Dr Nik Soffiya is an early career researcher at the Faculty of Languages and Linguistics, Universiti Malaya. Her scholarly interests are often situated at the intersection of language and social (in)justice. She is an emerging expert in Critical Discourse Studies with a strong inclination towards interdisciplinary research. Her current projects primarily revolve around discourses related to (violence against) women and children, including topics such as female genital cutting and online misogyny within the Malaysian context. She is also a co-founder of the Alliance of Linguists for Palestine (ALPS) research working group, driving linguistics-based research on the Palestinian resistance and liberation. Beyond her academic endeavours, Dr Nik Soffiya is actively involved in training doctoral candidates for Three Minute Thesis competition. She welcomes supervision request from students who are interested in exploring discourses of social issues through a critical discursive lens.

Dr. Woo is a consultant gynaecological oncologist with clinical and research experience that ranges from prevention to treatment of cervical cancer and hereditary/ familial gynaecological cancers. She undertook her research in HPV immune-biology in the University of Cambridge under the Cancer Research UK Gordon Hamilton Fairley Fellowship and was awarded a PhD degree in 2008. As a clinician, she was awarded the gold medal by the Royal College of Obstetrician and Gynaecologist as the top ranked individual for the international examination. Having trained and worked in the UK, she returned to Malaysia in 2010 to take up a professorial post in the premier teaching hospital, University Malaya (UM). As a translational scientist, she has worked tirelessly to making this knowledge more accessible and applicable to the broader population through her advisory role on policy development nationally and internationally. She is also a recognized expert in HPV vaccination and is currently the country representative (Malaysia) for the Asia-Oceania Research Organisation in Genital Infection and Neoplasia (AOGIN), taskforce member for the Malaysian policy change to Primary HPV screening for cervical cancer, member of the Asia Pacific Economic Consortium (APEC) Cervical Cancer working group and is the founding principal investigator for Program ROSE (Removing Obstacles to cervical ScrEening, a revolutionary approach to cervical cancer screening. Program ROSE (www.programrose.org, @programROSE) that utilizes digital technology, self-sampling and HPV testing. The program was recently highlighted by the Economist Intelligence Unit (https://eiuperspectives.economist.com/healthcare/global-action-financing-cervical-cancer-elimination-funding-secondary-prevention-services-low). The program was a strong contender at the 2018 UICC Collaborative award, shortlisted among 2 other nominations globally, and has received many international accolades and praises. Program ROSE (www.programrose.org, @programROSE) utilizes digital technology, self-sampling and HPV testing to change the paradigm of conventional cervical screening, facilitating increased screening uptake for ALL woman. Dr Woo is also the founder of ROSE Foundation, a non-profit organisation, dedicated to making cervical cancer prevention accessible and affordable to the underprivileged. The success of Program ROSE is a testament to her incessant drive to make cervical cancer a rare disease in our lifetime. She also dedicates her time to working closely with other academic institutions, NGOS and also industry to educate, inform and advise on matters pertaining to control of HPV associated diseases. In recognition for her contribution to women's health, Dr. Woo was conferred the FIGO Awards in recognition of Female Obstetrician and Gynaecologist in 2021.

PROFESSOR DR ISHAK SULIAMAN is currently a Head Department of Al-Quran and Al-Hadith at Academy of Islamic Studies, University of Malaya and a Professor in the field of the Hadith Studies. He is a Chief Editor of Journal al-Bayan of which is indexed by Web of Science, Scopus and published by Brill Publishers. He received his Ph.D degree from The University of Wales, Lampeter UK in 2005 in the field of Hadith Muamalah. His interest also in Digital Hadith and Psycho Spiritual of Sunnah. In 2013, he awarded as a Visiting Researcher at Islamic University of Medinah, Saudi Arabia. He served as Director for the Department of Malaysian Studies, Cairo University, Egypt from the 1st January 2016 until the end of December 2018. Prior to that, he was a Deputy Director for Postgraduate Studies at Academy of Islamic Studies, UM from 2009 to 2011. He was also served as Acting Deputy Director for R&D at Academy of Islamic Studies, UM from September 2011 to January 2013. He was also served the country as a Deputy Chairman of Lajnah Tahqiq Hadith KDN (Hadith Review and Assessment Committee under the purview of the Home Ministry of Malaysia from 2019 to December 2022. He also serves as external accessor for Bachelor Degree of Al-Quran and Al-Sunnah of Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM). For Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), he had served as Secretary General of Muslim Scholars Association of Malaysia in 2000. Besides, he served as a President of Muafakat for MRSM Ulul Albab, Negeri Sembilan in 2010 and as a Deputy President of Alumni Association of Academy of Islamic Studies, University of Malaya. In terms of academic experiences, he received UMRG (University Malaya Research Grant) as a Project Leader for research project entitles ‘Preserving The Authenticity of The Digital Hadith’ in 2014 and completed in 2017. One of the outcomes for this project is android application namely ‘Digitalhadith’. This project awarded 1 Gold and 1 Silver in 2018 and 2019 at International Competition of Ideas, Inventions and Innovations (i-Fame) organised by UiTM. He has an ongoing collaboration research projects of Fundamental Research Grant (FRGS) in the field of Waqf of Infrastructure and in the field of Astrometry of Prayer Times. In 2022, he received Industrial Funding from Rimbunan Islamic Media Sdn.Bhd with the amount RM150,000 as a Project Leader for research project entitles 'Research on Translation of Sahih Muslim'.