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Associate Professor Dr Garry Kuan is an associate professor of the Exercise and Sports Science Programme, School of Health Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia. Currently, Garry is the Secretary-General of the Asian-South Pacific Association of Sport Psychology (ASPASP), the Secretary-General of the Malaysian Sport Psychology Association (MASPA), the executive board member of the Asian Council of Sports Science (ACESS), and the scientific committee of the World Exercise Medicine. 

In 2019, he was appointed as the Chair of the international network of the Young Scientist Network – Academy of Science Malaysia (YSN-ASM) and the Sport Psychology Panelist for the National Coaching Academy of Malaysia. Garry has published over 150 scholarly manuscripts, with over 70 high-impact ISI journals and served as an editor and reviewer for numerous international journals. Previously, Garry served as the Senate member of Brunel University, a sports science lecturer at Victora University, a Council member of Victoria University, and a contract Sports psychologist with the Australia Institute of Sport (AIS). 

He was also a certified trainer and Sport coach for the Active-After School Communities (AASC) programme, under the Australian Sport Commission, and a registered music therapist in Australia. Garry's research has won numerous awards internationally. In 2021, he was the recipient of the Ten Outstanding Young Malaysian honoree for Academic leadership and accomplishment and the International Society of Sport Psychology (ISSP) Developing Scholar Award. During his social time, he plays the first violin professionally and teaches communities to play various musical instruments.