Dr Ina Ismiarti Shariffuddin is Professor and Senior Consultant Anaesthesiologist at the Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya. She obtained her MBChB from the University of Dundee, a Master of Anaesthesiology and a Master in Medical Education (Distinction) from Universiti Malaya, Fellowships in paediatric anaesthesia from KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore, and certification in paediatric liver transplantation from Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Ina is a strong advocate for perioperative patient blood management, sustainable anaesthesia, and advanced airway management and patient safety.  Her leadership includes presidencies of the Malaysian College, Society, and Paediatric Society of Anaesthesiologists. She is the current President Elect for the Asian Society of Paediatric Anaesthesiologists and a member of the task force appointed by WFSA to develop its inaugural Leadership Module. During COVID-19, she led the Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Department at Universiti Malaya Medical Centre. Her pioneering work in Basic Life Support education earned her the “Ronald Harden  Innovation in Medical Education” and “Rogayah Jaafar Innovation in Health Professions Education” Awards in 2024. She holds two patents and one copyright in Anaesthesia and Critical Care, underscoring her commitment to patient safety and innovation.She currently serves as Chief Editor of the Malaysian Journal of Anaesthesiology.

Mohammad Tariqur Rahman, Ph.D., is a Professor and Deputy Executive Director (Research and Innovation) at the International Institute of Public Policy and Management (INPUMA), University of Malaya (UM). Earlier, he served as a Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Science and Associate Dean of Continuing Education at the Faculty of Dentistry at UM. He holds a M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, and M.Sc. and B.Sc. in Microbiology from the University of Dhaka. He began his academic career at the Biotechnology Discipline, Khulna University, and was the Founding Chairman of the Department of Pharmacy at East West University, Dhaka. Before serving at the Department of Biotechnology, International Islamic University Malaysia, Prof. Tariq conducted postdoctoral research in Neuroscience at the University of Fukui. Prof. Tariq published extensively in the fields of oral microbiology, immunology, metallo-biochemistry, stem cell biology, and scientometrics. He has served in editorial roles, including Executive Editor of Annals of Dent UM, Chief Editor of Bangladesh Journal of Microbiology, and Associate Editor of Biological Trace Element Research. He was the Founding President of the Malaysian Society for Oral Microbiologists and Oral Immunologists (MySOMOI). In addition to academic publishing, Prof. Tariq is the author of Healthy Living in Islam: A Postmodern Perspective (ISBN: 978-99917-87-09-01), the lead editor of Immunology of Dentistry (ISBN: ISBN: 978-1119-89-30-04), and Handbook of Dental Education Technology (eISBN: 978-981-97-0275-6). He also contributes opinion pieces to news portals in Malaysia and Bangladesh.

As a statistician and data scientist with a foundation in statistical inference, I have expanded my expertise in time series and forecasting, mortality modelling, spatial statistics, functional data analysis, Bayesian statistics, machine learning and multivariate statistics through extensive research. I have collaborated with physicists, biologists, computer scientists, and experts from various fields to advance interdisciplinary initiatives. I have also conducted training on applied statistics and time series. Outside academia, I am trained in Indian Carnatic music (National champion), completed Grade 8 Piano from the Associated Board of Royal Schools of Music, London, and play various musical instruments. I find a close relationship between being musically inclined and mathematics.