ASSOCIATE PROF. DR. NOR SHAHILA BINTI MANSOR

Dr. Nor Shahila Mansor is an Associate Professor at the Department of Asian and European Languages, Faculty of Languages and Linguistics, Universiti Malaya. She has an abiding, passionate and almost obsessive interest in the Spanish language and linguistics. She has published articles in reputable journals. Her main research interests include Sociolinguistics and Translation Studies. As a Registered Translator/Interpreter with Institut Terjemahan Buku Malaysia (ITBM), she translates documents from Spanish to English/Malay and vice versa; and occasionally performs verbal language interpretation. She possesses native fluency in reading, writing, and speaking the Spanish language.

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DR. SYED MOHD JEFFRI BIN SYED JAAFAR

Syed Mohd Jeffri Syed Jaafar merupakan anak kelahiran Temerloh Pahang. Beliau merupakan lulusan cemerlang Sarjana Muda Syariah  (Fiqh & Usul)  daripada Universiti Malaya pada tahun 2012 di bawah tajaan Jabatan Perkhidmatan Awam (JPA). Pada tahun 2013, beliau telah ditawarkan menyambung pengajian di peringkat doktor falsafah secara fast track dalam bidang fiqh dan Usul  di Universiti yang sama dengan mendapat tajaan Skim Latihan Akademik IPTA (SLAI).  Beliau telah berjaya menyelesaikan pengajian dengan GOT “Graduate on Time” di peringkat doktor falsafah pada tahun 2017. Sepanjang pengajian, beliau sempat menimba ilmu di beberapa buah negara luar seperti di Jami’ah Ain Syam, Mesir (2010) dan di Dar Mustafa, Yaman (2014). Antara kepakaran dan bidang yang sedang diterokai oleh beliau adalah usul fiqh, pemikiran hukum, fiqh ibadat, fiqh haji dan umrah serta fiqh kontemporari. Beliau seorang yang aktif di dalam penyelidikan, penulisan, penerbitan dan persidangan baik di peringkat kebangsaan mahupun antarabangsa. Kini beliau berkhidmat sebagai pensyarah kanan di Jabatan Fiqh dan Usul, Akademi Pengajian Islam, Universiti Malaya.

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PROF. DR. ADINA BINTI ABDULLAH

Dr Adina Abdullah has a decade of experience in primary healthcare delivery, health systems research and the development and implementation of digital health interventions in Malaysia. She has built strong networks with relevant policy, health system and community stakeholders. Dr Adina is a family medicine specialist and a professor at the Department of Primary Care Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya (UM). Dr Adina graduated with a Bachelor of Medical Science (hons) in 1997 and Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery in 1999 from the University of Nottingham, UK. She obtained a Masters of Medicine (Family Medicine) and PhD at the Universiti Malaya. Her interest in digital health evolved after she became a member of the core team responsible for the implementation of the Hospital Information System at the Ministry of Health Hospitals in 2004. Stemming from her Masters’ thesis, she was involved in the development and implementation of home blood pressure telemonitoring which was developed by a Universiti Malaya spin off company, UMCH Sdn Bhd.  Dr Adina is also a committee member for the non-profit organization, Digital Health Malaysia. She co-leads the mHealth and telehealth division at the Universiti Malaya eHealth Unit. Since 2012, she has been leading research and publishing papers on the use of telemonitoring, patients’ perspectives on digital health, prevalence of health literacy and patients’ use of online health information to make decisions on medications. Through her research, Adina has also worked closely with stakeholders from the Malaysian Ministry of Health, academic institutions and the industry.

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