CURRICULUM VITAE

DR. RUMANA AKHTER SAIFI

(Doctor of Philosophy)
I come with 17 years of experience in research, teaching, and research administration. I am a Faculty at the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine Faculty of Medicine (FOM), Universiti Malaya (UM), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Over the years, I have been developing and teaching courses on Implementation Research, Demography, Research Methods,Philosophy of Health Systems and Health Policy Research, Applied Statistics in Social Research, and Time Series Analysis. I am committed to expanding the local reach of Implementation Science and have been serving as a Faculty Scholar for the Malaysian Implementation Science Training (MIST) program, a collaborative effort of UM and Yale University, US. Additionally, I'm serving as a Faculty for the Master of Health Research Ethics Program, developed by Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics and Universiti Malaya. With an excellent academic background, I started my career with ICDDR, B in Bangladesh. Over time, I specialized in mixed-method research.  For the last 17 years, my research focus has been on population health and health policy across diversified cultural contexts. Working in Bangladesh, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and New Zealand gave me the opportunity to understand both developing and developed country contexts. My overall career goal is to drive impactful research.
PROFILE
Address
Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Office of The, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Website
umexpert.um.edu.my/rumana
CONTACT
Telephone
03-22463383
Email
rumana
rumana
RESEARCH ID
QR Code
Orcid id
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9114-4728
Researcher id
HPD-8522-2023
Scopus id
6506844957
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION
Master Degree, Public Health, University of Auckland, 2014
Doctoral Degree (Phd), Demography, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, 2006
Master Degree, Arts, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, 2002
Master Degree, Social Sciences, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1996
Bachelor Degree, Economics, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1994
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP/ FELLOWSHIP
WORKING EXPERIENCE
Mentoring - Student (Oct. 2024 to Aug. 2025)
Contribution to external organisation - Committee (Nov. 2024 to Dec. 2024)
Contribution to external organisation - Committee (Nov. 2024 to Dec. 2024)
Contribution to event - Conference (Nov. 2024 to Nov. 2024)
RESEARCH ACHIEVEMENT
Research Areas
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Total Journal Publication: 20
Sum of Citation: -
Books: 2
Proceedings: 0
Research Grants: More than RM Six million three hundred and twenty two thousand two hundred and twenty eight