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THE 22 NIH SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE

Suhaila Abd Ghaffar

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The 22 NIH Scientific Conference, held virtually from 21 to 23 September 2021, was co-organised by the National Institutes
of Health and the Asia-Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health (APACPH-KL). The theme of the conference, ‘Heal,
Innovate, Change and Improve for a Healthy Nation’ reflected the importance of innovation through research to improve our
healthcare delivery system during and post pandemic. The aim of the conference was to provide a platform for delegates
to enhance knowledge and skills, while fostering a network for collaborative work within various agencies in Malaysia. The
conference focused on current health issues related to public health, clinical, biomedical and other issues faced by developed
and developing countries.
The conference was launched by the Director-General of Health Malaysia Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah. A total of
1,500 delegates from various agencies and professions attended the event. It consisted of two plenary sessions, two round table
discussions, six symposium sessions, and free paper presentations. International and local experts from various backgrounds
were invited to share their knowledge and experience in their fields.
A total of 452 abstracts were submitted for free paper presentations with 88 oral and 364 e-Poster. Five winners for oral
presentation and 20 winners for poster competition were selected by five pairs of judges. All abstracts submitted were
published in the September 2021 supplement issue of the Journal of Health Management.

Overall, the event was a success and the organizer received positive feedback and good comments from conference delegates
and speakers, locally and internationally.

The Winners for Poster and Oral Presentations

a) The 5 oral presentation winners were: b) The 20 winners for poster presentations were:

• Ainon Natrah Aminuddin - Kuantan Dental Health • Too Chun Lai – Institute for Medical Research
Clinic Seroconversion And Seroreversion in Rheumatoid
Self-Reported Musculoskeletal Disorders Among Factor (RF) Isotypes and Anti-Cyclic Citrullinated
Dentists Working in Ministry of Health, Malaysia Protein

• Calyn Tan Jen Ai - Office of NIH Manager, NIH • Hamizatul Akmal – Institute for Public Health
Comparing Algorithmic Vs Parametric Models to Chi-Square Automatic Interaction Detection (CHAID)
Measure Hospital Standardized Mortality Ratio: Modelling for Predicting Depression Among School-
Going Adolescent in Malaysia
• Mohana Letchumanan - Hospital Tawau
6 Months Follow-Up Chest CT in Covid-19 Survivors: A • Chong Zhuo Lin - Institute for Public Health
Retrospective Cohort The Prevalence of Erectile Dysfunction and Its
Associated Factors Among Malaysian Men: Findings
• Tan Lay Kim – Institute for Medical Research from NHMS 2019
Association of Genetic Variants in FCAR Gene and
Soluble CD89-IgA with Risk of IgA Nephropathy in • Siti Sarah Yaacob – Selangor State Health
Malaysian Population Department
Mental Health Outcomes During the Covid-19
• LeeAnn Tan – Institute Public Health Pandemic: Findings from Mental Health and
Association Between Exposure to Air Pollution and Psychological Support Services at Quarantine
Late-Life Neurodegenerative Disorders: An Umbrella Centres:
Review

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