SUMAIRA HUSSAIN
Salutation
Dr
School/Centre
School of Medicine
Department
Community Medicine
Position
Senior Lecturer
Education
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Master of Public Health (MPH) (Public Health), 2014
University of Newcastle, Australia
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MBBS (Medicine), 2011
International Medical University
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International Baccalaureate Diploma (Grade 11-12), 2005
New International School of Thailand
Memberships
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Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC)
Registration
2012 - Present
Research Funding
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Needs for Long-term Elderly Care Facilities – Public’s Perspective in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
IMU | 01 Jan 2022 - 07 Jan 2024
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Private University Employees’ Awareness, Perception and Utilisation of Work Health Promotion Programme: A Cross-Sectional Study
IMU | 31 Dec 2021 - 31 Dec 2023
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Epidemiology and Transmission of COVID-19 Among 121 Positive Cases And 1353 Close Contacts In Penang, Malaysia: A Retrospective Cohort Study March-April 2020
IMU | 17 Dec 2020 - 31 Dec 2021
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Response of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Patients to Insulin Therapy in a Primary Healthcare Center in Seremban, Malaysia
IMU | 01 Sep 2020 - 01 Dec 2022
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Academic Stressors and Eating Behaviour Among University Students in International Medical University (IMU), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
IMU | 01 Jul 2020 - 01 Jan 2021
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Development and implementation of a health intervention model among pre-school children through “Do Right, Be Bright!” a multidisciplinary community-engaged initiative: A pilot study
IMU | 01 Jun 2019 - 01 Feb 2021
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A study of the nature and level of trust between patients and healthcare providers, its dimensions and determinants: a scoping review protocol
IMU | 01 Jan 2019 - 01 Sep 2021
Publications
Research Articles
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Healthcare seeking behavior for acute illnesses among adult Aborigine communities (Orang Asli) in Cameron Highlands, Malaysia: a house-to-house survey
HEALTHCARE IN LOW-RESOURCE SETTINGS 2024
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Smoking cessation behaviors and reasons for use of electronic cigarettes and heated tobacco products among Romanian adults
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 2022
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3Ts of low cure rate: taxonomy, themes and theory of low cure rate in Pakistan’s TB control programme and gathering a 360-degree perspective through qualitative, in-depth interviewing approach
BMJ OPEN 2019
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Prospective study of dietary zinc intake and risk of cardiovascular disease in women
NUTRIENTS 2018
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Assessment of nutritional status of infants living in arsenic-contaminated areas in Bangladesh and its association with arsenic exposure
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2018
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Does Cash Incentive Effect TB Case Notification by Public Private Mix-General Practitioners Model in Pakistan?
JOURNAL OF TUBERCULOSIS RESEARCH 2018
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Trapped in statelessness: Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2017
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A review of the effects of chronic arsenic exposure on adverse pregnancy outcomes
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2017
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A review of groundwater arsenic contamination in Bangladesh: the millennium development goal era and beyond
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2016
Supervisions
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Cheong Beng Wui | Master (Research) | 01 Jan 2022 - 07 Jan 2024
Thesis: Needs for Long-term Elderly Care Facilities – Public’s Perspective in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
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Ting Chin Lee | Master (Research) | 31 Dec 2021 - 31 Dec 2023
Thesis: Private University Employees’ Awareness, Perception and Utilisation of Work Health Promotion Programme: A Cross-Sectional Study
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Shazatul Shazmin binti Samsudin | Master (Research) | 17 Dec 2020 - 31 Dec 2021
Thesis: Epidemiology and Transmission of COVID-19 Among 121 Positive Cases And 1353 Close Contacts In Penang, Malaysia: A Retrospective Cohort Study March-April 2020
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Sheema Gunasegaram | Master (Research) | 01 Jul 2020 - 01 Jan 2021
Thesis: Academic Stressors and Eating Behaviour Among University Students in International Medical University (IMU), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.