Dr Ahmad Syadi is an Associate Professor and Senior Consultant Cardiologist. He is active in research and has published extensively in the field of cardiology as well as being involved in many investigator initiated and industry driven clinical trials. He has received many recognitions for his contributions in cardiology by international and local governing bodies: Fellowship of National Heart Asscociation of Malaysia (FNAHM) Fellowship of the Asean Federation of Cardiology (FAsCC) Fellowship of the European Society of Cardiology (FESC) Fellowship of the American College of Cardiology (FACC) Fellowship of Society of Cardiovascular Angiography & Intervention (FSCAI) He has been appointed in various national and international key positions. His recent appointments are as below: Chairman of the Malaysian Society of Atherosclerosis (2024-2027) Chairman of the Malaysian NCVD-ACS Steering Committee (2022-2025) Council Member of the National Heart Association Malaysia (NHAM) (2024-2027) Council Member of the Asia Pacific Society of Atherosclerosis and Vascular Disease (APSAVD) (2024-2025) Organising Chair of the Asia Pacific Society of Atherosclerosis and Vascular Disease Congress (APSAVD) 2023 Scientific Chair of the Malaysian Live Interventional Cardiology Conference 2023 Clinical Practice guideline in Dyslipidaemia writting committee 2023 Dr Ahmad Syadi is also active in undergraduate and postgraduate teachings. He has produced many PhD and Master graduates under his supervision.   

Dr Makmor Tumin is a Professor at the Department of Political Science, Public Administration and Development Studies, specializing in Political Science, focusing on Political Philosophy (Islam and the West) and Civil Society. Having served under Universiti Malaya since 1997, there are 55 books credited under his name. Several selected published books of his include Essentials of Theology and Muslim Political Philosophy, Western Political and Economic Thought, Contemporary Western Political Philosophy: Figures and Metaphysics, Contemporary Islamic Political Thought: Syariah and Philosophical Leaning (co-editor) and Civil Society in Malaysia: Issues and Challenges (edited), all of which are in Malay. He has more than 40 indexed (WoS/Scopus) papers published under his name. A list of several selected papers are as below: Rasiah, R., Noh, A., Tumin, M. 2009. Privatising healthcare in Malaysia: Power, policy and profits. J Contemp Asia 39(1): 50-62. (WoS) Rasiah, R., Tumin, M., Musafar Hameed, L., Ndoma, I. 2017. Civil society organizations in opposition to healthcare commercialization: Protecting access for the poor and middle class in Malaysia. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 45(5): 1-19. (WoS) Tumin, M., Che Soh, M. (2020). Sumbangan Tradisi Barat dan Islam Terhadap Idea Masyarakat Sivil (Contributions of Western and Islamic Traditions to the Idea of Civil Society). Journal of Aqidah and Islamic Thought (AFKAR), 22(2), 77-118. (Scopus) Che Soh M., Tumin M. (2022). Full Paying Patient Services in Malaysia: A Counter-Hegemonic Response from a Civil Society Organization, Management and Accounting Review. 21(1), 23-39. (Scopus) Rabaia, I.S.I., Tumin, M., Yeoh, E. K. K. (2017). Religion and revolution: Theorizing of the Arab Spring in accordance with the selectorate approach. Asian Politics & Policy, 9 (2), 222-44. (Scopus) Other publications include more than 20 book chapters and more than 20 non-Scopus/ISI indexed papers plus book reviews (more than 30) and popular media articles (more than 100). In the past, Dr Makmor Tumin has engaged his work on research relating to public health, focusing on policies related to organ donation and transplantation. He himself is a kidney transplant patient. Dr. Makmor is blind. His eyesight began to deteriorate at the age of 11, and at 45, he became completely blind. He is currently serving as an Executive Board member of the ASEAN University Network - Disability and Public Policy (AUN-DPPnet) and the Chief Editor for a People with Disabilities (PwDs) Magazine ("Mainstreamer") which is funded by the Nippon Foundation under AUN-DPPnet.

YEO Siang Lee, PhD (Macq.) is a Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Languages & Linguistics, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur. His main research interest is interactions of individuals with communication disorders, particularly those diagnosed with autism. His current research focuses on the interactions between a small group of children with autism and their teachers in an educational setting.