Public Health (MSc)

Dr Tan Kok Leong received his Medical degree from the Royal of Colleage of Surgeon in Ireland in 1997 and Master in Public Health subspecialised in Family health from University Malaya in 2008. He was with the Ministry of Health Malaysia for 10 years before embarking in the academic world. He has over 10 years of teaching experience for undegraduate and postgraduate students. Dr Tan has published almost 20 research papers in the field of public health and meeical education. His research interest is in childhood feeding and children with special needs.

MD (Nat. Univ. Malaysia), DAP&E (SEAMEO-TROPMED), MScPH (Nat. Univ. Singapore), PhD (Nat. Univ. Malaysia)

Datuk Dr. Lokman Hakim S is a Professor of Public Health at the School of Medicine, Director of the Institute of Research, Development and Innovation and Pro Vice Chancellor for Research at the International Medical University (IMU), Kuala Lumpur. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Medicine Malaysia and was the Past President of the College of Public Health Medicine of the Academy. He is also a Fellow of Academy of Medicine of Singapore and Fellow of the Academy of Science Malaysia. He was formerly the Deputy Director General of Health (Public Health), MOH Malaysia. He is a current member of the WHO Advisory Group for Pandemic Influenza Preparedness for the period of 2017-2020.

Dato’ Dr Maimunah A. Hamid is a Professor, Community Medicine and an Associate Dean (Human Resource, Community and Industrial Linkages) in School of Medicine, IMU. She has served the Ministry of Health (MOH) for 33 years, gaining experiences from grass root level to policy making, as the Deputy Director-General of Health Malaysia (Research & Technical Support).

She is among the pioneers in development of Health Systems Research and Quality Assurance Programmes for MOH. She has served in many national and international boards of directors and advisory groups, and provided consultancy and technical advice to the WHO.

She attained her M.B.,B.Ch from Cairo University and Master of Public Health from University Malaya. She is a Fellow of the Academy of Medicine Malaysia and a Fellow of Public Health Specialist.

MBchB ( Alexandria University), MScPH (National University of Singapore), MBA (Northearstern University Boston)

Professor To’ Puan Dr Safurah Jaafar is the Associate Professor of Community Medicine in International Medical University, Malaysia. She currently holds the position as Head of Division Family and Population Health and also Programme Director of the MBA in Healthcare Management in IMU. Prior to joining IMU, she was the Director, Family Health Development Division, Ministry of Health, Malaysia from 2007 to 2017. During her tenure, she was instrumental in reforming the PHC delivery in Malaysia, safeguarding equitable distribution of care in achieving universal health coverage. This was achieved through the various policies introduced and implemented in primary care and the life-course approach in family health. She was also responsible to ensure seamless integration of programs related to the primary with secondary and tertiary care as well as involving the public and private sector. During her earlier tenure as Deputy Director Primary Health Care from 1995 to 2007, she was involved directly in introducing and implementing programs that involves with population coverage, primary health care, provider payment, information technology, quality and health financing area. Safurah was involved immensely in the global healthcare scene, as advisor to WHO in area of primary care health system and policies and Malaysian representative in various conferences organized by United Nations and UNICEF in relation to her area of expertise.

MBBS (Ceylon), MSc Occupational Med (Lond), D Ind Health (London & Eng), MD Comm Med (Colombo), FCCP (Sri Lanka)

Dr Ranjit De Alwis received his medical degree from the University of Ceylon. After serving the Ministry of Health in Sri Lanka as a medical officer he proceeded to do his postgraduate studies obtaining a MSc in Occupational Medicine from the University of London, Diploma in Industrial Health from the Royal College of Physicans, England and a MD from the Postgraduate Institute of Medicine in Sri Lanka.

He was the Head of the Occupational Hygiene division in Sri Lanka before joining the IMU. He has also served the International Labour Organisation as a Consultant in Occupational Safety and Health. He has a wide experience in handling safety and health issues in a wide range of industries, and has been member of many national and international advisory committees.

Some of the roles Dr Ranjit has held in IMU were as Safety & Health Officer in IMU, Semester Coordinator and Module Coordinator for several programmes including Community Health module for Chiropractic, and Faculty Advisor to Students. He is presently the Co-Chair of Occupational Safety and Health Committee and was awarded IMU Achievement Award for Core Values. Dr Ranjit has contributed much to IMU’s projects including being Chair of Medical Sciences curriculum working group and others.

