Collection of news and stories of IMU in diverse media.
Dr Verna Lee Kar Mun, a family medicine specialist from IMU Healthcare gives her views on malaria. Malaria, primarily found in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, is a life-threatening disease caused by parasites. Learn more from Parasit Malaria Serang Saluran Darah (Berita Harian, 20 May 2017)
IMU lecturer, Dr Sheba DMani, speaks about her special task of teaching medical students empathy through literature and art. Listen to the podcast : Teacher's Day Special 2017 (BFM, 16 May 2017)
IMU’s MSc in Molecular Medicine is one of the weekend graduate programmes which focuses on the role of simple molecules and complex molecular-genetical interactions in human diseases and the applications of systems biology, computational biology and chemical genetics in disease diagnostics and treatments. Find out more at Global Ground for Healthcare (The Star, 16 May 2017)
IMU hosted the 12th International Medical Education Conference (IMEC), an annual platform to exchange ideas and experience as well as to showcase innovations in the healthcare education industry. It received an unprecedented response with over 360 delegates from 38 countries. Read more at IMU Hosts Medical Education Conference (The Star, 11 March 2017)
Most of the workforce spends more than half of their waking hours at the workplace and leads sedentary lifestyle. To counter this, IMU launched its Wellness programme on 11 May 2017 to promote overall wellness amongst the staff and students of IMU. This was launched by Deputy Minister of Health Malaysia, His Honourable Dato’ Seri
Three doctors spoke at a roundtable session organised by the IMU Healthcare highlighting little known health conditions and issues that are specific to women. Dr Lim Ser Chin presented her topic, “Autoimmune Disease In The Female Adolescent 1 Am Too Young To Be This Sick” while family medicine specialist Dr Verna Lee spoke on “Fibromyalgia
Dr Verna Lee Kar Mun, a family medicine specialist from IMU Healthcare vetted this article on malaria. Malaria, primarily found in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, is a life-threatening disease caused by parasites. There are five known malaria parasite species, and two of them – Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax – pose the greatest threat.
Benjamin Loh (better known as Ben) was ready for a change in career after over ten years of lecturing in Media / Communications. He chose to study chiropractic at IMU as he was always interested in studying something related to healthcare. Ben currently has two chiropractic clinics – one in Seapark, and the other in Kayu Ara / Damansara
The IMU Pharmacy programme Year 3 subject (Current Trends in Therapeutics) develops critical appraisal ability and component skills for students to undertake research projects in Year 4. Students in small supervised teams ‘learn by doing’, by undertaking a literature review. In 2016, this student-led activity saw 5 publications in peer-reviewed journals. Read more : Teamwork
IMU team A took first place at the National Clinical Pharmacy Challenge 2017 held at Cyberjaya University College of Medical Sciences (CUCMS). This challenge was jointly organised by CUCMS Pharmacy Student Society and Malaysia Pharmacy Student Association (MyPSA). A total of 19 teams of pharmacy undergraduates from 13 universities joined this national event. Read more