M'sian wins Asean-US Science Prize for Women 2020

The head of the Medical Microbiology Department at the Universiti Malaya’s Faculty of Medicine, Dr Chan Yoke Fun, was announced as the winner of the Asean-US Science Prize for Women 2020.

In a statement posted on Asean's official website on Monday, Chan (above) also received a US$20,000 (RM82,000) cash award. Honourable mention went to Assistant Professor at Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies at the National University of Singapore (NUS), Dr Shefaly Shorey, who received a US$5,000 (RM20,000) cash award.

Chan focused her research on developing a vaccine to combat a virus that causes hand, foot and mouth disease, as well as brain infection diseases in children...