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112154
Wed, 03/17/2010 - 17:21
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MALAYSIAN SCIENTIST OFFERS HOPE FOR KIDNEY PATIENTS
By Neville D'Cruz
MELBOURNE, March 17 (Bernama) -- When award-winning Malaysian researcher Dr
Eng Hooi Sian steps on to the podium in Singapore this Saturday to receive her
PhD in Medicine from the University of Adelaide, it will be another step forward
in an impressive career.
The 31-year-old has criss-crossed the world in the past seven years to
fulfill her medical ambitions.
Along the way, Dr Eng has won a Malaysian National Science Fellowship, an
Endeavour Award and the prestigious international Top 10 Young Investigator
Award from The Transplantation Society for her biomedical research.
Her focus – helping to improve kidney transplant outcomes – has now led to a
post-doctoral research position at the prestigious Johns Hopkins Immunogenetics
Laboratory in Baltimore, United States.
The laboratory is world-renowned for its state-of-the-art technology in
facilitating organ transplantation and for its research into the body's natural
defence system.
Dr Eng said about 35 per cent of kidney grafts may experience complication
after transplantation.
"My research is looking at ways to predict the body's immune response to
help reduce rejection of kidney transplants. The aim is to design a testing
algorithm which can accurately predict the most suitable donors for patients
before transplantation," she said.
"Like most countries, Malaysia has a shortage of organ donors. We also need
to find new technology, more accurate diagnosis and better treatment options
which improve the rejection rates. A good transplant laboratory plays an
important part in this issue," she said.
Many Malaysians requiring renal transplants travel overseas each year for
the operation, she said, adding that this underscored the problem that existed
in Malaysia with the lack of both living and deceased donors.
Dr Eng was born in Penang and received a KUOK Foundation Scholarship to
pursue a Biomedical Science degree at the University of Malaya, where she
graduated with honours in 2003.
In 2006, she won an Endeavour Award and a University of Adelaide
Scholarship
to complete her PhD in Transplantation Immunology at the University of Adelaide.
This weekend, Dr Eng will fly to Singapore to receive her parchment for her
PhD, along with 192 other students who will graduate from the University of
Adelaide at the Ngee Ann Polytechnic Convention Centre.
-- BERNAMA
MELBOURNE, March 17 (Bernama) -- When award-winning Malaysian researcher Dr
Eng Hooi Sian steps on to the podium in Singapore this Saturday to receive her
PhD in Medicine from the University of Adelaide, it will be another step forward
in an impressive career.
The 31-year-old has criss-crossed the world in the past seven years to
fulfill her medical ambitions.
Along the way, Dr Eng has won a Malaysian National Science Fellowship, an
Endeavour Award and the prestigious international Top 10 Young Investigator
Award from The Transplantation Society for her biomedical research.
Her focus – helping to improve kidney transplant outcomes – has now led to a
post-doctoral research position at the prestigious Johns Hopkins Immunogenetics
Laboratory in Baltimore, United States.
The laboratory is world-renowned for its state-of-the-art technology in
facilitating organ transplantation and for its research into the body's natural
defence system.
Dr Eng said about 35 per cent of kidney grafts may experience complication
after transplantation.
"My research is looking at ways to predict the body's immune response to
help reduce rejection of kidney transplants. The aim is to design a testing
algorithm which can accurately predict the most suitable donors for patients
before transplantation," she said.
"Like most countries, Malaysia has a shortage of organ donors. We also need
to find new technology, more accurate diagnosis and better treatment options
which improve the rejection rates. A good transplant laboratory plays an
important part in this issue," she said.
Many Malaysians requiring renal transplants travel overseas each year for
the operation, she said, adding that this underscored the problem that existed
in Malaysia with the lack of both living and deceased donors.
Dr Eng was born in Penang and received a KUOK Foundation Scholarship to
pursue a Biomedical Science degree at the University of Malaya, where she
graduated with honours in 2003.
In 2006, she won an Endeavour Award and a University of Adelaide
Scholarship
to complete her PhD in Transplantation Immunology at the University of Adelaide.
This weekend, Dr Eng will fly to Singapore to receive her parchment for her
PhD, along with 192 other students who will graduate from the University of
Adelaide at the Ngee Ann Polytechnic Convention Centre.
-- BERNAMA
