Unnop Jaisamrarn

Prof. Unnop Jaisamrarn is now working as the Chief of WHO Collaborating Centre for Research in Human Reproduction in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand. In his present appointment, he is also Senior Executive Advisor for International Affairs of Faculty of Medicine.

Currently, he serves on the board of various professional societies. Since 2022 he is the President of the Thai Menopause Society. He was also the President of the Thai Osteoporosis Foundation during 2020-2021. He has been working for The Royal Thai College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists since 1997. He was the Secretary General of the College during 2019-2021. Internationally, his present appointment includes the Chairman of the Sexual & Reproductive Health Committee of the Asia & Oceania Federation of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (AOFOG), Council Member of the Asia Pacific Menopause Federation (APMF) and the Asian Federation of Osteoporosis Societies (AFOS), Steering Committee Member of the Council of Affiliated Menopause Society under the International Menopause Society.

Prof. Unnop Jaisamrarn has been activity working for World Health Organization for almost 30 years. His current roles include a Member of South-East Asia Regional Technical Advisory Group and a Committee Member of Research Project Review Panel, Department of Reproductive Health and Research, WHO   

He has been involved in clinical trials and authored many international publications on family planning and reproductive health, hormonal replacement therapy, transgender health, osteoporosis and HPV vaccine. He has given a number of lectures and conducted many training programs in the field of family planning and reproductive health, menopause and osteoporosis, both locally and internationally.

Prof. Unnop Jaisamrarn received his medical doctor’s degree (1st class honors) from Chulalongkorn University in 1986 and completed his postgraduate training with awards in Obstetrics and Gynaecology in 1992. He received Certificate in Epidemiology from University of California at Los Angeles and University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA in 1994. He also was honored with the Family Planning Scholarship, international award. In 1995-1996, he underwent Postgraduate Medical Training in Reproductive Endocrinology at Johns Hopkins Hospital and received MHS (Reproductive Health) from Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA.