Vivek Jason Jayaraj

Public Health Physician · Data Scientist — digital health & epidemiology

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia · www.vivekjason.com · vivekjason1987@gmail.com ORCID 0000-0002-8131-9878 · Google Scholar · LinkedIn · X @vivekjason1987

A public health physician and data scientist. Most of my current work at the Ministry of Health Malaysia is in digital health — health-data interoperability and enterprise data analytics — alongside continuing research in epidemiology and infectious disease.

Experience

  • Deputy Director, Analytics & Informatics — Digital Health Division, Ministry of Health Malaysia · 2024–present Health-data interoperability and enterprise data analytics across the ministry.
  • Public Health Specialist — Sector for Biostatistics & Data Repository, National Institutes of Health · 2022–2024
  • Guest Lecturer / Workshop Trainer — Universiti Malaya & International Medical University · 2023–present
  • Instructor — Applied Epidemiology (Applied Epi / WHO WPRO) · 2023–present

Education

  • DrPH, Doctorate in Public Health — Universiti Malaya · 2019–2022
  • MPH, Master of Public Health — Universiti Malaya · 2018–2019
  • MD, Medical Degree — Universitas Padjadjaran · 2007–2013

Selected publications (of 27 · first author unless noted)

  • Relative vaccine effectiveness of a fourth COVID-19 dose: an emulated target trial — Vaccine, 2025
  • Effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines among children 6–11 during Omicron — Scientific Reports, 2024
  • A rapidly scalable, low-cost public-health surveillance reporting system for COVID-19 — BMJ Health & Care Informatics, 2024
  • Building AI readiness for health in Southeast Asia (co-author) — Lancet Regional Health – W. Pacific, 2025
  • Estimating excess mortalities due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia — Scientific Reports, 2023
  • The epidemiology of COVID-19 in Malaysia — Lancet Regional Health – W. Pacific, 2021

Awards

  • Wu Lien-Teh Best Public Health Student Award · 2024
  • Best Oral Presenter & Young Investigator Travel Award, 53rd APACPH Conference · 2022
  • SISMID Summer Institute Scholarship, University of Washington · 2022
  • Ministry of Health Postgraduate Scholarship · 2018–2022

Skills

Data science · R & Python · Health-data interoperability · Enterprise data analytics · Epidemiology · Biostatistics · Infectious-disease modelling · Surveillance systems

Selected speaking

APRU Conference 2025 · UNU Macau AI Conference 2025 · WHO WPRO R / Applied-Epi trainer · World Bank Health Insurance Claims Data workshop 2025

Draft — one-page highlights distilled from full CV (cv_vivekjasonjayaraj_260721.docx). Full CV available on request / linked separately.