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AWARDANDRECOGNITION<br />
UM RESEARCHERSRECEIVED<br />
TWO AWARDSATTHECREAM<br />
STATUSAWARD20<strong>17</strong><br />
FIVEFACULTYOFMEDICINE<br />
ACADEMICSELECTEDAS<br />
FELLOWSOFTHEACADEMY<br />
OFSCIENCESMALAYSIA<br />
20<strong>17</strong><br />
ThefolowingstafwereelectedasFelows<br />
oftheAcademyofSciences,Malaysia:<br />
1.ProfDrTunkuKamarul<br />
ZamanTunkuZainolAbidin,<br />
DirectorofUM MedicalCentre;<br />
2.ProfDrYvonneLim AiLian,<br />
DeputyDeanofResearch;<br />
InrecognitionofUniversityofMalaya's<br />
significance contribution toward research<br />
development in the country, several<br />
researchersfrom FOM receivedawardsatthe<br />
CurentResearchinMalaysia(CREAM)Status<br />
Awards20<strong>17</strong>.TheceremonywasheldatPICC<br />
Putrajaya and graced by the Ministry of<br />
Education,YBDato'SeriIdrisJusoh.<br />
ProfessorDrSazalyAbuBakarfrom the<br />
DepartmentofMicrobiology and Professor<br />
DatinDrIndraVythilingam from theDepartment<br />
of Parasitology received the Outstanding<br />
NationalResearchAward(inTropicalDiseases)<br />
whileProfessorDrGohKheanJinfrom the<br />
DepartmentofMedicinereceivedtheClassic<br />
Citation Award (cumulative citations from<br />
1996-2016).<br />
JUMMECwaspresentedwiththestatusas<br />
potentialCREAM journal.Theeditor-in-chief,<br />
ProfessorDr.Tunku KamarulZaman Tunku<br />
ZainolAbidinanditseditorialboardhadbrought<br />
thejournaltogreaterheight.<br />
3.ProfDrLim Shen-Yang<br />
DepartmentofMedicine;<br />
5.ProfDrShamalaDevi<br />
K.C.Sekaran,formerlywith<br />
DepartmentofMicrobiology<br />
(curentlywithMAHSA<br />
University).<br />
NEWSFLASH<br />
4.ProfDrThongMeowKeong<br />
DepartmentofPaediatrics;and<br />
FelowshipAward from Society<br />
ofOtorhinolaryngologists<br />
Professor Dr Prepageran<br />
Narayanan received the felowship<br />
awardbyvirtueofprovidingcontinuous<br />
medical education and support to<br />
Myanmar.<br />
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