Biografi/ Biography :
Prof. Ima`s work has been published in high-impact journals and books, and patented for commercial use. She has published 187 articles in high-indexed journals; has a H-index of 29 and cited 2902 times (Scopus). She has been invited to speak in international and local conferences. Currently she holds the record of being the academician with the highest H-index in the faculty. A highlight of her research career was when she was Spotlighted in the Elsevier Journal Life Sciences as the Top 10 Women Researchers for 2015.
Her life’s work has gained international recognition by winning medals in Innovation Expos, including 3 Gold Medals in Geneva, Pittsburgh and Brussels. Prof Ima’s expertise has attracted industry and academic partners in the United States. She has worked with American-River Nutrition, Inc, and American researchers on a clinical trial to test the efficacy of tocotrienol in postmenopausal women.
Prof Ima has served Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) and Malaysia excellently, providing leadership in research. She founded the first osteoporosis research group in Malaysia, focused on identifying compounds with anti-osteoporotic properties from local plant sources. The group also studies the epidemiology of osteoporosis and fracture healing. Currently Prof. Ima is the Deputy Dean (Research and Innovation) and Chair, Research Committee, Faculty of Medicine UKM. She was the Head, Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine and Head, Bone Metabolism Research Group UKM. She has also served in many Research Evaluation Panels for UKM and the Ministry of Agriculture.
wong sok kuan;ima nirwana soelaiman;chin kok yong. (2025). elucidation on the role of glycogen synthase kinase-3 beta (gsk3β) in the skeletal-promoting effects of tocotrienol. - . .
sok kuan wong, michelle min fang yee, kok-yong chin, soelaiman ima-nirwana, ekram alias, kien hui chua. (2024). effects of palm carotene mixture on static bone histomorphometry of bovine bone scaffold co-cultured with osteoblasts and osteoclasts. - malaysian journal of medicine and health sciences. 36.
leong xin fang;ima nirwana soelaiman;shahida binti mohd said;chin kok yong. (2023). effect of tocotrienol on experimental periodontitis in nitric oxide-deficient hypertensive rats. - . .
chin kok yong;ima nirwana soelaiman;fairus bin ahmad;wong sok kuan. (2023). comparing the effects between liposome-encapsulated and unencapsulated palm tocotrienol in ovariectomized rats with both osteoporosis and osteoarthritis. - . .
elvy suhana binti mohd ramli;ima nirwana soelaiman;norzana binti abd. ghafar;nur azlina binti mohd fahami;fairus bin ahmad. (2023). effect of palm-oil derived tocotrienol on proliferation and differentiation of osteoblast treated with glucococorticoids via biochemical and gene expression analysis: in vitro study. - . .
sok kuan wong, michelle min fang yee, kok-yong chin, soelaiman ima-nirwana. (2023). a review of the application of natural and synthetic scaffolds in bone regeneration. - journal of functional biomaterials. 1-27.
sophia ogechi ekeuku, jen-kit tan, hiba murtadha al-saadi, fairus ahmad, mohd ramli elvy suhana, azlan mohd arlamsyah, fadhlullah zuhair japar sidik, juliana abdul hamid, soelaiman ima-nirwana and kok-yong chin. (2023). serum metabolomic alteration in rats with osteoarthritis treated with palm tocotrienol-rich fraction alone or in combination with glucosamine sulphate. - life. 1-19.
sophia ogechi ekeuku, kok-yong chin, jing qian, yan zhang, haibin qu, fairus ahmad, sok kuan wong, mohd mustazil mohd noor, ima nirwana soelaiman. (2023). the effects of e'jiao on body composition, bone marrow adiposity and skeletal redox status in ovariectomised rats. - international journal of medical sciences. 1711-1721.
kok-lun pang, lian-chee foong, norzana abd ghafar, ima nirwana soelaiman, jia xian law, lek mun leong and kok-yong chin. (2022). transcriptomic analysis of the anticancer effects of annatto tocotrienol, delta-tocotrienol and gamma-tocotrienol on chondrosarcoma cells. - nutrients. 1-28.
sophia ogechi ekeuku, kok-yong chin, jing qian, haibin qu, yi wang, elvy suhana mohd ramli, sok kuan wong, mohd mustazil mohd noor, soelaiman ima-nirwana. (2022). normalisation of high bone remodelling due to oestrogen deficiency by traditional chinese formulation kang shuai lao pian in ovariectomised rats. - international journal of medical sciences. 1648-1659.
kok-lun pang, kok-yong chin and soelaiman ima nirwana. (2023). immunomodulatory effects of agarwood leaf extract on raw264.7 murine macrophages. - endocrine, metabolic & immune disorders-drug targets. 964-976.
fairus ahmad, ima nirwana soelaiman, khairana husain, farihah hj suhaimi, chua kien hui & norzana abd ghafar. (2022). the effects of the fractions of piper sarmentosum leaves on inhibition of adipogenesis of 3t3 l1 preadipocytes. - sains malaysiana. 1833-1845.
nur-vaizura mohamad, soelaiman ima-nirwana and kok-yong chin. (2021). the skeletal effects of gonadotropin-releasing hormone antagonists: a concise review. - endocrine, metabolic & immune disorders - drug targets. 1713-1720.
nur farhana mohd fozi, james jam jolly, chua kien hui, ekram alias, chin kok yong & ima nirwana soelaiman. (2021). comparing the effects of alpha-tocopherol and tocotrienol isomers on osteoblasts hfob 1.19 cultured on bovine bone scaffold. - sains malaysiana. 2319-2328.
