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Centre for Advanced Research (CARe)


CARe Research Associates

The Centre consist of researchers from different backgrounds contributing to the research clusters and other related areas.

Dr Khadizah binti Hj Abdul Mumin

Senior Assistant Professor, PAPRSB IHS

Email: khadizah.mumin@ubd.edu.bn

Dr. Khadizah Haji Abdul Mumin (Khadizah H. Abdul-Mumin), is a Senior Assistant Professor at the Pengiran Anak Puteri Rashidah Sa’adatul Bolkiah (PAPRSB) Institute of Health Sciences, and also appointed as a Research Associate at the Centre of Advanced Research (CARe), Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD), overseeing the Older Persons Research portfolio since 2016. She attained the Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Southampton, United Kingdom and was awarded the Brunei-United States English Language Programme (Brunei-US ELEP) for Academic Exchange to complete a one-year post-doctorate as an international visiting scholar at the University of Michigan School of Nursing. Most recently, she received the prestigious Australia Awards Fellowship titled “Nursing and Midwifery Advanced Research Skills Development Program (Indonesia and Brunei)” by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), Australia, which is hosted by the School of Nursing and Midwifery at La Trobe University, Australia (September 4 to September 24, 2023). She is also awarded the NUS Fellows Programme (Southeast Asia) Centre of Ageing Research and Education (CARE), Duke-NUS Medical School National University of Singapore for six months commencing next year March 2024.

Dr Hj Muhammad Assyafie Hanif bin Abdul Rahman @ Chung Thien Siong

Assistant Professor, PAPRSB IHS

Email: hanif.rahman@ubd.edu.bn

Dr Hanif Abdul Rahman is an Assistant Professor at PAPRSB Institute of Health Sciences and a Research Associate at the Centre of Advanced Research, Universiti Brunei Darussalam. His expertise includes Biostatistics, Structural Equation Modeling, Machine learning, and Predictive analytics. He recently completed his post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Michigan where he developed a novel deep-learning approach for detecting brain tumors using MRI scans in young and older people. He has also developed machine-learning prediction models to classify the mental well-being of university students and young adults in South-East Asia. Over the past 5 years, he has published more than 60 research papers in Tier 1 and 2 journals, reflecting his career ambition to provide multi-dimensional evidence to address issues related to the health and quality-of-life of young and older adult populations. 

Dr Siti Fatimahwati Pehin Dato Hj Musa

Assistant Professor, UBDSBE

Email: fatimahwati.musa@ubd.edu.bn

Dr Siti Fatimahwati Pehin Dato Musa is an Assistant Professor at the UBD School of Business and Economics, Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBDSBE). She holds a PhD in Agricultural Economics and Rural Development from Newcastle University, United Kingdom. Her area of specialisation is in Development Economics, focusing on sustainable development, food security and issues of poverty and youth unemployment. Most of the research that she conducts is interdisciplinary, allowing her to work with experts across various disciplines. She is a recipient of several University grants. She has published in international journals like the British Food Journal, Tourism Review, and the International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy. She welcomes research collaboration in food security, issues on youth and agriculture, youth unemployment, agritourism, social welfare, and poverty in rentier economies. 

Dr Nadia Hezlin binti Yashaiya

Research Associate, UBD CARe

Email: nadia.yashaiya@ubd.edu.bn

Anni @ Nik Ani Afiqah binti Hj Mohamad Tuah

Senior Assistant Professor, PAPRSB IHS

Email: anni.mohamad@ubd.edu.bn


Dr Siti Rohaiza Binti Ahmad

Assistant Professor, PAPRSB IHS

Email: rohaiza.ahmad@ubd.edu.bn


Dr Zaidah Rizidah Binti Murang

Lecturer, PAPRSB IHS

Email: zaidah.murang@ubd.edu.bn