DR D MARYAMA AG DAUD has over 20 years of experience in the field of exercise physiology and exercise rehab. Currently, she is heading the HEAL Research Unit as part of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at Universiti Malaysia Sabah. She obtained her MSc in Fitness and Health from the University of Essex, United Kingdom, in 1997 and her PhD in Exercise Physiology from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia in 2008, where she studied oxidative stress and biochemical acute changes with exercise and designed ways to prescribe exercise (effective dose exercise) in order to attenuate the adverse impact of exercise on health. Her work interests include prescribing exercise and safe exercising, as well as using exercise in disease prevention and treatment. Being a pioneer in research related to physical fitness in stroke rehabilitation and children with intellectual disabilities, she is actively involved in promoting exercise as medicine and exercising safely. Her work in the area of exercise rehab and exercise science has been published in international sports sciences, medical and health-related journals and proceedings.