Professor Dr. Sazaly Abu Bakar received his Ph.D. and training in virology at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas, USA. Currently, he is the Director of the Tropical Infectious Diseases Research and Education Centre (TIDREC) and the WHO Collaborating Centre for Arbovirus Research and Reference (Dengue and Severe Dengue) at the University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He was appointed as a senior professor at the University of Malaya in 2012. He has over 25 years of research experience in emerging infectious diseases, especially in dengue and other arbovirus infections. He has published over 200 articles in prestigious journals in his field and graduated over 30 postgraduate students including Master's and Ph.D. students. Professor Sazaly was a work package leader in the EU FP7 Integrated Chikungunya Research (ICRES) and DengueTools research consortia and held numerous other national and international research grants. He was the Editor and Chairperson of the subcommittee for the drafting of the Malaysia Biosafety and Biosecurity Policy and Guidelines. He was instrumental in establishing Malaysia's first fully certified modular biocontainment level 3 laboratory (BSL3) and, more recently, the country's first fully certified mobile BSL3. Professor Sazaly maintained strong research interest in emerging infectious diseases, especially focusing on vector-borne diseases.
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Professor Dr. Sazaly Abu Bakar received his Ph.D. and training in virology at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas, USA. Currently, he is the Director of the Tropical Infectious Diseases Research and Education Centre (TIDREC) and the WHO Collaborating Centre for Arbovirus Research and Reference (Dengue and Severe Dengue) at the University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He was appointed as a senior professor at the University of Malaya in 2012. He has over 25 years of research experience in emerging infectious diseases, especially in dengue and other arbovirus infections. He has published over 200 articles in prestigious journals in his field and graduated over 30 postgraduate students including Master's and Ph.D. students. Professor Sazaly was a work package leader in the EU FP7 Integrated Chikungunya Research (ICRES) and DengueTools research consortia and held numerous other national and international research grants. He was the Editor and Chairperson of the subcommittee for the drafting of the Malaysia Biosafety and Biosecurity Policy and Guidelines. He was instrumental in establishing Malaysia's first fully certified modular biocontainment level 3 laboratory (BSL3) and, more recently, the country's first fully certified mobile BSL3. Professor Sazaly maintained strong research interest in emerging infectious diseases, especially focusing on vector-borne diseases.
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