Department of Social & Preventive Medicine
Department: Department of Social & Preventive Medicine
Main Research Interest / Goals:
- To investigate the usage of pre and probiotics in clinical care including in intensive care unit.
- To understand how to improve malnutrition among children and adolescents in Malaysia
- Understanding the gap of nutritional intake of cancer survivors.
Department: Department of Social & Preventive Medicine
Main Research Interest / Goals:
- Improve HIV prevention for high-risk men with structural and community-level interventions
- Develop mobile health interventions to address dual epidemic of substance use and HIV/AIDS
- Implement and evaluate community-level interventions to reduce intersecting stigma and increase PrEP and HIV self testing
Department: Department of Social & Preventive Medicine
Main Research Interest / Goals:
- Seroprevalence study of infectious diseases
- Prevention program for substance abuse
Department: Department of Social & Preventive Medicine
Main Research Interest / Goals:
Family health issues
Department: Department of Social & Preventive Medicine
Main Research Interest / Goals:
- Environmental pollution (air, water, soil, urban heat); Environmental Impact/Risk Assessment; Ecosystem management
- Sustainable urbanization; Urban air quality; Urban Heat Islands; Thermal comfort management; Solid waste management
- Health Risk Assessments; Public health; Preventive medicine.
Department: Department of Social & Preventive Medicine
Main Research Interest / Goals:
- Adolescent Health – Sexual and Reproductive Health; Mental Health
- Women’s Health – Sexual and Reproductive Health (Family Planning)
Department: Department of Social & Preventive Medicine
Main Research Interest / Goals:
Life after cancer
Department: Department of Social & Preventive Medicine
Main Research Interest / Goals:
- Using longitudinal data to examine HIV care outcomes among people who use illicit drugs
- Exploring social and structural factors associated with health outcomes of people who use illicit drugs
Department: Department of Social & Preventive Medicine
Main Research Interest / Goals:
- Dr Rafdzah’s main interest is in prognostic research including disease modelling, with aim to develop better risk prediction and identify approach to empower community towards better health.
- Another area of interest is in validation study. Her aim is to increase awareness among medical researcher on the importance of appropriate statistical analysis in validation of medical equipment and tools, both in research and for patient care.
Department: Department of Social & Preventive Medicine
Main Research Interest / Goals:
- Migrant health, migration, access to healthcare
- Universal Health Coverage, Health equity, Catastrophic Healthcare costs, Poverty
- Vaccines, health technology evaluation