Nurul Hanis Binti Ramzi
Salutation
Dr
School/Centre
Institute of Research, Development and Innovation (IRDI)
Position
Senior Lecturer
Email
Education
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Doctor of Philosophy (Clinical Medicine Research), 2020
Imperial College London
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Masters in Science (Molecular Medicine), 2012
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
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Bachelor in Science (Microbiology), 2007
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
Memberships
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European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID)
Young Scientist Membership
2023 - 2024
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UKM Molecular Biology Medicine Institute Alumni Association
President
2023 - 2024
Research Funding
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Investigating the Relationship between Nutritional Status and Dietary Habits in Autism Spectrum Disorder and Typically-Developing Children
IMU Internal Research Grant | 12 Dec 2024 - 31 Dec 2025
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A retrospective study on the glycaemic control and growth trajectories following a diagnosis of diabetes mellitus in children from Negeri Sembilan
IMU Internal Research Grant | 24 Oct 2024 - 30 Sep 2025
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Association of plasma exosomal caveolin-1 with diabetes and its complication in Seremban diabetes (SeDia) population: a potential biomarker
IMU Internal Research Grant | 09 Aug 2024 - 30 Sep 2026
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The Landscape of COVID-19 Vaccine Infodemic in the Malay Language: An Analysis of Social Media Content
IMU Internal Research Grant | 01 Jun 2024 - 31 Aug 2024
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Epidemiological and molecular characterisation of carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae strains in children under five years of age during pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) implementation in Malaysia
IMU Internal Research Grant | 04 Apr 2024 - 26 Jun 2026
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Body composition and measured energy expenditure in relation to dietary intake among regular climbers
IMU Internal Research Grant | 01 Dec 2023 - 30 Jun 2024
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Impacts of microbiota profile on the nutritional status of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) in Malaysia
MoHE Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS) | 01 Oct 2023 - 30 Sep 2025
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Investigation On the Association Of Urinary Antigen Test In Paediatric Pneumonia in The East-Coast of Peninsular Malaysia
IMU Internal Research Grant | 04 Sep 2023 - 15 Mar 2024
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Identification of respiratory tract pathogens among children with pneumonia using multiplex real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)
IMU Internal Research Grant | 12 Jun 2023 - 17 Sep 2023
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Pneumococcal carriage and serotype distribution in children with otitis media in Malaysia
MSD Investigator Studies Program (MISP) | 31 Oct 2022 - 31 Jul 2024
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Identification of human genomic variations related to obesity and diabetes mellitus (DM) in Malaysian and Southeastern Asian population
Internal | 01 Jul 2022 - 30 Sep 2022
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Identification of human genomic variations related to Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and obesity in Malaysian and Southeastern Asian population.
Internal | 01 Mar 2022 - 31 Dec 2022
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Relationship between individual personality traits and use of electronic cigarettes, waterpipe or traditional cigarettes: An institutional cross-sectional study
Internal | 16 Jun 2021 - 31 Dec 2021
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Evaluating the burden of paediatric pneumococcal pneumonia in Malaysia prior to and during pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) implementation
Merck Investigator Study Program (MISP) | 01 Jun 2021 - 31 May 2024
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Mechanisms of underlying increased blood pressure in rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis in a postmenopausal rat model
FRGS | 01 Jun 2021 - 31 Jan 2023
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Awareness, preparedness, and barriers towards promoting and assisting tobacco cessation among dental undergraduates: A multi-country cross-sectional study.
