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ACHIEVEMENTS

AWARDS

DATUK PROFESSOR DR. LOOI LAI MENG
• Appointment to the Medical Research Council (UK) Applied Global Health Research
Board

PROFESSOR DATO’ DR. TAN CHONG TIN
• Tan Kah Kee Award 2019

DR. JAIME JACQUELINE JAYAPALAN
• Outstanding Women in Health & Medical Sciences, Venus International Foundation,
An internal workshop training for paper-based DNA fingerprinting module.
2020
sustainability and community engagement”, 92% of the secondary school students
household items such as salt and detergent agreed that their interest in DNA learning DR. JASMINE LIM
were used as the workshop materials to was strongly stimulated after the workshop • First place in Royal Academy of Engineering’s Leaders in Innovation Fellowships
enable easy access for the students to repeat compared to before the workshop (64%). (LIF) final pitch session 2019/2020
the experiments at home or schools. On top of that, more than 90% of the
students could understand DNA topics DR. WONG KAH HUI, DR. FOONG CHAN CHOONG, DR. AMIRAH AMIR
In early February and March of 2020, we to explain the abstract concepts of DNA • Bronze Medal in Teaching and Learning Congress and Competition (kNovasi) 2020
conducted the workshops at SMK(P) Sri science better through hands-on activities
Aman and SMK Lembah Subang, with the during the workshops, as compared to
involvement of Biomedical Science Year 1 traditional classroom teaching. The hands- DR WONG KAH HUI, MS. LEW SZE YUEN
and Year 2 students as facilitators. The target on experience and practical learning in • Gold Award in the Malaysian Technology Exposition (MTE) 2020 - The 19th
participants were upper secondary students this outreach programme gave positive International Expo on Inventions & Innovations (Category: Invention & Innovation
who had learnt about DNA in school. The responses and we are looking forward to Awards)
workshop started with a quick ice-breaking more exciting upcoming projects whereby
session and a lively introduction to DNA students will be exposed to DNA techniques MS. LYE AN JIE, MDM CHE RAFIDAH AZIZ, DR. FOONG CHAN CHOONG, PROFESSOR
science, followed by hands-on DNA and their uses in real-life scenarios. DR. JAMUNA VADIVELU
extraction from their own cheek cells, as • Gold Medal in Teaching and Learning Congress and Competition (kNovasi) 2020
well as different mashed fruits including
banana, kiwi, orange and papaya under
close facilitation and guidance. Before the
end of the workshops, an interactive quiz
and survey was conducted to gauge their
interest level in DNA science.

Out of 76 post-workshop survey responses, Household materials (salt, detergent, and alcohol) and
fruits for DNA extraction hands-on experiment during the
workshop: DNA, The Secret of Life.
22 Community Activities 23 Achievements