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penyelidikan dan inovasi pendidikan tinggi. Latar background in research and innovation, and her
belakang beliau dalam penyelidikan dan inovasi, exposure to the various issues and challenges
serta pendedahan kepada pelbagai isu dan related to these areas greatly supported her
cabaran mengenai bidang-bidang tersebut telah strategic planning initiatives to offer well-curated
membantu dalam inisiatif perancangan strategik training programmes specifically targeted
AKEPT untuk menawarkan latihan yang dirangka at developing HE leadership in research and
khusus bagi pembangunan kepimpinan akademik innovation.
dalam penyelidikan dan inovasi.
Prior to her appointment at AKEPT, she was
Sebelum pelantikannya di AKEPT, beliau appointed Deputy Vice Chancellor (Student Affairs
pernah menyandang jawatan Timbalan Naib and Alumni) at Universiti Malaya, where she began
Canselor (Hal Ehwal Pelajar dan Alumni) di her academic career as a tutor. In her early days
Universiti Malaya, tempat beliau memulakan as a lecturer, her passion for academic endeavour
kerjaya akademik sebagai tutor. Pada peringkat was equally balanced by her passion for student
awal, minat beliau dalam bidang akademik development. This commitment saw her appointed
seiring dengan minat terhadap pembangunan Fellow of the students’ residential colleges for
pelajar. Komitmen beliau mendorong kepada four years, followed by her appointment in 2003
pelantikannya sebagai Felo Kolej Kediaman selama as Master of Ibnu Sina Residential College. In this
empat tahun, sebelum dilantik sebagai Pengetua capacity, she was responsible for the management
Kolej Kediaman Ibnu Sina pada tahun 2003. and development of both the students, and
Dengan peranan ini, beliau bertanggungjawab the college staff, in addition to the physical
terhadap pengurusan pelajar dan staf kolej, selain infrastructure development of the college. During
daripada pembangunan fizikal kolej. Pada waktu this time, she was also an active member of several
yang sama, beliau juga ahli yang aktif dalam advisory boards for students’ activities under the
pelbagai jawatankuasa penasihat aktiviti pelajar Student Affairs Department.
di bawah Bahagian Hal Ehwal Pelajar.
Her extensive experience and passion for
Pengalaman mendalam dan semangat student development were acknowledged through
beliau terhadap pembangunan pelajar diiktiraf her appointment as Deputy Vice-Chancellor for
dengan pelantikannya sebagai Timbalan Naib Student Affairs and Alumni in 2010, a position
Canselor Hal Ehwal Pelajar dan Alumni pada she held for seven and a half years. As Deputy
tahun 2010, jawatan yang dipegang selama Vice Chancellor, her portfolio included being
tujuh tahun setengah. Sebagai Timbalan responsible for nurturing the holistic development
Naib Canselor, portfolio beliau merangkumi of students as preparation for their future roles
tanggungjawab memupuk pembangunan holistik and responsibilities in career, citizenship, and
pelajar sebagai persediaan untuk menghadapi adulthood.
kerjaya, tanggungjawab kewarganegaraan, dan With regard to professional community
kedewasaan.
service, Professor Rohana also served on several
Dari segi khidmat komuniti profesional, important boards and committees, including the
Profesor Rohana juga pernah berkhidmat di Loke Yew Board of Trustees, Education Malaysia
bawah beberapa lembaga dan jawatankuasa Global Services, UM Corporate services, and UM
penting, termasuk Lembaga Pemegang Amanah Pharmauji, among others, during her tenure as
Loke Yew, Education Malaysia Global Services, Deputy Vice Chancellor at Universiti Malaya.
UM Corporate Services, UM Pharmauji, serta As part of her professional contribution to
pelbagai jawatankuasa lain sepanjang tempoh the development of science in Malaysia, Professor
perkhidmatan beliau di Universiti Malaya.
Rohana has been a Fellow of the Academy of
Sebagai sebahagian sumbangan beliau Sciences, Malaysia since May 2014. She was
kepada pembangunan sains negara, Profesor appointed Chairperson of the Medical and Health
Rohana telah berkhidmat kepada negara sebagai Sciences discipline for the July 2021-April 2023
Felo Akademi Sains Malaysia sejak Mei 2014.
Beliau dilantik sebagai Pengerusi Kluster Sains
Perubatan dan Kesihatan bagi penggal Julai
2021-April 2023. Beliau turut terlibat secara aktif

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