Mapping Malaysia's Resource Centres

93 MAPPING MALAYSIA’S RESOURCE CENTRES Recognition and Awards Having been in the industry for over a century, IMR’s achievements speak for itself. Amongst some of the awards and recognitions received in 2017 and 2018 include: 1. Dr. Lee Jong-Wook Memorial Prize for Public Health, 2018. 2. ‘A Duplex Real Time Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay for Rapid Diagnose of Leptospirosis’, Silver Medal, 2018. 3. ‘Organ Transplant and Encephalitis Quick and Accurate Diagnosis Using Herpes Viruses Fourplace’, Bronze Medal, 2018. 4. ‘IMR Forensic Entomology Kit to Improve the Quality of Crime Scene Investigation (CSI)’, Bronze Medal, 2018. 5. ‘Salt Iodate Micro-Method (SIMM) Kit’, Bronze Medal, 2018. 6. ‘Genetic, Lipid and other risk factors in early-onset Acute Myocardial Infarction’, Newton-Ungku Omar Fund Award, 2017. 7. National Intellectual Property Award, 2017. 8. Silver Medal, 28th International Invention, Innovation and Technology Exhibition, 2017. ADDRESS Jalan Pahang, 50588, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. CONTACT PERSON Dr. Hj. Tahir Aris (Top Management - Public Health Physician (Researcher)) CONTACTS T: +603 2616 2666 / +603 3362 8888 F: +603 2698 9679 E: tahir.a@moh.gov.my WEBSITE www.imr.gov.my YEAR OF ESTABLISHMENT 1900 NO. OF STAFF 664 GEO-COORDINATES 3.169118, 101.698780 AREA OF EXPERTISE Research into the causes, treatment and prevention of scourges, endemic, sporadic, infectious and contagious, non-communicable diseases, herbal medicine and pre-clinical drug discoveries. STRENGTHS AND ACHIEVEMENTS Substantial research projects of national and international standing. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION/ SUCCESS STORIES 10 Centres of Excellence including 3 WHO Collaborating Centres. INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH (IMR) International Cooperation Programme / Success Stories IMR boasts of 10 Centres of Excellence including 3 World Health Organisation (WHO) Collaborating Centres: 1. SEAMEO-TROPMED Regional Centre for Microbiology, Parasitology and Entomology. 2. WHO Collaborating Centre for Taxonomy Immunology and Chemotheraphy of Brugian Filariasis. 3. WHO Collaborating Centre for Ecology, Taxonomy and Control of Vectors of Malaria, Filariasis and Dengue. 4. WHO Regional Centre for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases and Nutrition. 5. Prototype of Herbal InfoHub. 6. Secretariat for the National Committee for Research and Development of Herbal Medicine. 7. WHO Western Pacific Region Index Medicus (WPRIM) Project. 8. Global Information Hub on Integrative Medicine. 9. National Focal Point for the WHO Collaborative Surveillance Programme on Antibiotic Resistance in the Western Pacific Region. 10. Secretariat for the Inter-Islamic Network for Tropical Medicine. 11. WHO National Polio virus Laboratory. 12. WHO National Influenza Centre.