Malaysian first foreign researcher to receive Japanese medical award

[superadmin]

PETALING JAYA: Malaysian scientist Dr Moi Meng Leng has become the first foreign researcher to be granted the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development Award for her work in the regional control of infectious diseases.

According to a report in The Star, Moi, who works with the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Nagasaki University, was accorded the award from the office of Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga in Tokyo on Thursday.

The award recognises her contribution to the development of an antibody test to evaluate the efficacy and safety of vaccines that protect against mosquito-borne diseases such as Zika and dengue.

It is expected to contribute to the development of vaccines against dengue fever in Malaysia.

- More -