Research Personality: Dr. Suraya Yusoff

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Running a Clinical Trial for an Alzheimer’s Drug

Dr. Suraya Yusoff is a psychogeriatrician — a psychiatrist who specialises in the assessment and treatment of elderly people with mental health issues. She is one of the few psychogeriatricians in Malaysia. Currently she is based at the Hospital Sultan Ismail in Johor Bahru, where she runs a clinical trial for a drug to treat Alzheimer’s. She talks to Sharmila Valli Narayanan about the challenges of running a clinical trial for Alzheimer’s patients and explains the importance of such trials for patient care.

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Research Personality: Dr. Irene Looi

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Dr. Irene Looi is a Consultant Neurologist at the Medical Department of Seberang Jaya Hospital, Penang. She obtained an MBBS from the University of Malaya before pursuing MRCP (UK), Fellowship in Neurology and sub-specialty training in Stroke from the National Neuroscience Institute of Singapore. Prior to her current attachment at Seberang Jaya Hospital, Dr. Irene served as a Neurology Fellow at Penang Hospital, Kuala Lumpur Hospital and University Malaya Medical Centre between 2005 and 2008, and as a Clinical Neurologist at Penang Hospital (2008 – 2009).

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