Guest Arrival

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Arrival of YBrs. Prof. Ir. Dr. Kaharudin Dimyati, Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research & Innovation), Universiti Malaya

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Singing of the National Anthem of Malaysia (Negaraku) and the Official Song of Universiti Malaya

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Welcoming Speech by Prof. Dr. Yap Lee Fah, President of NPC Society of Malaysia

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Welcoming Speech by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Zuraiza Mohamad Zaini, Deputy Dean (Research), 

Faculty of Dentistry, Universiti Malaya

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​Opening Speech by YBrs. Prof. Ir. Dr. Kaharudin Dimyati & Photography Session

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"Frontiers in Cancer Research – How Can KPJ Support Discovery"

Prof. Dr. Tunku Kamarul Zaman

(Vice-Chancellor, KPJ Healthcare University)

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"Clinical Trial Landscape & Opportunities in Malaysia"

Ms. Asha Thanabalan

(Senior Manager, Business Relations & Corporate Communications, Clinical Research Malaysia)

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Tea Break

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Forum: “NPC management in Malaysia: current status and future priorities”
Panel: NPC Expert Working Group, MOH
Moderator: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Yap Yoke Yeow 

                  (Medical Director, KPJ Johor Specialist Hospital)

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Lunch

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Moderator: Prof. Dr. Ian Paterson (Universiti Malaya)

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​"Improving plasma EBV DNA analysis for screening and management of nasopharyngeal cancer"

Prof. Dr. Allen Chan

(Associate Vice-President of Knowledge Transfer and the Professor of Chemical Pathology,

The Chinese University of Hong Kong)

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"Profiling Tumour Microenvironment Cells for Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Risk Scoring: A Generalisable Foundation Model Approach"

​Dr. Wan Siti Halimatul Munirah Wan Yahya 

(School of Computing and Artificial Intelligence, Sunway University)

​​Commercial Talk: "Bruker Spatial Biology Solutions at Every Scale"

Dr. Ng Poh Kheng

(Senior Product Specialist, Genomax Technologies)

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Tea Break

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"Mouth Matters: Oral Microbiome Profiles in Communities with Elevated NPC Incidence"

Prof. Dr. Felicia Chung Fei Lei 

(Sir Jeffrey Cheah Sunway Medical School, Sunway University)

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"Epstein–Barr Virus Genetic Variation and Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: Insights from Understudied Southeast Asian Populations"

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Eddie Lim Yat Yuen 

(Institute of Biological Sciences, Universiti Malaya)

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Lucky Draw / Closing

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16th Annual General Meeting of the NPC Society of Malaysia (NPCSM)

(For NPCSM Members Only)