Prof. Dr Toh Teck Hock, M.B.,B.S. (Melb.), FRCPCH (UK)
Professor, Faculty of Medicine, SEGi University Sibu Clinical Campus, Malaysia (since 1 July 2017; Adjunct Associate Professor 1 February 2014 – 31 January 2017)
Adjunct Professor, School of Science & Technology, Sunway University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (since 1 March 2019)
Consultant Paediatrician, Department of Paediatrics, Sibu Hospital, Sibu, Sarawak (since 3 Feb 2004)
Head, Clinical Research Centre, Sibu Hospital, Sarawak (since 1 January 2011)
Community Paediatrician, program for special needs children in Central Sarawak & Lau King Howe Memorial Children Clinic (Agape Centre), Divisional Health Office, Sibu, Sarawak (since 1 July 2004)
I am a Paediatrician and the Head of the Clinical Research Centre (CRC) in Sibu Hospital. I worked in Australia, the United Kingdom and Singapore before returning in 2004 to work in Malaysia. I am the Professor for SEGi University and Sunway University, the Special Olympics Asia Pacific Regional Clinical Advisor in Health Promotion®, Vice President for the National Early Childhood Intervention Council, and the National Assessor for the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative. Besides general paediatrics, I also work in developmental-behavioural paediatrics and community child health and research on one-health infectious diseases and vaccine trials.
I have collaborated with researchers in international institutions like Duke University, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Universiti Malaya and institutions in Serbia, Singapore, and the Netherlands. I have authored more than 70 peerreviewed manuscripts and book chapters. Others have cited my published works more than 450 times (h-index of 12 and i10-index of 13 by Google Scholar). I have been invited to speak at various scientific meetings/conferences and conducted training throughout Malaysia and internationally (ASEAN countries, Bangladesh, Australia, India, Hong Kong, and the United States). Besides scientific papers, I have also published parent-teacher handbooks on ADHD, language development and breastfeeding, and children reading/colouring books and books on Chinese literary prose and short stories. During the COVID-19 pandemic, under my leadership, CRC Lab became the first reference laboratory outside of Sarawak’s capital city (the third in Sarawak) for the virus PCR testing in March 2020. I received The Outstanding Young Malaysian Award in 2010, Malaysian Medical Association Public Service Award in 2014, Special Education Network in Asia Advocacy Award in 2018, and other awards/prizes for academic/work achievement.
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