Rural Populations in Southeast Asian Societies: Environment, Health, and Lives

Date: March 10 (Monday), 2025, 13:30-17:00
Venue: Monash University Malaya, Malaysia

Overview:
The workshop will focus on the rural population in Southeast Asia. The speakers will share their research on factors that impact the traditional life of the Indigenous community, and how the changes in environment and diets influence their microbiome and health.
* Pre-registration is required. Please register here

Program:
13:30-13:40
Opening Remarks
Ikuya Tokoro (ILCAA, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)
13:40-13:55
"Gut Microbial Diversity and Metabolite Profiles Among Rural and Urban Children on Leyte Island, Philippines: Impacts of Dietary Lifestyles"
Nurlisa Md Azmil (Kyushyu University)
13:55-14:10
"Mortality and fertility changes in the Bateq community analyzed from social factors."
Shingo Odani　(Chiba University)
14:10-14:25
"From Local to Global, SIDC's Roles Towards Greater Pandemic Preparedness in Sarawak"
Ivan Yap (SIDC)
14:25-14:35
Q and A
14:35-14:50
"How hunter-gatherer lifestyle affect the gut microbiome? : A Case of Bateq in Kuala Koh, Malaysia"
Hiroaki Naka (Tokyo University) and Aya Kawai (ILCAA)
14:50-15:05
"Antimicrobial resistance in the Indigenous populations"
Polly Yap (Monash University Malaysia)
15:05-15:20
"Indigenous Communities of Peninsular Malaysia: Association of Gut and Skin Microbiome with Urbanization and Infections"
Yvonne Lim (University Malaya)
15:30-16:00
Break and Refreshment
16:00-16:50
Discussion and Networking
16:50-17:00
Closing Remarks
Chong Chun Wie (Monash University)

Language: English

Jointly sponsored by
Core Project Anthropology, ILCAA,
Monash Microbiome Research Centre, Monash University Malaya（モナシュ大学マイクロバイオーム研究センター）,
Kota Kinabalu Liaison Office (KKLO),
TUFS Field Science Commons (TUFiSCo)