CONGRATULATIONS TO ASSISTANT PROFESSOR DR NORMINA BINTI AHMAD BUSTAMI AND ASSISTANT PROFESSOR TS DR TAN CHUNG KEAT

Assistant Professor Dr Normina Binti Ahmad Bustami and Assistant Professor Ts Dr Tan Chung Keat |  School of Healthy Aging, Aesthetic and Regenerative Medicine

Congratulations to Assistant Professor Dr Normina Binti Ahmad Bustami and Assistant Professor Ts Dr Tan Chung Keat for being appointed as the section editor of the ASM Science Journal, under the Academy of Sciences Malaysia (ASM) for year 2022-2023. The ASM Science Journal publishes advancements in the broad fields of medical, engineering, earth, mathematical, physical, chemical and agricultural sciences as well as ICT. Scientific articles published will be on the basis of originality, importance and significant contribution to science, scientific research and the public.

RECEIVED THE INSPIRING HUMANITARIAN AWARD 2022 BY WORLD HUMANITARIAN DRIVE (WHD), LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM ON 29 APRIL 2022

Assistant Professor Sudesh G Balasubramaniam |  Head of Department, Management Studies

Received the Inspiring Humanitarian Award 2022 by World Humanitarian Drive (WHD), London, United Kingdom on 29 April 2022.

Assistant Professor Sudesh is also the National President of the Universal Peace Federation Malaysia since 2017. His other notable recognitions for social work include being conferred the Ambassador for Peace Award in May 2010 by Universal Peace Federation International, an NGO in general consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, and the HyoJeong Global Award by FFWPU International in May 2018.

ELECTED AS COUNCIL MEMBER FOR MALAYSIA ACADEMY OF PHARMACY IN 2023

Associate Professor Dr Mai Chun Wai |  Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Congratulations to Associate Professor Dr Mai Chun Wai for being elected as Council Member for Malaysia Academy of Pharmacy in 2023.

DO INSTITUTIONAL OWNERSHIP AND INNOVATION INFLUENCE IDIOSYNCRATIC RISK?

Assistant Professor Dr Liew Chee Yoong |  Faculty of Business and Management

His paper entitled, "Do Institutional Ownership And Innovation Influence Idiosyncratic Risk?" was published in the Global Finance Journal (Scopus Q1, WOS (SSCI) JCR Q2, IF: 2.853, AJG 2022 Rank 2, ABDC Ranked A).

FOR THE APPOINTMENT AS THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS OF THE ARCHITECTURE STUDENTS’ COMPETION AT THE WORLD RENEWABLE ENERGY CONGRESS 2023 (WREC 2023)

Assistant Professor Dr Allen Lau Khin Kiet, Ts Sr Dr Nadzirah Binti Zainordin, Intan Liana Binti Samsudin

HEALTH BELIEF AND BEHAVIOR: AN ANALYSIS OF THE PREDICTORS FOR RECEIVING COVID-19 VACCINES IN MALAYSIA

Assistant Professor Dr Liew Chee Yoong |  Faculty of Business and Management

AWARDED THE “BEST DEVELOPMENT PAPER AWARD” BY THE BRITISH ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT AT THE BAM2022 CONFERENCE.

Assistant Professor Dr Muhammad Ali |   Head of Praxis, Industry and Community Engagement

Congratulations to Assistant Professor Dr Muhammad Ali for being awarded the “Best Development Paper Award” by the British Academy of Management at The BAM2022 Conference. The conference was hosted by Alliance Manchester Business School, The University of Manchester. 

SELECTED TO ATTEND THE IBRO-APRC SPONSORED NEUROSCIENCE SCHOOL

Assistant Professor Dr Tan Yong Hui (Karen) |  Faculty of Applied Sciences

Congratulations to Assistant Professor Dr Tan Yong Hui for being selected to attend the IBRO-APRC Sponsored Neuroscience school on "Neuroprotection potential on medicinal plants and phytochemicals in neurodegenerative disorders", held on 12-18 September 2022 at Banaras Hindu University (BHU), India.  

THE ROLE OF EPSTEIN–BARR VIRUS IN NASOPHARYNGEAL CARCINOMA

Professor Ts Dr Cheah Shiau Chuen |  Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences

Congratulations to Professor Ts Dr Cheah Shiau Chuen for her recent publication entitled, ‘The role of Epstein–Barr virus in nasopharyngeal carcinoma’ in the Frontiers in Microbiology (Impact Factor 2021 = 6.064, Tier 1 journal in Microbiology).

AWARDED THE URAKAMI FOUNDATION TRAVEL AWARD

Dr Lim Sook Yee |  Nutrition with Wellness, Faculty of Applied Sciences

Congratulations to Dr Lim Sook Yee for being awarded the Urakami Foundation Travel Award for her oral presentation entitled, "Dietary acid load, cardiometabolic syndrome and bone resorption among postmenopausal Malaysian Chinese women", at the 22nd IUNS-ICN International Congress of Nutrition, held on 6-11 December 2022 in Tokyo, Japan.