PRINCIPAL RESEARCH FELLOWS

DR HALIMAH AWANG

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Dr Halimah Awang is a Principal Research Fellow at SWRC. She holds a PhD in Applied Statistics from Macquarie University, Australia. Her research interest includes social protection, ageing, education and sexual and reproductive health. Her ongoing research projects include understanding ageing and retirement, savings adequacy among EPF members, social protection programmes in the ASEAN region and Return to Work Programme of injured workers. She was also involved as a research consultant for the Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development, National Population & Family Development Board (LPPKN), PLUS Expressways Berhad and Social Institute Of Malaysia.

She was an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Malaya from 2005 to 2012. She has also served as an Academic Director at Stamford College in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia and is currently an Adjunct Professor (Academic) at Binary University, Malaysia. As an academician, she has published extensively in various international journals.