ASSOCIATE PROF. DR. ROSILA BEE BINTI MOHD HUSSAIN

Rosila Bee Mohd Hussain is currently a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Anthropology and Sociology, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur. She completed her PhD from The University of Western Australia. Her areas of research interest are social inequality, identity, youth, cross-cultural study and contemporary social issues (social capital, disability studies, gender and social threats). Her expert opinions on various sociological issues has often been shared on various media platforms like newspapers, talk shows and and radio interviews in Malaysia.  She has also completed and secured internal and external grants in the past years in relation to youth, social inequality and identity issues. Among others are UMRG (UM), FRGS (Malaysia), Ungku Aziz Centre for Development Studies and Japan Society for the Promotion Science (JSPS) as Principal Investigator or Research Collaborator. She has published more than 50 journal articles, book chapters and proceedings from her research to share.  Her current research work centers on issues of social threats, lifestyle and digital society.

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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 Senior 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, 2019 and 2023. 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 & 2024 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 2022-2026. 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 2022-2025.

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DR. NUR LISA BINTI ZAHARIN

Dr. Nur Lisa binti Zaharin is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Mathematics and Science Education, Faculty of Education, Universiti Malaya. She obtained her PhD in Science Education from Universiti Malaysia Sabah and completed her postgraduate studies in Analytical Chemistry at Universiti Malaya. Her research interests centre on educational robotics, computational thinking, gamification, and instructional design, with particular use of Design and Development Research (DDR). Her work involves the development of STEM learning modules, support for teacher professional development, and participation in community-based STEM initiatives, especially within the Sabah, Malaysia context. She is also actively engaged in research publication, journal reviewing, and academic service at both national and international levels.

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