Topic: Invitation to do postgraduate thesis and research project in addiction

Dear Colleagues and students,

University Malaya Centre of Addiction Sciences (UMCAS) is a newly formed center of research under the Health and Translational Medicine (HTM) Cluster of University Malaya.

 We are a group of clinicians of various disciplines including medicine, dentistry and clinical psychology. However we have collaborators in other disciplines like pharmacology, science and the humanities. We also collaborate with other research centres within UM like CeRiA and outside the university eg. INFORRM (USM), National Anti-Drug Agency (NADA).

We would like to invite interested colleagues and students who would like to do research in addiction in Malaysia to join us. At present we are active in these fields of research;

1.      Nicotine dependence

2.      Heroin dependence

3.      Amphetamine/Stimulant dependence

4.      Alcohol dependence

5.      Prison related addiction issues

6.      Spirituality and addiction

7.      Culture and addiction

8.      Behavioral addiction eg. Pathological gambling, internet addiction

9.      Treatment Modalities in Addiction

10.  Public Health and Policy Aspects in Addiction

11.  Harm Reduction

Supervisors can be reviewed with their respective CV at our website http://umcas.um.edu.my under the members section

Colleagues and students who are interested can either contact us individually for an appointment or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for further information.

Information on the group and its activities can also be found in our website http://umcas.um.edu.my.

Thank you.

Prof Mohd Hussain Habil

Director UMCAS

UMCAS is trying to reach out to as many of you who are interested and concerned with the addiction happenings in the country. We have officially launch our blog at http://www.gianbrain.com. This blog project is for us and all of you to pen down your opinions on the addiction happenings in the country. We hope to have a fruitful discussion on this subject.

 The management UMCAS