Founding CEO of Cancer Research Malaysia (retired), where she has led pioneering research in the genetics and genomics of Asian breast cancer and championed the translation of scientific discoveries into precision medicine, improved patient care, and stronger health systems. She is a director of Clinical Research Malaysia, Fellow of the National Institutes of Biotechnology Malaysia (advising on the MyGenom Project), Adjunct Professor at the University of Malaya, and Chair of the Medical and Health Sciences Discipline at the Academy of Sciences Malaysia. She was awarded an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and conferred the DSIS Award by HRH Sultan Selangor (which bears the title Datin Paduka) for services to medical research.