prof. datuk dr. a. rahman bin a. jamal

pensyarah perubatan

institut biologi molekul perubatan ukm (umbi)

 rahmanj@ppukm.ukm.edu.my



   Biografi/ Biography :

  • Professor Datuk Dr. A Rahman A Jamal is a professor of paediatric haematology, oncology and molecular biology at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. He is the Pro Vice Chancellor of the UKM’s Kuala Lumpur Campus. He was the founding director (2003-2017) and now a senior principal research fellow of the UKM Medical Molecular Biology Institute (UMBI). He is the project leader for The Malaysian Cohort and the Cohort Biobank, the largest in South-East Asia. He was the project director for the UKM Specialist Children’s Hospital (2010-2019). His research interests include cancers, other non-communicable diseases, and cohort studies. He has over 180 indexed publications. One of his latest projects is The Cancer Genome Atlas Malaysia. He is involved in two MRC UK-Malaysia research projects on diabetes and obesity. He is the chairman of National Stem Cell Committee for Ethics in Research and Therapy, Ministry of Health (MOH), a committee member for the Thalassaemia Control Programme (MOH), and member of the National Clinical Trials Committee MOH. He is a fellow of the Academy Sciences of Malaysia and heads a task force for a Precision Medicine Initiative. He is a board member for the Clinical Research Malaysia Sdn Bhd and UKM Kesihatan Berhad. He is a member of the Asia Cohort Consortium, Committee for Longitudinal Population Studies (Welcome Trust UK), International 100K Cohort Consortium, and the International Commission for Human Germline Genome Editing (National Academy of Sciences USA and Royal Society UK). He has given more than 170 invited lectures including plenary and keynote lectures.

  • woon lee yong, khai nee koo, alia suzana asri, farah azima abdul muttlib, hafiza alauddin, raja z. azma, mohd fikri mustapa, sie chong doris lau, c-khai loh, nur alyaa afifah md shahri, a rahman a jamal.  (2025).  a rare case of acute megakaryoblastic leukaemia with ram immunophenotype and cbfa2t3::glis2 fusion.  - international congress of pathology and laboratory medicine (icpalm) 2025. 

     

    mohammad shukri khoo, a. rahman a. jamal, loh c-khai, hamidah alias.  (2025).  afiq melawan leukemia.  - siri buku kesedaran kanser kanak-kanak. 

     

    zam zureena mohd rani, muhammad-redha abdullah-zawawi, norlaila mustafa, izzatul ‘alia baharuddin, siti aishah sulaiman, syahidatun najwa abu zahid, yusnita yakob, rahman jamal, azrul azlan hamzah, nor azian abdul murad.  (2025).  analisis gen reseptor lipoprotein berketumpatan rendah (ldlr) dalam kalangan pesakit hiperkolesterolemia familial (fh) di malaysia: kajian kes.  - jurnal sains kesihatan malaysia.  94 - 105. 

     

    muhammad-redha abdullah-zawawi, lina rozano, muhammad irfan abdul jalal, mira farzana mohamad mokhtar, mia yang ang, rahman jamal.  (2025).  computational methods for disentangling host-pathogen interaction landscapes.  - 450 - 462. 

     

    muhammad-redha abdullah-zawawi, muhammad irfan abdul jalal, nor afiqah-aleng, shah-jahan kamal-chinakarppen, nur alyaa afifah md shahri, siti aishah sulaiman, siok fong chin, zeti-azura mohamed-hussein, rahman jamal, nor azian abdul murad.  (2025).  bioinformatics-led identification of pathophysiological hallmark genes in diabesotension via graph clustering method.  - journal of diabetes & metabolic disorders.  1 - 16. 

     

    noraidatulakma abdullah, norfazilah ahmad, azmawati mohammed nawi, mohd rohaizat hassan, ying-xian goh, norliza ismail, nazihah abd jalal, raihannah othman, azwa shawani kamalul arifin, mohd arman kamaruddin, rahman jamal.  (2025).  exploring the interplay of factors in chronic kidney disease: insights from the malaysian cohort study.  - kidney and blood pressure research.  210 - 220. 

     

    noraidatulakma abdullah, ying-xian goh, aisyatul najihah khuzaimi, azwa shawani kamalul arifin, nurul ain mhd yusuf, nazihah abd jalal, norliza ismail, nurul faeizah husin, mohd arman kamaruddin, rahman jamal.  (2025).  linking creatinine-to-body weight ratio with diabetes incidence: a multiethnic malaysian cohort study.  - journal of diabetes.  1 - 10. 

     

    anis adibah osman, siok-fong chin, lay-kek teh, noraidatulakma abdullah, nor azian abdul murad, rahman jamal.  (2025).  lipids as key biomarkers in unravelling the pathophysiology of obesity-related metabolic dysregulation.  - heliyon.  1 - 15. 

