Activities

• Major research interests of the Department are biochemical changes in metabolic diseases, implication of oxidative stress in diseases and effect of cytotoxic drugs on changes in mitochondrial DNA.
• Clinical lectures relating blood chemistry, nutrition and related diseases, liver and biliary system and diseases of acid base disturbances are delivered by instructors from Department of Medicine, University of Medicine, Mandalay for undergraduate students.
• There is special guest lectures on advanced molecular biology by speakers who hold postgraduate degree in Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University.
• After taking MOU between the Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Thailand and University of Medicine, Mandalay, our faculty also participate in collaborative research and scientific skill training provided by Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital.
• Career development has been achieved through mentoring and continuing educational programs for all members of the department. To develop the skills of junior faculty members in Teaching – Learning techniques, Department of Biochemistry, UMM hosted the workshop on “Active Learning Strategies in Teaching Biochemistry” for faculties members from other Medical Universities and Allied Universities of Myanmar with the contribution of WHO and Department of Medical Science.

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