3MT
Shafiq Asnawi Zainal Abidin from
the Jeffrey Cheah School of Medicine
and Health Sciences clinched first place
in the Monash-wide Three-Minute
Thesis Competition with his engaging,
yet simple explanation on snake venom
and its anti-cancer properties.
SCHOOL OF INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY TEACHING
EXCELLENCE AWARD 2015
Dr Anushia Inthiran, Dr Sylvester Olubolu
Orimaye and Dr Mohammad Reza Zare
from the School of IT were recognised
with ‘Teaching Excellence Awards’
from Monash University Australia, for
their contribution to excellent
teaching and learning for students.
SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SOCIAL
SCIENCES INDUSTRY DAY MEDICAL STUDENT WINS RCPA
SCHOLARSHIP
School of Arts and Social Sciences
held its first Industry Day. Guest
speakers included Dato’ Steven CM
Wong, Deputy Chief Executive of
the Institute of Strategic and
International Studies Malaysia, and
Premesh Chandran, CEO and
co-founder of Malaysiakini. Third year medical student, Edward Tan
Hong Swo, from the Jeffrey Cheah
School of Medicine and Health Sciences,
was awarded the Royal College of
Pathologists of Australasia Scholarship
in Pathology. The AUD$1000 scholarship
will go towards Tan's research project –
Alcohol-in-action.
CAREER FAIR THE LAUNCH OF THE MONASH
MALAYSIA BUSINESS ALUMNI
CHAPTER (MMBAC)
The annual two-day Monash Career &
Internship Fair 2016, showcased
a range of job and internship
opportunities with more than 30
organisations across all industries.
KPMG ASEAN SCHOLARSHIP TELEMEDICINE CONFERENCE 2016
Three Bachelor of Business and
Commerce students, Tan Li Anne,
Bhavan Sarpal and Lakshman Palani
were selected from more than 1,500
candidates nationwide, for the KPMG
ASEAN Scholarship. Organised in collaboration with the Ministry
of Health, Malaysian Communication
and Multimedia Commission, and CREST,
the Telemedicine Conference themed
‘Shaping Tomorrow's Healthcare, Today’,
brought together policymakers,
industry players, academia and medical
providers to discuss research and
innovation in telemedicine.
The MMBAC was launched to become
a platform of networking value for
Monash Malaysia’s business graduates.
The chapter also seeks to provide
professional development opportunities,
as well as to promote the Monash
spirit of impacting the community.
INNOVATION AND
COLLABORATION OPEN DAY
Open to the public, the first
Innovation and Collaboration Open
Day featured 19 inventions and 44
research projects by academics and
students. Highlights included 4
projects on display, which were
submitted for patenting.
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