221attractive professions, such as business administration and law, and financial
management of HEIs) have been studied relatively less than others, and research
capacity building through the establishment of a research unit is required and should
be considered for future funding and support.
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Nyamjav Sumberzul was born in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, in 1965 and graduated from Mongolian
National University of Medical Sciences as a pediatrician in 1989. He got his PhD degree from
MNUMS (2003) and finished continue medical education course on pediatrics in Yonsei University
Medical Center, Korea (1994), and international fellowship in medical education in the University
of Washington, USA (2000). He did several research works in the field of pediatrics, public health,
and medical education with his team. Prof. N. Sumberzul published papers in scientific journals
such as Women’s Health, Pediatrics, the International Journal of Occupational and Environmental
Health, The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, the American Journal of Industrial Medicine,
World Hospitals and Health Services, and The Siberian Medical Journal.
Shagdarsuren Oyunbileg was born in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, and graduated from Mongolian
National University of Medical Sciences as a pediatrician in 1989. She got her PhD degree from
the National Taiwan University (2009) and MA in health management planning and policy from
Nuffield Institute for Health, University of Leeds (2000). She is highly motivated and passionate
about making changes and is a result-driven specialist who has over 20 years of experience in
health management and public health and 7 years in project management. She is skilled in numer-
ous fields – M&E, HR, maternal and child health, etc. She published several research articles in
internationally recognized scientific journals such as the Journal of Women’s Health, Occupational
and Environmental Medicine, the International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health,
and the American Journal of Industrial Medicine.
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