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EXPERT IN MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES Health Campus UNIVERSITI SAINS MALAYSIA (USM) Starting Date in USM: 01 August 2025 zilfalil@usm.myzilfalil@usm.my +6(09) 767 (Ext) 6531 https://experts.usm.my/cvitae/zilfalilhttps://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 Scopus ID 65073771186507377118 Researcher ID E-6903-2012E-6903-2012 ORCID 0000-0001-5055-78920000-0001-5055-7892 Google Scholar ID wqDECROAAAJwqDECROAAAJ EXPERTISE LIFE SCIENCES >> Genomics Sciences > Genomics-Based Diagnostic MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES >> Clinical Practice > Paediatrics MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES >> Laboratory Practice > Clinical Genetics

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PROFESOR DR. ZILFALIL BIN ALWI

EXPERT IN

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES

SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES

Health Campus

UNIVERSITI SAINS MALAYSIA (USM)

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

Scopus ID

6507377118

Researcher ID

E-6903-2012

ORCID

0000-0001-5055-7892

Google Scholar ID

wqDECROAAAJ

EXPERTISE

LIFE SCIENCES >> Genomics Sciences > Genomics-Based Diagnostic
MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES >> Clinical Practice > Paediatrics
MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES >> Laboratory Practice > Clinical Genetics

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