On July 23, I participated in a webinar titled “Digital transformation: making a difference to primary and respiratory care” as part of a webinar series hosted by UMeHU (Universiti Malaya eHealth Unit) at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, my previous workplace. The lecturer was Dr. Hilary Pinnock. As a specialist in respiratory medicine, she leads numerous digital health research projects related to respiratory medicine at the University of Edinburgh Medical School, and her on-site reports, including the challenges involved, were highly informative. Thank you very much, Hilary!

The University of Edinburgh Medical School and the University of Malaya have been collaborating on an international research project called “RESPIRE” (NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Respiratory Health; https://usher.ed.ac.uk/respire) for several years, and I have been involved as a member since before I started working at UM. I remember that I met with the outstanding researchers from the University of Edinburgh back at UM and had a good conversation.

Although I am now affiliated with the Faculty of Business Administration rather than the Faculty of Medicine, this is one of the medical projects I continue to be involved in through UM. I hope to continue contributing, even if only in a small way, and would also like to visit the University of Edinburgh someday soon.

去る7月23日に、私の古巣であるマラヤ大学（UM）医学部、UMeHU（eHealth Unit）が主催するwebinarの一環で、「Digital transformation: making a difference to primary and respiratory care」と題する講義が行われたので参加。講師はHilary Pinnock博士。呼吸器内科の専門医でもある彼女は、所属するエディンバラ大学医学部で、呼吸器内科にまつわる多くのデジタルヘルス研究をリードしており、その現場での報告は、課題も含めて大変ためになった。

エディンバラ大学医学部とマラヤ大学とは、数年前から「RESPIRE」（NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Respiratory Health； https://usher.ed.ac.uk/respire）という国際共同研究を継続しており、私もUMで働き始める少し前から一員として参画させてもらっている。UM滞在中はエディンバラ大学から来られた優秀な研究者たちと交流したことが懐かしい。

医学部から離れ、今は経営学部に所属する私が継続して関わるUM経由の医学プロジェクトの一つがこれ。引き続き僅かでも貢献し、エディンバラ大学も訪れてみたいもの。