Moi Meng Ling
Moi Meng Ling | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| Nationality | Malaysian |
| Alma mater | Universiti Putra Malaysia University of Tsukuba Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences University of Tsukuba（Doctor of Medicine） |
| Known for | Dengue and mosquito-borne viral diseases research |
| Awards | Young Scientists' Prize, Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Sugiura Award, Japanese Society of Virology Japan Medical Research and Development Grand Prize, Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED) President Prize（Ceremony at Prime Minister's Official Residence (Japan)） Others |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Virology Tropical medicine Infectious diseases |
| Institutions | WHO National Institute of Infectious Diseases (Japan) Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University |
| Doctoral advisor | Ichiro Kurane |
| Chinese name | |
| Traditional Chinese | 梅敏苓 |
| Simplified Chinese | 梅敏苓 |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Méi Mǐnlíng |
| Pha̍k-fa-sṳ | Mòi Mên-lìn |
| Jyutping | Mui4 Man5 Ling4 |
| Hokkien POJ | Mûi Bín-lêng |
| Tâi-lô | Muî Bín-lîng |
Sherry Moi Meng Ling is a Malaysian virologist, currently serving as a professor at the Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo. Her research focuses on innate immune system to mosquito-borne virus infection and field epidemiology.
She is an advisor at the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development advisory board from 2022.
She has previously worked as a researcher at the National Institute of Infectious Diseases (Japan). She received her B.Sc. (Hon) at University Putra Malaysia, M.Sc. (Medical Sciences) and Ph.D. (Medical Sciences) at Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba.
She speaks Malay, English, Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese), and Japanese.