Student Awards

MONTH

OCTOBER 2014

RECIPIENT

Dr Lau Yeh Siang (Supervisor – Prof Rais Mustafa)
Pharmacology

Ms Yeannie Yap Hui Yeng – (Supervisor – Prof Tan NH)
Molecular Medicine

Ms Yap Nan Juin – (Supervisor – Prof Yvonne Lim)
Parasitology

Ms Wong Meng Li – (Supervisor Prof Datin Dr Indra)
Parasitology

Prof Dr Nortina Shahrizailla
Medicine

AWARD

2015 Australia Endeavour Scholarships and Fellowships program

Fifteen Malaysian scholars and professionals have been awarded scholarships under the prestigious and highly competitive 2015 Australia Endeavour Scholarships and Fellowships program.

The recipients will travel to Australia this year to pursue post graduate studies, research fellowships and professional development opportunities across a broad range of disciplines at Australia’s premier universities and research institutions.

The Australia Endeavour Scholarships and Fellowships are an international scheme designed to facilitate links between Australia and its neighbours. The program is fully funded by the Australian Government.

MONTH

OCTOBER 2014

RECIPIENT

Dr. M. J. Safari

DEPARTMENT

Medical Physics

AWARD

Best poster award:
14th Asia-Oceania Congress of Medical Physics Asia-Oceania Congress of Medical Physics, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

MJ Safari, a PhD student in Medical Physics won the best poster presentation award (total of six prizes) at the 14th Asia-Oceania Congress of Medical Physics in conjunction with the 12th South East Asia Congress of Medical Physics , held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (Oct 23 – Oct 25, 2014).

The title of the poster is “Assessing Patients’ Skin and Eye Lens Radiation Doses During Interventional Neuroradiology Procedures using Gafchromic XR-RV3 Film” by M.J. Safari, J.H.D Wong, K.A. Abd Kadir & K.H. Ng.

Furthermore, he has a paper accepted for publication in ‘Medical Physics’ (tier one).