prof. dr. hamidah binti alias

pensyarah perubatan

jabatan pediatrik

 midalias@hctm.ukm.edu.my



   Kluster Kepakaran/ Cluster of Expertise :
  • Kesihatan dan Perubatan Termaju,
    Kesihatan dan Perubatan Termaju,



  •    Biografi/ Biography :


  • Dr. Hamidah Alias is a Professor of Pediatrics and Senior Consultant Pediatric Hemato-Oncologist at the Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine UKM, Kuala Lumpur. She was trained in pediatric hematology and oncology at Institut Pediatrik Hospital KL and Hospital UKM between 1999 and 2002. She pursued further sub-specialty training abroad at University Children’s Hospital, Zurich and Sir James Spence Institute of Child Health, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, England between 2002 and 2004. She is board certified in General Pediatrics and Pediatric Hematology and Oncology by the National Specialist Registration, Malaysia and currently a member of the Specialty sub-committee for national credentialing in pediatric hemato-oncology. She is an accredited trainer in pediatric hemato-oncology in Malaysia. She is also an associate principal fellow with UKM Medical Molecular Biology Institute(UMBI). Her research interests focus on clinical and molecular of childhood malignancies, especially leukemias and hematological condition, thalassemia. Her research collaboration includes the institutional and national levels, and a few on international collaboration with the Netherlands, UK, Japan and Australia. She has published over 86 papers in local and international peer-reviewed journals. She has also served as reviewer for some medical journals including Pediatric Blood Cancer, Molecular Carcinogenesis, Journal of Blood Medicine, Tropical Medicine & International Health, Malaysian Journal of Medical Sciences, and Iranian Journal of Pediatrics. She involves in transversal programs/collaboration with St. Jude Children`s Research Hospital, Memphis USA as physician lead since 2021 until present. She was the former deputy director(medical), UKM Specialist Children`s Hospital, the former Asia Pacific Regional Advisory Committee(standing member) for Asia Pacific Regional Program St. Jude Global Alliance, the past President of Malaysian Society of Paediatric Haematology and Oncology, and Medical Adviser to a NGO,

  • nor adzimah johdi , noraidatulakma abdullah , ying-xian goh, joanna ooi su min, nor azila muhammad azami , muhammad irfan abdul jalal , azmawati mohammed nawi, norfazilah ahmad , mohd rohaizat hassan, anita sulong, najma kori, petrick periyasamy, faisal hamid, norrafidah md sapuan, sheela bai pannir selvam, noriah hajib, norlaila mustafa, noor zetti zainol rashid, sharifah azura salleh, hamidah alias, mohd shahrir mohamed said, siti norlia othman, poh bee koon, faizal amri hamzah, shamsuriani md jamal, razman jarmin, hanita othman, khamsiah nawawi, hanafiah harunarashid, mohammad nizam mokhtar, wan rahiza wan mat, azwa shawani kamalul arifin, aisyatul najihah khuzaimi, nazihah abd jalal, norliza ismail, nurul ain mhd yusuf, andri dauni, wan ahmad faisal wan sallam, ahmad syafiq shafie, mohd arman kamaruddin, rahman jamal.  (2026).  risk factors for covid-19 symptom severity across clinical categories among hospitalised patients in kuala lumpur, malaysia: a prospective cohort study.  - bmj open.  1 - 13. 

     

    agnes chong shu sze, mahadir ahmad, caryn chan mei hsien , hamidah alias, rizuana iqbal hussain, afifi lateh .  (2026).  caring for the caregivers: the evaluation of a psychological intervention program for caregivers of childhood cancer.  - 15th international symposium of health sciences (i-sihat 2026). 

     

    habsah aziz, nurul syakima ab mutalib, hamidah alias, a. rahman a. jamal .  (2026).  etv6 loss-of-function mutations as precision biomarkers of relapse in childhood acute myeloid leukemia.  - 1st regional conference on precision health 2026. 

     

    habsah aziz, nurul syakima ab mutalib, hamidah alias, rahman jamal.  (2026).  etv6 loss-of-function mutations as precision biomarkers of relapse in childhood acute myeloid leukemia.  - medicine and health.  9 - 9. 

     

    muhammad afiq johari, loh c-khai, farah azima abdul muttlib, lau doris sie chong, hafiza alauddin, yong woon lee, alia suzana asri, mohd fikri mustapa, nur alyaa afifah md shahri, nurul nadhirah rodzuan, hamidah alias, a rahman a jamal.  (2026).  molecular characteristic of paediatric b-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, a retrospective review of a single centre .  - 20th st jude-viva forum. 

