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zahratul@ppukm.ukm.edu.my
Biografi/ Biography :
Raja Zahratul Azma is a Professor of Pathology (Hematology) and senior consultant pathologist (general hematology and molecular genetic in hematology disorder) in Pathology Department, Faculty of Medicine, UKM. She is also the current Head of Molecular Genetic Unit, Department of Laboratory Diagnostic Services, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She received her MBBS degree from Universiti Malaya, Malaysia in 1994, and Professional Doctor of Pathology (Hematology) from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia in 2004. Throughout her career, she has trained a significant number of pathologists (hematology), who later became the main providers of pathology (hematology) services in the country.
She has led multiple research projects in the field of haematology covering a wide variety of topics. Her main scientific interests are in blood cell disorders and molecular genetics of hematology diseases with her current research centred on thalassaemia, G6PD deficiency, leukaemia, drones in medical field and digital haematology. She has authored a number of publications in haematology discipline including articles on thalassaemia, G6PD, leukemia, drones and artificial intelligence in red cell disorders. She had been invited to deliver lectures at both national and international levels. In addition to this, she is also one of the editorial board members and reviewers of several local and international journals. Currently she is a conjoint board members of postgraduate pathology programme (MPath), Malaysia and committee members of postgraduate transfusion programme (Masters of medicine (Transfusion). She is also a committee member of the National Thalassemia Registry, Malaysia and Executive Comittee Member for Global Globin Network, The Human Variome Project.
wan alina khadijah, ramlah mohamed ibrahim, raja zahratul azma raja sabudin, s. fadilah abdul wahid, nor rafeah tumian, azlin ithnin, lailatul hadziyah mohd pauzy, hafiza alauddin. (2025). acute basophilic leukemia in relapsed, post-transplant acute myeloid leukemia, myelodysplasia-related. - 22nd annual scientific meeting malaysian society of haematology 2025. .
ramlah mohamed ibrahim, raja zahratul azma raja sabudin, azlin ithnin, qhasmira abu hazir, nor rafeah tumian. (2025). myeloid sarcoma in chronic myelogenous leukemia: a rare complication of disease transformation. - 22nd annual scientific meeting malaysian society of haematology 2025. .
farah azima abdul muttlib, raja zahratul azma raja sabudin, maizatul-husna mohamed ramli, norunaluwar jalil, norafiza mohd yasin, shahzuwan hassan, faidatul-syazlin abdul hassan, hafiza alauddin and ainoon othman . (2025). multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification (mlpa) assay: a single centre experience of mlpa assay for alpha thalassaemia diagnosis. - the malaysian journal of pathology. 287 - 295.
ramlah mohamed ibrahim, azlin ithnin, raja zahratul azma raja sabudin, mohd fikri bin mustapa, nor rafeah tumian, siti hawa abu amis, puan nor hidayati sardi. (2025). revolutionizing chronic myeloid leukemia monitoring: bcr-abl1 quantification comparison of digital pcr and rt-qpcr. - 22nd annual scientific meeting malaysian society of haematology 2025. .
khushaalan arjunan, afzan adam, raja zahratul azma raja sabudin, mohammad faizal ahmad fauzi, elaine wan ling chan. (2025). hemaclassify: web-based blood diseases classification system utilizing high-resolution neural networks. - applied mathematics and computational intelligence. 119 - 138.
hashim halim-fikri, ninie nadia zulkipli, hafiza alauddin, celeste bento, carsten w lederer5, petros kountouris, marina kleanthous, yetti hernaningsih, meow-keong thong, muhammad hamdi mahmood, norafiza mohd yasin, ezalia esa, jacques elion, domenico coviello, raja-zahratul-azma raja-sabudin, ghada el-kamah, john burn, narazah mohd yusoff, raj ramesar, bin alwi zilfalil, on behalf of the global globin network (ggn). (2024). global globin network and adopting genomic variant database requirements for thalassemia. - database-the journal of biological databases and curation. 1 - 14.
natasha archer, coralea stephanou, maria xenophontos, leon tshilolo, franck nzengu lukusa, sylvain fazili, obiageli e nnodu, maxwell nwegbu, ali dahiru waziri, sani awwalu, soteroula christou, irene savvidou, ann rekleiti, anna minaidou, michail d diamantidis, norafiza mohd yasin, norasmidar abdul aziz, veena selvaratnam, ezalia esa, andreas glenthoej, sophia delicou, livingstone gayus dogara, maria dimopoulou, raja sabudin, norunaluwar jalil, c-khai loh, sie-chong doris lau, bin alwi zilfalil, norsarwany mohamad, syahiran mohammad, ahmad-zafrullahafham ahmad-fakri, halim-fikri hashim, morohuntodun o. oni, antonieta lukangu, ligia alves, miguel brito, viviana giannuzzi, fedele bonifazi, kyriaki michailidou, sotiroula chatzimatthaiou, carsten lederer, petros kountouris. (2024). analysis of the pilot study of the international hemoglobinopathy research network (inherent). - blood. 1132 - 1134.