IMU Internal Research Grants | 31 May 2021 - 31 Mar 2022
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Development of pooling strategy for COVID 19 RT-PCR testing
IMU | 17 Apr 2020 - 30 Apr 2020
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Maternal mortality trend and pattern in Malaysia over a 10-year period (2009-2018)
Internal | 16 Oct 2019 - 31 Dec 2020
Publications
Research Articles
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Gaps and Barriers Among Dental Undergraduates Towards Promoting and Assisting Tobacco Cessation: A Multicountry Cross‐Sectional Study
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DENTISTRY 2026
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Prevalence of pneumococcal carriage and risk factors for pneumonia and carriage among under-5 children in Malaysia: findings from the MY-Pneumo study
PNEUMONIA 2025
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Co-carriage of respiratory tract bacterial pathogens among under-5 children with pneumococcal carriage in Peninsular Malaysia
BMC Infectious Diseases 2025
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UNRAVELLING PUTATIVE ETHNIC-SPECIFIC OBESITY LOCI IN MALAYSIAN YOUTHS: A PRELIMINARY GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY
THE SOUTHEAST ASIAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2025
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Exploring gut microbiome and nutritional status among children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (MY-ASD Microbiome): A study protocol
PLOS ONE 2025
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Body composition and measured energy expenditure in relation to dietary intake among regular climbers in Klang Valley, Malaysia
SPORT SCIENCES FOR HEALTH 2025
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Predictors and Trends of Diabetic Ketoacidosis at Diagnosis of Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus in Malaysian Children
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL RESEARCH IN PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY 2024
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Multicentre Case-Control Study of Pneumococcal Infections Among Children with Pneumonia in Peninsular Malaysia (MY Pneumo): A Study Protocol
BMC PUBLIC HEALTH 2024
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Severe obesity may be an oligogenic condition: evidence from 1,714 adults seeking treatment in the UK National Health Service
MEDRXIV 2023
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Depression mediates the relationship between alexithymia and obesity in the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 (NFBC1966)
JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS 2023
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Personality Traits and Sociodemographic Factors Associated with the Use of E-Cigarettes, Waterpipe and Conventional Cigarettes among Medical University Students
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022
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Personality traits and annual income determine the willingness to pay for a single tooth implant
HEALTHCARE 2021
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Personality Traits and Annual Income Determine the Willingness to Pay for a Single Tooth Implant
HEALTHCARE 2021
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COVID-19 Sample Pooling: From RNA Extraction to Quantitative Real-time RT-PCR
BIO-PROTOCOL 2021
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A novel strategy for community screening of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19): Sample pooling method
PloS one 2020
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Relationship between BMI and emotion-handling capacity in an adult Finnish population: The Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966
PloS one 2018
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Genetic polymorphisms associated with breast cancer in Malaysian cohort
Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry 2015
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Association of genetic and non-genetic risk factors with the development of prostate cancer in Malaysian men
Molecular biology reports 2014
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Role of genetic & environment risk factors in the aetiology of colorectal cancer in Malaysia
The Indian journal of medical research 2014
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Review on Variants in Genes Associated with Cancer Risk and Red Meat Metabolism
JOURNAL OF NUTRITIONAL THERAPEUTICS 2013
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Influences of Multiple Genetic Polymorphisms on Ovarian Cancer Risk in Malaysia
Genetic testing and molecular biomarkers 2013
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Identification of genetic and non-genetic risk factors for nasopharyngeal carcinoma in a Southeast Asian population
Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention 2012
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Laser capture microdissection with genome-wide expression profiling displayed gene expression signatures in endometrioid endometrial cancer
Cancer investigation 2012
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COLORECTAL CANCER CHALLENGES IN MALAYSIA: NEED FOR SCREENING AND PREVENTION
ASIA PACIFIC JOURNAL OF LIFE SCIENCES 2011
Other Publications
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Characterisation of Genomic and Phenotypic Antimicrobial Resistance in Paediatric Pneumococcal Carriage Isolates in Malaysia following Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV) Implementation (2021–2023).
20th Asia Pacific Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infection (APCCMI 2025) | 02 Nov 2025
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Co-infection status of pneumococcal infections among children in Malaysia
34th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases | 27 Apr 2024
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DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE FOR PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS AMONG CHILDREN IN MALAYSIA: A PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS
16th European Meeting on the Molecular Biology of the Pneumococcus (Europneumo) | 23 May 2023
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Use of a custom genotyping array to screen for mendelian forms of obesity: Genetic analysis of a clinical obesity cohort
DIABETIC MEDICINE | 01 Jan 2023
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Pneumococcal infection among children with pneumonia and otitis media in Malaysia
IMU – University of Southampton Collaborators’ Meeting “Pneumococcal serotype prevalence in Malaysia" | 22 Nov 2022
Supervisions
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Tan Chen Zhe | Doctorate | 10 Oct 2025 - 30 Nov 2027
Thesis: Pneumococcal Carriage, Serotype Distribution, and Antimicrobial Resistance Among Children with Otitis Media in Peninsular Malaysia.
