Malaysian vet bags Sandosham Gold Medal for research on parasitology

Dr Vellayan has been interested in veterinary science since he was a secondary school student. Photos: Filepic

For four decades, Universiti Teknologi Mara’s (UiTM) Assoc Prof Datuk Dr Vellayan Subramaniam, 69, has tirelessly conducted countless research on parasitology and tropical medicine in South-East Asia.

He has studied tick infestation on lions, Japanese encephalitis, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), and DNA sequencing and microbial diversity in Malaysian wildlife.