Master of Public Health (M.P.H), Global Health, Vanderbilt University, Tennessee, US
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), School of Medicine, University of Mataram, Indonesia
Bachelor of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Mataram, Indonesia
Wilma’s research interest is in the range of global health nutrition among children community, particularly that related to community health prevention of childhood obesity and social determinant of health. She is also interested in expanding her expertise to health education with interdisciplinary approaches. Her current research is around healthy feeding practice of children related with family engagement factors. She believes that to prevent childhood obesity as the major public health problem, various aspects of children from, nutrition, psychology, to education are strongly related.
As a physician with international medical background, Wilma’s previous research interests were mostly focus on diseases prevention and intervention that impact nutrition status of children community. Her study about inappropriate antibiotic prescription in the United States ambulatory care visit during her master training as well as intestinal worm infection that focus on children community in Indonesia has provided her with various research experience and skills work with children community. She had also great experience engaged with family where she involved as field coordinator in See and Treat Program, an international collaborative project between Indonesia and Leiden University Medical Centre, Netherlands to prevent cervical and breast cancer among mother’s community in rural areas in Indonesia.
Grew up in rural area in Bali, Indonesia, upon graduation from the doctoral training, Wilma is hoping to become a public health nutrition practitioner who can contribute in local, regional, and global scope to improve nutrition of underserved communities.
Why CYAF at University of Nebraska-Lincoln
"I intend to continue my degree in CYAF GFHWB as this program is well-aligned with my interest. It provides vigorous and comprehensive courses for global public health nutrition interconnect with family wellbeing. The program is also very friendly to allow me learn widely from to advance. High acknowledgement for diversity, various culture environment that have offered by faculties, staff, and colleagues in this department make me feels like I build my own family in Lincoln, Nebraska."
Labs Participated In:
EAT Family Style Lab (2022 - present)
Educare Lincoln (2023 - 2024)
Awards
Margaret S. Fedde Fellowship: Child Youth, and Family Studies (2023-2024)
United States Fulbright MA Scholarship (2019-2021)
Vanderbilt University, Satcher Scholarship (2019-2021)
Highlighted Publications & Presentations
Linder JE, Tao R, Chung WK, Kiryluk K, Liu C, Weng C, Connolly JJ, Hakonarson H, Harr M, Leppig KA, Jarvik GP, Veenstra DL, Aufox S, Chisholm RL, Gordon AS, Hoell C, Rasmussen-Torvik LJ, Smith ME, Holm IA, Miller EM, Prows CA, Elskeally O, Kullo IJ, Lee C, Jose S, Manolio TA, Rowley R, Padi-Adjirackor NA, Wilmayani NK, City B, Wei WQ, Wiesner GL, Rahm AK, Williams JL, Williams MS, Peterson JF. Prospective, multi-site study of healthcare utilization after actionable monogenic findings from clinical sequencing. Am J Hum Genet. 2023 Nov 2;110(11):1950-1958. http://www.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajhg.2023.10.006/
Wilmayani, N.K. (2021). Ivermectin, Diethylcarbamazine citrate, and Albendazole (IDA) – Therapy for Lymphatic filariasis (LF) Elimination Program: Current roll-out in endemic countries and situation amidst COVID-19 pandemic. The Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH). Addressing Critical Gaps in Global Health and Development. Washington DC, March 12-14, 2021.
Wilmayani, N.K, Eva Triani, I.M Sudarmaja, I. K Swastika, Ariawati, A. (2017). Prevalence Study of Intestinal Worm in Primary School Children in Kuranji Coastal Area, Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara. Indonesia. International Conference on Public Health, Solo, Indonesia. https://doi.org/10.26911/theicph.2017.035/.