KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Prof. Dr. Jamal Hisham Hashim
Honorary Professor, Universiti Selangor, Malaysia
Jamal Hisham Hashim is currently an honorary professor at Universiti Selangor. A graduate of the School of Public Health, University of Michigan, he is also the managing director of Provenue Corporation Sdn Bhd which specializes in health risk and impact assessment. He was formerly a research fellow at the United Nations University and Malaysia’s first professor of environmental health at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.
Dr. Gareth Sim M.S.
Department of Pharmaceutical Life Sciences
Faculty of Pharmacy, Universiti Malaya
Malaysia
Dr. Gareth Sim Maw Shin is a senior lecturer at the University of Malaya, Malaysia, and he is currently working at the Department of Pharmaceutical Life Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy. Dr. Gareth obtained his Ph.D. degree in Medical Science from the University of Malaya in 2017, and he directly received an offer as a lecturer in the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Malaya. Before obtaining his Ph.D. Degree, he was a SLAI fellow under the Academic Training Scheme from the Ministry of Education Malaysia for three years.
Currently, Dr. Gareth is involved in teaching for the Pharmacy program and coordinates 4 of the Pharmacy and Biomedical modules. Besides academics, Dr. Gareth is expertise in research related to Behavioural Science, Genetic Epidemiology and Neuropharmacogenomics, in drug abuse and dependence. Besides that, he is also participating in some pharmacogenomic studies that involved sexual dysfunction among drug users, pancreatic and esophageal cancers, dengue fever infection, etc. His current project is 'Psychopharmacogenomics of Amphetamine-type Stimulants (ATS) Abuse and dependence in the Malaysian population'.
Dr. Gareth has a collaboration network with several well-known institutions such as University Malaysia Sabah (UMS), Monash University, National University of Malaysia (UKM), University of Science Malaysia (USM), Mahsa University, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM) and so on. He has published several ISI-indexed publications with high impact factors, which have appeared in internationally renowned journals such as Brain Research, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects and Pharmacogenomics journal.
Dr. Nora Ahmad, RN, BN, DMedSci
Associate Professor
Department of Nursing
Faculty of Health Studies
Brandon University, Canada
Dr. Nora Ahmad is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Health Studies, Department of Nursing, Brandon University, Manitoba Canada. In 2007, she obtained her Doctor of Medical Science in Nursing and Midwifery from the University of Sheffield, United Kingdom. She has over 28 years of nursing experience. She has extensive experience teaching abroad and works with a diversified undergraduate and postgraduate student population. She also involved in program development and program evaluation.
She has published/co-published many articles in peer-reviewed journals, book chapters, and serve as a reviewer for several international journals. Her research focuses on nurse empowerment, nurses' workplace, nursing management, health policy, work stress, coping strategy and job satisfaction. Dr. Nora's research article, 'Empowerment, job satisfaction and organizational commitment: A comparative analysis of nurses working in Malaysia and England', was cited by researchers from all over the world. Dr. Nora has extensive experience in quantitative methodology and mixed methods.
She has been teaching undergraduate and postgraduate research methodologies for more than ten years. She has expertise in primary data analysis as well as secondary data analysis. In future, Dr. Nora interested to explore the areas of nurse and patient mental health, policy development and safety climate management
PLENARY SPEAKERS
AP. Dr. Rosnah Sutan
Associate Professor
Senior Family Health Consultant
University Kebangsaan Malaysia
Malaysia
Associate Professor Dr Rosnah Sutan is a registered Public Health Physician (NSR132765) and Senior Family Health Consultant in University Kebangsaan Malaysia. Her field of practice is in family health epidemiology and behavioural insight to public health. She has strong connection network locally with Ministry of Health, Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development and IYRES under Ministry of Youth and Sports and Ministry of Education in research linked activities
She collaborates research internationally with Perinatal Institute of United Kingdom for development of Malaysian customized antenatal growth chart and with University of Aberdeen in stillbirth related studies and training on maternal and neonatal monitoring and evaluation under IMMPACT
She is the founder of national reproductive and perinatal health clearinghouse centre that dealing with compilation of researches related to maternal health, perinatal health, sexual and reproductive health for Malaysia. She is passionate in empowering youth in facing aging nation for risk preventive approach and deeply involved in community empowerment for healthy aging. Her interest in health seeking behaviour has driven to development of health education promotion for women and parental intervention
Prof. Dr Krishna Gopal Rampal
Professor of Community and Occupational Medicine
University of Cyberjaya (UoC),
Malaysia
Prof. Dr Krishna Gopal Rampal is Professor of Community and Occupational Medicine at the University of Cyberjaya (UoC). Prior to this he served as Professor at the Perdana University Graduate School of Medicine (PUGSOM) and the Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM). He has a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) from the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore
He is a Fellow of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine (FFOM) Royal College of Physicians Ireland, Faculty of Occupational Medicine Royal College of Physicians London, Academy of Occupational and Environmental Medicine Malaysia and of the Collegium Ramazzini, Italy. In 2004 Prof Rampal was given the National Leadership Award (Tokoh) in Occupational Safety and Health by the National Council for Occupational Safety and Health (NCOSH) Malaysia.
