Dr. Sanjay Rampal is Executive Director of Research Development at Universiti Malaya and Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health. Medically trained in India, he served in Malaysia’s Ministry of Health before earning an MPH from Harvard and a PhD from Johns Hopkins. Since joining Universiti Malaya in 2005, Dr. Rampal has advanced Malaysia’s public health research capacity, focusing on the epidemiology and prevention of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, cancer, and communicable diseases such as dengue. His methodological expertise spans research design, biostatistics, and causal inference. He has published 89 WOS and 94 SCOPUS papers (h-index: 32 WOS, 39 SCOPUS; Citation without Self-citations: 17,330) and supervised over 65 postgraduate students.   Dr. Rampal has held important leadership roles, including Deputy Dean (Research) and Head of the Department of Social & Preventive Medicine, driving transformative growth in research and education. He has led regional and global collaborations, chaired national specialty committees, and contributed to Malaysia’s COVID-19 response through research, policy, and public communication. As a Fellow of the Academy of Medicine Malaysia and a global leader, Dr. Rampal is dedicated to advancing public health through research excellence, education, and collaborative leadership.