Speakers - WNRC2025

Biography

Dr Asmah Husaini is an Assistant Professor at the Pengiran Anak Puteri Rashidah Sa’adatul Bolkiah Institute of Health Sciences, University Brunei Darussalam (PAPRSB IHS, UBD). She joined PAPRSB IHS, UBD, as a lecturer in 2008 and became the first committee member to develop the Institute's current Undergraduate curriculum for nursing programs. She specializes in the following teaching approaches in nursing; ‘Problem-based learning’, ‘Community experiential learning’, and ‘Multi-disciplinary Peer teaching programs for basic health clinical skills for Nursing, Midwifery, Medicine, Pharmacy, and Dental Undergraduate students. She graduated with a PhD in Palliative care nursing from King’s College London in 2019. She studied the experience of advanced cancer patients with palliative care in Brunei.
She was recently appointed Head of Commercialization under the Office of Industry Engagement and Enterprise Development. She is currently working with the UBD’s Entrepreneurship Management Team, which aims to enhance the entrepreneurship education ecosystem in the university. She is a huge advocate for successful aging and currently holds the position of Vice President for Demensia Brunei. She currently continues to carry out research to understand the phenomenon of palliative care from the context of Brunei Darussalam and healthcare issues related to aging and dementia.