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Mohd Faizuddin | Doctorate | 12 Sep 2025 - 28 Jul 2028
Thesis: Evaluating Key Factors Influencing Wheelchair Provisions and User Empowerment among Individuals with Disability in Klang Valley, Malaysia- A Mixed-method Study
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Thu Thiri Pe Thein | Undergraduate | 09 Sep 2025 - 30 Sep 2025
Thesis: Identification of Staphylococcus spp. By Amplicon 16s Sequencing Among Cats and Dogs In Klang Valley, Malaysia
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Tan Win Win | Master (Mixed Mode) | 02 Sep 2025 - 28 Aug 2026
Thesis: 16S rRNA-Based Taxonomic and Diversity Profiling of Nasal Microbiota in Companion Cats and Dogs Attending a Veterinary Clinic in Klang Valley, Malaysia
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John Chang | Undergraduate | 09 Jun 2025 - 30 Sep 2025
Thesis: Identification of Pasteurella Spp. By Amplicon 16s Sequencing Among Cats and Dogs In Klang Valley, Malaysia
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Khairun Darwisyah Abdul Khalim | Undergraduate | 09 Jun 2025 - 30 Sep 2025
Thesis: Identification of Corynebacterium Spp. By Amplicon 16s Sequencing Among Cats and Dogs In Klang Valley, Malaysia
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Siti Nurashikin Abd Muttalib@Puteh | Undergraduate | 09 Jun 2025 - 30 Sep 2025
Thesis: Identification of Moraxella Spp. By Amplicon 16s Sequencing Among Cats and Dogs In Klang Valley, Malaysia
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Hannan Nadhirah Muhamad Hafiz | Undergraduate | 09 Jun 2025 - 30 Sep 2025
Thesis: Identification of Streptococcus Spp. By Amplicon 16s Sequencing Among Cats and Dogs In Klang Valley, Malaysia
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Wong Kai Xuan | Master (Research) | 05 Aug 2024 - 30 Dec 2025
Thesis: Association between Microbiome and Nutritional Status among Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in Hospital Tuanku Jaafar Seremban, Malaysia
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Juan Qin Nee | Undergraduate | 01 Jun 2024 - 31 Aug 2024
Thesis: The Landscape of COVID-19 Vaccine Infodemic in the Malay Language: An Analysis of Social Media Content
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Jean Ann Sau Jing En | Undergraduate | 01 Dec 2023 - 30 Jun 2024
Thesis: Body composition and measured energy expenditure in relation to dietary intake among regular climbers
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Hoomashini a/p Gunasegaran | Master (Mixed Mode) | 04 Sep 2023 - 26 Feb 2024
Thesis: Investigation On the Relationship Between Pneumococcal Pneumonia and Urinary Antigen Test Among Children in The East-Coast of Peninsular Malaysia
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Andrew Tan Chun Hoong | Doctorate | 03 Jul 2023 - 20 Jul 2026
Thesis: Carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae in children under five years of age during pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) implementation in Malaysia
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Eileen Eng Jia Lin | Undergraduate | 12 Jun 2023 - 16 Sep 2023
Thesis: Co-Infection Status of Streptococcus Pneumoniae And Mycoplasma Pneumoniae Among Children With Pneumonia Using Multiplex Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (qPCR)
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WONG SIMONE | Undergraduate | 12 Jun 2023 - 16 Sep 2023
Thesis: Co-Infection Status of Streptococcus Pneumoniae and Legionella Pneumophila Among Children With Pneumonia Using Multiplex Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (qPCR)
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LUM XIN RU | Undergraduate | 12 Jun 2023 - 16 Sep 2023
Thesis: Co-Infection Status Between Streptococcus Pneumoniae and Bordetella Parapertussis Among Children With Pneumonia Using Multiplex Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (qPCR)
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AZIM HAIKAL BIN MD ROSLAN | Undergraduate | 12 Jun 2023 - 16 Sep 2023
Thesis: Identification Of Chlamydophila Pneumoniae Among Children with Pneumonia Using Multiplex Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR)
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CHANG XUAN QI | Undergraduate | 12 Jun 2023 - 14 Sep 2023
Thesis: Identification Of Co-Infection Between Streptococcus Pneumoniae And Haemophilus Influenzae Among Children With Pneumonia Using Multiplex Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (qPCR)
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NG WOEI LIN | Undergraduate | 01 Jul 2022 - 30 Sep 2022
Thesis: Identification of human genomic variations related to obesity and diabetes mellitus (DM) in Malaysian and Southeastern Asian population
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LOH JUI SZE | Undergraduate | 01 Jul 2022 - 30 Sep 2022
Thesis: Identification of human genomic variations related to obesity and diabetes mellitus (DM) in Malaysian and Southeastern Asian population
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Michelle Lee Yee Shuen | Master (Research) | 01 Mar 2022 - 10 Apr 2023
Thesis: Identification of human genomic variations related to Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and obesity in Malaysian and Southeastern Asian population.
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YAP YEW SHEN | Undergraduate | 01 Jul 2021 - 30 Nov 2021
Thesis: Relationship Between Individual Personality Traits and Use Of Electronic Cigarettes, Waterpipe or Traditional Cigarettes: An Institutional Cross-Sectional Study