Working with communities, advisory groups, policy makers and partners

The Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU) Tropical Health Network conducts targeted clinical and public health research that aims to discover and develop appropriate, practical, affordable interventions that measurably improve the health of people living in resource-limited parts of the world. Patient-centred research is the core of MORU’s activities, as it has been since our establishment in 1979. Geographically dispersed across five research units and a total of approximately 60 MORU-led collaborative clinical research sites, MORU employs around 900 researchers and support staff.

MORU has an active community and stakeholder engagement programme coordinated and supported by a dedicated engagement team, the Department for Bioethics and Engagement team, led by Professor Phaik Yeong Cheah. We have teams based at MORU Bangkok, and at SMRU at the Thai-Myanmar border, the Chiang Rai Clinical Research Unit (CCRU), and Siem Pang Health Centre (Cambodia). We also run a public engagement bursary scheme for researchers that supports smaller initiatives and pilot projects.

This brochure showcases some of the many community and stakeholder engagement projects completed or currently run by MORU engagement staff and researchers. Many of our activities are underpinned by Theories of Change (outlining how we think they will work), and are informed by social science research.