Profile: An educator, trainer, and researcher with over 30 years of experience. She is a trained counseling psychiatric psychologist and a clinical hypnotherapist with 18 years of experience as a psychotherapist, counselor, supervisor, and trainer. Dr. Shanthi has conducted workshops on various management levels, given talks on mental health and illness at international and national conferences.

Talk Synopsis: The Pandemic in recent years has created turbulence globally, which brought damage both psychologically and impacted one’s well-being. It has been challenging for children and teens during this pandemic era to experience transforming lifestyle, behaviors, and the arrival of new norms. As a result, uncertainties, “a state of limbo” and ambiguity tend to creep into every walk of our lives. A sense of awareness should be designed to intervene to “neutralize” the stress and the uncertainties of the aftermath of the pandemic era. As a remedy, an inclusive action plan from family members, school communities, and the authority should be made a reality to deal with the post-dilemma of the pandemic era. 

Profile: A Capacity Building officer from Women’s Aid Organisation (WAO), Natasya is a high-spirited individual with a passion for empowering survivors of abuse, especially in marginalized communities. With a background in social work, she believes that all survivors need to be treated empathetically and without judgment from society. She strongly advocates that an education for all and interagency approach is crucial in tackling gender-based violence thus uplifting women, in general.

Talk Synopsis: Ms. Natasha deliberated on the topic ‘What is Gender-Based Violence? Understanding different types of GBV and the Intersections’. This talk aimed to help communities learn what gender-based violence (GBV) is, identify its root causes, how it affects all members of a community (adults and children alike), and how critical it is for community members to take responsibility and action.

Profile: A Gerontologist, Trainer, researcher, and a very passionate dementia advocate and activist, who has been involved in the eldercare industry for the past 20 years. Dr. Cecilia has been involved in various projects concerning providing services and facilities to the Malaysian elderly and presented numerous papers at both international and national Conferences.

Talk Synopsis: Dr. Cecilia stated that dementia has been “hidden in the shadows” and this is even more apparent in Malaysia as we know there are no specific policies or support socially and financially to our Malaysians living with dementia and their loved ones. Dementia continues to be one of the most misunderstood and stigmatized health conditions. The dementia story as we’ve been telling is so often a story of despair, shame, loss of ability, loss of meaning, and loss of connection. It’s a story of wasting away, a story of a devastating disconnects from identity and community. The stigma and segregation were manifested more intensely during the pandemic. As such, with a sense of moral urgency to address this crisis, there is an urgent need to shift the culture of dementia care from centralized control, safety, isolation, and punitive interventions to a culture of inclusion, creativity, justice, and respect. She emphasized that we are living in a time of dementia which touches the lives of more of us than ever before. This sharing aims to burrow into that stigma, to directly confront it and thereby come to understand it more fully so that it won’t interfere with living a full life with dementia and supporting people with dementia. By coming to know about and making use of services that might help them, people will be better able to alleviate the tragic social conditions of the disease—the isolation, the stress, the depression and create a more positive approach to dementia. She justified her talk by stressing that ‘It is a time to reimagine dementia’.

Profile: A Corporate Trainer and Mindset Coach with 21 years of experience in the field of Learning & Development. She possesses an MBA from University Utara Malaysia and is recently accredited by the European International University as a Master Trainer. Her credentials are further enhanced as a Certified Master Neuro-Linguistic Programming Practitioner, Master NLP Coach, Master Practitioner of Timeline Therapy, and Master Hypnotherapist; awarded by both the American Board of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (ABNLP) and the International Association of Counselors & Therapists (IACT). She specializes in the areas of Motivation & Mindset and Self-empowerment. Her professional and personal mantra is to enrich and empower the lives of others. Her clientele spreads across various industries including automotive, telecommunication, manufacturing, hospitality, and education to name a few. She is also actively involved in mindset and success coaching which puts her ahead of the others.

Talk Synopsis: Ms. Rathikala spoke on a topic ‘Shine from within’ by advocating the importance of mindset which she defined as a set of beliefs on how you make sense of the world and yourself. She covered on Mindset-Emotion-Behavior where she said, to be happy with yourself in the present moment while maintaining a dream of your future is a grand recipe for manifestation. When you feel so whole that you no longer care whether “it’ will happen, that’s when amazing things materialize before your eyes. She gave 3 elements to attain that happiness namely: Change your focus, assess yourself and challenge your inner voice. She kept all of us listening till the end by taking us through a hypnosis session too.

Objective:

1. Offer appropriate awareness through a Scoliosis talk.

2. A Physiotherapy exercise session with Physiotherapy experts.

Date & Time of the event:

1. 08/04/2023 (Saturday)

2. Talk: 9AM - 12 PM

3. Exercise Session: 2 PM-5 PM

Event Info:

The event was organised by Department of Physiotherapy, in collaboration with Centre for Research on Non-Communicable Disease (CRNCD) and UTAR Physiotherapy Society. A total of 58 participants registered for this event (limited seats to 60 only).

The registration started at 9 am. The head of department Mr Noh delivered the welcome address. The emcee of the event was Kiruthika. The first talk was by Dr Kishandh Thiren on “Scoliosis: Recognising and Managing”. Following by Mr Ravindren “The role of Chiropractors in Scoliosis management”. third speaker Ms Jamee highlighted about the “Spinecor Brace & Corrective Exercise”, followed by Mr Tay Kok Wai highlighted about “Psychological Impact of Scoliosis”, finally Ms Mabel discussed about the “Scoliosis-its impact in mental health”. Each talk was for 30 minutes followed by 10 minutes of Q and A session. The talk session ended by 1.30 am with a vote of thanks delivered by the chairperson of the event Dr Deepak.

From 2.15 Pm by the led from Pn Nadia and Ms Hazirah, the exercise session started at the respective venues. The participants were divided into group and asked to actively participate in the exercise session. The session started with warm-up, followed by strengthening exercise and cool-down. The exercise session ended at 3.30 pm followed by group photo sessions.

 

 

Date: April 29, 2023, Time: 10:00 am – 4 pm

The Non-Motor Issues of Parkinson's Disease webinar was held by CRNCD in association with Chettinad Academy of Research and Education (CARE). Hosted by student emcees Esther, Zi Shan, Natalie and Zhong Hong, it featured talks by six expert speakers on various non-motor aspects of Parkinson's.

Topics covered included telerehabilitation, sleep issues, gastrointestinal problems, urological/nephrology concerns, psychological factors, postural hypotension, communication difficulties, and an overview of non-motor symptoms. Speakers included doctors Nupur Hajela, Ravi Yadav, Rajeev Ojha, M. Edwin Fernando, Kailash Suresh Kumar, and Hiew Fu Liong, as well as physiotherapist Tarun Amalnerkar. Each 40 minute session included a presentation followed by a Q&A with participants. Approximately 100 attendees joined via video conference. Feedback was overwhelmingly positive, with participants appreciating the expert insight into managing Parkinson's holistically. Overall it was an engaging, informative event advancing awareness of Parkinson's multifaceted impacts.

WEBINAR #1

Topic: Importance of lifestyle in Ayurveda

Speakers: Dr. Vidhyaa Manoher

DATE: October 28, 2023,

TIME: 3:00 PM-4:00 PM MYT VIA Zoom

Total Participants: 67