Dr. Hong Wei-Han is a Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, specialising in medical education, curriculum development, educational assessment, and healthcare quality improvement. Her academic work focuses on advancing health professions education through evidence-based teaching strategies, educational measurement, and the development of innovative curricula that support effective clinical training and patient safety. Dr. Hong is actively involved in academic leadership and curriculum governance, including coordinating the MBBS programme and contributing to faculty and national initiatives related to teaching, assessment, and graduate employability. Her research focuses on self-regulated learning, student motivation, feedback literacy, medical student admissions, and educational innovation in clinical training. She has published extensively in international journals contributing to the global discourse on medical education and workforce development. Dr. Hong also serves on editorial boards and participates in international collaborations, conferences, and research initiatives in health professions education. Her contributions have been recognised through multiple awards, including innovation awards in medical education and excellent service awards from Universiti Malaya and international organisations.

Driven and focused; born with the spirit of an academic, and the soul of an explorer; Saiful received a PhD in Molecular Parasitology from Imperial College, London in 2006 after which he immediately joined Universiti Malaya as an academic. Currently he is a professor of Biochemistry in the Faculty of Science. More than 12 PhD and 15 MSc students have graduated under Saiful’s supervision. With over 70 publications (WOS) and an h-index of 22, Saiful is a recognized authority in the field of proteomics and has multiple collaborations with researchers across the globe. He has received more than RM 5 million in research grants. Saiful also holds various management responsibilities. Of particular note are his roles as Deputy Dean (2015-2017) and Dean (2017-2022) of the Frontiers of the Natural World Research Cluster (formerly known as Frontier Science Research Cluster), Director of IPPP (JPP) (2022-2024), and Currently as Dean of The Faculty of Science (Since 2025). 

Professor Shireen Anne Nah is a senior consultant paediatric surgeon and Head of the Division of Paediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya. Shireen draws on a wealth of experience working overseas. Upon completion of paediatric surgery specialist training at the Paediatric Institute, Hospital Kuala Lumpur, she underwent a 2 year clinical research fellowship at the UCL Institute of Child Health & Great Ormond Hospital for Children in London, UK. This was followed by 8 years as a paediatric surgeon in KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Singapore, before she returned to Malaysia in 2019. Shireen’s areas of research interest are congenital colorectal conditions in children, health outcomes, and quality of life. She is passionate about quality and standards in postgraduate training, and champions sustainability and diversity in surgery. She is also engaged in multiple international collaborative networks in Singapore, UK, Europe and North America, and hopes to increase loco-regional collaborations in ASEAN nations. Shireen is a proud UM alumna, who completed her undergraduate medical degree and postgraduate surgical training at the Faculty of Medicine.