• Teaching Philosophy Statement can be found here.

• Case of problem-based learning can be found here.

These documents were created in the GRAD 5114 Contemporary Pedagogy course at Virginia Tech.

• Science communicator

  • Volunteered in various science outreach program, such as Kids’ Tech University (KTU), Hokie for a Day, and Annual STEM Family Night at Margaret Beeks Elementary School

  • Engaging K-12 children with real-world research and scientific concepts to spark their curiosity in science.

  • Facilitating inquisitive engagement to key infectious disease concepts, particularly antibiotic resistance and its environmental dissemination through fun, hands-on activities such as “Modeling Pollution in a Watershed’ and “How Do We Clean Our Drinking Water?”.

• Reviewer/Judge at academic and scientific events

  • Provide feedback and score presentations 

  • Abstract reviewer for submissions to the 40th GPSS Graduation Research Symposium

  • Poster judge for Dennis Dean Undergraduate Research and Creative Scholarship Conference

• Volunteer in various programs at Center for Emerging, Zoonotic, and Arthropod-borne Pathogens (CeZAP)

  • Facilitating interaction and communication with prospective students for the 2024 Infectious Disease Interdisciplinary Graduate Education Program (ID IGEP) during the recruitment phase.

  • Served as the registration counter coordinator at the 2023 CeZAP Infectious Disease Research Symposium.

• Co-investigator and volunteer for a community colorectal cancer screening project (2022-2023)

  • I led the volunteers and negotiated with the local authorities to implement our program. We conducted mass cancer screening and awareness campaigns for the low-income community, who usually cannot afford a colonoscopy. 

  • We have effectively executed seven awareness campaigns targeted at the lower-income groups residing in People's Housing Program (PPR) areas, a government initiative designed to relocate squatters and address housing needs for those in the lower-income bracket. Our outreach efforts have specifically focused on communities in the Cheras area, encompassing PPR Sri Kota, Bandar Tun Razak, Taman Ikan Emas, Sri Labuan, Taman Mulia, Sri Sabah (3B), and Sri Johor (A & B).

  • We offered an early colorectal cancer screening kit (iFOBT) to about 500 participants. The kit-return rate is immensely encouraging at 81.7%.

• Volunteer at DNA Day and UMBI Open Day (2023).

  • Engaged in the Biostatistics and Bioinformatics booth, creating and conducting educational activities on the Biostatistics and Bioinformatics topics for secondary school students.