Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences

List of Potential Supervisors - FMHS: Master of Medical Science and PhD (Medical Science)

Research Focus : Stem cell research

Name	Email	Designation	Expert Area (s)	Eligibility to supervise	Homepage URL
Prof Dr Alan Ong Han Kiat	onghk@utar.edu.my	Professor	Stem cells disease models, iPSCs and cancer stem cells	Master's PhD	Click Here
Dr Amy Saik Yi Hsan	saikyh@utar.edu.my	Assistant professor	Drug Discovery, Pharmacological Screening, Stem Cell (iPSC), Cancer Research, Bioactive Compounds	Master's PhD (co-supervisor)	Click Here
Emeritus Prof Dr Cheong Soon Keng	cheongsk@utar.edu.my	Emeritus Professor	Haematology, Stem Cell and Cell-Based Research & Therapy	Master's PhD	Click Here
Mr Gan Quan Fu	ganqf@utar.edu.my	Senior Lecturer	Community Health, Stem Cells, Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy, Anatomy Education	Master's (co-supervisor)	Click Here
Dr Lee Bee Sun	leebs@utar.edu.my	Clinical Associate Professor	Hematology; Immunotherapy in hematological malignancies; iPSC	Master's PhD (co-supervisor)	Click Here
Dr Leong Pooi Pooi	leongpp@utar.edu.my	Associate Professor	Stem cells disease models, iPSCs and cancer stem cells, cancer immunology, elderly health	Master's PhD	Click Here
Dr Teoh Hoon Koon	teohhk@utar.edu.my	Assistant Professor	Cell-based therapy, cellular senescence, stem cells, iPSC	Master's PhD	Click Here
Dr Nam Hui Yin	namhy@utar.edu.my	Assistant Professor	Mechanobiology, Regenerative medicine, Tissue engineering, Stem cell technology, Nanomedicine	Master's PhD	Click Here

Research Focus : Non-communicable diseases

Name	Email	Designation	Expert Area (s)	Eligibility to supervise	Homepage URL
Dr Hnin Pwint Phyu	hninpp@utar.edu.my	Senior Lecturer	Pharmacology, Neurodegeneration	Master's (co-supervisor)	Click Here
Prof Dr Lam Sau Kuen	lamsk@utar.edu.my	Professor	Cardiovascular system, hypertension, natural compounds, Physiology	Master's PhD	Click Here
Ts Dr Lee Siew Keah	leesiewkeah@utar.edu.my	Associate Professor	Drug discovery, integrated medicine, natural products, functional food, drug delivery, community health	Master's PhD	Click Here
Dr Avneet Kaur	avneet@utar.edu.my	Senior Lecturer	Clinical Skills, Simulation, Healthcare Management, Corporate governance, Bioethics	Master's (co-supervisor)	Click Here
Dr Wint Wah Myint Oo	wintwah@utar.edu.my	Clinical Assistant Professor	Non communicable disease, Cardiovascular disease, Heart failure, Coronary artery disease	Master's (co-supervisor)	Click Here
Dr Looi Seng Tsen	looist@utar.edu.my	Clinical Assistant Professor	Psychiatry, Mental Health, Sleep Disorders	Master's (co-supervisor)	Click Here

Research Focus : Nursing (Clinical Nursing Practice , Nursing Education , Nursing Administration & Management , Health System and Care Outcomes

Name	Email	Designation	Expert Area (s)	Eligibility to supervise	Homepage URL
Ms Shamala Baskaran	shamalab@utar.edu.my	Lecturer	Critical care (Nursing), Education, Alternative therapy (yoga)	Master's (co-supervisor)	Click Here
Dr Thavamalar Paramasivam	thavamalarp@utar.edu.my	Assistant Professor	Midwifery (Nursing), Education, Alternative therapy (HypnoBirthing and yoga)	Master's PhD (co-supervisor)	Click Here
Ms Jagjit Kaur Najar Singh	jagjitk@utar.edu.my	Lecturer	Midwifery (Nursing),Education, Women Health, Women cancers	Master's (co-supervisor)	Click Here
Ms Thulasy Perumal	thulasy@utar.edu.my	Lecturer	Medical surgical nursing ,Education, alternative therapy (EFT)	Master's (co-supervisor)	Click Here
Prof Dr Hamidah Hassan	hamidah@utar.edu.my	Clinical Professor	Nursing Education (Assessment and evaluation), Midwifery Nursing, Women's health	Master's PhD	Click Here

Research Focus : Communicable diseases

Name	Email	Designation	Expert Area (s)	Eligibility to supervise	Homepage URL
Prof Dr Ngeow Yun Fong	ngeowyf@utar.edu.my	Senior Professor	Medical Microbiology	Master's PhD	Click Here
Dr Thaw Zin	thawz@utar.edu.my	Clinical Associate Professor	Pharmacology & Toxicology, drug assay, drug discovery and development, communicable & non-communicable diseases, cancer, elderly health and active aging, health economics, ethics and humanities, medical education, clinical trials	Master's PhD	Click Here
Dr Ng Hien Fuh	hfng@utar.edu.my	Assistant Professor	Antimicrobial resistance	Master's PhD	Click Here
Dr Aye Aye Mon	ayemon@utar.edu.my	Associate Professor	Medical Microbiology related with public Health, Clinical Microbiology, Antimicrobial resistance, Medical education, communicable & non-communicable diseases. Vectorborne diseases	Master's PhD (co-supervisor)	Click Here