     

    mohamad ayub khan sharzehan, hilary sito, md asiful islam, rahman jamal and shing cheng tan.  (2025).  nod2 polymorphisms and their association with colorectal cancer risk: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis.  - cancers.  1 - 21. 

     

    noraidatulakma a, joan anak blin, azwa shawani kamalul arifin, nazihah abd jalal, norliza ismail, nurul ain mohd yusof, mohd shaharom abdullah, nurul faeizah husin, andri dauni, mohd arman kamaruddin, azmawati mn, norfazilah a, mohd rohaizat, rahman j.  (2024).  cardiovascular risk prediction with cardio-ankle vascular index in the malaysian cohort study.  - current problems in cardiology.  1-10. 

     

    habsah aziz, nurul syakima ab mutalib, hamidah alias, rahman jamal.  (2024).  whole genome sequencing reveals the mutational landscape from disease diagnosis to relapse in patients with childhood acute myeloid leukaemia.  - malaysian journal of pathology.  259 - 278. 

     

    nurul ainaa adilah rus bakarurraini, ammar akram kamarudin, rahman jamal and nadiah abu.  (2024).  engineered t cells for colorectal cancer.  - immunotherapy.  987 - 998. 

     

    nur syahirah che razali kok wai lam nor fadilah rajab a. rahman a. jamal nurul farahana kamaludin and kok meng chan.  (2024).  curcumin piperidone derivatives induce caspase-dependent apoptosis and suppress mirna-21 expression in ln-18 human glioblastoma cells.  - genes and environment.  1-16. 

     

    nadiah abu, nurul ainaa adilah rus bakarurraini, siti nurmi nasir, muhiddin ishak, rashidah baharuddin, rahman jamal, nurul syakima ab mutalib.  (2023).  methylation profile of cancer testis antigens in colorectal cancer.  - iranian journal of immunology.  83-91. 

     

    bee hong soon, nadiah a, nor azian am, sue-mian then, azizi ab, farizal f, jegan t, mohd saffari mh, charng jeng toh, ramesh k, ainul sj, anis nabillah ma, mohd syakir ma, sanmugarajah p, kamalanathan p, azmi mt, rahman j.  (2022).  somatic mitochondrial dna mutations in different grades of glioma.  - personalized medicine.  25-39. 

     

    muhammad-redha abdullah-zawawi, zam zureena mohd rani, nur syakeera seeni ahamed mydeen, ryia illani mohd yunos, siti aishah sulaiman, izzatul ‘aliaa badaruddin, rose ismet, norlaila mustafa, syahidatun najwa abu zahid, rahman jamal, azrul azlan hamzah and nor azian abdul murad.  (2025).  genetic screening of malay familial hypercholesterolemia patient for ldlrap1/pcsk9/apob mutations via whole exome sequencing.  - egyptian journal of medical human genetics.  1 - 16. 

     

    muhammad irfan abdul jalal, ahmad termidzi mohd azhar, mohd arman kamruddin, mohd raziff alias, nazihah abd jalal, norliza ismail, chin siok-fong, goh ying-xian, noraidatulakma abdullah, ismail sagap, zairul azwan mohd azman, azimatun noor aizuddin, azmawati mohammed nawi, nor halizam ismail, rahman jamal, nor azian abdul murad..  (2025).  colorectal cancer screening using immunochemical faecal occult blood testing (ifobt) in urban-poor communities in cheras, malaysia: a cross-sectional study.  - malaysian journal of medical sciences.  154 - 168. 

     

    anis adibah osman, siok-fong chin, lay-kek teh, noraidatulakma abdullah, nor azian abdul murad, rahman jamal.  (2025).  lipids as key biomarkers in unravelling the pathophysiology of obesity-related metabolic dysregulation.  - heliyon.  1 - 15. 

     

    muhammad-redha abdullah-zawawi, muhammad irfan abdul jalal, siti aishah sulaiman, nur alyaa afifah md shahri, rahman jamal, nor azian abdul murad.  (2025).  gene co-expression module study identifies key genes and pathways underpinning hypercholesterolemia-induced atherosclerosis development.  - egyptian journal of medical human genetics.  1 - 15. 

     

    mohamad ayub khan sharzehan, hilary sito, md asiful islam, rahman jamal and shing cheng tan.  (2025).  nod2 polymorphisms and their association with colorectal cancer risk: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis.  - cancers.  1 - 21. 

     

    harun r., hadi j., mhazir n.s., chyang p.j., rose i., manap r.a., anshar f.m., tajuddin n.a., li a.b.y., jamal a.r.a..  (2011).  gene expression profiles predict survival of patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancers.  - 2011 4th international conference on modeling, simulation and applied optimization, icmsao 2011; kuala lumpur. 

