2015-2016 COMMITTEE MEMBERS
 
 
President
Assoc. Professor Dr. Cheong Yuet Meng        
MBBS(Mal), Msc(Lond), MRCPath(UK) FRCPath(UK), FAMM
 

Presently Dr. Cheong is the Associate Professor of Medical Microbiology and Clinical Investigation Unit of Monash University Malaysia and Clinical Consultant Microbiologist of Gribbles Malaysia. She started her career with the Malaysian Ministry of Health at the Institute of Medical Research and worked there for 16 years. Her main areas of research were in Clinical Microbiology and Antibiotic Resistance, and she has published over 60 papers in peer reviewed journals. She was the Head of the Bacteriology Division from 1985 to 1994 and also the Dean of the IMR Postgraduate Diploma in Medical Microbiology (1990-1994) that was held annually under the aegis of the South East Asia Ministers’ of Education & Tropical Medicine Program (SEAMEO-TropMed).

Subsequently she joined Pfizer, a leading Pharmaceutical R&D company initially as the Medical Director of Pfizer Malaysia/Singapore/Brunei and was later promoted to be the Regional Director of Clinical Operations for Asia. During her 13 years in the industry she has developed and introduced a number of Clinical Trials to Asia and is well versed in the operational, regulatory and ethical aspects of conducting clinical trials in various therapeutic areas like, infectious diseases, cardiology, psychiatry, neurology, erectile dysfunction, and oncology. She has also produced a handbook on Guide to Clinical Trials in Asia for Pfizer Global Research. She was actively involved in training investigators in Good Clinical Practice in the Asia region and has participated and lectured in a GCP workshop conducted by the US FDA in Beijing, 2005.

She continued her work in clinical research in Monash University Sunway Campus and has received 2 PVC Awards for Excellence in Administration, one for organizing the first GCP workshop in Monash and another for setting up a Clinical Research Unit in the Medical School. She is also instrumental in setting a Clinical Research Centre at Sunway Medical Centre, a private hospital and is a member of the SMC Independent Research Ethics Committee (SREC).

 

Vice President
Dr Lee Toong Chow
B.Pharm(Hons), PhD, MACPP
 

Dr Lee is the Managing Director and founder of Info Kinetics. Dr Lee himself has often been regarded as the Hallmark of Quality. His vision for affordable quality generic drugs has spear headed the growth of the company. Dr Lee has over 10 years of cross therapeutic trial experience in phase II-IV clinical trials, classical pharmacokinetic i.v. trials, bioequivalence studies, PK/PD trials, population PK trials and drug metabolism studies for multinational pharmaceutical companies. Dr Lee is frequently involved in the conduct of national GCP, BE and GLP training or workshops. Dr Lee is also in the drafting committee for the "Malaysian Guidelines on BA & BE Studies”, as well as a member of the national BE studies working committee. Dr Lee was an Associate Professor in Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacokinetics in University Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC). He also co-founded the Clinical Investigation Centre and currently serves as a consultant and visiting lecturer to UMMC.

 
 
Secretary
Loh Choon Shane
Executive Director, BD
Questra Clinical Research Sdn Bhd
 
Holds an MBA, has over 10 years experienced in the clinical research industry. Worked with Clinical Research Centre (CRC) MoH, MySMO and Clinical Research Malaysia. She was part of the team member in the NKEA, Healthcare sector, working on blueprint of Entry Point Project 2 (EPP2): Clinical Research Malaysia, which is to drive, build and expand the industry sponsored research in the country. She went on to be a Delivery Management Officer to monitor the progress and milestone achievement of EPP2 and worked closely with the Performance and Management Delivery Unit. She was appointed  COO in CRM before moving on to Questra Clinical Research.

 

Treasurer 

Terence Lee Jia-Shean 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Assistant Secretary 
Yeap Lay-Ee
Compliance Oversight Lead
Clinical Trial Support& Compliance
Pfizer (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd
 

Honours degree in BioMedical Sciences from University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur. Started in 2007 with Clinical Investigation Centre, University Malaya Medical Centre as a study coordinator based in Oncology Unit. Joined Pfizer as a Clinical Research Associate in 2009 and subsequently appointed as Senior Clinical Research Associate performing the role of Clinical Operations Lead in 2010. Appointed as Associate Clinical Research Manager performing the role of Compliance Oversight Lead 2 years later

 
 
Assistant Treasurer
Chan Tien Fatt
B. Pharm (Hons), 
Clinical Operations Manager,
Quintiles Malaysia
 
