Malaysian wins Asean-US science prize for women


KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): The Head of the Department of Medical Microbiology at Universiti Malaya's Faculty of Medicine, Dr Chan Yoke Fun, was announced as the winner of the Asean-US Science Prize for Women 2020.

In a statement posted on Asean's official website on Monday (Aug 31), Dr Chan also received a US$20,000 (RM82,957) cash award, whereas honourable mention goes to Assistant Professor at Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies at the National University of Singapore (NUS), Dr Shefaly Shorey, who received a US$5,000 (RM20,738) cash award.

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