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Prevention and Enhanced Care
(DePEC) is led by Newcastle
University in collaboration with
India, Tanzania and Malaysian
partners.

ndeed, our work has been
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presented on national and
international platforms, and our
postgraduate and undergraduates
regularly win prizes at these
events as our focus is not only
on scientific publications. Our
grouphas also worked closely
group
with the Centre for Innovation
and Medical Engineering
(CIME) in UM to develop
Toh Puan Aishah Ong (centre) accompanied by Professor Philip Poi and
devices for older adults for Dr Khor Hui Min at the Memory Walk at Atria Damansara this year
home-monitoring in erectile
dysfunction, falls, heart failure,
and
and other therapeutic areas.
Many of these inventions
clinched prizes at national level
competitions such as, AR&TT,
PECIPTA and i-ENVEX.

The group has also
developed a strong track record
in human capital development.
We have seen a steady stream
of Masters of Medicine
candidates in Psychiatry,
Primary Care, Biomedical
Imaging,
Imaging, and Geriatric
Medicine, as well as Masters of
Nursing students successfully
complete their programmes.
Our first three PhD students:
Dr Anam Zia, Dr Sumaiyah Mat,
and Dr Hasif Jaafar graduated
this year. We have also offered
numerous UM, national, and
international level workshops
on research methods specific to
ageing research as well as
ancillaryesearch skills such as
ancillary r
team working, presentation
skills, writing skills, and etc.

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