CSJB Research Week 2018
15 August 2018
The sixth CSJB Research Week was held from 23rd to 26th July 2018 as a part of the Jeffrey Cheah School of Medicine & Health Science’s continuous effort to support research activities in the clinical campus. The Research Week aims to promote research activities, to share research outputs and ideas, and to encourage reflection on the research values among our medical students. Similar to its past years, this program plays a pivotal role in providing a platform for the medical students to showcase and critically discuss their research projects. CSJB Research Week 2018 was funded by the Tropical Medicine and Biology Platform.
This year’s program saw research projects from various areas featured including Dermatology, Oncology, Endocrinology, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Paediatric, Musculoskeletal, Psychiatry, Emergency Medicine, Public Health, Medical Education, Ethics, Stress and Alternative Medicine. The participation of Newcastle University Medicine Malaysia (NuMed) and the inclusion of a new segment - the 3-Minute Thesis (3MT) competition - for BMedSc (Hons) graduates, added the excitement to this year’s event.
In conjunction with the Research Week, a series of 5 research-related workshops were held for staff and students with experts: Professor Rusli Nordin (Questionnaire Validation), Dr Amutha Ramadas (Research Methods & Introduction to Statistics, SPSS Basics, Systematic Review) and Ms Namita & Ms Nor Afidah (Publishing for Impact & Research Metrics).
This year’s competition attracted 23 abstracts for the competition with seven entries competing for the Best Research Project, 16 for Research Proposal and seven for the 3MT. The students were required to display and present their posters for evaluation during poster round from 23rd – 25th July 2018. Following the poster presentation week, all participants gave an oral presentation of their work during the Research Symposium on 26th July 2018 for the final evaluation.
The winners for each category are:
1) Completed Project Category
Status | Cash Prize | Presenter | Supervisor | Project Title |
Winner | RM1,200 | Walimuni Devage Rashmi Himashi Pemasiri | A/P Dr Suneet Sood | Setting ethics on a scientific platform: creating a hierarchy for the elements of ethics |
1st runner up | RM800 | Choong Tze Ray | Dr TV Jayanthi Arasoo | Perceived barriers to exercise among expectant women with gestational diabetes mellitus |
2nd runner up | RM500 | Megan Yeoh Li Yuen | Dr Audrey Brown, Prof Mark Walker (NuMed) | p38 Mitogen Activate Kinases (p38MAPK) activation and skeletal muscle function |
2) Research Proposal Category
Status | Cash Prize | Presenter | Supervisor | Project Title |
Winner | RM1,000 | Yasas Munasinghe | A/P Dr Sivakumar Thurairajasingam Dr Cindy Niap | Symptoms predicting evolution into schizophrenia in patients with schizophreniform disorder |
1st runner up | RM750 | Goh Kim Ling | AP Dr Khoo Joon Joon, | Development of an interactive module on cerebrovascular accident |
2nd runner up | RM500 | Sisijaya Vinura Jayawardena | A/P Dr Sivakumar Thurairajasingam | Mental health status and burnout amongst clinicians |
3) 3-Minute Thesis Competition
Status | Cash Prize | Presenter | Supervisor | Project Title |
Winner | RM500 | Chiew Yilynn | Prof Dato’ Dr Khalid Abd Kadir, Dr Badariah Ahmad | Tocotrienol-rich vitamin E from Palm oil (tocovid) and its effects in diabetes and diabetic retinopathy |
1st runner up | RM300 | Lim Zheng Yu | AP Dr Amudha Kadirvelu, Dr Sivalal Sadasivan | Determinants and severity of acute gastroenteritis in children |
2nd runner up | RM200 | Cheong Xian Pei | Dr Ahmad Farouk Musa Prof Rusli Nordin | Validation of EuroSCORE II in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass (CABG) surgery in Malaysia |
Our warmest congratulations to all the winners as well as to the prominent judges and a heartfelt thank you to all who have participated and supported CSJB Research Week.
The organizing committee would like to thank the following researchers for their support towards the event: Professor Shajahan Yasin, A/Prof Dr Khoo Joon Joon, A/Prof Dr Sharifah Syed Hassan, A/Prof Dr Amudha Kadirvelu, A/Prof Dr Uma Palanisamy, A/Prof Dr Rakesh Naidu, Dr Kyi Kyi Tha, Dr Amreeta Dhanoa, Dr Lau Wee Ming, Dr Priyia Pusparajah, Dr Christina Gertrude Yap and Dr Vinod Balasubramaniam.
Organizing committee:
Dr Amutha Ramadas
A/P Dr Rafidah Atan
A/P Dr Nor’azim Mohd Yunos
Dr Ngim Chin Fang
Ms Pang Pei Ling
Ms See Wai Mun
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