Achievements

AWARDED PROFESSIONAL TECHNOLOGIST

Congratulations to Assistant Professor Ts Dr Tan Chung Keat from the School of Healthy Aging, Aesthetic and Regenerative Medicine for being awarded Professional Technologist by the Malaysia Board of Technologists (MBOT) on 5 January 2022.

WON GOLD AWARD FOR “DEVELOPMENT OF EFFECTIVE METAHEURISTIC SEARCH ALGORITHMS THROUGH HYBRIDIZATION APPROACH” IN FINAL YEAR PROJECT & POSTGRADUATE: RESEARCH & INNOVATION POSTER COMPETITION (RIPC) SERIES 1/2022 UNDER CATEGORY C1: DEGREE FINAL YEAR PROJECT S

Won Gold Award for “Development of Effective Metaheuristic Search Algorithms Through Hybridization Approach” in Final Year Project & Postgraduate: Research & Innovation Poster Competition (RIPC) Series 1/2022 under Category C1: Degree Final Year Project Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics on22 January 2022.

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF YOUNG CONSUMERS (EMERALD PUBLISHING)

For being appointed as the Editor-in-Chief of Young Consumers (Emerald Publishing) effective January 1, 2022. Young Consumers is currently ranked Q1 (first quartile) in Scopus and B in ABDC Journal Quality List as well as in Emerging Sources Citation Index (Clarivate Analytics). Dr Hiram is also the Brand Ambassador of Emerald Publishing in East Asia.

 

SUCCESSFULLY PUBLISHED AN IMPACTFUL ARTICLE

Congratulations to Assistant Professor Dr Ravinshankar Ram Mani from the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences for successfully publishing an impactful article titled “A Clinical Update on the Prognostic Effect of microRNA Biomarkers for Survival Outcome in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis”, in Cancers (Q1, IF 6.639). The article belongs to a special issue of Cancers, “The Biomarkers for the Diagnosis and Prognosis in Cancer”.

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INTERNATIONAL SPONSOR AWARD: INDONESIAN INVENTION AND INNOVATION PROMOTION ASSOCIATION (INNOPA)

Congratulations to Assistant Professor Dr. Tan Chung Keat and Associate Professor Dr. Cheah Shiau Chuen for winning the International Sponsor Award: Indonesian Invention and Innovation Promotion Association (INNOPA) Special Award for International Invention, Innovation & Technology Exhibition (ITEX 2021) for their invention Urinary Sodium Test Strip, 13 December to 14 Dec 2021.

SUCCESSFULLY PUBLISHED AN IMPACTFUL ARTICLE

Congratulations to Assistant Professor Dr Anand Gaurav from Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, for his latest 2021 publication in Journal of Molecular Liquids [JCR Impact Factor 2020 = 6.165, top 10% (Scopus) in Condensed Matter Physics, Materials Chemistry and Spectroscopy categories], titled: “Identification of Dual Inhibitor of Phosphodiesterase 1B/10A using Structure-Based Drug Design Approach”.

Using computational virtual screening, molecular dynamics and in vitro enzyme assays, Dr Anand and his collaborators in USCI University and University Malaya, discovered the first reported Dual Inhibitor of Phosphodiesterase 1B/10A. 

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BRONZE MEDAL - SEOUL INTERNATIONAL INVENTION FAIR (SIIF) 2021

Congratulations Associate Professor Dr Cheah Shiau Chuen and Assistant Professor Dr Tan Chung Keat for winning Bronze Medal in inventing Urinary Sodium Test Strip that was exhibited at the Seoul International Invention Fair (SIIF) 2021, Seoul Korea from 1 December to 4 December 2021

SUCCESSFULLY PUBLISHED AN IMPACTFUL ARTICLE

Congratulations to Associate Professor Ts Dr Lee Ming Tatt from Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, for his latest 2021 publication in Neurotherapeutics (JCR Impact Factor 2020 = 7.62, top 15% in Pharmacology & Pharmacy), titled: “a6GABA_A receptor positive modulators alleviate migraine-like grimaces in mice via compensating GABAergic deficits in trigeminal ganglia”.

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SILVER PRIZE FOR INVENTION OF 3D NANOFIBES

Congratulations to the team for winning Silver Prize at the 2021 Seoul International Invention Fair (SIIF 2021), Seoul, Korea. 1 – 4 December 2021 for their invention 3D Nanofibes.

SILVER AWARD AT THE 10TH INTERNATIONAL INNOVATION, INVENTION AND DESIGN COMPETITION (INDES 2021)

Congratulations team for being awarded the Silver Medal for the design project entitled, “The Discovery of Dark Triad Traits Through Interactive Media Narrative Storybook” in the 10^th International Innovation, Invention and Design Competition (INDES 2021) on 14 November 2021.