Malaysia's Dr Woo Yin Ling wins global award for cancer research

Prof Dr Woo Yin Ling. Photo courtesy of 11th Annual Symposium on Global Cancer Research official webpage.

KUALA LUMPUR: Dr Woo Yin Ling, who is a professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Universiti Malaya, has won the prestigious 2023 Rachel Pearline Award in recognition of her global contribution to cancer research and practice in low- and middle-income countries.

Rose Foundation, in a statement Wednesday (April 5), said Dr Woo had conceptualised and executed Programme ROSE (Removing Obstacles to cervical ScrEening), an innovative cervical screening programme that incorporates human papillomavirus (HPV) self-sampling.