Research
Highlights
2014
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six multidisciplinary platforms.
(Sir John Monash, 1865 – 1931)
Visible Light Communications (VLC)
and Related Technologies
The Light Emitting Diodes (LED) industry is a million-dollar market
with an increasing popularity in the average modern life. Listed as
a key economic area in the Malaysian Government’s Economic
Transformation Program, a growth in the industry would inevitably
beckon the development of cutting-edge technology.
In Monash Malaysia, a state of the art research environment has
been created as part of the development of a high quality intelligent
lighting research facility – the first such comprehensive lighting
research environment in Malaysia to support optoelectronic
innovation environment.
Industry partners
Centre for Collaborative
Research in Engineering,
Science and Technology
Telekom Research and
Development Sdn Bhd
ItraMAS Corporation
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Researchers
Assoc. Prof Rajendran Parthiban
Dr Masuduzzaman Bakaul
Dr Vineetha Kalavally
Dr Mohamed Hisham Jaward
Prof Jussi Parkkinen (External)
Dilukshan Karunatilake
Joshua Han Nah Yew
Fahad Zafar
A Manual for Estimating the Economic
Burden of Seasonal Influenza
Seasonal influenza is an acute viral infection, a serious public health
problem that can cause severe illness and death in high risk
populations. The Global Influenza Program (GIP) under the World Health
Organisation (WHO) has commissioned Monash Malaysia to develop
a manual and toolkit to guide information collection, which in turn will
facilitate policy makers to make informed and evidence-based
decisions to combat seasonal influenza in the society. The project
was completed and submitted to the WHO for review on
31 August, 2014.
Industry partner
World Health Organisation
Researchers
Prof Nathorn Chaiyakunapruk
Dr Surachai Kotirum
Dr Anthony Newall (School of
Public Health and Community
Medicine, UNSW Australia)
Towards Stronger Vector Control
The number of cases and deaths caused by dengue viruses (DENV)
reached an all-time high in 2014, with a staggering 108,698 dengue
cases reported nationwide. Dengue deaths were also on an upward
trend. Our researchers, who have been studying vector control
strategies since 2011, responded to the worrying situation with the
discovery of novel mosquito midgut-DENV interacting proteins during
infections in mosquitoes (Aedes aegypti). These mosquito
midgut-DENV binding proteins will be used to formulate new strategies
for vector control, including the production of chimaeric multiple
antigenic vaccines for human against mosquito midgut proteins.
Industry partner
Ministry of Higher Education
(2012 – 2014)
Researchers
Assoc. Prof Dr Sharifah
Syed Hassan
Tham Hong Wai
Dr Vinod RMTB
Dr Bimo Tejo
(Universiti Putra Malaysia)
Dr. Hamdan Ahmad
(Universiti Sains Malaysia)