{"id":4519,"date":"2026-05-28T14:45:50","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T07:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microbiology.sc.mahidol.ac.th\/cenmig\/?post_type=team&#038;p=4519"},"modified":"2026-05-28T15:06:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T08:06:46","slug":"walter-samuel-hunter","status":"publish","type":"team","link":"https:\/\/microbiology.sc.mahidol.ac.th\/cenmig\/members\/walter-samuel-hunter\/","title":{"rendered":"Walter Samuel Hunter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am a PhD researcher interested in investigating pathogen transmission through the integration of genomics and epidemiology. My current work focuses on resolving transmission dynamics of&nbsp;<em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis<\/em>&nbsp;in challenging endemic settings using whole-genome sequencing (WGS) and diverse analytical frameworks. My goal is to translate these findings into actionable insights that support public health decision-making and improve infectious disease control. Outside of research, my interests include science communication and electronic music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Research Interests<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Genomic Epidemiology<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Molecular Dating<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Outbreak Analytics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tuberculosis Transmission<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">GitHub: <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/waltersamuelhunter\">https:\/\/github.com\/waltersamuelhunter<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ResearchGate: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Walter-Hunter-2\">https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Walter-Hunter-2<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Linkedin: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/walter-samuel-hunter-23a13a232\">https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/walter-samuel-hunter-23a13a232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4520,"menu_order":0,"template":"","team_designation":[26,66],"team_department":[24],"class_list":["post-4519","team","type-team","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","team_designation-bioinformatics","team_designation-genomic-epidemiology","team_department-current-students"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microbiology.sc.mahidol.ac.th\/cenmig\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team\/4519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microbiology.sc.mahidol.ac.th\/cenmig\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microbiology.sc.mahidol.ac.th\/cenmig\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/team"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microbiology.sc.mahidol.ac.th\/cenmig\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microbiology.sc.mahidol.ac.th\/cenmig\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microbiology.sc.mahidol.ac.th\/cenmig\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"team_designation","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microbiology.sc.mahidol.ac.th\/cenmig\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team_designation?post=4519"},{"taxonomy":"team_department","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microbiology.sc.mahidol.ac.th\/cenmig\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team_department?post=4519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}