     

    muhammad-redha abdullah-zawawi, lina rozano, muhammad irfan abdul jalal, mira farzana mohamad mokhtar, mia yang ang, rahman jamal.  (2025).  computational methods for disentangling host-pathogen interaction landscapes.  - 450 - 462. 

     

    kha wai hon, norahayu othman, ezanee azlina mohamad hanif, siti nurmi nasir, nur syahada abd razak, rahman jamal, nadiah abu.  (2020).  predictive biomarkers of drug resistance in colorectal cancer: recent updates.  - 135-151. 

     

    saiful effendi syafruddin, mohamad aimanuddin mohtar, tan shing cheng, nadiah abu, nor aidatulakma abdullah@muda, nurul syakima ab mutalib, chin siok fong, neoh hui min, rahman jamal, nor azian abdul murad.  (2019).  umbi initiatives on colorectal cancer biomarkers discovery.  - 19-28. 

     

    nurul-syakima ab mutalib, rashidah baharuddin, rahman jamal.  (2019).  epigenome-wide analysis of dna methylation in colorectal cancer.  - translational epigenetics series.  289-310. 

     

    nurul-syakima ab mutalib, siti aishah sulaiman and rahman jamal.  (2019).  computational tools for microrna target prediction.  - translational epigenetics series.  79-106. 

     

    mohammad shukri khoo, a. rahman a. jamal, loh c-khai, hamidah alias.  (2025).  afiq melawan leukemia.  - siri buku kesedaran kanser kanak-kanak. 

     

    zam zureena mohd rani, muhammad-redha abdullah-zawawi, norlaila mustafa, izzatul ‘alia baharuddin, siti aishah sulaiman, syahidatun najwa abu zahid, yusnita yakob, rahman jamal, azrul azlan hamzah, nor azian abdul murad.  (2025).  analisis gen reseptor lipoprotein berketumpatan rendah (ldlr) dalam kalangan pesakit hiperkolesterolemia familial (fh) di malaysia: kajian kes.  - jurnal sains kesihatan malaysia.  94 - 105. 

     

    siti aishah sulaiman, nor azian abdul murad, yock ping chow, muhammad-redha abdullah-zawawi, zam zureena mohd rani, siti nurmi nasir, salwati shuib, dayang anita abdul aziz, hana azhari, sharifah azween syed omar, zarina abdul latiff, rahman jamal.  (2024).  penjujukan eksom bagi penyakit jarang jumpa, mullerian agenesis dan agenesis anotectal anomaly: kajian kes.  - jurnal sains kesihatan malaysia.  18 - 38. 

     

    habsah aziz, rahman jamal, nurul syakima ab mutalib.  (2024).  kanser darah putih: kod rahsia jujukan dna kanak kanak .  -

     

    nor azian abdul murad. rahman jamal.  (2023).  diagnosis molekular kearah perubatan jitu di dalam penjagaan kesihatan.  - inspirasi ekonomi dan sihat.  6-7. 

     

    woon lee yong, khai nee koo, alia suzana asri, farah azima abdul muttlib, hafiza alauddin, raja z. azma, mohd fikri mustapa, sie chong doris lau, c-khai loh, nur alyaa afifah md shahri, a rahman a jamal.  (2025).  a rare case of acute megakaryoblastic leukaemia with ram immunophenotype and cbfa2t3::glis2 fusion.  - international congress of pathology and laboratory medicine (icpalm) 2025. 

     

    nur farhana mohd nippah, nadiah abu, nurul syakima ab mutalib, rahman jamal, hamidah alias .  (2025).  differential expression of fcgr3a variants in childhood relapsed acute lymphoblastic leukemia: implications for survival and therapy.  - siop asia 2025. 

     

    nor azila binti muhammad azami;a. rahman bin a. jamal;neoh hui min.  (2024).  investigating the levels of zika neutralizing antibodies in healthy malaysian adults prior to 2013 zika outbreak in asia pacific.  -

     

    low teck yew;a. rahman bin a. jamal;nurismah binti md isa;razman bin jarmin;azlanudin bin azman;nurul syakima binti ab mutalib;nadiah binti abu.  (2024).  elucidating the proteogenomic signatures of hepatocellular carcinoma (hcc) in the malaysian population.  -

     

    muhammad-redha abdullah-zawawi, loscheni varma, muhammad irfan abdul jalal, ezanee azlina mohd hanif, shing cheng tan, seow neng chan, mohamad aimanuddin mohtar, rahman jamal.  (2024).  machine learning study to uncover critical prognostic factors affecting the survival probability of breast cancer patients using clinical and transcriptomics data.  - translational and holistic medicine conference (transmec 2024).