Professor Emeritus Dato’ Dr. Syed Mohamed Aljunid MD (UKM) MPH (Singapore) PhD (London); DLSHTM (London); FAMM, FPHMM, FASc Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, School of Medicine IMU University [email protected]
Professor Emeritus Dato’ Dr. Syed Mohamed Aljunid is a distinguished Public Health Medicine Consultant and Professor of Health Economics, Policy and Management in Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, IMU University, Malaysia. He has a rich academic background including a PhD in Health Economics and Financing from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, an MD from the National University of Malaysia, and a Master of Science in Public Health from the National University of Singapore. With over 30 years of expertise in research and development in health policy, economics and financing, he has held prominent positions such as Founding Head of the International Centre for Casemix and Clinical Coding at the Faculty of Medicine UKM, Senior Research Fellow at the United Nations University International Institute for Global Health and Founding Chair of Health Policy and Management, Faculty of Public Health, Kuwait University. Notably, he was honoured with the title of Emeritus Professor in Public Health by the Faculty of Medicine at the National University of Malaysia in November 2022. Dr. Aljunid's international impact is evident through his consultancy work for prestigious organizations including the WHO, World Bank, AUSAID, GIZ and Asian Development Bank, where he has contributed to the development and implementation of casemix systems for provider payment methods in Social Health Insurance programs across various countries. Moreover, his involvement as Co-chair of the Morbidity Technical Advisory Group for the ICD-11 Revision underscores his significant contributions to global health classification standards. With a prolific publication record exceeding 300 journal articles, books, book chapters, and scientific reports, along with over 350 presentations at local and international conferences, and more than 90,000 citations with h-index of 70, Dr. Aljunid continues to be a leading figure in advancing the field of public health and health economics on a global scale. He has conducted more than 50 research projects, supervised 46 PhD candidates and 150 Master students.