College of Physicians
Lifetime Achievement Award
Professor Dato’ Dr Khalid Abdul Kadir from the
Jeffrey Cheah School of Medicine and Health
Sciences was presented with the Lifetime
Achievement Award by the Council of the College of
Physicians, Academy of Medicine of Malaysia for his
exceptional contribution and inspiration to the College
of Physicians and to the profession. He was also the
22nd Tun Dr Ismail Orator at the 52nd Malaysia-
Singapore Congress of Medicine, where previous
luminaries such as Tun Dr Mahathir, Tan Sri Robert
Kuok, and Lee Hsien Loong have spoken.
STUDENT ACHIEVERS
Maybank GO Ahead
Challenge
Bhavan Sarpal from the School of Business
defeated more than 10,000 global
competitors to win the Ultimate Maybank GO
Ahead Challenge. He took home a cash prize
of USD1000, a one-month internship in
London, and an all- expenses-paid trip to
participate in the world's leading Slush
conference in Helsinki. Also celebrating was
Bryan Thean Li Ren who was ranked in the
top five and Au Kar Fei in the top 50. Monash
University Malaysia was recognised as Best
University.
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Mollie Holman
Doctoral Medal National Outstanding
Educator Award
The prestigious 2017 Mollie Holman
Doctoral Medal was awarded to
Associate Professor Dr Nor’azim
Mohd Yunos for the best PhD thesis
in the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing
and Health Sciences. The medal is
among the highest academic
honours that Monash University
bestows, and marks the recipients
as researchers of the highest order. Associate Professor Adeline Ting Su
Yien from the School of Science was
honoured with the National Outstanding
Educator Award in the Biological Science
category. The award was presented by
the Private Education Co-Operative Of
Malaysia, a leading Malaysian private
education cooperative that recognises
outstanding private educators from all
private institutions in Malaysia.