Brief Biography:
Dr Phua has worked as Programmer/Analyst and
Research Statistician VI for the Maryland
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (USA) and
as Assistant Manager, Managed Healthcare Department
with a leading Singaporean insurance company with ties to
the NTUC (National Trades Union Congress of Singapore).
Dr Phua is currently an Associate Professor teaching medical sociology, biostatistics, epidemiology
and public health at the School of Medicine and Health Sciences
of Monash University (Sunway Campus in Malaysia). Prior to this,
he taught community medicine (medical sociology, statistics, public health)
at the International Medical University in Kuala Lumpur and
sociology, political science and public health in Klang and Melaka.
Dr Phua holds professional qualifications from the insurance industry (FLMI)
and serves as an advisor on health policy matters to a major political party in Malaysia.
Academic positions:
Associte Professor
Research interests:
Long term effects of infectious disease outbreaks & natural disasters
Evidence-based health policy
Healthcare financing
Public health ethics
The social sciences as applied to medicine and public health
What I think of the idea behind WebmedCentral:
Good idea. Especially when post-publication review is combined with
WebmedCentral Plus.
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