Professor Dr. Teo obtained a First Class Honours Degree at the University of Cambridge in 1992, where she was supported by Yayasan Sime Darby – Cambridge Commonwealth Trust Scholarship. In 1998, Professor Teo won the prestigious Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Research Fellowship to continue her work at the University of Cambridge.

Together with Tan Sri Tunku Ahmad Yahaya, she started working on plans to establish Cancer Research Malaysia in 1997 and returned to Malaysia in January 2001 to lead this first non-profit cancer research laboratory. She was appointed as Adjunct Professor of University Malaya in 2008 and a Fellow of the Academy Sciences in 2014.

A graduate of the University of Cambridge, Ms. Yoon has been involved in the Malaysian Breast Cancer (MyBrCA) research project at Cancer Research Malaysia since 2003. She is one of two certified Genetic Counsellors in Malaysia, and is accredited by the Human Genetics Society Australasia (FHGSA).

Her current focus is on hereditary cancers, such as breast and ovarian cancer patients and their families in Malaysia, with a research interest in the psychosocial aspects of genetic testing and counselling in Malaysia.

As Head of the Head and Neck Cancer Research Programme, Professor Dr. Cheong establishes and implements Cancer Research Malaysia’s research programs in these cancers.

Receiving her First Class Honours Degree in Biochemistry from the National University of Malaysia (UKM), her research in oral cancer at Cancer Research Malaysia has resulted in the development of an immunotherapy that is currently in preclinical testing.

A recipient of the L’Oreal for Women in Science Award, she is also Co-Chair of the Young Affiliate Network of The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS). Professor Dr. Cheong also serves as an Adjunct Professor at University of Malaya.

As a trained accountant, Fui Fong has worked in a number of German and USA companies in Malaysia and Singapore and she brings with her experience in establishing accounting systems to ensure the operational backbone of Cancer Research Malaysia.