PROF. DR. HANY BINTI MOHD ARIFFIN

  Professor Hany Ariffin  is  Professor of Paediatrics and Head of the Division of Paediatric Haematology-Oncology and Blood & Marrow Transplantation at the University of Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC). She also heads the Biobank Unit in the Faculty of Medicine, UM.  Her main research interest is childhood leukaemia and she has been the Malaysian lead for the Malaysia-Singapore (MASPORE) Leukaemia Study Group since 2003. Her other research areas include childhood cancer survivorship, stem cell transplantation and inherited cancers, particularly related to mutations in the tumour suppressor gene, TP53. In 2015, she won the Anugerah Akademik Negara award and in 2018 received the Distinguished Researcher Award from University Malaya. Professor Hany is chairperson of the paediatric oncology accreditation committee for the National Specialist Register and a past president of the Malaysian Society of Paediatric Haematology-Oncology. She is also the chairperson of the VIVA-Asia Bone Marrow Transplantation Consortium for 2023/2024.  As co-chair of the Asian Childhood Cancer Alliance, Professor Hany works with regional colleagues as well as StJude Children's Research Hospital  to support the WHO Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer (WHO-GICC). The project's tagline is: “60 by 30” - which refers to the aim of reaching at least a 60% survival rate for children with cancer by 2030, thereby saving an additional one million lives around the world.  Professor Hany has been a reviewer for many scientific journals and is currently an Associate Editor (Tumour Biology) for Technology in Cancer Reseach &Treatment.     

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ASSOCIATE PROF. DR. CHEW FONG PENG

Assc. Prof. Dr. Chew Fong Peng is a lecturer at Faculty of Education, University of Malaya (UM), Malaysia. Teaching Malay language education and early childhood education program, Presented approximately 160 working papers international and international seminars and conferences in Malaysia and foreign countries include United States of America, United Kingdom, France, Switzerland, Greece, Japan, South Korea, China, Taiwan, Singapore, Thailand, Philippine and Indonesia. Published 5 books, 101 articles published in journals, 67 papers in conference proceedings, 36 chapters in books, 20 translated books including creative writings, 10 edited books and creative writings. She is the book editor of Taylor & Francis, editor for local Year 4, 5 and 6 History textbook and Year 1 Arts and Music Education text book. Completed 19 research projects which 8 of them were led by Chew. She won many medals in academy and innovative expo. UM Outstanding Service Award (2008), being listed in Marquis Who's Who in the World 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2018; 2000 Intellectual in the World for 21st Century Year 2011. She won many medals in academy and innovative expo. UM Outstanding Service Award (2008), being listed in Marquis Who's Who in the World 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019; 2000 Intellectual in the World for 21st Century Year 2011. Chew is article reviewer for some established international journals, namely Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, Asia Pacific Journal of Education, SAGE Open, International Journal of English & Literature (IJEL), British Journal of Medicine and Medical Research, British Journal of Education, Society and Behavioral Science (BJESBS), International Journal of Psychology and Counselling (IJPC), Educational Research and Reviews (ERR) and African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology (AJPP) besides some local estalished journals included Pertanika: Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, GEMA Online and Kemanusiaan,. Besides that, Chew recites Malay poem invited at state and national level. Chew was invited as visiting professor at Peking University from October, 2011 to June, 2012 during her sabbatical leave. Chew won the “The World Outstanding Researcher” award (2013).  

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ASSOCIATE PROF. DR. LILY AZURA BINTI SHOAIB

Dr Lily Azura Shoaib  is a clinical specialist and a senior lecturer in the Department of Paediatric Dentistry & Orthodontic,  Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya, Malaysia. She gained her Master of Clinical Dentistry in Paediatric Dentistry from Edinburgh Postgraduate Dental Institute, the University of Edinburgh in 2008 and bachelor in Dental Surgery from Tokyo Medical and  Dental University, Tokyo in the year 2000. Her research interests centre around cariology, special care dentistry, oral health quality of life  and dental education. 

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