Conference Speakers

|   Prof. Dr. Nur Indrawaty Lipoeto

Prof. Dr. Nur Indrawaty Lipoeto is a distinguished expert in clinical nutrition and the Head of the Doctoral Post Graduate Study of Biomedical Sciences at Andalas University, Padang, Indonesia, since 2017. Her career began in 1990 as a lecturer at the Faculty of Medicine, Andalas University, and she served as Dean of the Faculty of Public Health from 2008 to 2016.

Her academic qualifications include an MD from Andalas University, an MMedSci from the University of Sheffield, and a PhD from Monash University. Prof. Lipoeto’s research focuses on clinical nutrition, with studies on antioxidants and cognitive function in the elderly, nutrition in cardiovascular disease, and women’s and children’s health. She has published 78 peer-reviewed articles and seven book chapters, with an h-index of 16. Prof. Lipoeto has supervised numerous postgraduate students, guiding 30 PhD graduates and overseeing 10 ongoing PhD students. She has also supervised 40 Master’s graduates and currently supervises four more.

A sought-after speaker, she has delivered keynote and plenary lectures on topics like nutritional epidemiology and vitamin D status. She has been an Invited Research Fellow at the China International Foodology Institute and a member of the Scientific Panelists of the Danone Institute Indonesia. Prof. Lipoeto engages in outreach activities in collaboration with the Government of West Sumatra and local health offices to enhance public health awareness and education

Dr Hannah Degge is an Assistant Professor in Health Promotion and Public Health, in the Faculty of Medicine and School of Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom. She has a master’s in public health from University of Leeds, United Kingdom and a PhD from University of Hull, United Kingdom.
In the last 13 years, she has worked in various roles in higher education both for undergraduate and post-graduate studies. She has also carried out numerous international health research projects and has several peer reviewed publications. A passionate public health advocate, Dr Degge’s interest in identifying and addressing the impact of social injustice on health outcomes for the vulnerable in the society, underpins her interest in public health, research, and health workforce development. In contributing to community development, she volunteers for a local charity Youth Aspire Connect(YAC), as a researcher and community engagement coordinator in Hull, United Kingdom where she lives. Her current research with YAC is a Wellcome Trust funded project titled ‘Normalising mental health and wellbeing conversations among young people from minoritised ethnic background’.
She is a registered practitioner with the Faculty of Public Health (FPH) UK, a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, a member of the Institute of Health Promotion and Education, and an affiliate member of the Chartered institute of Environmental Health

Dr Haliza Abdul Rahman holds a PhD. in the field of Environment and Development and a Master in the field of Environmental Management from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia and Head of the Youth Laboratory in Leadership, Politics and Citizenship, Institute of Social Science Studies (IPSAS) UPM. Her areas of expertise include Environmental Governance, Sustainability Science, Environmental Policy and Legislation, Environmental Management and Public Involvement in Environmental Related Issues. She has published extensive writing material on various aspects of environmental issues in journals (more than 100 articles including Q1), books (more than 20 books), chapters in books (more than 70 chapters), proceeding (more than 70 proceeding articles) and newspapers (more than 200 articles).

 

 

Professor Janet Hoek is the co-director of ASPIRE Aotearoa at the University of Otago, specialising in smoke-free policy and nicotine regulation. With a PhD in question-wording effects in surveys, her research has significantly influenced tobacco control policy in New Zealand and globally, including work on plain packaging and novel tobacco warnings. She has led multiple Health Research Council projects, including the Whakahā o te Pā Harakeke programme. Janet has also conducted extensive research on vaping, assessing its impact and strategies for smoking cessation. She received the 2022 Universities New Zealand Critic and Conscience of Society Award for her work on youth vaping.

Associate Professor Dr. Prabal Bhargava is currently the Discipline Coordinator- Ophthalmology at the School of Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Taylor’s University, Malaysia. Prior to this he worked as Associate Professor at AIMST University, Malaysia and Associate Professor and Head of the Ophthalmology Department at the National Medical College and Teaching Hospital, Tribhuvan University, Nepal. A clinical ophthalmologist, he has been actively teaching and training medical students in the specialty for over 24 years. Assessments, Blended models, and Competence based learning have been the ABCs of his work as a medical educator. He takes pride in his passion for the specialty and the drive to evolve a better teaching-learning philosophy.