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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DR. ADELEH ASEMI ZAVAREH

Here’s a revised and more polished version of your text: Dr. Adeleh Asemi Zavareh is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Software Engineering at the University of Malaya, Malaysia. Her expertise lies in artificial intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT), and multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM), with a primary focus on developing intelligent decision support systems to address complex challenges across various domains. Dr. Asemi earned her Ph.D. in Artificial Intelligence from the University of Malaya under the esteemed Malaysian Technical Cooperation Programme (MTCP) Scholarship. She also holds an M.Sc. in Computer Science from Pune University, India, and a B.Sc. in Computer Engineering from Ashrafi Esfahani University, Iran. In 2015, she completed her postdoctoral research in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and Human Decision-Making Simulation at the University of Malaya. With over a decade of academic experience, Dr. Asemi has supervised more than 50 postgraduate students and has taught a diverse range of courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, including Artificial Intelligence, Software Engineering, the Internet of Things, and Big Data Management. Her research contributions encompass fuzzy-based decision support systems, IoT system modeling, and big data analytics, with numerous publications in high-impact ISI and Scopus-indexed journals. Dr. Asemi is actively engaged in interdisciplinary research collaborations across domains such as healthcare, environmental science, and law, where she leverages AI-driven approaches to address real-world challenges. Since 2019, her research focus has expanded to include the multi-criteria evaluation of big data and IoT technologies, solidifying her role as a leading contributor to smart decision-making frameworks. As an active member of the global academic community, Dr. Asemi serves as an editor and reviewer for leading journals, including Applied Soft Computing, and actively participates in renowned international conferences such as SIGMOD and FOCUS. Her unwavering commitment to research excellence and innovation continues to make a profound impact on the fields of AI, IoT, decision-making, and software engineering.

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DR. MOHAMMAD FIRDAUS BIN ABDUL AZIZ

Firdaus Aziz serves as a Senior Lecturer and Deputy Dean of Research and Innovation at the Faculty of Law, Universiti Malaya. His research interests encompass medical law, biosafety law, and the legal and ethical implications of emerging technologies, including stem cell technology, biobanking, and gene editing. He earned his BSc (Hons) in Genetics and Molecular Biology from Universiti Malaya and subsequently received the National Science Fellowship to pursue an MA in Biotechnological Law and Ethics at the University of Sheffield. He later completed a DPhil in Public Health at St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford, where he focused on stem cell law and ethics at the Centre for Health, Law and Emerging Technologies (HeLEX). Since 2016, he has been actively involved in promoting bioethics in the region as a UNESCO Bioethics Trainer. Additionally, he is a co-investigator for the Southeast Asian Bioethics Network, supported by the UK Wellcome Trust, with the aim to establishing a bioethics network in the region, and a co-investigator for the NIH Fogarty grant to develop a Master's program in Health Research Ethics at the Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya.  

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