ASSOCIATE PROF. DR. NORJIHAN BINTI ABDUL GHANI

Norjihan is currently an Associate Professor in Department of Information Systems, FCSIT, Universiti Malaya. She started working at UM as a lecturer since November 2002 and become a senior lecturer in 2015. Her PhD in Computer Science from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (2013), and her Master in Information Technology (2000) from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia and she obtained her Bachelor Degree in Information Technolgy from Universiti Utara Malaysia (2000). Currently, she is the Head of Department for Information Systems since 7 October 2019. Her research interest is in the areas of information security which she focuses more on information privacy, data security and data protection. Norjihan managed to secure various research grants from internal and external funds as Principal Investigator, and also a co-researcher for many grants. She was actively involved in the curriculum development when was appointed as Programme Coordinator for Master of Information Technology Management and was involved in many programme development at the faculty level. Apart from this, she also involved being a panel interviewer for Hadiah Latihan Persekutuan and Biasiswa Yang di Pertuan Agong.  

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PROF. DR. JEANNIE WONG HSIU DING

Jeannie Wong studied Biomedical Engineering, followed by a Master of Medical Physics at the Universiti Malaya. She received her PhD from the University of Wollongong, Australia. She started her career at the Department of Biomedical Imaging, Faculty of Medicine, the University of Malaya, as a senior lecturer in 2011. She coordinates the UM Master of Medical Physics programme, which is accredited by the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine (IPEM), UK. It is the only postgraduate medical physics programme outside the UK and Ireland that has this accreditation. During her PhD study, she was instrumental in the development of a new field of medical dosimetry in radiation therapy quality assurance with high spatial resolution semiconductor dosimetry and its applications in radiation therapy quality assurance. She has since further extended her research to include dosimetry in diagnostic imaging and patient-specific dosimetry. She has published more than 80 papers to date. She was promoted to associate professor in 2018 and full professorship in 2024. Her research interests include radiation dosimetry, radiotherapy, medical imaging and radiomics. She had supervised 1 postdoctoral candidate, 15 PhD students (7 completed), 3 masters by research students (2 completed), and more than 54 masters by coursework students (49 completed). Dr Wong has vast experience in the teaching of physics and biostatistics at the postgraduate level. She has been involved as a lecturer and examiner for the Master of Radiology and Master of Clinical Oncology at the University of Malaya since 2012. Her research interests are radiation dosimetry, medical imaging, radiotherapy and radiomics. IN 2019, she received the Southeast Asian Federation of Organizations of Medical Physics (SEAFOMP) Young Leader Award.

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PROF. DR. FONG CHOONG YI

Professor Dr FONG Choong Yi is a medical graduate from University of Nottingham, UK. He trained in Paediatrics and Paediatric Neurology in UK. His UK Paediatric Neurology specialty training include working in tertiary Neurology units at Great Ormond Street Hospital London, Evelina Children’s Hospital London and Bristol Royal Children’s Hospital. He had further subspecialty dual-fellowship training in Paediatric Epilepsy and Paediatric Electroencephalography at Brisbane, Australia (Mater & Royal Children’s Hospital Brisbane) and Melbourne, Australia (Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne). He also is a fellow of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, UK. He is currently appointed Professor and Consultant Paediatric Neurologist at University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He is head of the Paediatric Neurology division from 2014. He developed and oversees the Comprehensive Paediatric Epilepsy evaluation service in University Malaya.  He has published numerous peer-reviewed ISI publications. His research interests include paediatric epilepsy, paediatric bone health, paediatric neurology and using novel information technology applications in improving the quality of lives of children with neurological disorders. He also specialises in non-invasive and invasive epilepsy surgery assessment including long-term video-EEG monitoring, intracranial monitoring, electrocorticography and cortical stimulation. In recognition of his excellent service, he was awarded the University of Malaya excellent service award in 2016 and 2019. He was awarded the national Malaysian Society of Neuroscience Best Publication (Clinical) award in 2017 and the University of Malaya Best Clinical Neuroscience Publication award in 2019. Many of his postgraduate research students under his supervision have also won national research prizes. In 2019, he was awarded the Endeavour Executive Leadership Award by the Australian government. Professor Dr Fong plays an active role in advocation, education and forming collaborations in Child Neurology. Nationally, he is a co-author of the 2017 Malaysian Consensus Guidelines on the Management of Epilepsy, committee member of the 2019 & 2023 Malaysian Consensus Statement of Brain Death and the Malaysia National Specialist Register (NSR) Paediatric Neurology Subspecialty credentialling committee member. He is currently Vice President of Malaysian Society of Neurosciences, executive council member of Malaysian Epilepsy Council and the Malaysian Chapter of Child Neurology and Developmental Paediatrics from 2022-2024. He is a life member of the International Child Neurology Association. He was the treasurer of the Malaysian Chapter of Child Neurology & Developmental Paediatrics from 2014-2016. In the Asian region, he is a member of the Asian Epilepsy Academy (ASEPA) International League against Epilepsy and helps in running epilepsy and EEG workshops throughout the Asian region as a faculty member. He trains many overseas Paediatric Neurology fellows from the Asian region. Internationally, he is also an appointed Task Force member of the International League against Epilepsy (ILAE) on Paediatric Psychiatric Issues of the Commission of Psychiatry and on Research Advocacy of Children of the Commision on Paediatrics from 2017-2021 and 2022-2024.

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