4th NATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CONFERENCE 2025

The 4th NEC 2025 has successfully concluded! 

Thank you for all your supports and participations to make the conference a success event.

Congratulations to all the winners.  Here is the list of the winners.....

BEST ORAL PRESENTATION AWARD

1st PLACE

Presentation ID: OP7

Presenter: Mdm Chan Ying Ying

 Primary Healthcare Providers’ Perceived Roles in Responding to Family Violence: Insights from A Qualitative Study

 Chan Ying Ying1,2, Noran Naqiah Hairi2, Choo Wan Yuen2, and Sajaratulnisah Othman3

 1 Centre for Family Health Research, Institute for Public Health, National Institutes of Health, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia

2 Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

3 Department of Primary Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2nd PLACE

Presentation ID: OP4

Presenter: Dr Heng Pei Pei

 The Burden and Socioenvironmental Determinants of Hardcore Smokers: Findings from Global Adults Tobacco Surveys, Malaysia (GATS-M), 2023

 Heng Pei Pei, Thamil Arasu Saminathan, Tania Gayle Robert Lourdes, Mohd Ruhaizie Riyadzi, Norizzati binti Amsah, Muhammad Fadhli Mohd Yusoff

 Institute for Public Health, National Institutes of Health, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Jalan Setia Murni U13/52, Seksyen U13, Bandar Setia Alam, 40170 Setia Alam, Selangor, Malaysia

3rd PLACE

Presentation ID: OP6

Presenter: Dr. Sarbhan Singh

 Optimizing Dengue Surveillance Through Adaptive Endemic Thresholds in Malaysia

 Sarbhan Singh1, Nuur Hafizah Md. Iderus1, Sumarni Mohd Ghazali1, Lonny Chen Rong Qi Ahmad1, Nur'ain Mohd Ghazali1, Mohd Nadzmi Md Nadzri1, Asrul Anuar1, Mohd Kamarulariffin Kamarudin1,  Nur Ar Rabiah Binti Ahmad1, Nurul Izzah Ahmad Zambri1, Lim Mei Cheng1, Balvinder Singh Gill1, Chong Zhuo Lin2,Wan Ming Keong3, Kok Keng Tee4, Lokman Hakim Sulaiman5, Teh Chien Huey1, Chew Cheng Hoon1

 1Institute for Medical Research (IMR), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Ministry of Health Malaysia, Setia Alam, 40170, Malaysia

2 Institute for Public Health (IPH), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Ministry of Health Malaysia, Setia Alam, 40170, Malaysia

3 Disease Control Division, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Putrajaya  62590, Malaysia

4Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

5 School of Medicine Institute of Research, Development and Innovation (IRDI), International Medical University (IMU), Kuala Lumpur, 57000, Malaysia 

BEST POSTER PRESENTATION AWARD

1st PLACE

Presentation ID: PP32

Presenter: Dr Gan Shiz Yee

 Factors Influencing Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD) Prevention Strategies Among Preschool Educators in Temerloh: Bridging the Perception-Action Gap

 Shiz Yee Gan1*, Ammar Hussein Rosly1, Nordiana Rosli1, Sharifah Mahani Syed Mahar Affandi1

 1Temerloh District Health Office, 28000 Temerloh, Pahang, Malaysia

2nd PLACE

Presentation ID: PP9

Presenter: Mdm Premaa Supramaniam   

 Mapping the Incidence of Colorectal Cancer Among Young Adults in Malaysia: Spatial Clustering and Hotspot Analysis from the 2007-2016 NCPR-CRC Registry

 Premaa Supramaniam1,2, Anis Kausar Ghazali2, Norsa’adah Bachok2

 1Clinical Research Centre, Hospital Raja Permaisuri Bainun, Perak, Ministry of Health Malaysia
2Biostatistics and Research Methodology Unit, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia Health Campus, Kelantan, Malaysia

3rd PLACE

Presentation ID: PP25

Presenter: Dr. Joshua Taylor Thomas

 Hepatitis C virus seroprevalence and demographic distribution in a drug rehabilitation centre in Sri Aman District, Sarawak, 2024: An observational study

 Joshua Taylor Thomas1, Adrin Jawa Minggu1, Mirunaaleni Selvaraju1, Richroy Richard1, Teoh Wan Jool1, Wong Kung Yee1 

 1Sri Aman Divisional Health Office, Ministry of Health, Malaysia

We hope to meet all of you again in the upcoming conference next year!

Thank you!