在研究机构，政府，大学和制药公司的重要领域工作，有许多非凡的东南亚妇女。该项目旨在庆祝这些惊人的女性，并激发年轻女性从事与研究和研究有关的领域的职业。
Dato’ Dr. Goh Pik Pin
Dato’ Dr. Goh Pik Pin is currently the Director of Institute for Clinical Research (ICR), National Institutes of Health, Ministry of Health (MOH), Malaysia. ICR is the clinical research arm of the MOH. She played a major role in establishing ICR’s network of Clinical Research Centres (CRCs) located at major MOH hospitals throughout the country. These CRCs have been established to facilitate research undertaken at the government hospitals by assisting with obtaining ethics committee approvals, trial monitoring, data management and providing training to young researchers.
She considers her work in establishing hospital CRCs and helping doctors and other healthcare providers conducting clinical research as her highest professional achievement. She says, “I am so happy when I see these bright-eyed young doctors delve into research and publish papers. Some of these papers have even been translated into clinical practice and health policies.”
When asked about the challenges of being a woman in research, Dr. Goh said, “I think gender should not be a barrier. In Malaysia, there are more women than men in medical schools nowadays, and many women have chosen research as a career.” As with her advice to young women, Dr. Goh said, “Tell people what you want to achieve; don’t be afraid to say it, and you’d be surprised people will come forward to help you.”
Dr. Goh has also contributed significantly to the field of ophthalmology in Malaysia. She was the first qualified Public Health Ophthalmologist in Malaysia and was key to the establishment of the public health ophthalmology subspecialty in Malaysia. She has also won many awards in ophthalmology such as the “Gold Medal for the Distinguished Service Award” by the Malaysian Society of Ophthalmology and“亚太眼科学院预防失明的杰出服务。
Jetsumon Dr Sattabongkot Prachumsri
Jetsumon博士是泰国Mahidol University Mahidol Vivax研究部门的创始人兼主任。自1985年加入曼谷的美国陆军研究机构Afrims以来，她就一直从事疟疾研究。
Jet博士为成为许多事情而感到自豪。她的同事给她昵称“改变游戏规则”。例如，她的团队是第一个创建一种使用人寄生虫来测试Vivax疟疾传播疫苗的方法的方法，而她的实验室是世界上最初几个评估传播障碍候选疫苗的实验室之一。这项工作为Vivax疟疾研究的进展做出了重大贡献。当被问及她的职业目标是什么时，Jet博士说：“我希望看到一种有效的Vivax疟疾疫苗。”有一种用于恶性疟疾的疫苗，但还没有用于疟疾的疫苗。
Dr. Jet has 3 grown-up children. When asked about challenges working as a woman balancing a career and family life, she said, “As a woman in science in Asia, I am very lucky. In Asia, because of our culture, we have good support from our extended family.” What is it like working as a woman in her field of research? “I work with men most of my career. Sometimes, my bosses or colleagues, who are men, feel threatened by me, because I always state my opinion. I studied at a girls’ school where I was taught to voice my opinion. She jokes, “In Asia, I have been told I am aggressive, in the US, they said I am very direct.”
她对想从事科学的年轻女性的建议是什么？“对于男人和女人，您都必须充满激情。遇到障碍时不要放弃。”
Dr. Souksamone Thongmexay
老挝卫生科学大学（UHS）Vientiane的Souksamone Thongmexay博士是一名职业女性，在研究职业和家庭生活中。她说她非常幸运，因为她的丈夫对儿童和家务的帮助很大。
在获得医学学位后，Souksamone博士从泰国获得了健康教育和健康促进领域的硕士学位。Souksamone博士目前是UHS的青少年性和生殖健康的讲师和研究人员。她说：“研究使我有机会与社区合作，为我提供了新事物可以尝试并帮助我改善自己。我开始做实地调查，现在我还监督了年轻的研究人员。透明
When asked what are the challenges of women working as researchers in Laos, she said “I think this work can be quite difficult for women. You have to travel for fieldwork, and it is especially difficult to work in the remote areas because in Laos is a mountainous country. In addition, some families don’t support young women who want to have a career because they are expected to stay at home to look after their children.”
她说，与研究本身的研究本身不熟悉通常是一个障碍：“当我自我介绍为研究人员时，有些人不知道我在做什么。在老挝，这个角色很少。我可以指望我的两只手在老挝的研究人员。
Where does Dr. Souksamone see herself in the future? She said, “I’d like to improve the access to the sexual and reproductive health services of the adolescents in Laos. I also want to work with policymakers to make this happen.”
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