On 11 February, the world celebrates a much-needed UN-designated international day: the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Unfortunately, long-standing biases and systematic barriers have hindered access for women to study and work in STEM. It is important that we acknowledge that science benefits from diversity and fresh perspectives. It is therefore critical…
By Aliya Ahmad Nabil On 10 August 2020, Professor Sir Alimuddin Zumla was informed via an official video call that he had won the 2020 Mahathir Science Award. Aliya, our programme executive had the pleasure of sitting in on that video call and listened to his passion for empowerment of the younger generation (view an…
MSAF conducted its 9th Annual General Meeting on 18 July 2020. The meeting was chaired by Chairman, Tan Sri Samsudin Osman who convened the meeting through both physical and online modes to allow for appropriate social distancing. Voting was conducted through online voting. Resolutions were passed to re-elect retiring members of the Board of Trustees…
The recipient of the 2020 Mahathir Science Award (MSA), the most prestigious international Science Award for Tropical Sciences, is Professor Sir Alimuddin Zumla, Professor of Infectious Diseases and International Health at University College London, UK; Consultant Infectious Diseases Physician at UCL Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London. UK. Sir Alimuddin’s research and capacity development work over…