     

    nor adzimah johdi , noraidatulakma abdullah , ying-xian goh, joanna ooi su min, nor azila muhammad azami , muhammad irfan abdul jalal , azmawati mohammed nawi, norfazilah ahmad , mohd rohaizat hassan, anita sulong, najma kori, petrick periyasamy, faisal hamid, norrafidah md sapuan, sheela bai pannir selvam, noriah hajib, norlaila mustafa, noor zetti zainol rashid, sharifah azura salleh, hamidah alias, mohd shahrir mohamed said, siti norlia othman, poh bee koon, faizal amri hamzah, shamsuriani md jamal, razman jarmin, hanita othman, khamsiah nawawi, hanafiah harunarashid, mohammad nizam mokhtar, wan rahiza wan mat, azwa shawani kamalul arifin, aisyatul najihah khuzaimi, nazihah abd jalal, norliza ismail, nurul ain mhd yusuf, andri dauni, wan ahmad faisal wan sallam, ahmad syafiq shafie, mohd arman kamaruddin, rahman jamal.  (2026).  risk factors for covid-19 symptom severity across clinical categories among hospitalised patients in kuala lumpur, malaysia: a prospective cohort study.  - bmj open.  1 - 13. 

     

    mohammad shukri khoo, sharifah naiema jamalullail, c-khai loh, sie chong doris lau, hamidah alias .  (2025).  chemotherapy-induced unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia complicated by other trigger factors in a child with t-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia and ugt1a1 mutation-associated gilbert syndrome.  - current oncology.  1 - 8. 

     

    anizah ali, nao suzuki, yew kong lee, hamidah alias, nur azurah abdul ghani, mohd faizal ahmad, ani amelia zainuddin.  (2025).  a scoping review on adaptations incorporated into decision aids for children and adolescents (c&a) cohorts.  - translational pediatrics.  2341 - 2362. 

     

    m. s. nadhirah, a. hamidah, a. a. aishah harizah, r. m. z. reena, t. y. kew and m. b. marina.  (2025).  case report: first case of a pediatric laryngeal inflammatory rhabdomyoblastic tumor— diagnostic dilemma and insights into the conservative management of a residual lesion.  - frontiers in pediatrics.  1 - 6. 

     

    anizah ali, yew kong lee, hamidah alias, ani amelia zainuddin.  (2024).  fertility preservation in malaysian pediatric cohort: a survey of healthcare providers’ knowledge, practice, attitude, perceptions and barriers.  - frontiers in pediatrics.  1 - 14. 

     

    agnes chong shu sze, mahadir ahmad, hamidah alias, rizuana iqbal hussain, afifi lateh, caryn mei hsien chan.  (2025).  an intervention module for caregivers of children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (all).  - journal of psychosocial oncology.  73 - 87. 

     

    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. 

     

    jian lynn lee, noraida mohamed shah, mohd makmor-bakry, farida islahudin, hamidah alias, shamin mohd saffian.  (2024).  population pharmacokinetic model of intravenous immunoglobulin in patients treated for various immune system disorders.  - clinical therapeutics.  25 - 37. 

     

    agnes shu sze chong, mahadir ahmad, hamidah alias, rizuana iqbal hussain, afifi lateh and caryn mei hsien chan.  (2023).  spiritual coping among families of children with cancer: a qualitative study.  - asia pacific journal of public health.  408-412. 

     

    ying ying wong, hafiza alauddin, raja zahratul azma raja sabudin , azlin ithnin , norunaluwar jalil , zarina abdul latiff , c-khai loh , hamidah alias , ainoon othman.  (2021).  siriraj i gy(aydb)0-thalassaemia causing severe thalassaemia intermedia in compound heterozygous state with ivs1-1(g-t) mutation.  - the malaysian journal of pathology.  95-100. 

     

    nor adzimah johdi , noraidatulakma abdullah , ying-xian goh, joanna ooi su min, nor azila muhammad azami , muhammad irfan abdul jalal , azmawati mohammed nawi, norfazilah ahmad , mohd rohaizat hassan, anita sulong, najma kori, petrick periyasamy, faisal hamid, norrafidah md sapuan, sheela bai pannir selvam, noriah hajib, norlaila mustafa, noor zetti zainol rashid, sharifah azura salleh, hamidah alias, mohd shahrir mohamed said, siti norlia othman, poh bee koon, faizal amri hamzah, shamsuriani md jamal, razman jarmin, hanita othman, khamsiah nawawi, hanafiah harunarashid, mohammad nizam mokhtar, wan rahiza wan mat, azwa shawani kamalul arifin, aisyatul najihah khuzaimi, nazihah abd jalal, norliza ismail, nurul ain mhd yusuf, andri dauni, wan ahmad faisal wan sallam, ahmad syafiq shafie, mohd arman kamaruddin, rahman jamal.  (2026).  risk factors for covid-19 symptom severity across clinical categories among hospitalised patients in kuala lumpur, malaysia: a prospective cohort study.  - bmj open.  1 - 13. 

