healthcare for vulnerable populations, reflecting her strong commitment to translating nutritional science into sustainable public health outcomes. She has 27 citations from 5 documents with an h-index of 2.

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Publications

1. Thambamroong, T., Seetalarom, K., Saichaemchan, S., Pumsutas, Y., & colleagues. (2022). Efficacy of curcumin on treating cancer anorexia-cachexia syndrome in locally or advanced head and neck cancer: A double-blind, placebo-controlled randomised phase IIa trial.

2. Chirapongsathorn, S., Rintaravitoon, W., Tangjaturonrasme, B., & colleagues. (2025). Effect of a ketogenic diet on metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) progression: A randomized controlled trial.

3. Chirapongsathorn, S., Rintaravitoon, W., Tangjaturonrasme, B., & colleagues. (2023). Effect of a ketogenic diet on nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) progression: A randomized controlled trial.

4. Thambamroong, T., Seetalarom, K., Saichaemchan, S., Pumsutas, Y., & colleagues. (2022). Efficacy of curcumin on treating cancer anorexia-cachexia syndrome in locally or advanced head and neck cancer: A double-blind, placebo-controlled randomised trial.

5. Satirapoj, B., Varothai, N., Boonyagarn, N., Pumsutas, Y., Chotsriluecha, S., & colleagues. (2020). Effect of renal specific oral nutrition (ONCE Renal) on dietary intake and serum electrolytes in chronic kidney disease.