Dr. Chew Cheng Hoon (MD, MPH) is a medical doctor working in Institute for Clinical Research with a demonstrated history of working in the hospital & health care industry. Skilled in Epidemiology, Clinical Medicine, Healthcare Information Technology (HIT), Healthcare, Healthcare Management and Health Education. Strong healthcare services professional graduated from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.
Yip Yan Yee is a Research Pharmacist working at Centre for Clinical Epidemiology, Institute for Clinical Research, National Institutes of Health. She completed her Master of Pharmacy (MPharm) degree at University of Strathclyde in 2013. She obtained her Master in Clinical Pharmacy (MSc Clinical Pharmacy) at Queen’s University in 2018.
Lim Ming Tsuey is a research pharmacist working at Centre for Clinical Outcomes Research, Institute for Clinical Research, National Institutes of Health. She holds a double degrees which include Bachelor of Pharmacy (BPharm Hons) in 2004 and Bachelor of Science with Education (BSC (Education) with Honours) in 1986 at Universiti Sains Malaysia. She obtained her Master of Science in Social & Administrative Pharmacy in 2011 at Universiti Sains Malaysia.
Dr. Narul Aida Salleh is a Family Medicine Specialist at Klinik Kesihatan Kuala Lumpur (KKKL). She obtained her medical degree from University of Malaya in 1992, followed by Masters in Medicine (Family Medicine) in 2002. She has special interest in HIV management at the Primary Care level and has successfully set up HIV/ STI clinic in KKKL. Better known as Dr Nurul among her patients, she is heavily involved with HIV outreach work with a few NGOs around KL. Besides seeing HIV/ STI cases, she also sees and treats chronic Hepatitis C patients, NCD patients and oversee the running of TB and Infectious Disease unit in KKKL.
Dr. Syazatul Syakirin binti Sirol Aflah, is a respiratory physician working at the Institute of Respiratory Medicine, Kuala Lumpur. She graduated from the National University of Malaysia in 2003 and obtained her membership of royal college physician (MRCP) United Kingdom in the year 2010. She pursued respiratory sub-speciality training in Malaysia with further training in Interstitial Lung Disease in Forli, Italy with Profesor Venerino Poletti. She is a member of Malaysia Thoracic Society (MTS), Malaysia Association Bronchology Intervention Pulmonology (MABIP), World Association Bronchology Intervention Pulmonology (WABIP), Asia Pacific Society of Respirology (APSR), International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) and World Association Sarcoidosis and other granulomatous disorders. She is actively in research and participate in presenting oral and poster in local and international congress. Her main interest in respiratory medicine are in obstructive airway disease, tuberculosis and special interest in interstitial lung disease.
Dr. Hung Liang Choo is a Senior Consultant Paediatrician and Paediatric Cardiologist in Hospital Tunku Azizah, Kuala Lumpur. She is currently the Head of the Pediatric Cardiology Unit, and the Deputy Head of Department.
She obtained her MBBS from Universiti Malaya Kuala Lumpur, and MRCP (Paeds) in the United Kingdom. She was awarded the British Paediatric Association Fellowship in Paediatric Cardiology and later worked as a trainee registrar in Paediatric Cardiology in the UK. In 2009, she updated her skills in echocardiography in Boston Children Hospital, USA.
She designed, developed and established the current 'Hands-on Basic Paediatric Echocardiography Course’ in 2007, and was instrumental in the introduction and implementation of pulse oximetry screening of newborn for critical congenital heart disease in Malaysia in 2014. Her other interests are Kawasaki Disease, Rheumatic Heart Disease, and Marfan Syndrome. She initiated and ran the Malaysian Kawasaki Disease Registry from 2009-2018.
Currently, she is a member of the Asian Kawasaki Disease Clinical Research Network, the President of the Malaysian Paediatric Association and the Deputy Secretary General of the Asia-Pacific Pediatric Association.
Dr. Voon Pei Jye is currently Head and Medical Oncologist with Department of Radiotherapy and Oncology, Hospital Umum Sarawak, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia. He read medicine at Universiti Malaysia Sarawak and graduated in 2001. He undertook training in Internal Medicine and obtained his MRCP (UK) and Master of Medicine (Internal Medicine) from National University of Singapore in 2007. Dr Voon was later gazetted as Internal Medicine Specialist. Subsequently, he completed his advanced specialist training in Medical Oncology from National University Hospital Singapore in 2012.
Dato' Dr Goh Pik Pin is the director of Institute for Clinical Research and ophthalmologist in Ministry of Health, Malaysia. After graduating from Universiti Sains Malaysia in 1988, she obtained a Master of Medicine from the National University of Singapore (1994), Master in Ophthalmology from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (1995), Master in Public Health/Public Health Ophthalmology from Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University (2001). She contributed to the launch of the Entry Point Project on Clinical Research Malaysia, which was part of the National Key Economic Areas under the Economic Transformation Program. She is one of the directors of Clinical Research Malaysia, a government-owned corporation established to promote industry-sponsored research in Malaysia, and a member of the MOH Medical Research Ethics Committee.
Dato’ Dr Goh was involved in various international and national research projects and played an important role in a few population-based studies such as National Eye Survey, Refractive Error Study in Children, National Health and Morbidity Survey and World Health Survey. She was part of the team that set the standard in cataract surgery. She has published many peer-reviewed articles in local and international journals and has been awarded the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Award, the Prime Minister’s Award, Malaysia in 2000, Outstanding Service in Prevention of Blindness Award by the Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology in 2011 and conferred the Darjah Setia Pangkuan Negeri (D.S.P.N), carrying the title Dato’, by Yang di-Pertua Negeri Pulau Pinang on July 17, 2018.
