Professor Er Hui Meng
Professor Er Hui Meng is the Pro Vice-Chancellor, Education at the IMU University, Malaysia. She is also the Director of IMU Centre for Education which is responsible for faculty development, student evaluation of teaching and learning, and education research. She leads the team comprising of faculty and professional staff with a broad range of experiences and expertise in education and technology to support teaching innovations that contribute to improvement in student experience and performance. She also oversees the strategic management of learning resources which include E-learning, library, medical museum, laboratories as well as clinical skills and simulation learning. She played a significant role in the development of pharmacy and health sciences programmes at IMU, as well as the establishment of institutional policies and guidelines for teaching, learning and assessment. She promotes these best practices through faculty training workshops at the IMU and at national and international conferences. Her other major contributions include the accreditation of BSc (Hons) Pharmaceutical Chemistry programme by the UK Royal Society of Chemistry (2014), IMU’s Certification of Self-Accreditation status by Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA) (2017) and IMU’s achievement in receiving the AMEE (Association for Medical Education in Europe) ASPIRE Certificate of Merit in Faculty Development (2022).

Prof Ian Martin Symonds
Professor Symonds is the Deputy Vice Chancellor, Academic  and Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the IMU University, Malaysia. He qualified in Medicine at Nottingham Medical School in 1983 and trained in general medicine and obstetrics and gynacology in the UK. He completed specialist training in Obstetrics in 1997 and a Doctor of Medicine research higher degree in 1995. Prior to moving to IMU, he held the positions of Chair of Reproductive Medicine in Newcastle NSW in 2004 and Head of School in 2011 before moving to South Australia as Dean and Head of School of Medicine, Adelaide University from 2015 to 2020. He joined IMU in 2021 as the Dean of Medicine.

Professor Symonds has been a chief investigator on studies on the treatment of dysfunctional uterine bleeding, genetics of pre-eclampsia, infrared spectroscopic analysis of cervical smears, detection of ovarian cancer using Tc-99 labelled monoclonal antibody, innate immunity to Chlamydia, the psychosocial aspects of maternal age, genetics of endometrial cancer, growth restriction and preterm labour, attachment disorders, cervical screening, fetal ECG ST-Analysis and induction of labour. He has published more than 80 peer review papers and is the immediate past editor of the Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.

Prof Symonds has led several major curriculum change processes and innovations in both national and local settings and played an active role in research projects on inter-professional learning, widening access to medical school, student selection, work place based assessment and the use of e-portfolios in medical education. He has published a number of undergraduate textbooks and has a master’s degree in clinical education. He has held a number of national leadership roles including the presidency of the Medical Deans of Australia and New Zealand and Vice President of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and is the current Dean of Education at the College.

Dr Sharmini Paramalingam
Dr Sharmini is a medical doctor with background experience as a general surgeon, lecturer, occupational health doctor and refugee physician. Currently she is a general practitioner, with a keen interest in a holistic approach to health and wellbeing. She is also a yoga instructor and a fashion model. Dr Sharmini is a vibrant member of IMU alumni community and has dedicated her time to IMU's Community Engagement Alumni Chapter.