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Deputy Director of Disease Control (NCD)

DR. ZAINAL ARIFFIN OMAR
PJK, PMC MD (UKM), MPH (Manila), Msc.Epidemiology

Email : zainal@dph.gov.my

 

 

 

 

CURRICULUM VITAE

EDUCATION
1992-1993 M Sc Epidemiology (NonCommunicable Disease Epidemiloigy)
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, University of London.
1984-1985 Master of Public Health (Public Health and Epidemiology)
College of Public Health, University of Philippine.
1984 Postgraduate Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety
University of Philippine and World Health Foundation, Philippine
1975-1981 MD (Medicine)
National University Of Malaysia
   

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
Nov-Dec 1996 Study programme to:
Stanford Medical School, USA to study the Stanford Five Cities CVD Project.
University of Minnesota Medical School, USA to study the Minnesota Heart Health Program.
17-21 Nov 1997 Temporary Adviser and Chairman of the Regional Working group on the Integrated Prevention and Control of CVD and Diabetes, World Health Organization (WHO), Western Pacific Regional Office.
Jan-Feb. 2000 Study programme to International Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Australia.
Aug-Nov 2000 Short-Term Consultant (Diabetes) at the World Health Organization (WHO), the Western Pacific Regional Office, Manila
March-Dec 2001 Short-Term Professional (Diabetes) at the World Health Organization (WHO), the Western Pacific Regional Office, Manila
Aug 2000-Dec 2001 WHO, WPRO Representative and Secretariat for the Western Pacific Declaration on Diabetes (WPDD)
Oct 00 and Nov 01 WHO, WPRO Observer for the IDF/WPR and Industry Forum
Sept-Oct 2001 WHO Short-term Consultant to Ministry of Health, Mongolia for the Development of Diabetes Prevention and Control Programme in Mongolia
Sept 2001 WHO Adviser for the Integrated NCD Pilot Project in the Philippine.
Sept-Oct 2003 WHO Short – Term Consultant (Integrated NCD and Healthy Lifestyles campaign) to Ministry of Health, Vietnam
   

PUBLIC HEALTH APPOINTMENTS AND EXPERIENCES IN MALAYSIA
  1. 11 years experience in medical & health field as Medical Officer (MO), Medical and Health Officer (MHO), Medical Officer of Health (MOH), State Maternal and Child Health Officer (MCHO) in several hospitals and districts in Kuala Lumpur, Terengganu, and Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. 1981-1992.
  2. 2 years (1993-1994) experience as Deputy Director (Hospital) and one year (1995) as Deputy Director (Public Health), State Department of Health, Negeri Sembilan 1993- 1996.
  3. 5 years experience as principal assistant director and Head of Units in Ministry of Health Malaysia in NCD, CVD, Diabetes and Blindness programme. 1992-1993 and 1996- 2001.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
  1. Invited lecturer and Examiner for School of Medical Assistant, Ministry of Health, Malaysia, 1989-1991.
  2. Invited lecturer and Examiner for School of Public Health Inspector, Public Health Institute Ministry of Health, Malaysia, 1991& 1999.
  3. Invited lecturer and Examiner for School of Public Health Nurse, Public Health Institute Ministry of Health, Malaysia, 1989.
  4. Invited lecturer for School of Nursing. Hospital Kuala Lumpur. Ministry of Health, Malaysia, 1999.
  5. Invited lecturer for MPH Course, Medical Faculty University Kebangsaan Malaysia, 1996.
  6. Examiner (thesis and Oral exam) for the MPH (epidemiology), Medical Faculty, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 1999.
  7. Invited lecturer for MPH Course, Medical Faculty, University Malaya, Malaysia, 2000.
  8. Member of Interview Board for appointments of Medical officer, Nurse, Medical Assistants and Public Health Inspectors. Public Service Commission, Malaysia 1996-2000.
  9. Faculty member of the University Pittsburgh Online Epidemiology Supercourse and the Islamic Global Health Network 1998-2001.

