08 August 2025

Faculty of Health Sciences and Biotechnology

OverviewResearch Team
The Faculty of Health Sciences and Biotechnology is an active academic division committed to educate qualified health professionals who play a part in improving Cambodia’s healthcare system. It is dedicated to matching its educational methods with national guidelines and international best practices to address the changing needs of the medical laboratory field and foster improved health outcomes for communities in Cambodia and beyond.

Prioritizing on wellbeing, applied research, and community service; the faculty significantly enhances the medical laboratory field by providing certified education and hands-on training. The Faculty’s vision is to prepare innovative medical laboratory professionals capable of research ethics and critical thinking to address national and global health concerns.

At present, the faculty provides two main academic programs:

  • Associate Degree of Medical Laboratory Technology: a three-year foundational program aimed at providing students with vital knowledge and practical laboratory skills for entry-level roles in medical labs and diagnostic facilities.
  • Bridging Bachelor’s Degree in Medical Laboratory Science: a two-year continuous program designed for graduates of associate-level medical laboratory education, with the goal of improving their professional skills, critical thinking abilities, research, and leadership in the field of laboratory science.

Our faculty is equipped by a committed group of lecturers, lab instructors, and industry collaborators; all collaborating to create a student-focused educational program. Alongside classroom and laboratory training, students will participate in clinical clerkship and/or internship, fieldwork, research activities, national/international conferences, workshops, seminars, and other educational events to implement their knowledge in authentic healthcare environments.

As Cambodia is becoming more technologically advanced and research focused there is an increased need for professionals with a practical and solid scientific background who are able to provide research support in a variety of fields including chemical, pharmaceutical, food industry, cosmetics, environmental biology, agriculture, forensics, bioscience, microbiology, tissue culture sustainability policy, etc. Therefore, the Faculty of Health Sciences and Biotechnology of University Puthisastra is playing an active role in supporting the advancement of student research in all STEM areas especially in health related research. Students graduated from the Faculty of Health Sciences and Biotechnology not only have a high professional background but also advance in research study to make them ready for the employment opportunities in professional healthcare but also in science fields both in Cambodia and internationally.

The UP faculty of Health Sciences and Biotechnology has a wide range of research interests, focusing primarily on the following areas:

  • Healthcare Management and Policy
  • Medical Laboratory
  • Wellness and Behavior
  • Clinical Microbiology
  • Biotechnology
  • Chemistry (Analytical, organic and inorganic chemistry)
  • Environmental (Soil, air and wastewater)
  • Microbiology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Infection diseases
  • Epidemiology
  • Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) etc.,


Ms. Meas Sochanwattey, Dean of Health Sciences and Biotechnology
Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in science (Biology) (Phnom Penh, Cambodia), Master’s degree in science (Biotechnology) (Bangkok, Thailand), Ph.D. candidate in Biotechnology (Bangkok, Thailand).
Research interests: Development and evaluation of vaccines for human and animal infectious diseases. Application of bioinformatics and immunoinformatics in vaccine design and development.
Research experience:
– Molecular biology and genetic engineering techniques: PCR, reverse transcription PCR (RT-PCR), gene cloning, and protein expression.
– Animal cell culture and relevant techniques: transfection, immunofluorescence staining, adenovirus growing, and purification.
– Immunoassays: Immunofluorescence staining, western blot analysis, antibody ELISA, ELISPOT, cytokine ELISA, and intracellular staining (ICS).
– Bioinformatics and immunoinformatics; sequence retrieval and analysis, prediction of 3D protein structure, and B-cell and T-cell epitope prediction.
Research achievements: Oral and poster presentations at international conferences, paper publications in international journals, and participation in research exchange for 10 months in Spain.
Mr. Say Sinith, Laboratory Programs Manager of Laboratory Sciences Department
Qualifications: Associate of Medical Laboratory Technology (Cambodia), Master of Hospital Administration (Cambodia).
Research interests: Quality of Healthcare, Laboratory Practice and Education, Microbiology
Research experience: Level 2 Quality of Care Assessment (L2QCA), Patient Satisfaction, Influenza Like Illness Surveillance, Acute Febrile Illness Surveillance.
Research achievements: Published in an International journal, abstracts and full articles published in an international conference and thesis.
Mr. Yem Vuthy, Senior Lab Officer of The Laboratory Sciences Department.
Qualifications: Associate of Medical Laboratory Technology (Cambodia), Candidate of
Bachelor of Medical Laboratory Technology (Cambodia).
Research interests: New reference intervals of Lab test in Cambodia, Parasite disease.
Research experience: Prevalence and Risk Factors of Intestinal Parasites.
Research achievements: Poster.
Mr. Hem Chanvathanak, Laboratory Manager of Health Sciences and Biotechnology.
Qualifications: Associate of Medical Laboratory Technology (Cambodia), Candidate of Bachelor of Medical Laboratory Technology (Cambodia).
Research interests: Molecular biology testing for new diseases, Covid-19 / Malaria in mosquitoes
Research experience: Strengthening Pathology Service in Cambodia.
Research achievements: Abstract poster.
Ms. Heng Sreyly, a full-time lecturer in the faculty of Health Sciences and Biotechnology
Qualifications: Bachelor of Bioengineering (Phnom Penh, Cambodia), Master of Philosophy in Microbiology (Hiroshima, Japan).
Research interests: Biotechnology, Microbiology, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Genetics.
Research experience: Medicinal plant extraction, Disk Diffusion Method (antibacterial test), DNA
extraction, PCR, Bacteria isolating, overexpression activity of alpha-galactosidase enzyme, identifying the virulent strains of E. coli and Salmonella bacteria.
Research achievements: Thesis and reports.
Mr. Toem Lanyra, Laboratory Assistant of the Laboratory Sciences Department.
Qualifications: Associate of Medical Laboratory Technology, Candidate of Bachelor of Medical Laboratory
Technology (Cambodia).
Research interests: Prevalence and high risk factor of Lipid profile in Cambodia.
Research experience: Laboratory Simulation Room, teaching and learning, Prevalence and Risk Factors of
Intestinal Parasites.
Research achievements: Abstract Poster.