Research Focus : Cancer research

Name	Email	Designation	Expert Area (s)	Eligibility to supervise	Homepage URL
Ms Lan Yen Min	lanym@utar.edu.my	Lecturer	Nutrition, Chinese herbology	Master's (co-supervisor)	Click Here
Prof Ts Dr Lim Yang Mooi	ymlim@utar.edu.my	Professor	Cancer Chemoprevention, Integrated Oncology, Traditional Medicine, Neurodegenerative Medicine, Functional Foods	Master's PhD	Click Here
Prof Dr Ng Teck Han	ngth@utar.edu.my	Clinical Professor	Lung cancer	Master's PhD (co-supervisor)	Click Here
Dr Ong Hooi Tin	onght@utar.edu.my	Associate Professor	Cancer and Stem Cell, Community Health, Cell and Gene Theraphy, Molecular Medicine	Master's PhD	Click Here
Dr Shwe Sin	shwes@utar.edu.my	Assistant Professor	Molecular Biology, Molecular and Genetic Basis of Cancers, Hematological Disorders	Master's PhD (co-supervisor)	Click Here
Dr Venkatesh. R. Naik	venkatesh@utar.edu.my	Associate Professor	Cancer, Colorectal cancer, Morphometry	Master's PhD	Click Here
Dr Lin Phyo Phyo San	linpps@utar.edu.my	Clinical Assistant Professor	Hypofractionated RT for Metastatic bone pain	Master's (co-supervisor)	Click Here

Research Focus : Public Health

Name	Email	Designation	Expert Area (s)	Eligibility to supervise	Homepage URL
Dr Foo Chai Nien	foocn@utar.edu.my	Associate Professor	Complementary and integrative intervention for mental health, diet and nutrition for chronic diseases, education intervention	Master's PhD	Click Here
Dr Myo Oo	myo@utar.edu.my	Clinical Associate Professor	Community Medicine; Epidemiology; NCD:Tobacco smoking, Hypertension, DM, Healthy Life style; Healthcare System - MCH, RH, Primary Health Care (PHC)	Master's PhD	Click Here
Dr Kaur Kirandeep Kulwant	kirandeep@utar.edu.my	Clinical Assistant Professor	Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Health Informatics, Geographic Information System (GIS), Health Education, Voice disorders, Tuberculosis, Machine Learning in Healthcare	Master's PhD (co-supervisor)	Click Here
Prof. Dr Retneswari a/p S. Masilamani	retneswari@utar.edu.my	Clinical Professor	Occupational Health; Occupational Medicine - any workplace or work-related research namely occupational asthma, work-related muscular-related disorders; Occupational Skin Diseases; Public Health; Community Medicine; Occupational Stress; Academic stress; Elderly Health; Worker's Health; Non-Communicable Diseases - metabolic syndrome, end-stage renal disease and related topics; Health Promotion; Depression; Anxiety and Burnout.	Master's PhD	Click Here
Dr Kyaw Ko Latt	kyawkl@utar.edu.my	Senior Lecturer	Health System Strengthening, Health Management and Coordination, Health and Human Rights, Communicable and Non-communicable diseases, Reproductive Health and Rights	Master's	Click Here
Dr Ong Hai Lin	hlong@utar.edu.my	Lecturer	Public Health, Epidemiology	Master's (co-supervisor)	Click Here

