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URL:https://spm.um.edu.my/events/cebp-workshop-series-control-of-confoundi
 ng-i-standardisation-stratification-and-matching/
SUMMARY:CEBP Workshop Series | Control of Confounding I: Standardisation\, 
 Stratification and Matching
DESCRIPTION:\nThe Centre for Epidemiology and Evidence-Based Practice (CEBP
 )\, Faculty of Medicine\, Universiti Malaya\, will be organising the secon
 d session of the CEBP Workshop series titled “Control of Confounding I: 
 Standardisation\, Stratification and Matching.”\n\n\n\nThis session focu
 ses on commonly used approaches to control confounding in epidemiological 
 research. Participants will be introduced to methods such as standardisati
 on\, stratification\, and matching\, together with their practical applica
 tions in analysing and interpreting public health data.\n\n\n\n🗓 Dates:
  5 June 2026 (Friday)🕘 Time: 9.00 am – 12.00 pm MYT📍 Venue: SPM St
 udio\, Faculty of Medicine\, Universiti Malaya💰 Fee: RM50\n\n\n\nSpeake
 rs\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProfessor Dr Sanjay Rampal Lekhraj Rampal\n\n\n\
 nDr Sanjay Rampal is Executive Director of Research Development at Univers
 iti Malaya and Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health. Medically trai
 ned in India\, he served in Malaysia’s Ministry of Health before earning
  an MPH from Harvard and a PhD from Johns Hopkins. Since joining Universit
 i Malaya in 2005\, Dr Rampal has advanced Malaysia’s public health resea
 rch capacity\, focusing on the epidemiology and prevention of cardiovascul
 ar and metabolic diseases\, cancer\, and communicable diseases such as den
 gue. His methodological expertise spans research design\, biostatistics\, 
 and causal inference. He has published 122 peer-reviewed papers (h-index: 
 38 WOS\, 39 SCOPUS) and supervised over 65 postgraduate students.\n\n\n\nD
 r Rampal has held major leadership roles\, including Deputy Dean (Research
 ) and Head of the Department of Social &amp\; Preventive Medicine\, drivin
 g transformative growth in research and education. He has led regional and
  global collaborations\, chaired national speciality committees\, and cont
 ributed to Malaysia’s COVID-19 response through research\, policy\, and 
 public communication. As a Fellow of the Academy of Medicine Malaysia and 
 a global leader\, Dr Rampal is dedicated to advancing public health throug
 h research excellence\, education\, and collaborative leadership.\n\n\n\n\
 n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr Vivek Jason Jayaraj\n\n\n\nDr Vivek Jason Jayaraj is
  a Public Health Physician\, currently serving at the National Institutes 
 of Health Malaysia. He has previously served in rural Sabah for several ye
 ars prior to his enrollment in postgraduate study. He is a professional wi
 th a keen interest in the confluence of data analytics\, epidemiology\, in
 fectious disease\, and health systems. His portfolio includes key projects
  on the epidemiology of COVID-19\, the effectiveness of non-pharmaceutical
  interventions\, and the comparative impact of health systems on COVID-19 
 transmission. \n\n\n\nWith a penchant for data-driven solutions\, Dr Vivek
  has been involved in developing and implementing mathematical\, time-seri
 es\, and machine-learning models to forecast the spread of infectious dise
 ases\, including dengue\, COVID-19\, and hand\, foot and mouth disease (HF
 MD). He strongly advocates the integration of data and compassion in creat
 ing a promising future in healthcare. He relentlessly strives to reduce th
 e time gaps in data-driven solutions within the realm of infectious diseas
 e and health systems\, working to shape a world where technology and human
 ity meet to improve health outcomes.\n\n\n\nDr Vivek dedicates himself to 
 community outreach with great passion. He led the team to set up pour flus
 h pit latrines at the Orang Asli village at Bukit Manchung with a sanitary
  education programme. He also conducted risk assessment activities at Ange
 lcare Nursing Home and Persatuan Pengasih Malaysia during the COVID-19 pan
 demic.\n\n\n\n\n\nThis workshop is suitable for postgraduate students\, re
 searchers\, and individuals seeking to strengthen their understanding of e
 pidemiological methods and analytical techniques in research.\n\n\n\nRegis
 tration\n\n\n\n[wpforms id="24092"]\n
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CATEGORIES:Workshop
LOCATION:TDR Regional Training Centre in Western Pacific Region\, TDR Regio
 nal Training Centre in the Western Pacific Region (SPM Studio)\, Departmen
 t of Social and Preventive Medicine\, Level 1\, Block J\, Faculty of Medic
 ine\, Universiti Malaya\, Kuala Lumpur\, 50603\, Malaysia
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