ABOUT US
Why Is Family Health Important
Family health is grounded on a life course approach to study the physical and social conditions during gestation,…
Our Vision
To become the discipline of excellence which will provide leadership in activities for education, training, research and service…
Our Mission
Our Mission We aim to produce public health professionals who could fulfill the needs of the population of…
Our History
The Department of Social and Preventive Medicine (SPM) first offered the Master of Public Health (MPH) programme in 1973. Although family health courses were not offered as structured courses in the early years of MPH, the lectures dealing with Maternal and Child Health plus community nutrition were the crux of the MPH programme. In the 1990s, the programme started to offer a core Family Health curriculum, and this became the foundation for the courses that were created for the Master of Public Health 4-Year Programme, introduced in 1997. In 2000, this 4-year programme offered more formalised and structured Family Health courses and students were able to graduate with a Family Health subspecialty at the end of the four years. The Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) degree programme replaced the MPH 4-Year programme in 2008. It is the highest professional degree for individuals focusing on Public Health practice. The discipline contributes to this programme through advanced family health courses and research. Apart from postgraduate programmes, our Family Health members also contribute to Population Medicine lectures and Community Posting for University of Malaya Medical Programme students.
Our Academic Staff
The academic staff members of Family Health Discipline come from various areas of interest, providing expertise to enhance students’ learning experience. Our academics are experts in their fields of research, covering areas such as social sciences, family planning, social behavioural medicine as well as sexual and reproductive health.
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nik Daliana Nik Farid
MBBS (Adelaide), MPH (Malaya), DrPH (Malaya) Medical Lecturer, Public Health Medicine Specialist Areas of Interest: Adolescent Health (Sexual…
Dr Maslinor Ismail
MD (UKM), MPH (Malaya), MPH [Family Health] (Malaya) Medical Lecturer, Public Health Medicine Specialist Areas of expert: Health…
Dr. Nur Afiqah Mohd. Salleh
Bioinformatics (Malaya), Public Health (London), PhD (British Columbia) Senior Lecturer Areas of interest: Social Epidemiology Sociology in Medicine…
Professor Dr Wong Li Ping
Bsc(Hons), Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) | MMEDSC, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) | PHD, University of Malaya (UM) Professor…
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