On 2 February 2018, at the Silver Waves Restaurant, The Chatrium Hotel Riverside Bangkok, Prof. Banchong Mahaisavariya, Acting President of Mahidol University presided over at a luncheon in honor of the Prince Mahidol Award 2017 Laureates.
The Prince Mahidol Award 2017 in the field of Medicine is given to The Human Genome Project (HGP), National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, U.S.A.
The Prince Mahidol Award 2017 in the field of Public Health is given to Professor Porter W. Anderson, Jr., Dr. John B. Robbins, Dr. Rachel Schneerson and Professor Mathuram Santosham, U.S.A.
