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Biography

Associate Professor Sivakumar A/L Thurairajasingam is Associate Professor (Practice) in Psychiatry and Deputy Head (Education) of the Clinical School Johor Bahru.

Dr Sivakumar joined Monash University Malaysia on 1st August 2006 as a lecturer. He obtained his MBBS from the University of Mangalore, India (1994) and then went on to complete his Master in Medicine in Psychiatry in 2002, at the Universiti Sains Malaysia. He has served in the medical field for the past 10 years at the Kota Bharu General Hospital, Universiti Sains Malaysia Hospital in Kubang Kerian, and Hospital Permai. He previously served as Head of the Substance Abuse Unit, Hospital Permai, Coordinator of the Psychiatry Research Unit at Hospital Permai and also as the State Coordinator of the National Methadone Maintenance Programme. His special interests are in the field of psychiatry research as well as drug and alcohol treatment/research. He is involved with Year 3 and Year 4 teaching of the Medical Programme at the Johor Bahru campus.

Research interests

Addiction Psychiatry

  • Establishing, setting up and managing the Substance Abuse Clinic and Drug Substitution Therapy Clinic (Methadone / Buprenorphine) at Hospital Permai Johor Bahru (2003-2006)
  • Establishing, setting up and managing the Johor Bahru Anti-Narcotic Agency Methadone Substitution Clinic (from 2007 onwards)
  • Establishing and managing the Addiction Liason Unit at Hospital Sultanah Aminah Johor Bahru (from 2010 onwards)
  • National trainer for the National Drug Substitution Therapy (NDST) Program (since 2007)

Mood Disorders

  • Establishing, setting up and managing the Mood Disorders Clinic at Hospital Sultanah Aminah Johor Bahru (2008 onwards)

Harm Reduction

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 3 - Good Health and Well-being

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