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Dr Timothy William MBBS (Malaya) MRCP(UK) FRCP (Edin) is currently the Infectious Disease Physician at Subang Jaya Medical Centre, Malaysia. He is President of the Infectious Disease Society of Kota Kinabalu Sabah and also an Honorary Associate for Institute of Clinical Research Centre in Malaysia, the Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, Australia and an Associate Investigator for The Australian Centre of Research Excellence in Malaria Elimination.

He was formerly the Sabah State Infectious Consultant for 10 years when he served in the Public Sector.  Dr. William and his team have published international journals on infectious diseases. He received the 2017 Merdeka Award for his work as an Infectious Disease Physician and his research on P.knowlesi malaria. He also received The International Bill and Melinda Gates Travel Award from the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, and the John Forbes Travel Award from the Australian Society of Infectious Diseases

• NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health
• President, Infectious Disease Society of Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
• Subang Jaya Medical Centre, Malaysia
• Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin Australia
• Associate Investigator for the Australian Centre of Research Excellence in Malaria Elimination (ACREME)

• Infectious and Tropical Diseases

• Infectious Diseases

• MBBS (Malaya)
• FRCP (Edin)

• 2019 – John Forbes Travel Award by the Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases
• 2017 – Merdeka Award for Health, Science and Technology (Joint)
• 2013 – Travel Award to the Scientific Meeting American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene , Washington DC, US, 12-16 November 2013
• 2010 – Professional Excellence Award, Ministry of Health
• 2009 – Professional Excellence Award, Ministry Of Health, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
• 2003 – Professional Excellence Award Ministry of Health, Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur General Hospital
• 2003 – Royal Rotary Club Award (Kuala Lumpur) for Service for the Treatment of patients with Severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
• 2000 – Professional Excellence Award, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Queen Elizabeth  Hospital, Sabah

• 2022 – Infectious Disease Physician, Subang Jaya Medical, Malaysia
• 2019-2022 – Infectious Disease Physician, Gleneagles Hospital Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
• 2015- 2019 – Infectious Disease Physician, Jesselton Medical Centre, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
• 2008- 2015 – Infectious Disease Consultant, Infectious Disease Unit, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
• 2007 – Registrar, Department of Medicine, Royal Darwin Hospital, NT, Australia
• 2006 – General Physician for Internal Medicine and Clinical Specialist (equivalent to Senior Registrar) of Infectious Diseases, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
• 2002- 2005 – General Physician for Internal Medicine and Clinical Specialist (equivalent to Senior Registrar) of Infectious Diseases, Kuala Lumpur Hospital, Malaysia
• 1999-2002 – Medical Officer, Department of Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
• 1996-1999 – Medical Officer and Hospital Director, Tambunan Hospital, Sabah, Malaysia
• 1995-1996 – House Officer, Johore Baharu Hospital

• Malaysian Medical Council Sub Committee Member in Infectious Diseases

• Severe Plasmodium knowlesi Malaria in a Tertiary Hospital, Sabah, Malaysia. Emerg Infect Dis 2011; 7: 17: 1248-55. William T, Menon J, Rajahram G, Chan L, Ma G, Donaldson S, Khoo S, Fredrick C, Jilip J, Anstey NM, Yeo TW.
• A prospective comparative study of knowlesi, falciparum and vivax malaria in Sabah, Malaysia: high proportion with severe disease from Plasmodium knowlesi and P. vivax but no mortality with early referral and artesunate therapy. Clin Infect Dis 2013; 56: 383-97. doi: 10.1093/cid/cis902. Epub 2012 Oct 19. Barber BE, William T, Grigg M, Menon J, Auburn S, Marfurt J, Anstey NM, Yeo TW
• Increasing incidence of Plasmodium knowlesi malaria following control of P. falciparum and P. vivax malaria in Sabah, Malaysia. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2013; 7 (1): e2026. William T, Rahman HA, Jelip J, Ibrahim MY, Menon J,  Grigg M, Yeo TW, Anstey NM, Barber BE.
• Avian influenza (H7N9) virus infection in Chinese Tourist in Malaysia, 2014. Emerging Infectious Diseases 21 (1), 14 William T, Bharathan Thevarajah SFL, Suleiman M, Jeffree MS, Menon J, Yeo TW.
• Changing epidemiology of malaria in Sabah, Malaysia: increasing incidence of Plasmodium knowlesi. Malaria J, 2014; 13 (1): 390 William T, Jelip J, Menon J, Anderios F, Mohammad, Mohammad TA, Matthew J Grigg MJ, Yeo TW, Anstey NM, Barber BE.
• Pulmonary tuberculosis in outpatients in Sabah, Malaysia: advanced disease but low incidence of HIV co-infection. BMC Infectious Diseases. 2015; 15 (1), 32. doi: 10.1186/s12879-015-0758-6. T William, U Parameswaran, WK Lee, TW Yeo, NM Anstey, AP Ralph.
• A randomized open-label clinical trial of artesunate-mefloquine versus chloroquine for the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium knowlesi malaria in Sabah, Malaysia (ACT KNOW trial). Lancet Infect Dis, 2016: 16(2):180-8. Grigg MJ, William T, Menon J, Dhanaraj P, Barber BE, Wilkes CS, von Seidlein L, Rajahram GS, Pasay C, McCarthy JS, Price RN, Anstey NM†,  Yeo  TW† (†: equal contribution authors).
• Tuberculous meningitis is a major cause of mortality and morbidity in adults with central nervous system infections in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia: an observational study. BMC Infect Dis. 2016; 16: 296. doi: 10.1186/s12879-016-1640. Lee HG, William T, Menon J, Ralph AP, Ooi EE, Hou Y, Sessions O, Yeo TW.
• Rickettsioses as Major Etiologies of Unrecognized Acute Febrile Illness, Sabah, East Malaysia. Emerg Infect Dis. 2020 Jul;26(7):1409–19. doi: 10.3201/eid2607.191722. PMID: 32568664; PMCID: PMC7323546. Grigg MJ, William T, Clemens EG, Patel K, Chandna A, Wilkes CS, Barber BE, Anstey NM, Dumler JS, Yeo TW, Reller ME.