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.