Research Platforms' Performance Reports TMB 2015-2017 | Page 2

CONTENTS
VISION AND MISSION 1
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2
MANAGEMENT
Director’s Foreword 3
Advisory Board Members 6
Senior Permanent Fellows/Fellows/
Research Personnel 6
Administrative Staff 6
RESEARCH FACILITIES 7
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
Genomics/Food Security and Biodiversity 8
Infectious Diseases and Health 11
Human Genetics 16
Systems Biology 19
Clinical Research 23
Telemedicine 25
EVENTS
Conference/Workshops 32
Seminars 32
Keynotes/Lectures 32
COMMUNITY OUTREACH
Media Coverage
33
PUBLICATIONS
Indexed Publications (ISI/Scopus/ERA) 34
SUPPORT FOR UNDERGRADUATE
AND POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS 41
EXTERNAL RELATIONS
Memorandum of Agreement/
Memorandum of Understanding
International Visitors
46
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Vision Mission
Our vision is to be energetic leaders in research, teaching
and outreach in tropical medicine and biology that is locally
relevant and globally significant. Our mission is to generate and capture advances in tropical
medicine and biology and to solve research problems and
acquire new knowledge within our areas of expertise that are
relevant to Malaysia and the tropics and benefit the wider
community.
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