Profesor Dato' Dr. Hashim Yaacob

Kept. Dato' Professor Dr. Hashim Yaacob, PSSTLDM
Dato’ Professor Dr Hashim Yaacob was appointed the eighth Vice-Chancellor of the University of Malaya on April 1, 2003. Born in Tanah Merah, Kelantan in 1949, he had his early education in Tanah Merah and Kuala Krai, Kelantan as well as MARA Institute of Technology, Petaling Jaya. He obtained his BDS from the University of Otago, New Zealand in 1974, MSc from University of London in 1978, Fellow in Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow (FDSRCPS Glasg) in 1986 and Diploma in Islamic Studies (DIS) from the International Islamic University, Malaysia (IIUM) in 1992.
He was conferred Fellow in Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (FDSRCS Eng Ad eundem) in 1995, the Foundation Fellow of the Faculty of Oral Pathology of the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia, Australia (FFOPRCPA) in 1996, the CBiol, MlBiol (Chartered Biologist) by the Institute of Biology, United Kingdom in 1996, and the Fellow of the Academy of Sciences, Malaysia (FASc) in 2000.
He has held several high-ranking positions prior to his appointment as the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Malaya. He was the Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Student Affairs (2001-2003); member of the University of Malaya Council; Senate member and member of the Promotion Panel for the posts of professor and associate professor. He was also the Dean of the Faculty of Dentistry (1987-1989; 1994-2001), the Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Dentistry (1983-1986) and the Head of Department of Oral Pathology, Oral Medicine and Periodontology, Faculty of Dentistry (1980 – 1983).Presently, he is a Captain in the Royal Malaysian Navy Reserve Forces.
Throughout his academic and professional career, he has contributed significantly to his discipline of Oral Pathology and Oral Medicine and to the University. His outstanding academic achievements were recognised in 1987 when he obtained his professorship in the year 1987. During his tenure as the Dean of the Faculty of Dentistry, he was also responsible in raising the standard of the Bachelor of Dental Surgery degree programme by obtaining recognition from the General Dental Council of the United Kingdom in 1997.
Being an active researcher internationally, he has received several distinguished awards which include the Gold and Silver Awards (with his co-researchers) for the scientific invention of a pharmaceutical product called Remopain at the International Invention competition in Geneva in 2001. His research interests are in the fields of facial pain and oral diseases.
Besides academic concerns, he is also very much in touch with his roots. He is involved in the appreciation and preservation of the arts, especially Malay literature (poetry) and the Kelantanese culture such as the silat and wayang kulit. An accomplished literary figure, he has written and edited five anthologies of poetry - Air Penawar Sekacang Kelat, Air Manik Astagina, Misi, Tanah Serendah Sekebun Bunga and Aku Hanya Mahu ke Seberang. Three of these books were published by the Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka. He has also won several prizes for poetry writing at the national level such as the Anugerah Sastera Perdana (2002).
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