Muhamad Alif Bin Ibrahim

Dr Alif is an Adjunct Research Associate at James Cook University, Singapore Campus. He is also a Research Fellow (Social and Behavioural Sciences) at the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore. He obtained his PhD in Psychology and Sociology from James Cook University in 2025. Alif is skilled and well-versed in various qualitative research methodologies and utilises them to garner insights into social scientific and public health questions of interest. He also draws on social scientific theories as a lens to understand various aspects of health, illness, and well-being. Some of his work includes understanding HIV prevention, care, and treatment, examining coping, resilience, and romantic relationships among sexual and gender minority communities, as well as investigating hand hygiene compliance and antibiotic prescribing practices among healthcare professionals in Singapore.

Alif is a passionate advocate and educator in qualitative research, having taught numerous courses in foundational and advanced qualitative methods across healthcare and academic settings over the past decade. In recent years, he has increasingly collaborated with researchers in the natural sciences to understand and address complex global and regional challenges through qualitative methods and a social-scientific perspective. Beyond his role at JCU and NUS, Alif also serves as an Early Career Liaison for the International Society of Critical Health Psychology and as a New Scholar Member (Publications Committee) with the International Association for Relationships Research.