Research Focus : Clinical Disciplines

Name	Email	Designation	Expert Area (s)	Eligibility to supervise	Homepage URL
Prof. Dr Thong Meow Keong	thongmk@utar.edu.my	Senior Professor	Paediatrics and child health, clinical genetics, medical genomics	Master's PhD	Click Here
Dr Than Htay Tin	thanht@utar.edu.my	Clinical Assistant Professor	Antenatal Care and Obstetric Emergency	Master's (co-supervisor)	Click Here
Prof Dr Veera Sekaran Nadarajan	veeras@utar.edu.my	Clinical Professor	Haematology, Molecular Biology, Cellular Therapies, Transfusion Medicine	Master's PhD	Click Here
Dr Veronica Poulsaeman	veronica@utar.edu.my	Clinical Assistant Professor	General Paediatric, Neonates,	Master's (co-supervisor)	Click Here
Dr Yan Naing Soe	yanns@utar.edu.my	Clinical Associate Professor	General Surgery, Laparoscopic and Endoscopic Surgery	Master's PhD (co-supervisor)	Click Here
Dr Kang Waye Hann	kangwh@utar.edu.my	Clinical Associate Professor	Endocrinology, Diabetes, Andrology	Master's PhD (co-supervisor)	Click Here
Prof Dr Yap Sook Fan	yapsf@utar.edu.my	Senior Professor	Pathology	Master's PhD	Click Here
Prof Dr Lee Way Seah	leewayseah@utar.edu.my	Senior Professor	Clinical Paediatrics, child health, paediatric liver and GI issues	Master's PhD	Click Here
Dr Vinod Kumar a/l Perhakaran	vinodkumar@utar.edu.my	Clinical Assistant Professor	Sports Medicine and Sports Science ; Artificial Intelligence in Sports Medicine & Muskuloskeletal Imaging ; Muskuloskeletal Ultrasound for Diagnosis and Interventions ; Yoga Based Rehabilitation	Master's PhD (Co-Supervisor)	Click Here
Dr Wong Voon Son	wongvs@utar.edu.my	Clinical Assistant Professor	Family medicine ,communicable disease, noncommunicable disease, ealderly health , metabolic syndrome, Health promotion , Psychiatry	Master's (co-supervisor)	Click Here
Dr Zay Yar Naing	zayyn@utar.edu.my	Clinical Assistant Professor	General Paediatrics & Neonatology	Master's (co-supervisor)	Click Here
Dr Tan Choon Yong Alex	alextan@utar.edu.my	Clinical Assistant Professor	Medical Law	Master's (co-supervisor)	Click Here
Dr Kay Thi Myint	kaytm@utar.edu.my	Clinical Associate Professor	Ophthalmology/ Eye diseases, Ocular injury	Master's PhD (co-supervisor)	Click Here
Dr Wei Wei Thwe Khine	weithwe@utar.edu.my	Assistant Professor	Human microbiome across the lifespan, including early-life, pre-school, adult and elderly populations; Microbiota in health and diseases, with focus on mental health and diseases, respiratory diseases, gastrointestinal diseases, Cancers, Diabetes and endocrinological disorders; Probiotics, nutrition, and dietary influences on the microbiome; Environmental determinants of microbiome composition and function; Antimicrobial resistance in relation to microbiome; Microbiome-related clinical and intervention studies; Bioinformatics and biostatistics for microbiome research; Data analysis and visualization using R software	Master's PhD (co-supervisor)	Click Here

Research Focus : Rehabilitation

Name	Email	Designation	Expert Area (s)	Eligibility to supervise	Homepage URL
Mr Avanianban Chakkarapani	avanianban@utar.edu.my	Lecturer	Musculoskeletal rehabilitation, Physiotherapy education, Biomechanics and Sports Injuries	Master's	Click Here
Dr Deepak Thazhakkattu Vasu	deepak@utar.edu.my	Assistant Professor	Neurorehabilitation, Behavioural interventions	Master's PhD (co-supervisor)	Click Here
Mr Imtiyaz Ali Mir	imtiyaz@utar.edu.my	Senior Lecturer	Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation, Physical Fitness, Sedentary Behaviour, Non-pharmachological Management of Hypertension & Pre-hypertension	Master's	Click Here
Dr Muhammad Noh Zulfikri bin Mohd Jamali	nohzulfikri@utar.edu.my	Lecturer	Sports Rehabilitation, exercise science	Master's PhD (co-supervisor)	Click Here
Mr Tarun Amalnerkar	tarun@utar.edu.my	Assistant Professor	Neurorehabilitation, Parkinson's Disease, Sleep Medicine, Psychological attributes	Master's (co-supervisor)	Click Here
Ms Mahadevi Barathi	mahadevi@utar.edu.my	Senior Lecturer	Neurorehabilitation, Geriatric Rehabilitation, Falls, Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation, Outcomes, Questionaire Translation and Validation	Master's (co-supervisor)	Click Here
Ms Kiruthika Selvakumar	kiruthika@utar.edu.my	Lecturer	Neurorehabilitation, Paediatric rehabilitation, and migraine.	Master's	Click Here
Ms Ambusam a/p Subramaniam	ambusam@utar.edu.my	Lecturer	Sports Rehabilitation, Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation, Occupation Health (Ergonomics)	Master's	Click Here
Puan Siti Hazirah Binti Samsuri	hazirahs@utar.edu.my	Lecturer	Musculoskeletal, sports, women's health, rehabilitation	Master's (co-supervisor)	Click Here
Ms Premala Krishnan	premala@utar.edu.my	Senior Lecturer	Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation, Geriatric Rehabilitation, Falls, Clinical Education, Healthcare Management	Master's (co-supervisor)	Click Here
Ms Kamala Krishnan	kamalak@utar.edu.my	Lecturer	Stress, Healthcare, Rehabilitation, Robotics Rehabilitation	Master's (co-supervisor)	Click Here
Ms Heaw Yu Chi	heawyc@utar.edu.my	Lecturer	Geriatric rehabilitation, cognition, falls, physical function, physical activity	Master's (co-supervisor)	Click Here