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awards & recognition
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
PULSE@UM WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THE FOLLOWING AWARD
WINNERS FROM THE FACULTY:
Madam Faizatul Lela Jafar (Department of Medical (Department of Biomedical Sciences).
Microbiology): International Federation of Biosafety Professor Dr Suresh Kumar Govind (Department
Associations (IFBA)’s 2017 Biosafety Heroes. of Parasitology), Dr Chandramathi Samudi@Raju
Dr Sim Joong Hiong (Medical Education & (Department of Medical Microbiology) and Dr
Research Development Department): Association Rukumani Devi Velayuthan (Department of Medical
of Commonwealth Universities Fellowship Award. Microbiology): Silver Medal, 46th International
Associate Professor Dr Veera Sekaran Nadarajan Exhibition of Inventions, Geneva.
(Department of Pathology): Regional Director for Professor Dr Lydia binti Abdul Latif (Department Of
the Western Pacific region, International Society of Rehabilitation Medicine), Associate Professor Dr
Blood Transfusion (ISBT). Farizah binti Mohd Hairi (Department of Social &
Madam Vishala Sivapalan (Department of Preventive Medicine) and Professor Dato Dr Zaliha
Pharmacology): 2nd runner-up, 2018 Famelab Omar (UMSC): Special Award of High Impact Project
National Championship on science communication. (Anugerah Khas Projek Berimpak Tinggi), UMCares.
Associate Professor Dr Tengku Ain Fathlun Dr Phan Chia Wei (Department of Pharmacy) and
(Department of Ophthalmology) and Dr Wong Won Professor Dr Murali Naidu (Department of Anatomy):
Fen (Department of Microbiology): 2018 Fulbright Winner of the Health Cluster (Pemenang Kluster
Malaysia Scholar Program. Kesihatan), UMCares.
Dr Cindy Teh (Department of Medical Microbiology): Project ROSE, led by Professor Dr Woo Yin Ling
Malaysian Society for Infectious Disease and (Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology):
Chemotherapy (MSIDC) - Institut Mérieux Young finalists for the 2018 Union for International Cancer
Investigator Award 2018. Control Collaborative Award.
Faculty of Medicine Neuroscience Best Publication
Awards: Associate Professor Dr Vairavan Narayanan *A complete list will follow in the next issue.
(Department of Surgery) and Dr Tan Soon Hao
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