Dr Siti Khayriyyah Mohd Hanafiah once again made Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) proud when she was conferred the National Youth Award 2018 (special category) at the National Youth Day 2019 celebration at Dewan Canselor Tun Abdul Razak in Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) recently.
The USM School of Biological Sciences lecturer received the award for winning the 2018 FameLab International Championship and being named the World’s Best Science Communicator through her research in the use of antibody antigens to diagnose tuberculosis. She received her award from the Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, which also came with a prize money of RM10,000.
