Accepting PhD Students

PhD projects

- Improving drug development and drug safety monitoring practices and policies among older age in Indo Pacific
- Adolescent mental health and climate change
- Strengthening Digital Health Governance and Research Ecosystem in LMIC

20062025

Research activity per year

Personal profile

Research interests

Community Medicine, Public Health Research Method, Drug Development, Health Policy Analysis, Infodemics, Digital Health Ecosystem in LMIC, Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis

Supervision interests

Pharmacovigilance system, Health policy analysis, Community Medicine, Clinical Trials Methodologies, Infodemics, Health Information Translation, Digital Health Ecosystem in LMIC.

Monash teaching commitment

Master of Public Health
PHI5236 - Clinical Trials
PHI5272 - Principles of Health System
PHI5289  - Professional Practice Development

Master of Public Policy and Management
ATI5081 - Comparative Health Policy and Politics

Master of Urban Design
UDI5201 - Ecology and Health


Community service

National Expert - Health Working Group 3 - G20 - 2022

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 1 - No Poverty
  • SDG 2 - Zero Hunger
  • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
  • SDG 4 - Quality Education
  • SDG 13 - Climate Action

Education/Academic qualification

Pharmacoepidemiology, PhD, Innovation in methodology of drug effectiveness research, Universiteit Utrecht (Utrecht University)

20082012

Award Date: 5 Nov 2012

Clinical Epidemiology, Master of Science, Hemoglobin and atherosclerosis in patients with manifest arterial disease: The SMART-study, Nederland Instituut voor gezondheidswetenschappen (Netherlands Institute for Health Sciences)

20022003

Award Date: 21 Jul 2003

General Medicine, Medical Doctor, N/A, Universitas Indonesia (University of Indonesia)

19952001

Award Date: 10 Oct 2001

External positions

Member, Lancet Commission of CVD in Asia Pacific

2025 → …

Manager, SEAMEO - Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organisation

Aug 201731 Dec 2021

Academic Staff, Universitas Indonesia (University of Indonesia)

Jul 2014Jun 2017

Research Fellow, Harvard Medical School

Jun 2013May 2014

Medical Liasson Officer, Bristol-Myers Squibb (Indonesia)

Dec 2007Jun 2008

Clinical Research Associate, Quintiles Indonesia

May 2007Apr 2006

Clinical Research Associate, Pfizer (Indonesia)

Jan 2004Mar 2006

Research area keywords

  • Public health
  • Pharmacoepidemiology
  • Public health nutrition
  • Public Health Policy
  • Early chidlhood education and care
  • Non Communicable Disease
  • epidemiology
  • digital health

Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years

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