Dr. Vengadesh Letchumanan is an Assistant Lecturer and Section Leader of Diagnostics and Pathogens, Microbiome and Bioresource Research Strength (MBRS), Jeffrey Cheah School of Medicine and Health Sciences at Monash University Malaysia. He holds a Ph.D. in Microbiology from University of Malaya, Malaysia. To date, Dr. Vengadesh has published 1 book chapter, and 61 peer-reviewed articles with cumulative citations of 1290, H-index of 15 and i10-index of 25. He is supervising two Ph.D. students and serves as PI/Co-PI in internal school grants. His research focus is on multidrug-resistant pathogens, microbial systematics, and exploring the gut-brain axis and gut microbiome association.

Associate Professor Dr. Lee Learn-Han is a molecular microbiologist and the Leader of the Microbiome and Bioresource Research Strength, Jeffrey Cheah School of Medicine and Health Sciences at Monash University Malaysia. He is recognized as the best Medical Science researcher in Malaysia, as the Malaysia’s Research Star Award (MRSA) Winner 2018. Also, He received the prestigious award of Professional Registers as Chartered Biologist (CBiol) from the Royal Society of Biology, UK, in 2017. To date, Dr. Lee has registered 2 patents, published 7 academic books, 16 book chapters, and published 204 articles with cumulative citations of 6897, H-index of 45 and i10-index of 126. In addition, he served as PI and co-PI for 24 grants totaling ~RM3.83 million. Also, he has supervised 11 Ph.D. students to completion and currently supervising 7 Ph.D. students.

Dr. Ammu K Radhakrishnan is a Professor in Immunology at Jeffrey Cheah School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Monash University Malaysia. Professor Ammu obtained first-class honours BSc in Biochemistry (1987) and MSc (1990) from the Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine University of Malaya (UM), Kuala Lumpur (1987). She completed her Ph.D. in therapeutic immunology from the University of Cambridge, Britain (1994). Following this, she pursued two-year post-doctoral studies at the Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Britain. Professor Ammu's main areas of research are immune-therapeutics in cancer, immuno-regulation, and as well as the use of natural compounds to enhance host immune response to cancer and other conditions. She is currently supervising several research students and has successfully supervised many more. She is a life member of the Malaysian Genetics Society and Malaysian Nutrition Society as well as a Fellow of the Cambridge Commonwealth Trust and the Cambridge Philosophical Society. To date, Professor Ammu has published over 160 articles with cumulative citations of 3135, H-index of 31, and i10-index of 60.

Dr. Jodi Law Woan-Fei is a research fellow at Jeffrey Cheah School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Monash University Malaysia. She also serves as a section leader of Diagnostics and Pathogens, Microbiome and Bioresource Research Strength (MBRS). Her research interests include the biosystematic study of novel Streptomyces from mangroves and exploration of their bioactive properties. She has been studying microbes of environmental origins, and now she is looking forward to expanding her research by investigating the microbes from the human body (human microbiome). Additionally, she firmly believes that it is crucial to identify bacterial pathogens from the human/environmental microbiome and examine their antibiotic resistance profile to gauge the prevalence of multidrug-resistant strains and to generate potential solutions for this issue. She has 50 publications, with Google Scholar H-index: 15, i10-index: 25, and cumulative citations of 1567.

Dr. Long completed Bachelor and Master of Pharmacy at USM. He obtained Ph.D. at the Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of Bath, England. To date, he has more than 14 years of academic, research and industrial experiences. He publishes widely in the field of clinical studies and health services research. Dr. Long is also the Associate Editor of BMC Health Services Research and Managing Editor of Malaysian Journal of Pharmacy. He is an Associate Professor at PAPRSB Institute of Health Sciences, Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD). His research group is active in research related to integrative medicine and nutraceutical.

Dr Tan Loh Teng Hern is a Research Fellow in Clinical School Johor Bahru (CSJB), Jeffrey Cheah School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Monash University Malaysia. He is also a section leader of Precision Medicine & Microbiome Intervention under the Microbiome & Bioresource Research Strength (MBRS). His current research interests focus on investigating the role of gut microbiome in association with health and diseases as well as exploring the benefits of probiotic interventions for aquaculture and human health. To date, he has more than 70 publications, with cumulative citations of 1874, H-index of 21 and i10-index of 39.

Dr. Priyia Pusparajah is a certified paediatrician and currently a senior lecturer with Monash University Malaysia. She obtained her MBBS from the University of Malaya in 2004 and went on to complete her post graduate pediatric training in KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Singapore. She is member of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (UK). Following her passion for research and teaching, she joined Monash University in 2012. Her research interests are bioprospecting for substances with therapeutic applications, in particular from mangrove derived microbes as well as plants; and also exploring the neonatal gut microbiome – with a particular interest in multi drug resistant organisms. She is a core member of the Microbiome and Bioresources Research Strength and the founder of the Medical Health and Translational Research Group. She is also passionate about medical education especially how to meaningfully integrate the basic and clinical sciences and was awarded Monash Pro-Vice Chancellor Award Commendation for Education Innovation in 2019.

Dr. Ser Hooi-Leng is currently a Research Fellow at Jeffrey Cheah School of Medicine and Health Sciences (JCSMHS), Monash University Malaysia. She is also serving as a Section Leader of Microbiome and Bioresource Research Strength (Precision Medicine and Microbiome Intervention). She has received several prestigious awards for academic performance and TTLBF (TienTe Lee Biomedical Foundation) – YSPSAH (Y.S.P. Southeast Asia Holding) Excellent Scientific Paper Award in 2016. To date, she has published more than 60 articles, with cumulative citations of 1749 and H-index of 18. Her current interest now lies in investigating the role of microbiomes in human diseases, particularly the intricate crosstalk between different microbiomes (such as the gut and the oral microbiome).