Undergraduate Research Opportunity (UROP)
Undergraduate Research Opportunity Programme (UROP) at INFORMM is a training model founded in 2019, designed to promote and cultivate research interest and research-oriented critical thinking among medical/biomedical/health sciences undergraduate students. The training is one of INFORMM’s strategies in encouraging undergraduate students to embark in postgraduate studies and prepare them for an innovative journey in research. The programme is also among other INFORMM’s action-contributions in supporting the two SDGs - SDG 3 Good Health & Well-being and SDG 4 Quality Education, inspired to ensure superior quality of postgraduate (MSc & PhD) students to support the desire for research innovations in medical/biomedical/health at USM and for Malaysia. The essentials of UROP include lectures on molecular biology - its relation to the mechanism of disease, and demos & hands-on practical on techniques in molecular biology - its utilization in fundamental research as well as disease diagnostics. The duration for UROP is about three to four weeks and currently, free-of-charge to USM undergraduates. Currently, UROP is only conducted at INFORMM Health Campus, Kelantan.
Tang Kok Mun
Biogenes Technologies Sdn Bhd
MALAYSIA
tang.rapid@gmail.com
Mr. Tang Kok Mun is the co-founder and CEO of Biogenes Technologies, a Malaysian-based company focusing on development and commercialisation of aptamer-based molecular diagnostic technologies for applications in human healthcare, animal healthcare, agricuture, aquaculture, food safety and pollution monitoring. Mr Tang have over 15+ years of experience in bringing technologies from R&D stage to commercial markets. Some of his earlier startups and projects are in technology areas such as smart water monitoring system, biomass utilization for renewable energy and bio-based chemicals, as well as genomics in aquaculture. Mr. Tang majors in Chemical Engineering and Master in Business Administration from University of Malaya, as well as having graduated from Stanford University Center of Professional Development in Entrepreneurship. He also holds the position as one of panel experts in Malaysian Rubber Council (MRC).
Emeritus Professor Satvinder Singh Dhaliwal
Curtin University
AUSTRALIA
satvinder.dhaliwal@usm.my
Professor Dhaliwal has worked as a Biostatistician for the past 30 years and has accumulated extensive experience, both nationally and internationally, on the practical application of Statistics/Biostatistics in a wide variety of situations. Prof Dhaliwal’s research interest includes the application of Biostatistics in the fields of Public Health Research and Clinical Research. He specializes in the development of Clinical Prediction Models in Medical Research. Prof Dhaliwal has published in excess of 200 journal articles (Google Scholar H-index is 50 with over 9,400 citations). His publications have had a significant impact and were often the result of successful national and international research collaborations. Prof Dhaliwal is an Emeritus Professor of Biostatistics and Health Research at Curtin University, Australia. Prof Dhaliwal also holds and Adjunct Professor position with Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore and is a Professor (Research and Statistics) at Singapore University of Social Sciences. Prof Dhaliwal is also commissioned as a Consultant Statistician to various private and government organizations in Australia and Singapore. 