nur a’tiqah haron, mohamad fikeri ishak, muhammad dain yazid, ubashini vijakumaran, roszita ibrahim, raja zahratul azma raja sabudin, hafiza alauddin, nur ayub md ali, hairulfaizi haron, muhammad ishamuddin ismail, mohd ramzisham abdul rahman and nadiah sulaiman. (2024). exploring the potential of saphenous vein grafts ex vivo: a model for intimal hyperplasia and re-endothelialization. - journal of clinical medicine. 1 - 17.
mohamed afiq hidayat zailani, raja zahratul azma raja sabudin, azlin ithnin, hafiza alauddin, siti aishah sulaiman, endom ismail, ainoon othman. (2023). population screening for glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency using quantitative point-of-care tests: a systematic review. - frontiers in genetics. 1-11.
siti sarah azman, muhammad dain yazid, nur azurah abdul ghani, raja zahratul azma raja sabudin, mohd ramzisham abdul rahman & nadiah sulaiman. (2023). generation of a novel ex-vivo model to study re-endothelialization. - artificial cells, nanomedicine, and biotechnology. 408-416.
farah azima abdul muttlib, raja zahratul azma raja sabudin, maizatul-husna mohamed ramli, norunaluwar jalil, norafiza mohd yasin, shahzuwan hassan, faidatul-syazlin abdul hassan, hafiza alauddin and ainoon othman . (2025). multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification (mlpa) assay: a single centre experience of mlpa assay for alpha thalassaemia diagnosis. - the malaysian journal of pathology. 287 - 295.
ramlah mohamed ibrahim, raja zahratul azma raja sabudin, noor aini anuwar, azlin ithnin, mohd fikri mustapa, sivakumar palaniapan, nor rafeah tumian. (2024). bone marrow fibrosis in a young patient with chronic myeloid leukaemia . - malaysian journal of pathology. 470 - 470.
alia suzana asri, muhammad hafiz samsuddin, norunaluwar jalil, norlida mohamad tahir, hafizah hashim, raja zahratul azma, ezalia esa, rinie awai albert and hafiza alauddin.. (2024). characterization of hemoglobin malay phenotypes in tertiary hospitals . - hemoglobin. 153 - 160.
nurull eddayu hasbullah, raja zahratul azma raja sabudin, alia suzana asri, nurasyikin yusof, chooi fun leong, fazarina mohammed, chuan hun ding, nor rafeah tumian. (2024). marrow talaromycosis as the initial presentation in a case of burkitt lymphoma. - malaysian journal of pathology. 325 - 329.
putri sabrina mohamed yusoff, norsyahida arifin, petrick periyasamy, nor rafeah tumian, fuad ismail, raja zahratul azma raja sabudin, zulkarnain md idris, noor wanie hassan, emelia osman. (2024). a comparative analysis of blood and faecal-based laboratory methods in the diagnosis of extraintestinal microsporidia infection. - malaysian journal of pathology. 299 - 306.
farah azima abdul muttlib, raja zahratul azma raja sabudin, maizatul-husna mohamed ramli, norunaluwar jalil, norafiza mohd yasin, shahzuwan hassan, faidatul-syazlin abdul hassan, hafiza alauddin and ainoon othman . (2025). multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification (mlpa) assay: a single centre experience of mlpa assay for alpha thalassaemia diagnosis. - the malaysian journal of pathology. 287 - 295.
natasha archer, coralea stephanou, maria xenophontos, leon tshilolo, franck nzengu lukusa, sylvain fazili, obiageli e nnodu, maxwell nwegbu, ali dahiru waziri, sani awwalu, soteroula christou, irene savvidou, ann rekleiti, anna minaidou, michail d diamantidis, norafiza mohd yasin, norasmidar abdul aziz, veena selvaratnam, ezalia esa, andreas glenthoej, sophia delicou, livingstone gayus dogara, maria dimopoulou, raja sabudin, norunaluwar jalil, c-khai loh, sie-chong doris lau, bin alwi zilfalil, norsarwany mohamad, syahiran mohammad, ahmad-zafrullahafham ahmad-fakri, halim-fikri hashim, morohuntodun o. oni, antonieta lukangu, ligia alves, miguel brito, viviana giannuzzi, fedele bonifazi, kyriaki michailidou, sotiroula chatzimatthaiou, carsten lederer, petros kountouris. (2024). analysis of the pilot study of the international hemoglobinopathy research network (inherent). - blood. 1132 - 1134.
