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Pada tahun 2000, Profesor Awg Bulgiba In 2000, Professor Awg Bulgiba was appointed
telah dilantik sebagai Pengurus Unit Teknologi Manager of the Information Technology Unit
Maklumat Pusat Perubatan Universiti Malaya at Universiti Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC).
(PPUM). Di bawah kepimpinannya, unit tersebut Under his leadership, the unit underwent a
telah melalui transformasi penting dengan major transformation with the integration of
pengintegrasian pelbagai sistem maklumat various hospital systems and the introduction of
dan pengenalan e-preskripsi, yang seterusnya e-prescribing, which later laid the foundation for
menyediakan asas bagi perkembangan lanjutan future IT development at UMMC.
teknologi maklumat di PPUM. Professor Awg Bulgiba was awarded a Master
Profesor Awg Bulgiba telah dianugerahkan of Applied Statistics by UM in 2003 and a PhD by
ijazah Sarjana Statistik Gunaan oleh UM pada the School of Computing Sciences, University of
tahun 2003 dan ijazah Doktor Falsafah (PhD) East Anglia, UK in 2007. This achievement made
oleh School of Computing Sciences, University him the first Malaysian doctor to earn a PhD in
of East Anglia, UK pada tahun 2007. Pencapaian Health Informatics. He is also the first public
ini menjadikan beliau doktor pertama yang health physician in Malaysia to hold five prestigious
dianugerahkan PhD dalam bidang informatik fellowships at the following institutions: the Faculty
kesihatan di Malaysia. Beliau juga merupakan of Public Health, Royal College of Physicians (UK);
pakar perubatan kesihatan awam pertama di Public Health Medicine Malaysia; Academy of
Malaysia yang berjaya mengumpul lima fellowship Medicine Malaysia; Academy of Sciences Malaysia;
di institusi-institusi yang berikut: Faculty of Public and the International Science Council.
Health, Royal College of Physicians UK; Public Upon returning to Malaysia, Professor Awg
Health Medicine Malaysia; Academy of Medicine Bulgiba was appointed Head of Department in
Malaysia; Academy of Sciences Malaysia; dan 2006. During his three-year tenure, he revamped
International Science Council.
the Master of Public Health (MPH) programme,
Sekembalinya beliau ke Malaysia, Profesor introduced the Doctor of Public Health (DrPH)
Awg Bulgiba telah dilantik sebagai Ketua degree, and chaired the UM Wellness Programme
Jabatan pada tahun 2006. Semasa jawatannya from 2007 to 2009. His efforts to internationalise
selama 3 tahun, beliau telah merombak the department led to the success in obtaining
semula program Sarjana Kesihatan Awam, European Union sponsorship for the establishment
memperkenalkan ijazah Doctor of Public Health of the Asia-Link Clinical Epidemiology and
(DrPH) dan mempengerusikan Program Kesihatan Evidence-Based Medicine Programme. He was
Kakitangan UM dari 2007 hingga 2009. Usaha the founding head of the Centre for Epidemiology
beliau dalam pengantarabangsaan jabatan and Evidence-Based Practice in 2008, the leading
mendorong kepada kejayaan mendapatkan tajaan centre for epidemiology and evidence-based
Kesatuan Eropah untuk penubuhan Program Asia- practice in Malaysia. He subsequently established
Link Clinical Epidemiology and Evidence-Based the Centre for Population Health in 2009.
Medicine. Profesor Awg Bulgiba merupakan Professor Awg Bulgiba went on to serve as
pengasas dan ketua Centre for Epidemiology Deputy Dean for Undergraduate and Diploma
and Evidence-Based Practice (CEBP) pada Programmes from 2009 to 2011, and as Director of
tahun 2008, yang merupakan pusat penyelidikan the Global Planning and Strategy Centre from 2011
terkemuka dalam bidang epidemiologi dan amalan to 2012. He was appointed Deputy Vice-Chancellor
berasaskan bukti di Malaysia. Beliau kemudiannya of Research and Innovation from 2012 to 2015, a
telah menubuhkan Centre for Population Health period during which he steered UM to new heights as
pada tahun 2009. Malaysia’s foremost research university. Following
Profesor Awg Bulgiba dilantik sebagai
Timbalan Dekan Ijazah Pertama dan Diploma
dari tahun 2009 hingga 2011, serta Pengarah
Pusat Perancangan dan Strategi Global dari
tahun 2011 hingga 2012. Beliau menyandang
jawatan Timbalan Naib Canselor Penyelidikan dan
Inovasi dari tahun 2012 hingga 2015 dan berjaya
mengemudi UM menjadi universiti penyelidikan
terulung di Malaysia. Seterusnya, beliau dilantik

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