(Source: asean.org)The announcement was made by the ASEAN Committee on Science,Technology, and Innovation (COSTI) in partnership with the US Governmentthrough the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and UL ResearchInstitutes. The awards, themed Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Health andSafety, assessed 64 candidates.
The senior scientist winner, Dr. Sok Ching Cheong, Head ofthe Digital Health Research Unit of Cancer Research Malaysia, is awarded 12,500USD in recognition of her research that addresses the prevalence of oral cancerusing AI technology, such as early detection mobile applications, to improvehealth outcomes.
Dr. Supiya Charoensiriwath, a principal researcher at the NationalElectronics and Computer Technology Center, is the mid-career scientist winner.She received a 12,500 USD award in recognition of her extensive work indeveloping mobile applications on national digital platforms to promotenutritional health in children.
Earning honorable mentions, Dr. Siriwan Suebnukarn fromThailand and Dr. Maxine Tan from Malaysia each received 5,000 USD.
ASEAN COSTI Chair, Deputy Minister of Science and Technology of Vietnam Bui The Duy, congratulated all thewinners for their work in improving people’s access to healthcare and safetyusing AI.
“The United States values empowering women scientists whowork to better society in safe and sustainable ways and act as role models forothers,” said Ambassador Yohannes A. Abraham of the US Mission to ASEAN.
Since 2014, the Science Prize for Women is held annuallythrough a collaborative effort among ASEAN COSTI, USAID, and UL ResearchInstitutes – a US-based international public safety non-profit organisation –to recognise women scientists’ professional achievements to leverage successand expand research endeavors, as well as inspire future female scientistsacross the ASEAN region./.
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