THEME : CLINICAL SCIENCES / HEALTH SCIENCES

CALL: 

Today's complex global health challenges that span across communicable and non-communicable diseases, disability, and environmental threats demand approaches that transcend traditional disciplinary boundaries. Despite progress in some areas, the world remains off-track to meet SDG 3 targets for ensuring health and well-being for all.

The persistent siloed approaches to health research have created critical knowledge gaps in understanding the interconnections between disease processes, environmental factors, and social determinants. Communicable and non-communicable diseases, traditionally studied separately, share risk factors and frequently co-exist, yet integrated approaches remain limited. Rising disability rates further necessitate comprehensive prevention and management strategies spanning the entire health continuum.

Artificial intelligence offers transformative potential for diseases risk prediction, early detection, and disability management optimization. However, its application often occurs in technological isolation, disconnected from  contextual understanding needed for meaningful impact.

Transdisciplinary research aligns with both global frameworks like SDG 3 and national priorities such as the 10-10 Malaysian Science, Technology, Innovation and Economy (MySTIE) agenda. This approach can simultaneously address health challenges while contributing to socioeconomic transformation and innovation capacity.

This call aims to develop a transdisciplinary framework that catalyzes innovation across boundaries to create effective, equitable solutions to pressing global health challenges. By integrating expertise from diverse fields, we seek to transform how health problems are addressed and to reduce disease risk, enable earlier detection, and mitigate disability while supporting both SDG 3 and strategic national frameworks like MySTIE.   

KEY RESEARCH AREA

Transdisciplinary research is vital for addressing complex health and disability challenges by integrating diverse knowledge across traditional boundaries, leading to innovative prevention strategies, detection methods, and improved management approaches.

*Non-Communicable Diseases and Communicable Diseases

*Diagnostic Tools: Point-of-care multipathogen platforms, AI-powered diagnosis and digital biomarkers,

*Personalized Medicine and AI: Molecular and genomic approaches, clinical decision support systems

*Robotic and Digital Health: Rehabilitation robotics and telehealth and telemedicine, e-health applications

*Health Systems Strengthening: Integrated care models: climate-adaptive health infrastructure, health-financing

*One Health Approaches: Integrated human-animal-environmental surveillance; ecosystems management for disease prevention

EXPECTED OUTCOME

-Integrated Risk Prediction Systems: cutting-edge frameworks combining environmental, genetic, behavioral, or social data to identify high-risk individuals before disease onset, enabling targeted interventions and minimizing health costs.

-Accelerated Diagnostic Platforms: AI powered point-of-care technologies providing rapid, accurate diagnosis across various conditions, reducing diagnostic delays, preventing disease progression to costly advanced disease stages.

-New Treatment and Adaptive Rehabilitation Ecosystems: Pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatments, personalized disability management systems combining digital therapeutics, robotics, and/or community support to maximize recovery, reducing long-term care expenses and to enable workforce participation among previously disabled individuals. 

TARGETED STAKEHOLDES

Targeted stakeholders that can benefit from the Outcome/Impact throughout this program:

• Researchers and Scientists: Researchers stand to gain from novel findings, new technologies and collaborative research and insights generated by innovatiive solutions and practices
• Industry and Industrial Associations: Benefit from access to scalable and advanced resources, technology and technical solutions
• Government Ministries and Regulatory Agencies: Benefiting from networking, new solutions and policies, and interventions that support the Malaysia Health Research Priorities, the National Policy on Science, Technology and Innovation (DSTIN) and innovation-driven economy goals.
• Local Communities: Communities affected by communicable, non-communicable disease, primary and family health threats, oral health challenges and inequality and inaccessibility to health system

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