Calvin Yap Tze Khai, a student enrolled at Kolej Tuanku Ja’afar, recently completed a project attachment spanning from July 10, 2023, to August 10, 2023. The central focus of his engagement revolved around the development and implementation of a cost-effective alternative to force plates for conducting postural sway assessments, employing Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs)....
Author: Pei Song Chee
Center of Healthcare Science and Technology Clinches UTAR Research Centre Excellence Award 2022
We are thrilled to announce that the Center of Healthcare Science and Technology (CHST) has once again secured the prestigious Best UTAR Research Centre Excellence Award for the remarkable year of 2022. This remarkable achievement marks the third time that CHST has been honored with this distinction, previously winning in 2014 and 2018. In...
Research visit to Institute of Flexible Electronics, China
Ir Dr Chee Pei Song, the Chairperson of the Centre for Healthcare Science and Technology, undertook a visit to the Institute of Flexible Electronics (IFE) at Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU) in Xi’an, China, from May 28th to June 1st, 2023. During the visit, researchers shared their academic achievements in healthcare technology through an academic...
Mr. Kwa Eng Keat, a PhD student under CHST, presented his paper titled “Effects of face mask on respiratory performance: A Within Subject Design Study” at the 5th IEEE Eurasia Conference on Biomedical Engineering, Healthcare and Sustainability 2023
Mr. Kwa Eng Keat, a PhD student, presented his paper titled “Effects of face mask on respiratoryperformance: A Within Subject Design Study” at the 5th IEEE Eurasia Conference on BiomedicalEngineering, Healthcare and Sustainability 2023 (5th IEEE ECBIOS 2023), held from June 2-4, 2023.The widespread adoption of face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic is crucial...
CHST PhD student, Yong Ming Ping presented his paper at ICBCB 2023.
Mr. Yong Ming Ping, a PhD student, presented his paper titled “Histopathological Gastric Cancer Detection Using Transfer Learning” at the 11th International Conference on Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (ICBCB 2023), held from April 21-23, 2023. The conference received funding under the CHST Research Center Excellent Award. Gastric cancer is a major contributor to cancer-related...
Goh Xue Xin won the Early Career Award at the 2023 Congress of the Schizophrenia International Research Society (SIRS), Canada.
Goh Xue Xin, a CHST postgraduate student, won the Early Career Award at the 2023 Congress of the Schizophrenia International Research Society (SIRS) held in Toronto, Canada, from 11th to 15th May 2023. As part of the award, she received a travel stipend and had her registration fee waived. As an Early Career Awardee,...
Stephanie Kew Yen Nee successfully completed her internship at CHST
Stephanie Kew Yen Nee, a student from Quest International University, recently completed her internship from 14 March 2023 to 25 April 2023. The research study she performed was a crucial aspect of her learning experience. Her research focused on an Association Rule Mining Project, examining the relationship rules among different parameters. During her internship,...
Exploring the Cutting-Edge World of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine at CTERM
The Centre for Healthcare Science and Technology (CHST) co-organized a visit to the Centre for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (CTERM) to provide participants with a practical understanding of the tissue engineering and regenerative medicine industry. A total of 18 students and three UTAR staff members participated in this event. The event commenced at...
ChM. Ts. Dr. Tee Shiau Foon was interviewed by 8TV
ChM. Ts. Dr. Tee Shiau Foon was invited to 8TV for a talk show on the effect of holy smoke Incense on human health. The replay of the video can be view at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lp2PSfGdyI4....
Mr. Ohara Tomomasa, from the Kyushu Institute of Technology (Japan), completed his research attachment to CHST
For the first time, CHST hosted a research exchange master’s student, Mr. Ohara Tomomasa, from the Kyushu Institute of Technology (Japan), to work on the project entitled “study of wobble induction using visual simulation” under Mr Chong Yu Zheng from 18/11/2022 to 20/12/2022....