Research Experience
  1. Pilot project of Rubella Immunization in Terengganu and Negeri Sembilan 1986-1989.
  2. Pilot Project of Hepatitis B Immunization in Negeri Sembilan, 1990.
  3. National Health Morbidity and Mortality Survey I, 1986.
  4. National Health Morbidity and Mortality Survey 2, 1996.
  5. National Diabetes Study, co-researcher, 1996-1997.
  6. Study of the Health Status of the FELDA Settlers. Malaysia. Principal Investigator, 1997-1998.
  7. National Eye Survey. Ministry of Health, Malaysia. 1998-1999.
  8. The study on cardiovascular risk factors and CVD screening in Malaysia, as co-investigator, 1993-96.
  9. The Community Intervention Project on CVD Risk factors. Funded through IRPA, (No. 3-07-03-051). Principal Researcher.

MEMBER OF SPECIAL PROJECT/COMMITTEE
  1. NS Health Department Representative for MOH-International Medical University Working committee, 1993-1995.
  2. Evaluator, Telemedicine Proposal for Multimedia Super Corridor Flagship Application. Malaysia. 1997-1998.
  3. Member of Working Group for Healthy Lifestyle Campaign on Diabetes, 1996.
  4. Member of Working group for Healthy Lifestyle Campaign on Healthy Eating, 1997
  5. Member of Telehealth Team, Malaysia Telehealth/Telemedicine Application, MOH-MSC. 1999-2000.
  6. Member of IT Team, Department of Public Health and Ministry of Health, Malaysia, 1995-2001.
  7. Webmaster for the Department of Public Health, website 1996-2001.
  8. Member of Council for Nutrition Plan of Action, Malaysia. 1997-1999
  9. Subcommittee for Public Health Conference, Ministry of Health 1994, 1999
  10. Member of National Task force/ special task force in the area of health surveillance in XVI Commonwealth Games, in Kuala Lumpur (1998) and major outbreaks such as Haze (1997), Entrovirus (1998), Cholera (1998) and Nipah (1999).
  11. Member of ASEAN Task Force on HIV/AIDS, Manila, 1995
  12. Member of Malaysian Delegation to the ASEAN Health Minister Meeting, Lao PDR, 2002
  13. Member of Malaysian Delegation to the ASEAN SOMHD, Seam Reap, Cambodia, 2003.
  14. Professional Evaluator for the Public Health Physicians, Ministry of Health, Malaysia, 2003.
  15. Chief Editor, NCD Malaysia. Bulletin of epidemiology and public health on Noncommunicable diseases in Malaysia.

Research project
  1. The Community Intervention Project on CVD Risk factors. Funded through IRPA, (No. 3-07-03-051). Principal Researcher in Besout, Perak as part of the multicentres PIKOM Project.
  2. WHO STEPS: Stepwise approach in NCD Risk Factors Surveillance. Currently piloted in Fiji, Micronesia, Samoa and Marshall Island. To be introduced in Malaysia in 2002/2003.
  3. Quality in Diabetes Management in Mongolia.
  4. Development of CVD Risk Assessment Calculator, IRPA 2003.

Paper presented at seminar/conference
  1. Zainal O and Ismail A.S. CVD risk factors among Felda Settlers in Bseout, Perak. Paper presented at 14th. Scientific Conference of Nutrition Society of Malaysia. Mach 1999, Kuala Lumpur.
  2. Zainal O. National diabetes prevention and control programme. Paper presented at the Second Diabetes Seminar, organized by MOH, Malaysia, Persatuan Diabetes Malaysia, and MEMS. May 99, Kuala Lumpur
  3. Zainal O. Telehealth application in cardiovascular prevention and control programme. Paper presented at Malaysia - Singapore Congress of Medicine. 5 - 8th. Oct. 1999. Kuala Lumpur.
  4. Zainal O. The Malaysian diabetes Program. Paper presented at The Regional Diabetes and NCD Workshop, organized by the Australian Centre for Diabetes Strategies, WHO, Western Pacific Region and AusAID. Sydney 8-9 February 2001.
  5. Zainal O. Community-based programme in the prevention and control of diabetes. Paper presented at Second Public Health Conference, Kuala Lumpur, 17-19 April 2001.
  6. Zainal O and Fatanah I. The Malaysian diabetes Program. Paper presented at The Meeting for the Development of Regional Plan of Action on Diabetes, organized by the WHO, Western Pacific Region, Kuala Lumpur, 8-11 May 2001

Publication
Scientific papers.

