Prof Sir Leszek Borysiewicz FRSI am deeply honoured to be a Jeffrey Cheah Distinguished Professor at Sunway University.You may well ask why? The facilities for staff and students are excellent and they engage internationally, focusing on UN Development Targets. Each university has its own areas of excellence and can contribute.For our academics the challenges are exciting because all academic disciplines can make a contribution. His research specialisms also include infectious diseases, cell mediated immunity and vaccine development.He was appointed as chairman of Cancer Research UK (CRUK) in November 2016. He was knighted in 2001 for his breakthroughs in vaccines, including developing Europe’s first trial of a vaccine to treat cervical cancer.

Source: The Star August 02, 2020 00:56 UTC