I am a clinical epidemiologist, working as the coordinator of the research unit of the Department of Emergency Medicine in the Faculty of Medicine, the National University of Malaysia (UKM). I was part of the team in the recently concluded UKM IKMAS-UNESCO collaborative project on the promotion of social inclusion in public policy; testing out three policy analysis instruments: Inclusive Policy Lab "The Framework for Inclusive Policy Design: Malaysia" , EquiFrame and EquIPP, on the National Policy on Science, Technology and Innovation (NPSTI).