Professor Dr Gan Shiaw Sze @ Gan Gin Gin is a Professor in Internal Medicine and Clinical Haematology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya. She graduated with honours from University of New South Wales, Australia and joined the Department of Medicine, University of Malaya as a lecturer in 2000 after obtaining her MRCP (UK) qualification. In addition to this, she is also a fellow of Academy of Medicine, fellow of Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh (UK).  Believing in further improving herself, she obtained a Master’s degree with distinction in Clinical Medicine (Leadership & Management) from the University of Newcastle, Australia in 2017. She is currently the head of Department of Medicine. She was the head of the division of clinical haematology in Department of Medicine, (2003 to 2018) and was instrumental in the improvement of haematology daycare services and expanding the haematology clinical services including haematopoietic stem cell transplantation in University Malaya Medical Centre. She has also written many guidelines for haematological procedures for University Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC) and spearheaded the well-integrated medical daycare area. Professor Gan is active in Malaysian Society of Haematology where she is the President of the society (2022-2026). She previously held the position of vice president ( 2020-2022), honorary secretary (2004 to 2008) and council member (2008-2018). She has played a key role in shaping the training of clinical haematologists in Malaysia. She is the national chair of the Examination Subcommittee, past chairperson and current committee member of clinical haematology training in Malaysia. In addition, she is also one of the members of Malaysian Medical Council Education Specialty Sub-Committee for clinical haematology. Internationally, she is a respected member in the field of haematology. She the executive board member of Asia Pacific Blood and Marrow Transplantation group and one of the steering committee for Asian Myeloma Network (AMN) and Asia Pacific Myeloma & Related Diseases Registry.  Professor Gan has contributed much to the transfer of her expertise and knowledge in her capacity as a national committee/panel member for formulating clinical practice guidelines on management of blood disorders and national policies on stem cell transplantation, which have served as reference nationwide. She is also actively involved in organizing national conferences and workshops for the continuous professional development for trainees and students. She has been invited to evaluate numerous grants, namely FRGS, UMSC C.A.R.E. fund and Newton Fund. At the international level, she has been a reviewer for many ISI (WOS) publications. Her interest in research, especially in genetic polymorphisms associated with haematological related diseases, haematopoietic stem cell transplantation, lymphoma and myeloma has resulted in numerous publications in peer-reviewed journals. Besides this, she is actively involved in multiple international clinical trials.  She has been engaged as speaker, chairperson for many workshops/seminars and conferences. Apart from that, she has also been awarded several times of excellent service awards for her contributions to academic services and clinical services at the University of Malaya.

DR.-ING Nurdiana Nordin received her B.Sc. (field: Pure Chemistry) under Biasiswa Khas Tenaga Akademik (BKTA) Scholarship from the Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia in 2012 and her M.Sc. (Field: Organic and Computational Chemistry) under SLAB Scholarship in 2015 from Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. After graduation, she joined the Institute of Microstructure Technology (IMT) at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany, in 2016 under the supervision of Dr. Neil MacKinnon and Dr. Vlad Badilita in the group of Prof. Jan G. Korvink. At the same time, she also joined the Bio-Interfaces Graduate International School (BIF-IGS) at the Institut für Biologische Grenzflächen, IBG. She received her PhD degree in 2020 from BIF-IGS and the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, KIT. In Karlsruhe, she was trained in nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) technology and clean room fabrication of microfluidic devices. She had extensive laboratory work that included electrochemical systems, microfluidic fabrication processes, bioorganic synthesis, biopolymer surface modification, and the NMR techniques. Her research interests include NMR development, bioorganic mechanisms, biomedical microsystems (BioMEMS - sensor), organ on-a-chip, flexible electronics and metabolomic studies.

Dr. Nina Sakinah Ahmad Rofaie is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Decision Science at the Faculty of Business and Economics, Universiti Malaya. She earned her Ph.D. in Statistics from the same institution, where her doctoral research focused on evaluating the performance of LED road lighting compared to traditional HPSV lighting using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). Since completing her Ph.D., Dr. Nina has continued to specialize in performance measurement, particularly with the DEA approach. Her current research interests have expanded to include Halal talent development and the growth of the Halal industry in Malaysia. Additionally, she has been invited to lecture at both local and international institutions, sharing her expertise in quantitative research methods and data analysis. Her dedication to rigorous research and academic excellence is evident in her contributions to both the academic and professional communities. Dr. Nina's research portfolio reflects her commitment to addressing significant societal and economic issues through data-driven insights and innovative approaches.