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Moi Meng Ling
Born
Malaysia Kuala Lumpur
NationalityMalaysia
Alma materUniversiti Putra Malaysia
University of Tsukuba
Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences University of Tsukuba（Doctor of Medicine）
Known for『Dengue and mosquito-borne viral diseases research』
AwardsYoung Scientists' Prize, Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

Sugiura Award, Japanese Society of Virology

Japan Medical Research and Development Grand Prize, Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED) President Prize（Ceremony at Prime Minister's Official Residence (Japan) [1]）

Others
Scientific career
FieldsVirology
Tropical Medicine
Infectious Diseases
InstitutionsWHO
National Institute of Infectious Diseases (Japan)
Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University
Doctoral advisorNational Institute of Infectious Diseases (Japan) - Ichiro Kurane

Moi Meng Ling (Meng Ling Moi, Sherry Moi) is a Malaysian virologist, currently serving as a Professor at the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University. Her research focuses on innate immune system to mosquito-borne virus infection and field epidemiology.

She has previously worked as a researcher at the National Institute of Infectious Diseases (Japan). She received her B.Sc. (Hon) at University Putra Malaysia, M.Sc. (Medical Sciences) and Ph.D. (Medical Sciences) at Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba.

She speaks Malay, English, Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese) , Japanese.

Career

Moi was born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. After graduating from SM Convent Bukit Nanas, she received her B.Sc. degree at Universiti Putra Malaysia in 2002 with first class honors. Upon receiving a full scholarship offered by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (MEXT), Japan, she furthered graduate studies in Japan. Having been affected by dengue fever herself, she was inspired to pursue her Ph.D. degree on the immune response to dengue virus. After receiving her Ph.D. degree from University of Tsukuba in 2010, she continued to pursue her research on dengue as a researcher at the National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan, between 2010-2014. She was part of the research team which was involved in laboratory diagnosis and epidemiological characterization of the first dengue outbreak in Japan for the past 70 years[2]. In 2015, she won the MEXT Young Scientist Award for her research on the ADE mechanisms during dengue virus infection, and specifically, for pioneering in vitro assays to study immune response during viral infection[3]. She was the only Malaysian who has received the MEXT Young Scientist Award in recent years. In 2018, she was awarded the Sugiura Award by the Japanese Society of Virology and Female Researcher Award by the Japanese Society of Tropical Medicine, for her pioneering research on developing in vitro and animal models for dengue virus infection and field epidemiology[4],[5]. Between 2016 to 2018, she organized and conducted programs with WHO and led field epidemiological studies with collaborators in Vietnam, which was key in understanding Zika outbreaks in the region[6], [7], [8], [9]. In recognition of her work, she was awarded the AMED President Prize, in the presence of Japanese Prime Minister, Yoshiro Suga, for her epidemiological work and research on immunity against mosquito-borne viral diseases in 2020[10], [11]. She was the first foreigner in Japan to receive the award[12], [13], [14].

Between 2015 and 2020, Moi was an associate professor at the Institute for Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University. She became a full professor in 2020, and remains at the same institute, and continues to work on molecular and epidemiological aspects of emerging and re-emerging viral diseases and the development of vaccines and therapeutics [15], [16].

She also serves as the Deputy Director, WHO Collaboration Center for Research & Reference of Tropical Viral Diseases[17]. She also serves as a technical expert in the WHO Reference Laboratories Providing Confirmatory Testing for COVID-19 network and contributes to developing laboratory guidelines for COVID-19 diagnosis [18],[19].

List of Awards and Honors

  • Dean's Award for Excellent Research, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba (2010)
  • Best Poster Award, Malaysia-Japan Academic Conference (2013)
  • Best Talk Award, Science Cafe, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan (2014)
  • Ishibashi Lecture, International Medical Society of Japan (2014)
  • International Travel Award, Kato Memorial Bioscience Foundation (2014)
  • Grants for Female Researchers, MSD Life Science Foundation (2015)
  • Young Scientists' Prize, Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (a first for Nagasaki University）(2016)
  • Best Research Award, Grants for Female Researchers, MSD Life Science Foundation (a first for Nagasaki University, first foreigner to receive the award）(2016)
  • Best Paper Award, Doumonkai, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University (2018)
  • Female Researcher Award, Nagasaki University (2018)
  • Sugiura Award, Japanese Society of Virology (a first for Nagasaki University, first foreigner to receive the award）(2018)
  • Female Researcher Award, Japanese Society of Tropical Medicine (2019)
  • Japan Medical Research and Development Grand Prize, Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development(AMED) President Prize (a first for Nagasaki University, first foreigner to receive the award）(2020)

See also

References

  1. ^ "Japan Medical Research and Development Award Ceremony". Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet Official Homepage. 2020-12-24. Retrieved 2020-12-24.
  2. ^ https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/21/3/14-1662_article
  3. ^ https://bio.nikkeibp.co.jp/atcl/news/p1/16/05/17/00735/
  4. ^ http://www.nagasaki-u.ac.jp/ja/about/info/news/news2765.html
  5. ^ http://www.tm.nagasaki-u.ac.jp/society/jstm/award/jyosei.html
  6. ^ https://www.nishinippon.co.jp/item/n/353475/
  7. ^ https://www.amed.go.jp/news/release_20200130.html
  8. ^ https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASK7M6X22K7MULBJ01C.html
  9. ^ https://www.viet-jo.com/news/nikkei/print_170720163924.html
  10. ^ https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/7a6f26a56ac4026cdb0e164d324b841cf036005f
  11. ^ https://www.amed.go.jp/news/release_20201224.html
  12. ^ https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2020/12/25/japan-awards-malaysian-scientist
  13. ^ https://www.bernama.com/en/world/news.php?id=1915817
  14. ^ https://www.sinchew.com.my/content/content_2399484.html
  15. ^ http://www.tmgh.nagasaki-u.ac.jp/professors/moi-meng-ling?lang=en
  16. ^ https://www.jiji.com/jc/article?k=000000006.000041228&g=prt
  17. ^ https://apps.who.int/whocc/Detail.aspx?16GuQgtefjBWxZ1PACi8VA==
  18. ^ https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/who-reference-laboratories-providing-confirmatory-testing-for-covid-19
  19. ^ https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240018440
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