DR. SHAHNAZ BINTI MOHD BALDEV SHAH

A Senior Lecturer at the Department of Drama, Faculty of Creative Arts. An alumnus of the Cultural Centre, University of Malaya with a background in dance and drama. Specialize in Drama/Theatre (in) education, Arts-Management and Cross/inter-Disciplinary Exchange. My research at the postgraduate level concentrated on the use of drama and performance for the second (English) language classroom which identified its related set of challenges and possibilities. I further obtained a PhD in Theatre Studies from the University of Warwick in which my thesis examined the nature of MAKUM Theatre Festival as a form of university theatre modelled by the Creative Campus. One of the aims of this endeavor was to document theatre as conceptualized and fashioned by the general division of arts and non-arts students. I thus engage in arts (theatre) management and drama for education at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels, and currently serves as Postgraduate Program Coordinator. My research interest lies in the application of drama and theatre as creative, innovative and alternative method to teaching and learning, as well as further developments in drama with technology for advancement. Central to my studies is the role of drama/theatre for human development, focusing on issues that relate to dramatic and theatrical application within and outside the field. Along this line is the significant impact of the performing arts on doers (performers) as well as observers (audience). Experienced in mixed-method research, instrumentation design, and continuously seeks opportunities for collaborative and cooperative efforts for the further expansion of drama/theatre application, both formal and informal, in and outside academia.

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TS. DR. MAZURA BINTI MAHDZIR

Ts Dr Mazura Mahdzir  is currently a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Quantity Surveying, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She obtained her Bachelor's Degree in Quantity Surveying from International Islamic University Malaysia in 2006, a Master's Degree in Construction Contract Management from the University of Technology Malaysia in 2010 and obtained his PhD in the field of Built Environment from International Islamic University Malaysia in 2018. She is actively involved in research of various fields especially in technology innovation. Her research interests include managing construction SMEs and focusing on management part especially top management decision. To be more specific is on the managerial decision making capabilities in dealing with any innovation adoption decision (ie BIM).

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PROF. DR. MAS AYU BINTI SAID

Dr Mas Ayu is an Epidemiologist in the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya. She is also a consultant epidemiologist at the University Malaya Medical Centre. Her research interest focuses on mental health, substance abuse and psychopharmacology, especially the side effect of metabolic syndrome due to the treatment of schizophrenia. A recipient of several research grants, she has many collaborative research activities with University Malaya Centre of Addiction Sciences. Her recent project is Enhancing Quality and Longevity of Life of Malaysian B40 under Long Term Research Grant Scheme (LRGS). She also involved in another project for B40 - Coping to Live with COVID-19: The New Norm which was funded by WHO.   As a public health specialist in infectious disease and field epidemiologist, Dr Mas Ayu is the member of Malaysia One Health University Network (MyOHUN) which is part of USAID. She is active in activity related to One Health in Malaysia and Southeast Asia Region. Dr Mas Ayu also has research interest on communicable diseases mainly focusing on vector borne diseases like Chikungunya and Dengue Fever. She has research collaboration through Malaysia-Sweden Research Link with Umea University, working on the early warning system of dengue outbreak. Dr Mas Ayu attended the evidence-based medicine (EBM) practice workshop as training for trainer in Oxford University in 2008, funded by grants from the European Union. The international collaboration was together with Utrecht (UMCU), Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine (CEBM), University of Oxford, the Rumah Sakit Cipto Mangunkusumo (RSCM) Hospital, Jakarta and University of Malaya. She has conducted several EBM workshops together with other trainers. She also served as panel for The Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA), which is a statutory body in Malaysia to accredit academic programs provided by educational institutions providing post-secondary or higher education and facilitate the accreditation and articulation of qualifications.

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