About

Dr. Wan Naszeerah is an author, public health scientist, and speaker whose work integrates health communication, infodemiology, and human-centered design (HCD) to improve public health.

Born stateless in Southeast Asia, Dr. Wan Naszeerah grew up in the Nusantara sociocultural sphere, where traditional healing practices and modern medicine have long coexisted. Growing up between these worlds taught her an enduring lesson: people hold their health beliefs for reasons that deserve to be understood before they are corrected.

That conviction inspired her to write her debut book, Debunk with Empathy, and continues to shape her work today.

A first-generation public health scientist, Dr. Wan Naszeerah earned a Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) from the University of California, Berkeley, where she specialized in health communication and infodemiology and completed a Designated Emphasis in Development Engineering. She also holds a Master of Public Health (MPH) from Yale University, where she trained as an infectious disease epidemiologist, and a Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences from the University of California, Davis.

Dr. Wan Naszeerah serves as a military health officer. Beyond her professional role, she is the co-founder of Projek Infodemik, a regional initiative working with communities across Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore to address digital health infodemic challenges in Bahasa Melayu and Bahasa Indonesia.

Let's build healthier communities together.

I collaborate with organizations, researchers, and communities to design evidence-informed, people-centered solutions to today's public health challenges. My areas of expertise include:

Health Communication & Public Trust
Infodemiology & Digital Health

Human-Centered Design for Public Health

If you'd like to discuss opportunities in the following formats, please email hello@naszeerah.com or use the contact form here.

Speaking Engagements

Deliver keynotes, join panels, and lead workshops

Academic Collaboration

Collaborate on research, teaching, or scholarly writing projects

Community Partnerships

Co-create interventions, policies, and tools with communities

Press & Media

If you’re a journalist, curator, or collaborator and you're interested in covering my work, featuring the Debunk with Empathy book, or including me in a story, you can find my press kit here: (link coming soon).

Glossary

Epidemiology

It is the study of how diseases, health conditions, and other factors affecting health are distributed and transmitted in populations.

Infodemic

It refers to the rapid and widespread spread of a large volume of information (including accurate and inaccurate information) making it difficult for people to discern trustworthy sources and make informed decisions for their health and well-being.

Infodemiology

Coined from "information" and "epidemiology," it aims to understand how information impacts public health behaviors, perceptions, and outcomes, and how it spreads, similar to the way diseases do.

Nusantara

Rooted in history, scholars have used the term to describe the interconnectedness of several Southeast Asian countries (including Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and parts of Thailand and the Philippines) bound by shared languages and cultural traditions.