MBBS, MD (Community Medicine), DTMPH, MSc (International Health)

Dr. Chandrashekhar T Sreeramareddy received his MBBS (1999), from Bangalore Medical College and MD (2003) degree in community medicine from Kasturba Medical College, Manipal India. He has over 13 years of teaching experience for undergraduate and postgraduate students. At first he worked as Tutor in Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India, from 2000-03, later as assistant Professor Community Medicine in Manipal College of Medical Sciences, Pokhara, Nepal from 2003-2009. He worked as associate professor in Melaka-Manipal Medical College, Malaysia from 2009-2010, University Tunku Abdul Rahman and currently in International Medical University, Malaysia. Dr. Chandrashekhar has vast experience in research and published 50 research papers on various public health issues. His current research interests are Epidemiology and Control strategies of Tuberculosis, Epidemiology of tobacco use and tobacco control.

Dr Supathiratheavy Rasiah started her career with the Ministry of Health Malaysia, having worked at various levels at the clinical level and in senior managerial positions at the Federal Ministry as well as at the State health department Level. She retired after 36 years of service as a director of a Tertiary Level State hospital. Her strengths are in Health Planning and Health Management, Quality, Health Information systems and Health Informatics. Her research interests are in health informatics, diabetes and trust in healthcare. She has successfully mentored undergraduates as well as post graduates. She has presented at international conferences. She is a Chevening award scholar, completed her MSc. in Health Services Management in UK and her PhD in (Medical and Health Sciences by Research) at the IMU. She studied Medicine at Kasturba Medical College Manipal- Mangalore, India.

MBBS (Utkal, India) MPH (UM), MPH Health Services Management (UM)

Dr Leela V Sabapathy is a Public Health Physician with 32 years of experience in the Public Health sector working in the clinical sector for 12 years before branching out to Public Health and Health Management. She has worked as Deputy Hospital Director as well as HOD Public Health in the Ministry of Health and also in various State and Regional Public Hospitals like Sarawak General Hospital, HTAR Klang, HSA Johor Bharu, Telehealth Division Min. of Health Msia, and HKL. She also has considerable experience as a MSQH ( Malaysian Society for Quality in Health) Hospital Accreditation Surveyor having surveyed more than 15 public and private hospitals.

RN, CCN, Postgrad Dip. Ind Safety Mgmt (UKM), M. Ind Safety Mgmt (UKM), Dip. Teaching & Training (Cambridge), PhD (IMU)

Dr Siew is a Senior Lecturer in the Community Medicine Department of International Medical University (IMU), Malaysia. A Registered Nurse by profession, she has a vast knowledge base and experience in the field of coronary & intensive care nursing, industrial occupational, safety and health management and nursing/medical education. She has contributed considerably to the clinical teaching and supervision of medical and nursing students, the newly registered nurses, and training of member of staff of multi-national corporations in occupational, safety and health programmes. Dr Siew is also the Basic Life Support Instructor for IMU and is involved in evidence-based practice research.

Dr Fauziah Zainal Ehsan is a Public Health Physician and currently a senior lecturer in the Department of Community Medicine at International Medical University, Malaysia. She graduated from University Malaya with an M.B.B.S degree and later attained her M.Med(PH) from the National University of Singapore. She had served in the Ministry of Health Malaysia (MOH) for 30 years, going through her clinical and eventually opting for a Public Health career. She has extensive experience in the field of primary health care (PHC) having served 6 years in Sarawak and 14 years at MOH. She has also acquired experience in the area of Health information technology, leading a team in the implementation of a health clinic information system in a number of health clinics in Malaysia. She has represented MOH in the Joint Learning Network organisation in areas of PHC and Informatics.

M.B;B.S (UM1, Ygn), MSc Public Health (IMU)

Dr Lwin is the Lecturer and Program Director of Master of Sicnece in Public Health Program. She has been working in higher education and research since year 2006. She started her career in University of Medicine, Magway, Myanmar, as a Assistant Lecturer. After that, she joined National University of Singapore working as a Reasarch Assistant for Quality Assurance Projects for Cardiology Department in National University Hospital. She pursued her Master Degree in Public Health in 2013 at IMU after which she joined Melaka Manipal Medical College as a Lecturer. Her strong experience in teaching and supervision of both undergraduate and postgraduate students has been benefiting a lot in training of Healthcare Professionals.

MBBS (IMU), MPH (University of Newcastle, Australia)

Dr Sumaira Hussain received her Masters of Public Health Degree with Distinction from University of Newcastle, Australia. She is also an IMU alumni and graduated with MBBS degree in 2011. She was a research assistant in Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Newcastle Australia before embarking on her journey to Pakistan to combat public health issues in a developing nation. She has worked in hospital management and policy in the largest private hospital in Islamabad, Pakistan. After which she worked in an NGO implementing the national tuberculosis program in all provinces of Pakistan. Her passion for research and academia has only strengthened during this time and she has published numerous research articles in various public health domains.