Publications

1. “Improving Cambodian Health and Wellbeing – ways forward”, University of Puthisastra (UP), Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

2. Meas, S., Poompusta, K., Mekvichitsang, P., Roshorm Y. M. (2015, 17-20 November) Development of bi-cistronic DNA vaccines expressing GP5 and M proteins of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus. [Proceedings]. The 27th Annual Meeting of the Thai Society for Biotechnology and International Conference (TSB2015), Chulalongkorn University, Thailand.

3. Meas, S., Rattanaamnuaychai P., Mekvichitsaeng P., RoshormY. M. (2019, 10-12 November) Expression of an immunogenic protein derived from spike protein of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus in two E. coli strains. [Proceedings]. The 31st Annual Meeting of the Thai Society for Biotechnology and International Conference (TSB 2019), Phuket, Thailand.

4. Meas, S., Mekvichitsaeng, P., & Roshorm, Y. M. (2021). Co-expression of self-cleaved multiple proteins derived from Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus by bi-cistronic and tri-cistronic DNA vaccines. Protein Expression and Purification, 177, 105763. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pep.2020.105763.

5. HEM, C., MOORE, T. (2022, October 13–14) Strengthening Pathology Services in Cambodia. [Poster presentation]. Research Conference “Improving Cambodian Health and Wellbeing – ways forward”, University of Puthisastra (UP), Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

6. TOEM, L., MOORE, T. (2022, October 13–14) Laboratory Simulation Room: A Teaching and Learning Strategy for Real-World Practice. [Poster presentation]. Research Conference “Improving Cambodian Health and Wellbeing – ways forward”, University of Puthisastra (UP), Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

7. YEM V., MOORE, T, (2022, October 13–14) Prevalence and Risk Factors of Intestinal Parasites of Buddhist Monks in Takeo province, Cambodia. [Poster presentation]. Research Conference “Improving Cambodian Health and Wellbeing – ways forward”, University of Puthisastra (UP), Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

8. Heng, S., Hak, M., Som, D., Sort. S., (2024). Identification of Alpha-Galactosidase Gene in Tomato Plant. Journal of Cambodian Health, 2(1). https://doi.org/10.70243/jch2024.2103

9. Peung, K., Be, S., Chhun, S., Heng, S., Say, S., Yem, V., Hem, C., Toem, L. (2024). Assessing the Safety of Drinking Water in Urban Slum VS. Rural Cambodia: Escherichia coli Detection Using H2S Test Kits. The 50th International Congress on Science, Technology and Technology-based Innovation, pp. 41. https://stt50.scisoc.or.th/stt50/downloads/AbstractBook.pdf

10. Leng, S., Men, K., Penh, R., Be, S., Heng, S. (2024). Determination of Extracted DNA From Human Blood Cells Using QIAAMP® DNA Blood Mini Kit. In STT50. The 50th International Congress on Science, Technology and Technology-based Innovation, pp. 41. https://stt50.scisoc.or.th/stt50/downloads/AbstractBook.pdf

10. Leng, S., Men, K., Penh, R., Be, S., Heng, S. (2024). Determination of Extracted DNA From Human Blood Cells Using QIAAMP® DNA Blood Mini Kit. In STT50. The 50th International Congress on Science, Technology and Technology-based Innovation, pp. 41. https://stt50.scisoc.or.th/stt50/downloads/AbstractBook.pdf

11. Say, S., Chhea, C., Lo, K., Ung, P., (2024). Level 2 Quality of Care Assessment at Referral Hospitals in Kampong Thom, Kampot, and Kep Provinces. Cambodia Journal of Public Health. Vol. 5 No. 25A (2024) November, 2024. https://cjph.niph.org.kh/index.php/cjph/article/view/390

12. Meas, S., Chaimongkolnukul, K., Narkpuk, J., Mekvichitsaeng, P., Poomputsa, K., Wanasen, N., & Roshorm, Y. M. (2024). Humoral and Cellular Immune Responses Induced by Bivalent DNA Vaccines Expressing Fusion Capsid Proteins of Porcine Circovirus Genotypes 2a and 2b. Vaccines, 12(3). https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines12030324

13. Meas, S., Chaimongkolnukul, K., Narkpuk, J., Mekvichitsaeng, P., Wanasen N., Roshorm, Y. M. (2024, 14-16 February) Humoral and cellular immune responses induced by DNA expressing bivalent immunogens-fusing capsid proteins from porcine circovirus genotypes 2a and 2b. [Poster presentation]. Viruses 2024 “A World of Viruses Conference” Barcelona, Spain

14. Marín-Moraleda, D., Muñoz-Basagoiti, J., Tort-Miró, A., Navas, M. J., Muñoz, M., Vidal, E., Cobos, À., Martín-Mur, B., Meas, S., Motuzova, V., Chang, C.-Y., Gut, M., Accensi, F., Pina-Pedrero, S., Núñez, J. I., Esteve-Codina, A., Gavrilov, B., Rodriguez, F., Liu, L., & Argilaguet, J. (2024). Elucidating the Onset of Cross-Protective Immunity after Intranasal Vaccination with the Attenuated African Swine Fever Vaccine Candidate BA71ΔCD2. Vaccines, 12(5). https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines12050517

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