Student and Alumni Achievements

Dr Cheong Xian Pei
− ‘Best Poster Award’ at the 16th Annual Congress of Hypertension 2019

Representing his teammates - Dr Liew Juan Kwong, Dr Lawrence Law, Dr Teo Wei Hung and Dr Eng Sin Sern – Dr Cheong presented their project titled “Prevalence and Factors Associated with Hypertension among Adolescents in Malaysia” which was undertaken during their undergraduate years, supervised by Dr Amutha Ramadas and Associate Professor Ngim Chin Fang.

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Yap Yiing Jye
− Best Scientific Poster Award under the category of Cell and Molecular Biology at the 5th Monash Science Symposium (MSS), Monash University Malaysia

Her poster entitled ‘A Novel ATP13A2 Loss-of-function Mutation Model for Parkinson’s disease’ was presented based on her PhD project supervised by Dr Ng Khuen Yen and Professor Iekhsan Othman.

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Dr Cheong Xian Pei
− Young Investigator Award (1st Prize) 2018

Dr Cheong Xian Pei won the first prize of the Young Investigator Award in the Malaysian Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Conference.

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Dr Victoria Tan Phooi Kei  − Bachelor of Medical Science (Honours) prize 2018

Dr Victoria Tan Phooi Kei was the top student in the BMedSc (Hons), across all cohorts, both in Monash University Malaysia and Monash University Australia, and received the 2017 Bachelor of Medical Science (Honours) prize for her outstanding achievement.

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Dr Ooi Hean Sun
− Young Investigator Best Poster Award 2017

Dr Ooi Hean Sun's poster was selected out of 138 posters and won the Young Investigator Best Poster Award at the Pan-Asian Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (PACTRIMS)  in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam from 23 to 25 November 2017.

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Dr Hardesh Singh
− Professor Mustaffa Young Investigators’ Award (3rd Prize) 2017

Dr Hardesh Singh was awarded third prize in the Professor Mustaffa Young Investigators’ Award category at the Diabetes Asia Conference 2017 in Kuala Lumpur.

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Dr Raymond Lim
− Moderated Poster category (1st Prize) 2017

Dr Raymond Lim won the first prize in the Moderated Poster category at the recent Johor Trauma Conference, beating 40 other research projects from all over the nation.

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Dr Sukanya Bannerjee Nair
− Sophie Davis Memorial Prize 2012

Dr Sukanya Bannerjee Nair outperformed 450 other medical students across Monash campuses and won the Sophie Davis Memorial Prize.

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Dr Shaun Yo Wee Shaun
− Sophie Davis Memorial Prize 2011

Dr Shaun Yo Wee Shaun was the first Monash Sunway student to win the prestigious Sophie Davis Memorial Prize, awarded to the student with the highest overall aggregate marks for the Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) program.

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