Dr. Goh Lim Thye is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Economics, Faculty of Business and Economics, Universiti Malaya, and currently serves as the Deputy Dean of Development. He previously held the positions of Head of the Department of Economics and Programme Coordinator within the faculty. He is also an HRDC Accredited Trainer, actively delivering executive and industry training programmes in economics, strategy, and policy applications. He holds a PhD in Economics, a Master of Science in International Economics, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Financial Economics, all from Universiti Putra Malaysia. His academic and research interests span Development Economics, International Economics, Macroeconomics, and Applied Econometrics. Dr. Goh has extensive experience leading and collaborating in national and international research projects, with notable contributions in regional economic development, particularly across ASEAN economies including Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand. He has served as an International Visiting Lecturer (Adjunct Faculty Member) and International Visiting Fellow, reflecting his regional and international academic engagement. His recent research focuses on income inequality, foreign direct investment, sustainable growth, and the roles of institutional quality and human capital in shaping economic performance in Southeast Asia. He serves as an Associate Editor of the Journal of Institutions and Economics and is a Life Member of the Malaysian Economic Association. His expertise is frequently sought by national media and policy think tanks for commentary on fiscal reforms, economic inequality, international trade, and regional economic integration.

Wen Ting Tong is a trained implementation scientist who obtained her PhD from the University of Malaya. Her doctoral research focused on developing an effective implementation strategy to integrate patient decision aids into primary care practice, with the aim of facilitating shared decision-making. Following her PhD, she joined the National University of Singapore as a research fellow in the Centre for Behavioural and Implementation Science Interventions (BISI). She is currently a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Primary Care Medicine, Universiti Malaya. Wen Ting’s research is grounded in implementation science, with a focus on bridging the gap between evidence, policy, and real-world healthcare delivery. Her work aims to improve the adoption, integration, and sustainability of evidence-based interventions within health systems, particularly in primary care settings. She adopts a multidisciplinary approach that integrates behavioural science, health systems thinking, and patient-centred care to address complex challenges in translating research into practice. Her research extends to key intersecting areas including digital health, mental health, behavioural science, health research ethics, and sexual and reproductive health. Increasingly, her work also engages with broader system-level challenges such as health workforce development, models of care delivery, and the design of scalable, context-sensitive interventions across diverse healthcare settings. In addition to her research, Wen Ting has extensive experience in education and capacity building, particularly in the design and delivery of online learning programmes. She has developed and delivered courses on massive open online course (MOOC) platforms, including OpenLearning and FutureLearn. Her courses, Introduction to Research for Healthcare Professionals and Manuscript Writing Made Easy, have attracted significant enrolment and continue to support clinicians and researchers internationally. Wen Ting’s work has been published in leading journals such as Implementation Science, and she has contributed to book chapters published by Routledge and Springer. She has received several research awards at international conferences in recognition of her work. She is also the recipient of the Riegelman GNAPH Fellow (2026) with the Global Network for Academic Public Health, where she contributes to the development of global strategies in public health education and workforce capacity, including the advancement of the Collaborative Online Public Health Education (COPE) programme and cross-regional collaboration initiatives.

Ts Dr. Vimala Balakrishnan is a Professor at the Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, Universiti Malaya. She holds a PhD in Ergonomics from Multimedia University and leads interdisciplinary research combining machine learning, deep learning, and data analytics with applications across social media, healthcare, and societal issues such as cyberbullying and misinformation. She has published over 100 peer-reviewed journal articles, holds multiple patents and copyrights, and has been recognized among the top 2% of scientists worldwide by Stanford University (2020–2025). To date, she has secured more than RM 4 million in total research grants as both Principal Investigator and Co-Investigator. Her awards include Malaysia Scopus Excellence Research Award (2024) and Fulbright Research Scholar (2018). She teaches undergraduate and postgraduate students, supervises PhD and Master students, and delivers lectures and keynotes at international universities.