Bachelor of Pharmacy (Hons) from National University of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur. Prior to entering clinical research, he worked as pupil pharmacist with National Regulatory Authority. After 1 year as pupil pharmacist, he decided to move to clinical research. He spent 6 years with Novo Nordisk and Lundbeck as Clinical Research Associate (CRA) before he joined MDS Pharma (now is INC Research) as Senior CRA for 2 years and subsequently appointed as Clinical Team Leader for Malaysia and Singapore for 1 year. Joined Quintiles Malaysia as Clinical Operations Quality Manager in Nov 2010, appointed as Manager Clinical Operations in Oct 2011.   Contact: E-mail: tienfatt.chan@quintiles.com
 
 

Council Member

Adeline Kwok

Senior Trainer, Asia Pacific / Operations Training

INC Research CRO Malaysia Sdn Bhd

 

Career :  Honours degree in BioMedical Sciences from University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur. Started in the Pharmaceutical Industry in 2000 with Merck, Sharp and Dohme as a product specialist (sales representative) and subsequently transitioned to the medical department in 2001 as a Clinical Research Associate for 4 years. Joined Janssen-Cilag as Senior Clinical Research Associate in 2005 and was responsible for the start up of clinical operations unit in Malaysia. Appointed Clinical Research Manager 2 years later. Joined Pfizer as Clinical Research Manager in June 2007 , appointed as Head of Clinical Operations in 2009. 

 

Council Member

Janet Loh

B Sc. (Microbiology), M Sc. (Immunology), CCRA

SR CRA INC Research

 

Presently she is the Senior Clinical Research Associate (Sr. CRA) with INC Research. In March 2011, she was elected the Treasurer of the Society of Clinical Research Professionals, Malaysia (SCRPM) formally known as the Association of Clinical Research Professionals, Malaysia (ACRPM). Janet Loh started her career in Clinical Research as CRA with GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals, a leading Pharmaceutical R&D Company in November 2006. She was also a CRA with PAREXEL, one of the leading Clinical Research Organization (CRO) prior to joining INC Research. With her enthusiasm with clinical research and playing a role as monitor had lead her to play an important role in global clinical research projects in the therapeutic area of Cardiovascular, Immunology, Haematology, Metabolic Disease and Oncology. Janet Loh is also currently a member and certified CRA since 2009 by Association of Clinical Research Professionals (ACRP), headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia

 

 

 

Council Member 

Jenny Tan

SRN, BSc(Hon) Nursing, MSc(Hon) Business Leadership

Quality Assurance Professional, Pfizer (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd  

 

A GCP Auditor covering APAC region since Jan 2012. Responsible for Investigator site audits and Country audits for Medical processes e.g. Inspection readiness, Clinical Trials, Safety, Medical Information, Regulatory and Medical Affairs functions. Also supports pre-inspection visits and Regulatory Inspection.  Work Experiences - Join Pfizer in Dec 1997 and have held various roles of increasing responsibilities such as CRA, Regional CRA, Quality Standard manager and Area Clinical Quality Lead (Regional role). Prior to Pfizer, she had worked as theatre nurse in Malaysia, UK and Saudi Arabia. Qualification - State Registered Nurse, Theatre Nurse, Bsc (Hon) Nursing, Master Business Leadership.

 

Council Member

Goh Tse Seng

Country Head of Clinical Operations at Quintiles Malaysia

 

Career : Tse Seng Goh is currently the Country Head of Clinical Operations at Quintiles Malaysia. He is a biomedical scientist by training from National University of Malaysia (UKM). He has been in clinical research industry for 10 years. His experience spanned the full duration of studies, from start-up to project close-out and included managing projects/sites across countries in Asia (Singapore, Malaysia, Korea and Philippines). Prior to this current role, Tse Seng was the Country Head of Clinical Operations for Quintiles Indonesia. He had a significant role in the collaboration with the stakeholders in Indonesia. This has enabled Quintiles to increase our geographic footprint within the Indonesia archipelago. Contacts : E-mail : Tse-Seng.Goh@Quintiles.com

 

 
Council Member
Katrien Dejonghe
 
Industrial Engineer in Nuclear Chemistry, Brussels, Belgium.  Started as a Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) auditor with Shell Oil in UK.  Made the transition to clinical auditing for the Pharmaceutical industry in 1994 as a Clinical Quality Assurance auditor with Pfizer, UK.  Joined Zeneca UK for 2 years, following a return to Pfizer in the Netherlands.  Since 2004, operating independently as a Clinical Quality Assurance auditor in Malaysia, specialized in Good Clinical Practice (GCP) audits of Phase 1-4 investigational research sites and GLP audits of safety and analytical laboratories. 
 
 
 
 
Council Member

Ms Carrie Koh May Yi