APACPH General Assembly 2012

Minutes of Meeting

Venue: Senate Hall, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
Date: 14 October 2012
Time: 9:00 am – 12:40 pm

The meeting was called to order at 9.00 am by President, Dr. Mohd Amin Jalaludin

Attendance

Executive Council Members

  • Dr. Mohd Amin Jalaludin – President
  • Dr. Phitaya Charupoonphol – President Elect
  • Dr. Tomiko Hokama – President Emeritus
  • Dr. Myongsei Sohn – Vice President
  • Dr. Jin-Ling Tang – Vice President
  • Dr. Walter K. Patrick – Secretary-General
  • Dr. Hung-Yi Chiou -Treasurer
  • Dr. Jason Maddock – Secretary
  • Dr. Indika Karunathilake – Assistant Secretary, Director Early Career Network
  • Dr. Low Wah Yun – Editor-in-Chief, Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health
  • Dr. Masamine Jimba – Regional Director Tokyo and Co Chair Membership Committee
  • Dr. Young Moon Chae – Director ICUH
  • Dr. Paula Palmer – Assoc. Regional Director, Regional Office Americas (LA), Program Committee (Co-Chair)

Representatives and invited faculty from Member Universities

  • Dr. Bruce Maycock – Head, School of Public Health, Curtin University, Australia
  • Dr. Bernie Marshall – Associate Dean, Deakin University, Australia
  • Dr. Steven Allender – Dir.WHO Collab. Center Obesity Prev. Deakin University, Australia
  • Dr. Brian Oldenburg Epidemiology & Prev. Med. Dept, Monash University, Australia
  • Dr. Zongfu Mao – Dean, School of Public Health, Wuhan University, China
  • Dr. HE Qiqiang – Vice Dean, School of Public Health, Wuhan University, China
  • Dr. Dian Ayubi – Vice Dean, Faculty of Public Health, University of Indonesia, Indonesia
  • Dr. Ede Surya Darmawan, Faculty of Public Health, University of Indonesia, Indonesia
  • Dr. Ian Rouse – Dean, Fiji School of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sc. Fiji National University
  • Dr. Pushpa Wati Nusair Fiji Sch. of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sc. Fiji National University
  • Dr. Santhakumari Muller Selvaraj, Fiji School of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences, Fiji
  • Dr. Mohansunder Sankaravel, Fiji School of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences, Fiji
  • Dr. Carolyn Rouse, Fiji School of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences, Fiji
  • Dr. Eiji Yano – Dean, Teikyo University School of Public Health, Japan
  • Dr. Hideki Yamamoto – Teikyo University School of Public Health, Japan
  • Dr. Maksut Kulzhanov – Rector, Kazakhstan School of Public Health, Kazakhstan
  • Dr. Soonman Kwon – Dean, GSPH, Seoul National University, Korea
  • Dr. So Yoon Kim, Yonsei University, Korea
  • Dr. Awang Bulgiba Awang- Mahmud– D/ Vice Chancellor, University of Malaya, Malaysia
  • Dr. Khairul Anuar – Dean, Faculty of Medicine, MAHSA University, Malaysia
  • Dr. Victor Lim – Executive Dean, International Medical University, Malaysia
  • Dr. Osman Ali – Dean, Royal College of Medicine Perak – UniKL, Malaysia
  • Dr. Maznah Dahlui – Head, Department of Preventive Medicine, University Malaya, Malaysia
  • Dr. Kamarudin Mudin, Dean, University Malayasia Sabah, Malaysia
  • Dr. Khadijah Shamsuddin, Department of Community Health, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia
  • Dr. Tin Tin Su – Department of Social & Preventive, University Malaya, Malaysia
  • Dr. Retneswari Masilamani – Department of Social & Preventive, University Malaya, Malaysia
  • Dr. San San Myint Aung – Rector, University Community Health, Magway, Myanmar
  • Dr. Rohini De Alwis Seneviratne – Head Dept. Community Medicine University of Colombo
  • Dr. Manuj C. Weerasinghe – Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
  • Dr. R. Surenthirakumaran, Faculty of Medicine, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka
  • Dr. N. Sivarajah, Faculty of Medicine, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka
  • Dr. Tien-Yu Shieh, Dean, Faculty of Dental Sc. Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan
  • Dr. Wei-J Chen – Dean, CPH, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
  • Dr. Surasak Taneepanichskul – Dean, University of Chulalongkorn, Thailand
  • Mr. Narong Charnam -University of Chulalongkorn, Thailand
  • Dr. Pensri Phijaisanit – Emeritus Dean, FPH, Mahidol University, Thailand
  • Dr. Suphaphat Kwonpongsagoon- Vice Dean, Faculty of Public Health, Mahidol University

(Highlighted names denote Institutional representatives)

Staff – ECM Secretariat

  • Dr. Chiranthi Liyanage (ECN & Asst. Secretary Office)
  • Ms. Chrishanne Sebastiampillai (Acting APACPH Executive Officer & Executive Assistant
  • to Secretary-General APACPH)
  • Ms. Catherine Liang (Executive Assistant, APACPH Treasurer’s Office)

Apologies:

  • Dr. Wen-Ta Chiu, Hon. Minister of Health, Taiwan
  • Dr. Liming Li, Regional Office, Beijing, China
  • Dr. Andy Johnson, Dean, School of Global Health, Claremont Graduate University, USA
  • Dr. Bambang Wispriyono, Dean, Faculty of Public Health, University of Indonesia
  • Dr. Fatma Lestari, Faculty of Public Health, University of Indonesia

Quorum – Present