Teoh Boon TeongMalaysiaSenior LecturerTIDREC, Universiti MalayaDr. Teoh Boon Teong is a Senior Lecturer at the Tropical Infectious Diseases Research and Education Centre (TIDREC), Universiti Malaya (UM), Malaysia. He obtained his B.Biomed.Sci. (Hons) and Ph.D. from UM. His research focuses on developing novel molecular diagnostic tools for detecting various viral infections. He serves as the person-in-charge of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Arbovirus Reference and Research (MAA-12) and is the Technical Manager of TIDREC’s MS ISO/IEC 17025:2017 Surveillance Laboratory. This laboratory is also an appointed National COVID-19 Screening Centre and a designated Medical Device Authority (MDA) Testing Laboratory.