Dr. Shuaibu Umar Gokaru was born and raised in Gokaru, a small town in Alkaleri Local Government Area of Bauchi State, Nigeria. He attended Iqamatissunnah Islamiyyah/Primary School and memorised the entire Qur'an by heart in 2001. Later, he went to Government Day Secondary School Kofar Wamabai. Afterwards, he studied at the then A.D.Rufa'i College for Legal and Islamic Studies, Misau, Bauchi, Nigeria, now known as A.D.Rufa'i College of Education, Legal, and General Studies, where he obtained a Diploma in Shari'a & Civil Law in 2004. Dr. Gokaru earned his B.A. Degree in Islamic Studies in 2010 from Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria, followed by a Master of Arts Degree in Islamic and other Civilisations from the International Islamic University, Malaysia (IIUM) in 2014. He completed his Doctor of Philosophy in Islamic Civilisation at the University of Malaya in 2017. Dr. Gokaru has served as a Lecturer at Bauchi State University Gadau, Nigeria, from 2012 until January 2023, when he was appointed as a Lecturer at the Department of Islamic History and Civilisation, Academy of Islamic Studies, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. While at Bauchi State University Gadau, Dr. Gokaru taught various courses and supervised students at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. He held various positions, including Faculty Examination Officer of the then Faculty of Arts and Education (now Faculty of Arts) from 2017 to 2021, and Dean of the Students' Affairs Division, Office of the Vice-Chancellor, from 2021 to 2022. He also served as Chairman of the Committee and Member of numerous committees such as the Senate Committee, Senate Business Committee, Committee of Deans and Directors, Appointment and Promotion Committee, and University Disciplinary Committees, among others. He is a journal reviewer for publications such as Al-Habeer: Journal of Islamic Studies, Al-Tamaddun: Journal of Islamic History and Civilisation, and Al-Milal: South Asian Journal of Religion and Philosophy. He has published several papers in international peer-reviewed academic journals (WOS and Scopus), including the Indonesian Journal of Social Sciences and Al-Tamaddun: Journal of Islamic History and Civilisation, Universiti Malaya.

Academic Qualification: Universiti Malaya (UM), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), 2025 – Thesis with Distinction (Graduate on Time) Research Field: Health (Medicine) Specialisation: Medical Microbiology Master of Medical Science, 2021 Research Field: Medical Microbiology Bachelor of Science (Biochemistry), 2017   Publications: Niek, W. K., Teh, C. S. J., Idris, N., Sit, P. S., Lee, Y. Q., Thong, K. L., & Sri La Sri Ponnampalavanar, S. (2020). Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia, 2003–2015: Comparative evaluation of changing trends in molecular epidemiology and clinical outcomes of infections. Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 85, 104567. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meegid.2020.104567 Lee, Y. Q., Kamar, A. A., Velayuthan, R. D., Chong, C. W., & Teh, C. S. J. (2021). Clonal relatedness in the acquisition of intestinal carriage and transmission of multidrug resistant (MDR) Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli and its risk factors among preterm infants admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Pediatrics & Neonatology, 62(2), 129-137. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedneo.2020.10.002 Teh, C. S. J., Lee, Y. Q., Kong, Z. X., Woon, J. J., Niek, W. K., Lau, M. Y., Idris, N., Sri La Sri Ponnampalavanar, S., Ho, P. F., and Por, L. Y. (2021). Development of a web-based multidrug-resistant organisms (MDRO) monitoring and transmission tracking system on the basis of microbiology and molecular characteristics. Journal of Taibah University for Science, 15(1): 303-311. doi:10.1080/16583655.2021.1978807 Lee, Y. Q., Sri La Sri Ponnampalavanar, S., Chong, C. W., Karunakaran, R., Vellasamy, K. M., Abdul Jabar, K., Kong, Z. X., Lau, M. Y., & Teh, C. S. J. (2022). Characterisation of non-carbapenemase-producing carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae based on their clinical and molecular profile in Malaysia. Antibiotics, 11(11), 1670. https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics11111670 Yap, P. S. X., Chong, C.W., Ponnampalavanar, S., Ramli, R., Harun, A., Tengku Jamaluddin, T. Z. M., Ahmed Khan, A., Ngoi, S. T., Lee, Y. Q., Lau, M. Y., Tan, S. C., Kong, Z. X., Woon, J. J., Mak, S. T., Abdul Jabar, K., Karunakaran, R., Ismail, Z., Salleh, S. A., Md Noor, S. S., Masri, S. N., Mohd Taib, N., Jasni, A. S., Tee, L. H., Leong, K. C., Lim, V. K. E., Abu Bakar, S., The, C. S. J. (2023). A multicentre study to determine the in vitroefficacy of flomoxef against extended-spectrum beta-lactamase producing Escherichia coli in Malaysia. PeerJ 11:e16393. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16393 Lee, Y. Q., Sri La Sri Ponnampalavanar, S., Wong, J. H., Kong, Z. X., Ngoi, S. T., Karunakaran, R., Lau, M. Y., Abdul Jabar, K., & Teh, C. S. J. (2024). Investigation on the mechanisms of carbapenem resistance among the non-carbapenemase-producing carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 14. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2024.1464816 Lau, M. Y., Ponnampalavanar, S., Chong, C. W., Dwiyanto, J., Lee, Y. Q., Woon, J. J., Kong, Z. X., Jasni, A. S., Lee, M. C. C., Obaidellah, U. H., & Teh, C. S. J. (2024). The Characterisation of Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumanniiand Klebsiella pneumoniae in a Teaching Hospital in Malaysia. Antibiotics, 13(11), 1107. https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics13111107 Li, F., Hooi, S. L., Choo, Y. M., Teh, C. S. J., Toh, K. Y., Lim, L. W. Z., Lee, Y. Q., Chong, C. W., & Ahmad Kamar, A. (2025). Progression of gut microbiome in preterm infants during the first three months. Scientific Reports, 15(1), 12104. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-95198-1

Tharani Loganathan is a Public Health Medical Specialist with a specialization in Health Economics, and a Medical Lecturer at the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya. She is the course coordinator for the Global Health, Global Health Leadership and Law and Health modules in the Masters in Public Health (MPH) programme. She has 17 years of working experience with the Ministry of Health, Malaysia in diverse areas, notably in Primary Health Care. Dr Tharani has a medical degree from Universiti Sains Malaysia, and an MPH and DrPH from University Malaya. For her doctoral degree, Tharani conducted a comprehensive economic evaluation of rotavirus vaccines beyond cost-effectiveness, to include benefits of vaccination in improving equity and financial risk protection to inform its inclusion into the national immunization program Malaysia. She is particularly interested in health systems and policy research towards advancing health system goals of achieving Universal Health Coverage. Dr Tharani has written and spoken extensively on migrant access to healthcare, including the healthcare financing and social protection policies for migrant workers in Malaysia. Currently, Dr Tharani is investigating the provisions for educational access for non-citizen children in Malaysia. Tharani Loganathan is an Atlantic Fellow for Health Equity in South East Asia.