Bench to Bedside: Future Proofing Healthcare with Research and Technology

By Yong Qi Leong
School of Pharmacy

The invited speakers of Monash INITIATE 2021: (first row from left to right) Professor William Gerwick, Assistant Professor Yuan Lu, Professor Sok Ching Cheong, (second row from left to right) Professor Christopher Porter, Professor Hanry Yu, (third row from left to right) Professor Julie Lovegrove, Associate Professor Lai Siew Mei Pauline, and Professor Nick Wareham.

On 27 and 28 September 2022, the School of Pharmacy organised a two-day virtual conference, named Monash International Health Science and Technology Conference (Monash INITIATE). This year, Monash INITIATE 2022 was staged under the theme of “Bench to Bedside: Future Proofing Healthcare with Research and Technology”. The main objective of this conference was to provide a platform bringing academicians, researchers, students, healthcare workers and representatives from industry together in order to share and discuss their current scientific works in the field of drug discovery and synthesis, drug delivery, life sciences, public health, clinical pharmacy and pharmacy practice, stem cell and tissue engineering, digital health and big data and food science.

We were honoured to have Professor William Gerwick, Assistant Professor Yuan Lu, Professor Christopher Porter, Associate Professor Pauline Lai Siew Mei, Professor Hanry Yu, Professor Cheong Sok Ching, Professor Nick Wareham and Professor Julie Lovegrove in this conference. The organizing committee could not thank them enough for their presence and their remarkable presentations. Besides that, we were also grateful to have ACS Monash University Malaysia International Student Chapter and ACS Malaysia Chapter as partners as well as Haleon (formerly known as GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare), Duopharma Biotech, MC Lab Supplies, Interscience, Alpha Gas Solution, Gaia Science and Biotek Abadi as our sponsors contributing to the growth of our scientific community. The support given to our conference has been invaluable and key reasons to this conference’s success.

The Organising Committee of Monash INITIATE 2021: (first row from left to right) Dr. Nafees Ahemad, Leong Yong Qi, Alene Yong Sze Jing, Catherine Loh Mei Pei, (second row from left to right) Chen Ken Fong, Dr. Sathiya Maran, Dr. Wendy Wai Yeng Yeo, Sunanthiny Krishnan, (third row from left to right) Vinod Kumar Madurai Veeran, Dr. Goh Bey Hing, Teoh Kah Woon, Dr. Ronald Lee Fook Seng, (fourth row from left to right) Sheryn Wong Shue Ling, Stephanie Cheah Ee Lin, Thiviya Darmarajan, Professor Gan Siew Hua.

Monash INITIATE 2022 focuses on encouraging scientists to share their knowledge by bringing together eighty participants from across the globe such as India, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Philippines, and many other countries. Through their inspirational presentations, we believe they have managed to introduce new ideas and possibilities which transcends the current limitations in various parts of the research community. Lastly, we are deeply appreciative to all the organising committee and all the wonderful volunteers.

Twitter and Instagram postings of participants attending Monash INITIATE

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Winners of Monash INITIATE 2022

Young Researcher Award:
Dr. Hammad Ullah (University of Naples Federico II, Italy)

Best Oral Presentation Awards:

  • 1st Prize: Mr. Janarthanan Supramaniam (Monash University Malaysia)
  • 2nd Prize: Dr. Hammad Ullah (University of Naples Federico II, Italy)
  • 3rd Prize: Ms. Meyammai Shanmugham (Singapore University of Technology and Design)

Best Poster Presentation Awards:

  • 1st Prize: Mr. Yong Shin Jie (Sunway University)
  • 2nd Prize: Dr. Nor Asyikin Mohd Tahir (University Kebangsaan Malaysia)
  • 3rd Prize: Dr. Priyia Pusparajah (Monash University Malaysia)