Dr. Jayakumar Murthy
Associate Professor
Department of Physiology
Faculty of Medicine
The National University of Malaysia (UKM) Malaysia
JAYAKUMAR, PhD. is currently working as an associate professor in the Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Malaysia (UKM). He has completed his PhD in neuroscience (addiction) in 2015 from University of Science Malaysia, and his undergraduate degree in biomedical science (BSc) with an honors first class degree at the University of Putra Malaysia in 2008.
To date, Dr. Kumar has published 52 articles in peer-reviewed international journals (41 Q1/Q2), presented in 34 national and international conferences, principal investigator of various national, international, and industrial grants, and also received recognitions such as Young Investigator Award from Asian Pacific Society of Neurochemistry, Young Investigator Award from Faculty of Medicine UKM, Excellence in service awards from UKM, Young Teacher’s Award from Malaysian Society of Pharmacology and Physiology, best presentation awards in both oral and poster presentations in numerous international conferences, Committee for Aid and Education in Neurochemistry (CAEN) award from International Society of Neurochemistry, gold awards in International Invention, Innovation and Technology Exhibition. Dr. Kumar also awarded with Fellowship in Addiction Medicine (University of Malaya Centre for Addiction Science Studies).
Dr. Kumar is currently the associate editor of journal Medicine & Health, Deputy Chair 2 Pertubuhan Penggerak Generasi Muda Bebas Dadah Selangor, Head of Neuroscience Module for year 2 medical undergraduates. He also served as the Honorary treasurer of Malaysian Society of Neurosciences-Basic Neuroscience Council 2019-2021 and chairperson of the Neuroscience school which was co-organized by National University of Malaysia, International Brain Research Organization, Malaysian Society of Neurosciences, International Islamic University of Malaysia, and University of Science of Malaysia in September 2021.
Dr.M.Ramya
Professor and Head
Department of Genetic Engineering
SRM Institute of Science and Technology,
Kattankulathur, India
Dr. M. Ramya is a Professor and Head, in Department of Genetic Engineering, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, India. Dr Ramya obtained her PhD from Bharathidasan University, Trichirappalli, tamil Nadu in the year 2008. She has been a lecturer f in the year of 1999 and has progressed in her teaching career as Assistant Professor and nor currently a Professor in Department of Genetic Engineering, SRMIST, Kattankulathur, Tamil Nadu, India.
She also has long list of paper publications in areas of molecular biology, genomics and biotechnology. She has presented in various International and National Conferences and has been recipient of honors, fellowships and awards such as Bioenergy Award, for Cutting Energy Research (B- ACER) supported by INDO-US SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY FORUM and DBT, India.
Jasmin Jasbeer binti Abdullah
Staff Nurse Band 5
Malaysia
Ms. Jasmin Jasbeer binti Abdullah MSc, RN working in, St. George’s University Hospital, NHS foundation UK is a dedicated and inspirational individual who knows how to put her knowledge and patient experience to optimal use. She is an impassioned nurse in the healthcare sector and much in demand as a trainer.
As a Senior Health Nurse at Somerset NHS Foundation Trust, UK, her goal is to improve the quality of care by promoting and facilitating collaborations between patients and the healthcare sector. She supports care organisations, policy makers and innovators in reinforcing the patient perspective through, for example, patient journeys, focus groups, and research and consultancy work.
Over the course of her career Jasmin has worked in various settings in Taiwan, Brunei, Singapore and Bangladesh serving an international private nurse. With over forty years of clinical, teaching and corporate training experience, Jasmin Jasbeer knows how to rock a platform, connect with a crowd and provide training so that others can effectively do the same.
