Programme

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Dr Wu Lien-Teh Young Investigator e-Presentation

Welcome Speech by Scientific Chairperson

Dr Kalaiarasu M Peariasamy
Senior Consultant & Head, Institutes of Clinical Research, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Malaysia

Opening Ceremony

Opening Address by Organising Chairpersons 
Dato’ Dr Goh Pik Pin, Director, Institute for Clinical Research, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Malaysia 
Dr Akhmal Yusof, Chief Executive Officer, Clinical Research Malaysia (CRM), Malaysia
  
Contributions by National Institute of Health in COVID-19 
Dr Hishamshah Mohd Ibrahim
Deputy Director-General of Health (P&ST), Ministry of Health (MOH), Malaysia
 
Officiating Speech & Launching of NCCR 2020 
YB Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba, Minister of Health (MOH), Malaysia  
 
Dr Wu Lien-Teh Awards

CRC Named Lecture: Battling Against COVID-19
Moderator: Dato’ Dr Goh Pik Pin, Director, Institute for Clinical Research, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Malaysia

Speaker: Datuk Dr Noor Hisham
Director General of Health, Ministry of Health (MOH), Malaysia

Plenary Talks:  Sharing Experience and Handling COVID-19 During the Peak of Pandemic
Moderator: Dato’ Dr Goh Pik Pin, Director, Institute for Clinical Research, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Malaysia

(1220-1240)
Plenary 1: Public Health Priorities in COVID-19
Speaker: Dato' Dr Chong Chee Kheong
Deputy Director-General of Health (Public Health), Ministry of Health (MOH), Malaysia

(1240-1300)
Plenary 2: Holistic Hospital Preparedness Strategies Against Impending COVID-19 ‘Tsunami’ : Ready For The Worst, Striving For The Best
Speaker: Datuk Dr Rohaizat Yon
Deputy Director-General of Health (Medical), Ministry of Health (MOH), Malaysia

Virtual Poster Viewing

Symposium 1
Moderator: Dr Lo Ying-Ru Jacqueline, WHO Representative Malaysia, Brunei, and Singapore

(1430 -1450)
Public Health Collateral Damage
Speaker: Dr Yap Wei Aun
Health System Analyst, Ministry of Health (MOH), Malaysia

(1450 -1510)
Lies, Myths, Facts and Modeling in COVID-19
Speaker: Mr Law Kian Boon
Digital Health Unit, Institute for Clinical Research, National Institute of Health (NIH), Malaysia

Plenary 3: Artificial Intelligence to Predict Avoidable Harm in COVID-19
Moderator: Dr Lo Ying-Ru Jacqueline, WHO Representative Malaysia, Brunei, and Singapore

Speaker: Mr Richard A D Jones
President and Chief Strategy Officer, C2-Ai, Precision Healthcare – Ai Driven | Saving Lives – Reducing Harm and Variation Cambridge, United Kingdom

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e-Poster Session

Symposium 2
Moderator: Dr Fazilah Shaik Allaudin, Deputy Director, Planning Division, Ministry of Health (MOH), Malaysia

(1100 -1120)
Emergency Transition and Experiential Learning during COVID-19 Disruption: The Rise of Webinar Era
Speaker: Dr Chew Cheng Hoon
Institute for Clinical Research, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Malaysia

(1120 -1140)
Key Strategies in the Pandemic Preparedness as COVID-19 Hospital
Speaker: Dr Kuldip Kaur a/p Prem Singh
Hospital Director, Sungai Buloh Hospital, Malaysia

Plenary 4: COVID-19 & the Future: New Paradigms in Medicine & Healthcare
Moderator: Dr Fazilah Shaik Allaudin, Deputy Director, Planning Division, Ministry of Health (MOH), Malaysia

Speaker: Professor Dr Ogan Gurel
Distinguished Invited Professor, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), South Korea

Virtual Poster Viewing

Symposium 3
Moderator: Datuk Dr Christopher Lee, Former Deputy Director-General of Health (P&ST) Ministry of Health (MOH), Malaysia

(1430 -1450)
COVID-19 Vaccine – Where are we?
Speaker: Professor Kiat Ruxrungtham
Professor of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

(1450 -1510)
SARS-CoV-2: The available Testing Platforms and their Utility in Diagnosis
Speaker: Dr Ravindran Thayan
Head of Virology Unit, Infectious Diseases Research Centre, Institutes of Malaysia Research (IMR), Malaysia

Plenary 5: The WHO Solidarity Treatment Trial: An International, Collaborative RCT Of Therapeutic Options For COVID-19
Moderator: Datuk Dr Christopher Lee, Former Deputy Director-General of Health (P&ST) Ministry of Health (MOH), Malaysia

Speaker: Dr Vasee Moorthy
Senior Advisor, Science Division, World Health Organization (WHO), Geneva

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e-Poster Session

Symposium 4: NIH COVID-19 Research Presentation
Moderator: Dr Kalaiarasu M Peariasamy, Senior Consultant & Head, Institutes of Clinical Research, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Malaysia

Molecular Characterisations of SARS-CoV-2 from five clusters in Malaysia 
Speaker: Dr Jeyanthi Suppiah 
Research Officer, Institute for Medical Research, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Malaysia

Hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19: What have we learnt? 
Speaker: Dr Cheah Wee Kooi 
Physician & Geriatrician, Hospital Taiping, Malaysia 

COVID-19 Clinical Characterisation in Malaysia 
Speaker: Dr Benedict Sim Lim Heng
Infectious Diseases Consultant, Hospital Sungai Buloh, Malaysia 

Seroprevalence of Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies among Healthcare Workers in Malaysia 
Speaker: Dr Woon Yuan Liang
Head CCE, Institute for Clinical Research, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Malaysia

Knowledge and Attitude in Predicting COVID-19 Prevention Behaviour: What Research Says and What is the Reality?
Speaker: Dr Manimaran a/l Krishnan Kaundan 
Institute for Health Behavioural Research, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Malaysia

Plenary 6: COVID-19 Clinical Updates
Moderator: Dr Kalaiarasu M Peariasamy, Senior Consultant & Head, Institutes of Clinical Research, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Malaysia

Speaker: Dr Suresh Kumar Chidambaran
Head of Medicine & Infectious Disease Consultant, Sungai Buloh Hospital, Malaysia 

e-Poster Prize Award

CREST’s Technology & Innovation in Healthcare Webinar 

(1430 -1545)
Session 1: Shaping The Future of Healthcare Innovation

Speaker: 
1. Dr Kalaiarasu M. Peariasamy, Senior Consultant & Head, Institutes of Clinical Research, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Malaysia
2. Colonel Dr Mohd Arshil Moideen, Ministry Of Defence Malaysia (MinDef), Malaysia
3. Ms Nordina Idris, Division Secretary, Strategic Technology And S&T Application Division, Ministry of Science, Technology & Innovation (MOSTI), Malaysia
4. Prof Dr Ogan Gurel, Distinguished Invited Professor, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), South Korea

(1600 -1715)
Session 2: How Innovation In Healthcare Is Leading The Way In The Fight Against COVID-19

Speaker: 
1. Dr Dzahar Mansor, National Technology Officer, Microsoft Malaysia.
2. Mr Yew Kian Seng Technical Business Consultant, Teksoft (SEA) Sdn Bhd, Malaysia
3. Mr Jaffri Ibrahim, Chief Executive Officer, Collaborative Research in Engineering, Science and Technology Centre (CREST), Malaysia