KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 29 (Bernama) -- Clinical Trials Day 2019 was celebrated for its third consecutive year at the newly opened Women and Children’s Hospital Kuala Lumpur. This event, organized by Clinical Research Malaysia (CRM) in collaboration with Clinical Research Centre (CRC) of Kuala Lumpur Hospital, aims to elevate the awareness level of clinical trials among patients and the general public in the country.

During the event, an I AM AWARE Photography Series, featuring a photo collection of patients that had participated in a clinical trial, was launched by the Deputy Director-General of Health (Research & Technical Support), YBhg Datuk Dr. Christopher Lee Kwok Choong. The photography series portrays the different stages of a clinical trial patient’s life. The I AM AWARE campaign is one of the community outreach initiatives by CRM together with Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, CanWell Group as a strategic partner.

Clinical trials have been perceived as experimental testing and patients most often feel as though they are being used as guinea pigs. Despite the significant impact clinical trials has made on improving medical treatments, this misconception continues as the public’s understanding is limited due to lack of understanding of clinical trials. 

In order to reach wider audiences at the national level, mobile exhibition roadshows will be touring the country at major public hospitals throughout the year to engage with patients. The photography series, comprising of stand-alone panels and booklets, showcases the core part of clinical trial which is the unsung heroes that have contributed to research that may improve medical treatments and move science forward.
 
About Clinical Research Malaysia (CRM)
Established by Malaysian Ministry of Health in 2012, Clinical Research Malaysia exists to advance global health solutions for a brighter, more hopeful future for the people by providing speedy and reliable end-to-end clinical research support for quality studies.

Our innate understanding of the local clinical research landscape with the international standards of operations coupled with fundamental backing of the government ministries provide us an incomparable advantage to work with partners from the nascent stages of development to materialisation of the end product, in order to deliver better treatment and high-skilled job opportunities.
 
About Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)
The UKM team is represented by the Cancer Wellness group (CanWell) under the Faculty of Health Sciences (Dr. Caryn Chan Mei Hsien, Dr. Noorazrul Yahya, Dr. Nor Aniza Azmi and Dr. Rozilawati Ahmad).  Faculty of Pharmacy (Dr. Adliah Mhd. Ali and Dr. Noraida Mohamed Shah). Dr Adliah Mhd Ali and Dr Noraida Mohamed Shah are senior lecturers from the Centre of Quality Management of Medicines at the Faculty of Pharmacy.  This centre focuses on the safe and cost effective use of medicines and practices to optimise the delivery of pharmaceutical care and clinical initiatives, enhance professional development of healthcare providers relevant to changes and developments in society and sciences and enhance the quality of information about medicines provided to the public and healthcare providers.
 
Photo: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/b5np9czydss4gr6/AAA-lBhyEMgItxE9zOMvT7eba?dl=0
 
Source: Clinical Research Malaysia (CRM) 

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Name: Syed Hamzah Syed Noordin
Tel: +6013-254 2542 / +603-7960 5153 (ext. 121)  
Email: hamzah@clinicalreserach.my 

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