MADAM SAIFULNAZIRAH BINTI BONGSU

Saifulnazirah binti Bongsu berasal dari Machang Kelantan.Mendapat pendidikan awal di peringkat sekolah rendah dan menengah di Machang,Kelantan. Kemudian,melanjutkan pengajian peringkat ijazah sarjana muda (Bachelor of Arts) di UPM Serdang ,Selangor (2000-2003).Memulakan kerjaya sebagai guru sambilan dan guru sandaran di beberapa buah sekolah daerah Besut, Terengganu. Seterusnya, meneruskan kerjaya sebagai guru bahasa (kontrak) di Akademi Pengajian Islam UM Nilam Puri (2005-2007).Kemudian, meneruskan pengajian peringkat Ijazah Sarjana (Master in Applied Linguistics) UUM, Kedah.Sekarang ,telah berkhidmat sebagai guru bahasa (tetap) di Pusat Pendidikan Universiti Malaya (UMEC) ,Bachok Kelantan.

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ASSOCIATE PROF. DR. BENEDICT FRANCIS

  Dr Benedict Francis is an associate professor and consultant psychiatrist at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya. He graduated from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya and was selected for the Brightsparks scholarship to pursue his Masters in Psychological Medicine at his alma mater, the University of Malaya. Subsequently, he completed a fellowship program in Aged Healthcare Services at St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne, in 2019. Dr Benedict is one of the research leads at the Psychological Medicine Research Unit and has been involved as principal investigator and sub-investigator for several international, multi-centre clinical trials including the ESCAPE-TRD, REMISSIO, ASPIRE, SUSTAIN-3, ROUTE 6, and CONNEX-2 trials. He has also published in several international and regional peer-reviewed journals and presented in international congresses. Dr Benedict has and continues to exhibit stellar leadership in his field. He was part of the Ministry of Health’s  National Advisory Board committee that drafted the guidelines for prescribing and dispensing Esketamine, a novel adjunct antidepressant treatment. In addition, he has been part of several steering commitees that paved new directions in mental health. For example, he was appointed to be part of the Southeast Asian steering committee to develop a patient decision aid for people living with schizophrenia. He is also part of the regional Asia Pacific steering commitee to develop a module for cognitive impairment associated with schizophrenia (CIAS). In 2023, he received the Excellent Service Award from the University of Malaya in recognition of his contributions. Dr Benedict is regarded as a Key Opinion Leader in the field of treatment resistant depression and schizophrenia and is a regular invited speaker at both local and regional events. He is actively involved in several associations at various levels. He is a life member of the Malaysian Psychiatric Association and a corresponding member of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology. He is also a member of the Asian College of Neuropsychopharmacology. He was inducted as Fellow of the Pacific Rim College of Psychiatrists.  Besides clinical medicine, Dr Benedict is keenly interested in the various facets of research ethics, particularly in the subfield of Neuroethics. He was recently awarded a scholarship under the auspices of the Fogarty International Centre of the United States National Institute of Health in collaboration with Johns Hopkins University, to pursue his Master's in Health Research and Ethics at the University of Malaya.

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DR. JINDONG CHANG

Dr. Chang Jindong is an Associate Professor at the School of Physical Education of Southwest University, Director of the Institute of Motor Quotient at Southwest University, and an Associate Researcher at the Faculty of Sport and Exercise Sciences of the Universiti Malaya. He served as a visiting scholar at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and was recognized as the first sports science and technology expert in Chongqing. From 2015 to 2016, he was seconded to the Quality Monitoring Center for Basic Education of the Ministry of Education of China to contribute to the development of the National Physical Education and Health Monitoring and Evaluation Program for students in compulsory education. He currently serves as the deputy editor-in-chief of Chongqing Sports Science, as well as an editorial board member and academic editor of PLOS ONE. His research primarily focuses on movement measurement and evaluation (including children’s and adolescents’ motor quotient), motor skill learning and control, sports health and promotion, physical education curriculum and pedagogy, and the application of artificial intelligence and big data technology in physical education and public health.

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