elvy suhana mohd ramli, kumeshini sukalingam, mohd amir kamaruzzaman, ima nirwana soelaiman,kok-lun pang, kok-yong chin. (2021). direct and indirect effect of honey as a functional food against metabolic syndrome and its skeletal complications. - diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity: targets and therapy. 241-256.
sok kuan wong, michelle min fang yee, kok-yong chin, soelaiman ima-nirwana, ekram alias, kien hui chua. (2024). effects of palm carotene mixture on static bone histomorphometry of bovine bone scaffold co-cultured with osteoblasts and osteoclasts. - malaysian journal of medicine and health sciences. 36.
sophia ogechi ekeuku, jen-kit tan, hiba murtadha al-saadi, fairus ahmad, mohd ramli elvy suhana, azlan mohd arlamsyah, fadhlullah zuhair japar sidik, juliana abdul hamid, soelaiman ima-nirwana and kok-yong chin. (2023). serum metabolomic alteration in rats with osteoarthritis treated with palm tocotrienol-rich fraction alone or in combination with glucosamine sulphate. - life. 1-19.
elvy suhana mohd ramli, ima nirwana soelaiman, suryati mohd thani, nurul huda mohd nor, nurul hayati mohamad zainal, siti saleha masrudin and siti fadziyah mohamad asri4. (2023). influence of piper sarmentosum aqueous extract on the expression of osteocalcin in glucocorticoid-induced osteoporotic rats. - malaysian journal of medicine and health sciences. 121-125.
sophia ogechi ekeuku, kok-yong chin, jing qian, yan zhang, haibin qu, fairus ahmad, sok kuan wong, mohd mustazil mohd noor, ima nirwana soelaiman. (2023). the effects of e'jiao on body composition, bone marrow adiposity and skeletal redox status in ovariectomised rats. - international journal of medical sciences. 1711-1721.
sok kuan wong, michelle min fang yee, kok-yong chin, soelaiman ima-nirwana. (2023). a review of the application of natural and synthetic scaffolds in bone regeneration. - journal of functional biomaterials. 1-27.
nabishah m, nasri ab, salam a, ima nirwana s. (2011). standard setting for assessment of basic medical science modules. - procedia - social and behavioral sciences. .
ima nirwana soelaiman. (2023). tumbuhan dan herba dari perspektif perubatan moden [jilid 2]. - . 6.
ima nirwana soelaiman, wong sok kuan. (2023). tumbuhan dan herba dari perspektif perubatan moden [jilid 2]. - . 5.
ima nirwana soelaiman, wong sok kuan. (2023). tumbuhan dan herba dari perspektif perubatan moden [jilid 2]. - . 293.
ima nirwana soelaiman. (2022). unraveling the mysteries of bone health in ancient humans from the malay peninsula. - . 13.
ima nirwana sooelaiman. (2022). unraveling the mysteries of bone health in prehistoric humans in the malay peninsula. - . 9.
ima nirwana soelaiman. (2023). tumbuhan dan herba dari perspektif perubatan moden [jilid 2]. - . 6.
ima nirwana soelaiman, wong sok kuan. (2023). tumbuhan dan herba dari perspektif perubatan moden [jilid 2]. - . 5.
ima nirwana sooelaiman. (2022). unraveling the mysteries of bone health in prehistoric humans in the malay peninsula. - . 9.
ima nirwana soelaiman. (2022). unraveling the mysteries of bone health in ancient humans in the malay peninsula. - . 8.
ima nirwana soelaiman, wong sok kuan. (2022). tumbuhan dan herba dari perspektif perubatan moden. - . 11.
ima nirwana soelaiman, wong sok kuan. (2023). tumbuhan dan herba dari perspektif perubatan moden [jilid 2]. - . 293.
ima nirwana soelaiman, zuliskandar ramli, wong sok kuan. (2022). unraveling the mysteries of bone health in ancient humans from the malay peninsula. - . 183.
ima nirwana soelaiman, wong sok kuan. (2022). tumbuhan dan herba dari perspektif perubatan moden (jilid 1). - . 202.
ima nirwana soelaiman, amir abbas. (2021). faculty of medicine, universiti kebangsaan malaysia. - dato' dr. amir abbas: biography of the founding dean. 155.
ima nirwana soelaiman, srijit das, hatta sidi. (2021). the dos and don'ts of writing a research manuscript. - . 112.
wong sok kuan;ima nirwana soelaiman;chin kok yong. (2025). elucidation on the role of glycogen synthase kinase-3 beta (gsk3β) in the skeletal-promoting effects of tocotrienol. - . .
leong xin fang;ima nirwana soelaiman;shahida binti mohd said;chin kok yong. (2023). effect of tocotrienol on experimental periodontitis in nitric oxide-deficient hypertensive rats. - . .
chin kok yong;ima nirwana soelaiman;fairus bin ahmad;wong sok kuan. (2023). comparing the effects between liposome-encapsulated and unencapsulated palm tocotrienol in ovariectomized rats with both osteoporosis and osteoarthritis. - . .
elvy suhana binti mohd ramli;ima nirwana soelaiman;norzana binti abd. ghafar;nur azlina binti mohd fahami;fairus bin ahmad. (2023). effect of palm-oil derived tocotrienol on proliferation and differentiation of osteoblast treated with glucococorticoids via biochemical and gene expression analysis: in vitro study. - . .
sok kuan wong, michelle min fang yee, kok-yong chin, soelaiman ima-nirwana, ekram alias, kien hui chua. (2023). effects of palm carotene on structural bone histomorphometry in a three-dimensional osteoblast-osteoclast co-culture system. - 9th malaysia international biology symposium (i-simbiomas). 90.