Oxford University honours well-known Laos medical researcher

VIENTIANE, Aug 2 (The Vientiane Times/ANN): Well-known Laos researcher and lecturer in the field of medicine, Associate Prof Dr Mayfong Mayxay (pic) has been awarded a visiting professorship by the University of Oxford.

In Laos, he has published the highest number of research articles in international peer-reviewed journals, and his research achievements have been significantly influential on healthcare in the country as well as regionally and globally, particularly in the field of infectious disease, according to a press release from the Ministry of Health.