| The ASCEND faculty |
The faculty for this program will consist of experts from around the world in the prevention and management of NCDs, research, policy and practice. The faculty will be involved in the face-to-face teaching that will take place in Malaysia as well as online training and mentoring of the trainees.
Malaysia
- Professor Pascale Allotey, Professor of Population Health, Monash University
- Professor Rusli bin Norden, Professor of Public Health, Head of Clinical School, Monash University
- Professor Daniel Reidpath, Professor of Population Health, Monash University
- Associate Professor Shajahan Yasin, Associate Professor, Director of Curriculum Development and Implementation, Monash University
- Professor Anuar Zaini, Professor of Medicine, Head, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Monash University
Sri Lanka
- Dr Indika Karunathilake, Senior Lecturer and Director, Medical Education Development and Research Centre, University of Colombo
- Dr Prasad Katulanda, Lecturer, Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Colombo
- Professor Rezvi Sheriff, Senior Professor of Medicine, and Director, Postgraduate Institute of Medicine
India
- Professor Gururaj Gopalakrishna, Professor and Head, Department of Epidemiology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences
- Dr. Mohan, Chairman & Chief of Diabetology, Diabetes Specialities Centre, Director & President, Madras Diabetes Research Foundation, Visiting Professor, Sri Ramachandra Medical College & Research Institute
- Dr Dorairaj Prabhakaran, Professor of Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Public Health Foundation of India, Executive Director, Centre for Chronic Disease Control
- Associate Professor Sivadasanpillai Harikrishnan, Associate Professor of Cardiology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology
Australia
- Professor Robert Burton, Professor of Medicine, Monash University
- Associate Professor Chris Reid, Associate Professor and Associate Director, Centre for Cardiovascular Research and Education, Monash University
- Professor Malcolm Sim, Professor and Director, Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health, Monash University
- Professor Andrew Tonkin, Professor and Head, Cardiovascular Research Unit, Monash University
- Professor Ajay Mahal, Finkel Chair in Global Health, Monash University
- Dr Robert Hall, Senior Research Fellow, Monash University
Other
- Professor Maximilian de Courten, Professor of Global Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
- Dr Gauden Galea, World Health Organisation, European Office, Copenhagen
- Professor Pekka Puska, Director General, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland
- Professor Richard Southby, George Washington University, USA
- Professor Yan Guo Yan, Peking University, China
- Dr Kemlin Wickramasinghe, Department of Public Health, University of Oxford
