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PreventionandEnhancedCare<br />
(DePEC) (led by Newcastle<br />
University,withIndia,Tanzania<br />
andMalaysiapartners).<br />
Indeed,ourworkhasbeen<br />
presented on national and<br />
internationalplatforms,andour<br />
postgraduate<br />
and<br />
undergraduates regularly win<br />
prizes atthese events.Our<br />
focus is not just scientific<br />
publications. Our group has<br />
also worked closely with the<br />
Centre for Innovation and<br />
MedicalEngineering(CIME)in<br />
UM todevelopdevicesforolder<br />
adultsforhome-monitoring in<br />
erectiledysfunction,fals,heart<br />
failure,and othertherapeutic<br />
areas.Manyoftheseinventions<br />
wereawardedprizesatnational<br />
level competitions: AR&TT,<br />
PECIPTAandi-ENVEX.<br />
TohPuanAishahOng(centre)accompaniedbyProfessorPhilipPoiand<br />
DrKhorHuiMinattheMemoryWalkatAtriaDamansarathisyear<br />
The group has also<br />
developedastrongtrackrecord<br />
inhumancapitaldevelopment.<br />
Wehaveseenasteadystream<br />
of Masters of Medicine<br />
candidates in Psychiatry,<br />
Primary Care, Biomedical<br />
Imaging, and Geriatric<br />
Medicine,aswelasMastersof<br />
Nursing students successfuly<br />
complete their programmes<br />
throughdissertations.Ourfirst<br />
threePhD students,DrAnam<br />
Zia,DrSumaiyahMat,andDr<br />
Hasif Jaafar graduated this<br />
year. In addition, we have<br />
oferednumerousUM,national,<br />
and international level<br />
workshops on research<br />
methods specific to ageing<br />
research as welas ancilary<br />
research skils such as team<br />
working, presentation skils,<br />
writingskilsetc.<br />
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