Tsolmon BILEGTSAIKHAN

MD, PhD, Associate Professor

EDUCATION

  • April 2023 – June 2023 

    Specialist on Health Administration, National Academy of Governance 

    October 2020 

    Associate Professor (Assoc. Prof.) 

    Mongolian National University of Medical Sciences (MNUMS)

    April 2011 – March 2014

    Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) 

    Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Aichi Medical University, Japan 

    Mentor: Prof. T. Yokochi

    Title: A toll-like receptor 2 ligand, Pam3CSK4, augments interferon-γ-induced nitric oxide production via a physical association between MyD88 and IFN-γ receptor in vascular endothelial cells. 

    October 2006 – June 2009 

    Master of Science (M.Sc.) 

    Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, School of Biomedicine, Health Sciences University, Mongolia (HSUM) 

    Mentors: Prof. B. Munkhbat, Prof. N. Munkhtuvshin, Prof. D. Baasanjav 

    Title: Peripheral Myelin Protein 22 Duplication in Charcot-Marie-Tooth Type 1 A Disease.

    September 2003 – March 2005

  • Clinical Pathologist/Laboratory Technologist (C.P.)

    Postgraduate Institute, HSUM

    September 1997 – May 2003

    Degree of Medical Doctor (M.D.) 

    School of Medicine, HSUM

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • January 2024 – 

    Vice President for Research and International Affairs of MNUMS 

    September 2023 – January 2024 

    Head of Department of Health Research, Graduate School, MNUMS

    September 2021 – May 2023 

    General Director of National Center for Communicable Disease, NCCD, Mongolia

    March 2020 – September 2021 

    Deputy Director of Second State Central Hospital, SSCH, Mongolia 

    October 2019 – March 2020

    Lecturer of Department of Biochemistry, MNUMS, Mongolia

    October 2014 – October 2019

    Head and Specialist of Core Laboratory, 

    Science and Technology Center, MNUMS, Mongolia

    October 2013 – September 2014

    Post-Doctoral Fellow 

    University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Stephenson Cancer Center, Oklahoma, USA 

    Mentor: Dr. Tanaka Takemi 

    Title: The therapeutic effect of thioaptamer against E-selectin, ESTA on the breast tumor metastasis in the MMTV-pyMT transgenic mouse model. 

    December 2010 – April 2011

    Foreign Visiting Researcher 

    Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Aichi Medical University, Japan 

    Mentor: Prof. Takashi Yokochi 

    Title: Lipopolysaccharide prevents valproic acid-induced apoptosis via activation of nuclear factor-κB and inhibition of p53 activation. 

    June 2003 – December 2010

    Scientific Researcher 

    Central Scientific Research Laboratory, Institute of Medical Sciences, Mongolia (IMSM) Mentors: Prof. B. Munkhbat, Prof. N. Munkhtuvshin 

    Title: Genome wide association study for susceptibility loci of human normal traits (body height) and common complex disease (psoriasis vulgaris).

RESEARCH INTEREST

  • Immunization, Signal Transduction, Innate Immunity, Cancer Biology, Molecular Biology and Molecular Genetics

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

  • 2022 Member, National Immunization Technical Advisory Groups (NITAGs), Ministry of Health (MOH)

    2022 General Specialist, Professional Board of Laboratory Medicine, MOH

MAIN PROJECTS

  • Scientific projects were focused on Immunization, Signal Transduction, Innate Immunity, Cancer Biology, Molecular Biology and Molecular Genetics

AWARDS

  • 2015 Grant of postdoctoral research, Ministry of Education Culture and Science of Mongolia (MECS).

    2009 Pioneer health young scientist, 1st place “Best presentation award”. “Clinical, electrophysiological and molecular genetic aspects of the CMT1A disease”, Scientific conference: Khurel Togoot-2009, Mongolian Academy of Sciences (MAS), Ministry of Education Culture and Science of Mongolia (MECS).

PUBLICATIONS

  • Peer reviewed full articles 119 (43+76) 

    Citations 282

    H-index 10

    i10 index 10

    Presentations 147 (50+97)

    Reports of completed research work 29

    Recommendations, guidelines and books 12

    Supervised students for bachelor, master, and PhD degrees 20

    Intellectual properties, patents, standards 55