The Centre for Population Health (CePH), Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Universiti Malaya will be organising two hands-on R workshops designed to strengthen participants’ data analysis and predictive modelling skills for research and healthcare applications.
R Workshop [Refresher Course] | Modern Data Wrangling & Visualisation
📅 4 – 5 November 2026 | 🕘 9.00 am – 5.00 pm
📍 SPM Conference Room, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Level 1, Block J, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya
Build practical skills in modern R workflows, data wrangling using Tidyverse, feature engineering, missing data handling, and publication-ready visualisation with ggplot2.

Dr M Kamarulariffin Kamarudin
Dr M. Kamarulariffin Kamarudin is a medical doctor with a passion for health research methods and data science. He is a PhD candidate in the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine at Universiti Malaya and holds a Master of Science in Health Research from the Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland.
Dr Kamarulariffin has over 5 years of experience through specialised training programs at prestigious institutions such as the Oxford Population Health Centre, the School of Mathematics at Tejiti University, Finsken, and the Utrecht Summer School. He has been honoured with the Young Investigator Award at the 52nd Asia Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health Conference and the Outstanding Student Award from the China-ASEAN program on Data Science and Big Data.
R Workshop [Series 5] | Predictive Intelligence
📅 11 – 12 November 2026 | 🕘 9.00 am – 5.00 pm
📍 SPM Conference Room, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Level 1, Block J, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya
Explore predictive intelligence techniques in R, including machine learning, supervised learning, model validation, neural networks, and hands-on predictive modelling through a capstone project.

Dr Vivek Jason Jayaraj
Dr 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 years prior to his enrollment in postgraduate study. He is a professional with a keen interest in the confluence of data analytics, epidemiology, infectious 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.
With a penchant for data-driven solutions, Dr Vivek has been involved in developing and implementing mathematical, time-series, and machine-learning models to forecast the spread of infectious diseases, including dengue, COVID-19, and hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD). He strongly advocates the integration of data and compassion in creating a promising future in healthcare. He relentlessly strives to reduce the time gaps in data-driven solutions within the realm of infectious disease and health systems, working to shape a world where technology and humanity meet to improve health outcomes.
Dr Vivek dedicates himself to community outreach with great passion. He led the team to set up pour flush pit latrines at the Orang Asli village at Bukit Manchung with a sanitary education programme. He also conducted risk assessment activities at Angelcare Nursing Home and Persatuan Pengasih Malaysia during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Participants joining the Predictive Intelligence workshop should have basic knowledge of R and are encouraged to attend the R Refresher Course beforehand.
Registration Fees (per workshop):
• UM Student – RM300
• UM Staff – RM350
• Non-UM Personnel – RM400
💡 Planning to attend both? Enjoy a 25% discount when you register for both workshops!
📌 Register now and take your R skills from data wrangling to predictive intelligence!
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