Dr Chanuantong Tanasugarn is Deputy Dean in International Relations at the Faculty of Public Health and Graduate Studies. She is also an HIV/AIDS Education Expert for the South East Regional Network in Tropical Medicine and Public Health Network. She has pioneered behaviour change projects and heath promotion in Thailand. She has also been a member of the Scientific Committee on QS APPLES International Education Conference and has written behavioural science books in Thai language. She received the Royal Thai Government Scholarship in studying abroad, obtained a Master of Public Health in Health Service Administration from the University of Pittsburgh and Doctor of Public Health from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Dr Tanasugarn presented Empowerment model for international collaboration and partnership during the poster sessions.