Thailand: February 13 India: February 14 – 17 India & Thailand visit: Prof. Dr. Stefan Pfister

Prof. Dr. Stefan Pfister, the renowned pediatric oncologist, recipient of the prestigious Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize and Director of Pediatric Oncology at Hopp Children's Cancer Center in Heidelberg visited Thailand, February 13 and India February 14 – 17 with the purpose to explore partnerships for MNP Outreach Consortium to the two countries i.e. providing access to state-of-the art molecular diagnostics to the low-to-middle-income countries (LMICs), to deliver the prestigious Leibniz Lecture in Delhi and a scientific talk at TMC Kolkata, and participate in an Indo-German Symposium. The five-day visit was to Mahidol University, Chulalongkorn University, TMC Kolkata and AIIMS New Delhi. The institutional visits and the lectures had various outcomes, such as MNP Outreach Consortium expansion to Thailand and India, scientific cooperations and outreach in the two countries.