In Focus: Zimah

Saturday, April 18, 2015 · 0 comments

Here's another final year student from Biomedical Science Cohort 4. Her name is Zimah. One glance, she may look Korean, or Japanese, due to her fair skin. Let's get to know Zimah in person.


Zimah in general

What is your full name?
Dk.NurHazimah Pg Md Hasylin

Where do you live?
Kg Lambak Kanan

When is your birthday?
22-10-1991

What are your hobbies?
Let’s see…netball, jogging, watching TV series,

Describe yourself in three phrases.
Indecisive, daydreamer, bimbo at times haha

What are the 3 things you can't live without?
WiFi, phone and my family

What is your favourite quote?
A quote from one of the songs from my favourite band ‘ The Maine’ : “It hurts to know the hardest part hasn’t come yet”

Where do you want to go on a vacation and why?
Europe!!  I’ve been to Germany for my DY and I didn’t get enough opportunity to travel around Europe that much, so I would like to go there again.

What is your favourite TV series?
So hard to choose from haha currently I’m into those superheroes type of tv series, such as Arrow and The Flash.

What is the best and worst movie to you?
Best= Pitch Perfect!
Worst = Twilight saga

Do you have any favourite restaurants here in Brunei?
None in particular, I just go where my tummy feels like going.


What is the most important thing in life?
My family and my circle of friends

If you have 1 million, what would you do with it?
Probably travel around the world. My own travel escape 

If you have one way to help the others, what would that be?
I would love to help in any possible way that I can manage 


If you were given one chance to reverse time, when would that be and why?
Discovery year 2013, I would really want that “honeymoon” period back lol

Describe your happiest moment in IHS.
Our lunch escapades, our way to just enjoy ourselves not thinking about the stress we had back in IHS haha



How is university life so far?
Final semester of final year. Currently doing a research project on virology with Professor Mabruk, involving screening for respiratory RNA viruses in order to identify respiratory viral pathogens associated with respiratory infections of patients with travel history to the Middle Eastern countries and were previously tested negative for MERS CoV.

Describe your life as a biomedical science student.
4 years seems long, but actually isn’t. My journey so far has been a great and wonderful experience



Which module is your favourite and why?
Microbiology especially virology!

What did you do during your discovery year?
Internship in Krankenhaus Nordwest, Frankfurt Germany.

Any study tips for your juniors?
Study smart first then study hard


Do you have any words of motivation to the juniors?

It may seem like a long way run, but by the end of it you’ll look back and think “ hey! Where have the years gone by? “ . So just sit back and have fun, enjoy the 4 years of being an undergraduate biomedical scientist.



All the best for your exams!

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"If you use up all the time during the Revision Week doing actual revision, you will perform well during the exams." (Dr Mas Rina Wati Haji Abd Hamid, 2011).

Congratulations to Dr Nurol on the baby boy!

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Our Deputy Dean, Dr Dk Nurul Aini Pg Hj Kifli, has just given birth to a new baby boy few days ago. Let's pray for her fast recovery, and good health for her and her baby. 

In Focus: Amira

Thursday, April 16, 2015 · 0 comments

Amira is one of the Biomedical Science Cohort 4 students. You can always see her around at the institute these days (in the lab) because she is busy doing the final year project experiments with her classmates. Let's get to know Amira personally :)


Amira in general

What is your full name?
Nur Amira Amni Binti Awang Adam

Where do you live?
8 minutes away from UBD! Kg. Rimba

When is your birthday?
Chrismast Eve - 24th Dec 1992

What are your hobbies?
Baking, cooking, browsing internet / social media

Describe yourself in three phrases.

  • Wear spectacles
  • Can be talkative
  • Loves wearing black hajra – very convenient!

What are the 3 things you can't live without?
My family, spectacles and phone

What is your favourite quote?
My mother’s - “Allah indakan sia – sia kan hamba-Nya yang berusaha”

Where do you want to go on a vacation and why?
Dubai – a modern country with full of surprises. Went there for DY and it was an amazing experience so I would love to visit Dubai again.

What is your favourite TV series?
Running man

What is the best and worst movie to you?
Best movie – The Maze Runner
Worst movie – Fifty shades of grey


Do you have any favourite restaurants here in Brunei?
Many! Because depends on what I want to eat. For example I would go to Bello for their chocolate lava cake, Excapade, Koryo etc.. 

What is the most important thing in life?
Happiness.

If you have 1 million, what would you do with it?
Invest half of it and then perform Haj with my parents

If you have one way to help the others, what would that be?
I would love to take care of babies or toddlers for working parents without fees

If you were given one chance to reverse time, when would that be and why?
When I was in Dubai, I would love to visit more attractive places than I had

Describe your happiest moment in IHS.

When my entire course buddy decided to have lunch together after lecture or practical


Amira as a biomedical scientist

How is university life so far?
So far so good

Describe your life as a biomedical science student.
I attended lectures and laboratory practical, and I am currently doing research project on lung cancer.


Which module is your favourite and why?
Microbiology – easier to understand

Where did you do your discovery year?
UAE University and UM, Malaysia


Any study tips for your juniors?
Study smart, focus on the lobs as your guideline

Do you have any words of motivation to the juniors?
Appreciate what the lecturers have done for you. Work hard and smart to achieve what you aim for. Make use of the opportunities that has been given wisely because chance rarely comes twice.


Internship programmes during the Discovery Year session 2013/2014

Monday, April 13, 2015 · 0 comments

1. Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University. The undergraduates are Mek Ke Jing, Lee Thian Hui and Michelle Lim Ser Hui.

Night Sakura viewing

Ritsurin garden

Visit to Rare Sugar Centre

9th Malaysia Indonesia Brunei Darussalam Medical Sciences Conference 2015 (Deadline for abstract submission has been extended to 22nd April 2015)

Sunday, April 12, 2015 · 0 comments


Malaysia Indonesia Brunei Medical Sciences Conference is a bienniel conference between PAPRSB Institute of Health Sciences, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia and Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia since 2005.

This year, the 9th Conference with the theme “Transdisciplinary Approach in Healthcare Research” will again be hosted by Institute of Health Sciences, Universiti Brunei Darussalam and will be held on 11-13 June 2015 at the PAPRSB Institute of Health Sciences Extension Building, Universiti Brunei Darussalam.  

This event serves as an important avenue for exchanging ideas, evidences, and information to initiate research collaborations as well as research publications amongst the faculty members in the regional countries. One example of research collaboration that has been initiated from this conference is the stress study amongst the healthcare professionals between Brunei, Malaysia and Indonesia. Proceedings from this conference will also be published in the special issue of the host university’s journal.

This conference will see progress reports of currently-running projects and will hope to forge more research collaborations and publications.

Good news - the abstract deadline has been extended to 22nd April 2015!

Click here for more details.

Internship programmes during the Discovery Year session 2012/2013

Tuesday, April 07, 2015 · 0 comments


1. The Otto-Meyerhof Centre and Clinical Research in Heidelberg and Krankenhaus Nordwest, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. The undergraduates are Jacinda, Idayu and Chloe.






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BHSc. in Nursing
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