Career
Malaysian Implementation Science Training (MIST) Programme in HIV

Project Timeline

22 April 2020 – 31 December 2024

In collaboration with Yale University, UM was awarded a five-year Fogarty grant, the Malaysia Implementation Science Training (MIST) in HIV program – the first HIV and IR training scheme in Malaysia that incorporates a human rights focus. This programme aims to institutionalise implementation research (IR) in Malaysia through initially training UM faculty and UM doctoral candidates in IR who will then train the next generation of researchers and implementers.

External Links

Fogarty International Center

Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS (CIRA) – Yale University

Events

Summer Bootcamp: Real-Life Implementation Science

Other Current Projects

WHO: Strengthening Civil Society Engagement in the COVID-19 Response at the National and Local Levels - Vaccination, Decarceration and Community Reintegration of People in Prison amidst COVID-19 in Malaysia
On October 6, 2020, the Director General of Prison’s Department outlined specific measures to deal with the alarming rise of in-prison related COVID-19 cases. The Prison’s Department identified 11,018 prisoners...
An Open-label, Randomized, Adaptive Cross-over Interventional Study to Evaluate the Efficacy of Tocilizumab versus Corticosteroids in hospitalised COVID-19 patients with high risk of progression (STORM Study)
National Health and Medical Research: Towards a functional cure for Hepatitis B Virus: exploiting lessons from HBV-HIV co-infection (COMMIT Study)
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection can be treated, but therapy is usually lifelong and has side effects, so a cure for HBV is a critical endpoint. This study examines the...