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Mr Shanta Kumar A/L Chandrasekaran

Senior Lecturer – Faculty of Medicine

Qualifications:

  • MSc Medical Statistics
  • BBiomedSc (Hons)

Teaching and Research Experience:

  • 2 years in the academic field
  • 3 years in Clinical Research Centre

Major Research Interest

  • Community Health
  • Regression modelling

Teaching interests

  • Medical statistics
  • Epidemiology
  • Research Methodology
Administrative Appointments /Committee Involvements
  • Course Coordinator for MBBS (Research methodology and Biostatistics)
  • Course Coordinator for BMS (Basic biostatistics)
  • Quality Assurance Committee-Committee Member
  • QIJMHS editorial board member
Selected Research and Publications
  • Roy B, Chandrasekaran SK, Manzoor S, Quan CW, Pathirana GP, Jayasekara KD. The association between physical activity and emotional intelligence: A cross sectional study from Quest International University, Perak. Quest International Journal of Medical and Health Sciences. 2021 Jul 18;4(1):4-10.
  • Roy B, Naidu CR, Perumal V, Vallipuram P, Subramaniam J, Chandrakeran SK, Sugathan S, Jacob L. Quality of life (QoL) among medical students of clinical years in Perak state, Malaysia: A study using the WHOQOL-BREF instrument. Quest International Journal of Medical and Health Sciences. 2020 Dec 31;3(2):24-32.
  • Anuar AS, Francis NA, Goh YH, Fndo PS, Roy B, Chandrakeran SK. Hospital related anxiety, depression among medical students: A cross-sectional study from two Universities of Perak State, Malaysia. Quest International Journal of Medical and Health Sciences. 2020 Dec 31;3(2):52-8.
  • Chandrasekaran SK, Jacob L, Ling JL, Rajendran A, John CD, Jian AT, Whey CJ, Zhen HZ, William JL, Yang KT, Chi LE. Quality of life among undergraduate students in Ipoh, Perak: A cross-sectional study using WHOQOL-BREF. Quest International Journal of Medical and Health Sciences. 2019 Dec 31;2(2):16-22
  • Thevi, T., Reddy, S. C., & Shantakumar, C. (2014). Outcome of phacoemulsification and extracapsular cataract extraction: A study in a district hospital in Malaysia. Tackling Infectious Diseases in Primary Care, 9(2), 41.
  • Hwong WY, Sivasampu S, Aisyah A, Shantha Kumar C, Goh PP, Hisham AN. National Clinical Research Centre. National Healthcare Establishment & Workforce Statistics (Primary Care) 2012.
  • National Medical Care Survey (2010) Report.

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