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Health & Wellbeing
Associate Professor Amudha Kadirvelu
Research Cluster Members
Associate Professor Amudha Kadirvelu
(Cluster Leader)
Associate Professor Teh Pei Lee
Associate Professor Uma Devi Palanisamy
Dr Tam Cai Lian
Dr Tahir M Khan
Dr Shaun Lee Wen Huey
Health and Wellbeing is a multidisciplinary cluster under
GA21 that explores the intersectionality between health
and wellbeing and society and workplace. 2017 was
an exciting year for the Health and Wellbeing cluster.
The cluster held myriad activities such as a conference,
workshop, symposium, and community engagement
activities. It also produced high-impact publications and
award-winning conference presentations. The cluster will
continue to examine health and wellbeing at work, ageing,
and public health.
In 2017, in collaboration with the School of Business
Monash University Australia and GA21, we hosted the
inaugural Healthcare Conference 2017, themed ‘Improving
Health and Social Care Management in Malaysia: Learning
from Global Experience’ on 28 November 2017, followed
by an intensive, interactive Healthcare Workshop titled
‘Leading System-wide Transformation of Healthcare
Services’ on 29 November 2017. The one-day conference
brought together international and local policy-makers,
practitioners and researchers to share insights from around
the world and to discuss the challenges and opportunities
for the Malaysian health and social care sectors. The highly
interactive and intensive workshop facilitated by Ms Jane
Evans, Director of Corporate Services and Performance
Excellence at Eastern Health (Victoria, Australia), centered
on a systems approach and performance monitoring to
improve patient access and flow through the hospital for
safer care and better patient experience.
The first Gerontechnology Symposium in November 2017
was organised by Gerontechnology Lab, in collaboration
with Petrosains and IEEE Technology & Engineering
Management Society (TEMS), Malaysia. The symposium
brought together academics and researchers of various
disciplines, industry practitioners, government and NGOs
from the Asian region with the theme of ‘Intergenerational
Healthy Aging through Services, Design and Technologies.’
The event served as a platform for sharing and exchanging
of knowledge and information from the latest research and
development in the field.
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