The Malaysia-Indonesia-Brunei (MIB) Medical Science Conference is held once every two years. In 2019,Faculty of Medicine (FKUI), Universitas Indonesia hosted this medical science conference for the 11th timewith the theme “Improving Collaborative Effort in Facing the Future Challenges in Health”. It was held fromthe 19th -20th September 2019 at IMERI, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia. This conference was inaugurated in 2007 between 3 countries: Universiti Brunei Darussalam (Brunei),Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (Malaysia) and Universitas Indonesia (Indonesia) to promote cooperation,networking and mutual research collaboration amongst the 3 countries.  Dr. Hjh Fazean Irdayati representedthe Dean in the Plenary Lecture with the title “Collaboration in the Community: Improving CollaborativeEfforts in Facing Future Health Care Challenges”. Dr. Nik Anni Tuah and Dr. Li Ling Chaw presented theirresearch in the symposium sessions. On Day 1, the Deans’ representatives from all the 3 countries met for the business meeting to discuss futuredirection of the conference, its governance as well as plan for the next meeting which will be hosted byBrunei in 2021. A research collaboration meeting was also organized to discuss future projects in the areaof non-communicable diseases, cardiovascular research, natural products, occupational health andnutrition.  The conference was an excellent opportunity for experts as well as students and faculty members tointeract and discuss collaborative research on medical sciences and medical/health education. Around 200participants comprising clinicians, health professionals, academics, researchers, as well asmedical/biomedical/postgraduate students attended this conference. Many congratulations to two of ourearly-career academics, Dr. Goh Poh Hui and Dr. Hazim Ghani, who received awards for best oralpresentation (second place) and best poster presentation (third place) respectively. I H S A C A D E M I C S A N D S T U D E N T S A T T H E1 1 T H M A L A Y S I A , I N D O N E S I A A N D B R U N E IM E D I C A L S C I E N C E S C O N F E R E N C E 2 0 1 9 6D k . D r . N u r o l a i n i K i f l i , S e n i o r A s s i s t a n t P r o f e s s o rB E Y O N D | O C T . T O D E C . 2 0 1 9 | I S S U E 1 9 | R E S E A R C H I S S U E
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