     

    anizah ali, nao suzuki, yew kong lee, hamidah alias, nur azurah abdul ghani, mohd faizal ahmad, ani amelia zainuddin.  (2025).  a scoping review on adaptations incorporated into decision aids for children and adolescents (c&a) cohorts.  - translational pediatrics.  2341 - 2362. 

     

    m. s. nadhirah, a. hamidah, a. a. aishah harizah, r. m. z. reena, t. y. kew and m. b. marina.  (2025).  case report: first case of a pediatric laryngeal inflammatory rhabdomyoblastic tumor— diagnostic dilemma and insights into the conservative management of a residual lesion.  - frontiers in pediatrics.  1 - 6. 

     

    mohammad shukri khoo, sharifah naiema jamalullail, c-khai loh, sie chong doris lau, hamidah alias .  (2025).  chemotherapy-induced unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia complicated by other trigger factors in a child with t-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia and ugt1a1 mutation-associated gilbert syndrome.  - current oncology.  1 - 8. 

     

    agnes chong shu sze, mahadir ahmad, hamidah alias, rizuana iqbal hussain, afifi lateh, caryn mei hsien chan.  (2025).  an intervention module for caregivers of children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (all).  - journal of psychosocial oncology.  73 - 87. 

     

    muhammad afiq johari, c-khai loh, doris sie chong lau, fadzlin najwa anuar, hamidah alias.  (2026).  long term morbidity of pediatric suprasellar tumors: a single tertiary centre experience.  - neuro-oncology pediatrics (ispno 2026 abstract supplement).  77 - 77. 

     

    nur farhana mohd nippah, nadiah abu, nurul syakima ab mutalib, a rahman a jamal, loh c-khai, doris lau sie chong, jeyanthy eswaran, hamidah alias.  (2023).  genetic mutational analysis of malaysian children with relapsed acute lymphoblastic leukaemia using whole exome sequencing; a single center experience.  - abstracts from the 55th congress of the international society of paediatric oncology (siop) october 11–14, 2023.  1 - 300. 

     

    ezwan shah abd majid, jaime garcia, hamidah alias, ali imran nordin, william raffe.  (2021).  heuristic evaluation for virtual reality for paediatric cancer patient: perceptions of healthcare professionals.  - segah 2021 - 2021 ieee 9th international conference on serious games and applications for health.  1-6. 

     

    irna hamzah, aliimran nordin, nadhirah rasid & hamidah alias.  (2017).  understanding hospitalized pediatric cancer patients` activities for digital games design requirements.  - 5th international visual informatic conference, ivic 2017. 

     

    nadhirah rasid, puteri n.e. nohuddin, hamidah alias, irna hamzah & aliimran nordin.  (2017).  using data mining strategy in qualitative research.  - advances in visual informatics, 5th international visual informatics conference, ivic 2017. 

     

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

     

    hamidah alias.  (2023).  leukemia kanak-kanak: rawatan dan pemandirian.  - 193. 

     

    hamidah alias.  (2023).  semarak kesihatan merdeka.  - harian metro.  47. 

     

    hamidah alias.  (2023).  leukemia antara pembunuh utama kanak kanak.  - berita harian.  29. 

     

    hamidah alias.  (2023).  demi 'survival' si manja.  - harian metro.  38-39. 

     

    agnes chong shu sze, mahadir ahmad, caryn chan mei hsien , hamidah alias, rizuana iqbal hussain, afifi lateh .  (2026).  caring for the caregivers: the evaluation of a psychological intervention program for caregivers of childhood cancer.  - 15th international symposium of health sciences (i-sihat 2026). 

     

    habsah aziz, nurul syakima ab mutalib, hamidah alias, a. rahman a. jamal .  (2026).  etv6 loss-of-function mutations as precision biomarkers of relapse in childhood acute myeloid leukemia.  - 1st regional conference on precision health 2026. 

     

    muhammad afiq johari, loh c-khai, farah azima abdul muttlib, lau doris sie chong, hafiza alauddin, yong woon lee, alia suzana asri, mohd fikri mustapa, nur alyaa afifah md shahri, nurul nadhirah rodzuan, hamidah alias, a rahman a jamal.  (2026).  molecular characteristic of paediatric b-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, a retrospective review of a single centre .  - 20th st jude-viva forum. 

     

    c-khai loh, muhammad shukri khoo, muhammad faris suliman, nik hapsah nik mat, norhasmida hassan, abha mehndiratta, alyana alvarez, miriam gonzalez-guzman, paola friedrich, hamidah alias.  (2025).  implementation of quality improvement measures to reduce medication error in inpatient pediatric hematology and oncology unit at a tertiary hospital in kuala lumpur, malaysia.  - siop 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. 

     

    CLINICAL MEDICAL :CLINICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES
    Paediatric Haematology and Oncology
    Pengalaman / Experience : tahun/years(s)

    MEDICINE :CLINICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES
    Paediatric Haematology and Oncology
    Pengalaman / Experience : 20 tahun/years(s)