SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES
Health Campus
UNIVERSITI SAINS MALAYSIA (USM)
MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES
Starting Date in USM: 01 August 2025
zilfalil@usm.my
+6(09) 767 (Ext) 6531
https://experts.usm.my/cvitae/zilfalil
  • B Sc,
    UNIVERSITY OF UDAIPUR, INDIA (INDIA)
  • MBBS,
    DACCA UNIVERSITY, BANGLADESH (BANGLADESH)
  • M Med, PAEDIATRICS
    UNIVERSITI SAINS MALAYSIA (USM) (MALAYSIA)
  • MSc, MEDICAL GENETICS
    UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW, UNITED KINGDOM (BRITAIN)
  • PhD, GENETIK
    UNIVERSITY ASTON, BIRMINGHAM, UNITED KINGDOM (BRITAIN)
BIOGRAPHY
He is a member of the WHO Technical Advisory Group on Genomics. He trained as a pediatrician and clinical geneticist and holds MMed (Pediatrics), MSc (Med Genetics) and PhD (Pharmacogenetics). His decades of experience have greatly contributed to the study of rare diseases in the Malay population and his participation in the Human Variome Project and Global Globin Network. He was awarded the UNESCO Chair on Human Genetics of Thalassemia in 2022.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
1) Genetics of Thalassemia. 2) Rare Diseases 3) Population Genomics (Malay ethnic group) 4) Genomics based diagnostics

PROFESSOR DR. ZILFALIL BIN ALWI

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Genomics-Based Diagnostic
Paediatrics
Clinical Genetics
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