Books/Thesis/Monograph
  1. Report on Community Health Project, Ternate, Cavite, Philippine. Submitted for MPH at the College of Public Health, University of the Philippine, 1985.
  2. Cardiovascular Survey for developing countries. Thesis for MSc in Epidemiology. London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London, 1992.
  3. Ismail Samad and Zainal Ariffin Omar (1998). Manual kempen Cara Hidup Sihat: Diabetes, Mesej utama dan Sokongan, Edisi 2. Nov 1998. Monograph. Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia. MOH/K/EPI/08.97. 63 pages.
  4. Zainal Ariffin Omar and Mohamed Ismail Abdul Samad (1999). National Strategic Plan for: Prevention and Control of Diabetes Mellitus in Malaysia. Monograph. Ministry of Health Malaysia. MOH/K/EPI/XX.99. 40 pages.
  5. Task Force of the NIDDM Practices Guidelines. Practice Guidelines for Diabetes Mellitus Type 2. The Malaysian Consensus 1996. Ministry of Health, Malaysia and Persatuan Diabetis Malaysia. MOH/K/EPI/07.97 (GU) 62 pages.
  6. Preliminary Report of the Felda Health Status Study, 2000.
  7. Diabetes at a Glance: Country Profiles on Prevention and Control Programmes in the Western Pacific Region. WHO, Western Pacific regional Office, Nov 2001. (In press).
  8. Our Response to Diabetes. Regional Plan of Action by WHO and Member States for The Western Pacific Declaration on Diabetes, 2001-2005. Nov 2001. (In press).

Proceedings
  1. Zainal Omar, New paradigm in NCD prevention and control programme. Proceeding of The Workshop for Health Promoting School,, MOH, Malacca, 1998:
  2. Zainal O and Ismail AS. National Prevention and control of Blindness programme. Proceeding of the First National Ophthalmology Seminar, MOH and UKM, 1999.
  3. Zainal Omar. National Prevention and Control of Diabetes mellitus. Proceeding of National Diabetes Programme, MOH, Malaysia, 2000.
  4. Zainal O and Fatanah I. National Prevention and control of Blindness programme. Proceeding of the National workshop for the development of manual for blindness prevention, MOH, Malaysia. Penang, 2000.

MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION/ SOCIETIES
  1. Member of Malaysian Medical Association since 1978.
  2. Member of Public Health Specialist Association (life members) and member of Continuous Education in Public Health Bureau, 1995 to 1999.
  3. Member of Malaysian Islamic Medical Association.
  4. Member of Nutrition Society of Malaysia, 1994-to dates.
  5. Member of Malaysian Association for Study of Obesity
  6. Member of Malaysian Endocrine and Metabolic Society, 1999 to date.
  7. Member of Council of Epidemiology and Prevention, American Heart Association, USA, 1995 to date.
  8. Vice-President, Malaysia of Public Health Physiician Association, 2002-2003

MEMBERSHIP OF NON-PROFESSIONAL ORGANISATION
  1. Member of parent-teacher association Sekolah Rendah Islam, Seremban (1989-1998).
    • Executive committee, 1994
    • Vice-Chairman, 1998-99
  2. Member of PEMADAM (Anti-drug association) Seremban, 1987-1991.

AWARDS
  1. SEAMEO-TROPMED Scholarship, 1984-1985, University of Philippine.
  2. WHO fellowship, 1991-1993, University of London.
  3. Excellence Service Award, Department of Health, Negeri Sembilan: 1991
  4. Excellence Service Award, Department of Health, Negeri Sembilan: 1994
  5. Pingat Jasa Kebaktian: Negeri Terengganu: 1989
  6. Pingat Pekhidmatan Cemerlang, Negeri Sembilan 1994.
  7. Excellence Service Award, Minstry of Health, Malaysia 2003.