{"id":1067,"date":"2020-06-22T04:03:42","date_gmt":"2020-06-22T04:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceprize4women.asean.org\/?page_id=1067"},"modified":"2020-06-22T04:03:42","modified_gmt":"2020-06-22T04:03:42","slug":"malaysia-yoke-fun-chan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/scienceprize4women.asean.org\/index.php\/malaysia-yoke-fun-chan\/","title":{"rendered":"Malaysia-Yoke Fun Chan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Yoke-Fun Chan Malaysia ASEAN-U.S. Science Prize for Women 2020 National Finalist\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YUilBYK0Zo8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr\nChan is currently an Associate Professor and the Head of Department of Medical\nMicrobiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur,\nMalaysia. Her research has been focusing on enterovirus A71, an emerging virus\nthat causes severe neurological disease and hand, foot and mouth disease.\nSpecifically, she is developing vaccines, antivirals and education tools for\nthis highly preventable disease common in children. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She\nleads a virology laboratory with research interests in epidemiology and pathogenesis\nof emerging viruses such as enterovirus A71, chikungunya, and respiratory\nviruses. With more than 20 years of research experience, she has over 80\npublications, and have been involved in many research programs and grants at\nboth national and international levels. She serves as an Associate editor of\nBMC Infectious Diseases and guest editor in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases.\nShe is also a member of the Asia-Pacific Network for Enterovirus Surveillance\nwhich serves as a sharing hub to monitor enterovirus circulation in Asia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She\nwas the recipient of L\u2019Or\u00e9al-UNESCO for Women in Science Malaysia Fellowship,\n2014, L\u2019Or\u00e9al-UNESCO International Rising Talent, 2015, Young Women Leaders\naward Category Science and Technology, National Council of Women\u2019s\nOrganizations Malaysia 2015 and Asian Women Entrepreneurs leadership award,\nScience and Environment. 2019. These awards have given her the opportunity to\npromote women in science in Malaysia. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr Chan is currently an Associate Professor and the Head of Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Her research has been focusing on enterovirus A71, an emerging virus that causes severe neurological disease and hand, foot and mouth disease. Specifically, she is developing vaccines, antivirals and education tools [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1067","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scienceprize4women.asean.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scienceprize4women.asean.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scienceprize4women.asean.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scienceprize4women.asean.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scienceprize4women.asean.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1067"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/scienceprize4women.asean.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1067\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1068,"href":"https:\/\/scienceprize4women.asean.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1067\/revisions\/1068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scienceprize4women.asean.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}