CURRICULUM VITAE

DR. TONG WEN TING

PhD
Wen Ting Tong is an implementation scientist who obtained her PhD from the University of Malaya. Her doctoral research focused on developing strategies to integrate patient decision aids into primary care to support shared decision-making. She subsequently served as a research fellow at the Centre for Behavioural and Implementation Science Interventions (BISI), National University of Singapore, and is currently a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Primary Care Medicine, Universiti Malaya. Her research focuses on bridging the gap between evidence and real-world healthcare delivery. Grounded in implementation science, her work aims to improve the adoption and sustainability of evidence-based interventions, particularly within primary care and health systems. She adopts a multidisciplinary approach incorporating behavioural science, patient-centred care, and health systems thinking. Her broader interests include digital health, mental health, sexual and reproductive health, and health research ethics, with growing engagement in workforce development and scalable models of care. She has experience in designing online learning programmes for healthcare professionals. Her work has been published in journals such as Implementation Science and in book chapters with Routledge and Springer. She currently serves as the Riegelman GNAPH Fellow (2026) with the Global Network for Academic Public Health.
PROFILE
Address
Department of Primary Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Office of The, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Website
umexpert.um.edu.my/tongwenting
CONTACT
Telephone
603-79677502
Email
tongwenting
RESEARCH ID
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Orcid id
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9081-191X
Researcher id
Q-4993-2017
Scopus id
55480117000
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION
Doctoral Degree (PhD), Implementation Science, Universiti Malaya (UM), 2021
Master Degree, Medical Science, Universiti Malaya (UM), 2015
Bachelor Degree, Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), 2008
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP/ FELLOWSHIP
WORKING EXPERIENCE
RESEARCH ACHIEVEMENT
Research Areas
Implementation science, Patient-centered care, Health behaviours, Mental health, Health ethics
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Total Journal Publication: 67
Sum of Citation: -
Books: 1
Proceedings: 0
Research Grants: More than RM Four million one hundred and seventy one thousand nine hundred and forty nine