3 -4 July 2019 – IMU faculty and students won several awards at the 34th Nutrition Society Malaysia Conference at Hotel Istana, Kuala Lumpur. The Conference with the theme “Healthy Nutrition: Key to Disease Prevention” was attended by over 1000 participants and officiated by YBhg Dato’ Seri Chen Chaw Min, Secretary-General, Ministry of Health Malaysia. The awards won at this conference were:
| Name of winner | Prize won | Winning Presentation | Supervisors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kanimolli Arasu (IMU faculty and PhD candidate) | 3rd prize for Young Investigator Awards | Oral presentation entitled “Are Malaysian Children with Low Calcium Intake have Low Bone Mass?” | Prof Winnie Chee, Dean, School of Health Sciences and Dr Meenal Mavinkurve, pediatrician and lecturer in IMU |
Kanimolli Arasu’s presentation provided some insight on the bone health of prepubertal Malaysian children with habitual low calcium intake and the factors that affect the children’s bone at this age. She expressed her delight in winning the award as this is the very first time she presented the baseline data on her PhD work in IMU.
| Name of winner | Prize won | Winning Presentation | Supervisors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melisa Leong En Ying (Alumni) | Best MSc Thesis award | Thesis entitled “Vitamin D Supplementation, Parathyroid Hormone (PTH) and Plasma Vitamin D Response among Malaysian Female Adults: Double Blinded, Randomized Clinical Trial of Efficacy” | Nutrition & Dietetics Senior Lecturer, Dr Megan Chong and Emeritus Prof Khor Geok Lin |
| Name of winner | Prize won | Winning Presentation | Supervisors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teo Chun Yi | Best Undergraduate Thesis Award | Thesis entitled “The Effect of Using Different Spoon Size on Postprandial Glycaemia, Hunger and Satiety of Overweight and Obese Subjects Consuming Brown Rice” | Nutrition & Dietetics Senior Lecturer Dr Sangeetha Shyam and Dr Rohana Abdul Ghani |