alia suzana asri, muhammad hafiz samsuddin, norunaluwar jalil, norlida mohamad tahir, hafizah hashim, raja zahratul azma, ezalia esa, rinie awai albert and hafiza alauddin.. (2024). characterization of hemoglobin malay phenotypes in tertiary hospitals . - hemoglobin. 153 - 160.
hashim halim-fikri, ninie nadia zulkipli, hafiza alauddin, celeste bento, carsten w lederer5, petros kountouris, marina kleanthous, yetti hernaningsih, meow-keong thong, muhammad hamdi mahmood, norafiza mohd yasin, ezalia esa, jacques elion, domenico coviello, raja-zahratul-azma raja-sabudin, ghada el-kamah, john burn, narazah mohd yusoff, raj ramesar, bin alwi zilfalil, on behalf of the global globin network (ggn). (2024). global globin network and adopting genomic variant database requirements for thalassemia. - database-the journal of biological databases and curation. 1 - 14.
nurull eddayu hasbullah, raja zahratul azma raja sabudin, alia suzana asri, nurasyikin yusof, chooi fun leong, fazarina mohammed, chuan hun ding, nor rafeah tumian. (2024). marrow talaromycosis as the initial presentation in a case of burkitt lymphoma. - malaysian journal of pathology. 325 - 329.
zaleha abdullah mahdy, rahana abd rahman, mohamad afiq hidayat zailani, raja zahratul azma raja sabudin, aniza ismail, shamsuriani md jamal, ismail mohd saiboon. (2024). healthcare delivery in the era of ir4.0: the rise of the drone. - ifmbe proceedings. 3-7.
danny koh xuan rong, endom ismail, raja zahratul azma raja sabudin, noor hamidah hussin and ainoon othman. (2015). hemoglobinopathies and thalassemia screening among senoi orang asli in peninsular malaysia. - the 2015 ukm fst postgraduate colloquium: proceedings of the universiti kebangsaan malaysia, faculty of science and technology 2015 postgraduate colloquium. 030033.
siti nurrazan z, azma rz, alauddin h, noraesah m. (2022). molecular genetics of alpha thalassaemia in south-east asia: a narrative review. - the 19th annual scientific meeting malaysian society of haematology. 0.
faridah hanim zan, raja zahratul azma, hafiza alauddin, sharifah azura salle, loh c.khai. (2020). human parvovirus b19 and ebv co-infection in hbe/beta thalassemia child associated with bone marrow necrosis and trilineage dysplasia. - 17th malaysian society of haematology scientific meeting - personalised haematology: now and the future. 1-2.
alia suzana asri, raja zahratul azma, norlida mt, sharifah ms, m. hafiz, hafizah hashim, norunaluwar jalil, hafiza alauddin.. (2020). homozygous and compound heterozygous hb malay - a case series. - 17th malaysian society of haematology scientific meeting - personalised haematology: now and the future. 72.
mardziah m, salwati s, azlin i, hafiza a, noor farisah ar, noraesah m, tumian nr, wong cl, azma rz. (2019). detection of bcr-abl t315i mutation in imatinib resistant chronic myeloid leukemia patients. - medicine & health. 145-156.
chung yen wann, dr. afzan adam, raja zahratul azma raja sabudin. (2019). pengelasan penyakit chronic myeloid leukaemia dari imej slaid darah menggunakan teknik pembelajaran mendalam. - laporan teknik ftsm. 1-11.
ramlah mohamed ibrahim, raja zahratul azma raja sabudin, azlin ithnin, qhasmira abu hazir, nor rafeah tumian. (2025). myeloid sarcoma in chronic myelogenous leukemia: a rare complication of disease transformation. - 22nd annual scientific meeting malaysian society of haematology 2025. .
ramlah mohamed ibrahim, azlin ithnin, raja zahratul azma raja sabudin, mohd fikri bin mustapa, nor rafeah tumian, siti hawa abu amis, puan nor hidayati sardi. (2025). revolutionizing chronic myeloid leukemia monitoring: bcr-abl1 quantification comparison of digital pcr and rt-qpcr. - 22nd annual scientific meeting malaysian society of haematology 2025. .
mohd fikri mustapa, raja zahratul azma raja sabudin, qhasmira abu hazir, alia suzana asri, lailatul hadziyah mohd pauzy, c-kai loh. (2025). acute megakaryoblastic leukemia with tetrasomy 21 clone in a child with down syndrome. - 22nd annual scientific meeting malaysian society of haematology 2025. .
nur aisyah shaiful azman, azma rz, alia suzana asri, qhasmira abu hazir, raja muhammad zul hatta, noorhana sofia, ahmad nasirudin mustafa, nizmah mahani, noraesah m, norafiza mohd yassin, ezalia esa. (2025). molecular characterization of alpha thalassemia among sabah populations. - 22nd annual scientific meeting malaysian society of haematology 2025. .
raja zahratul azma raja sabudin. (2025). molecular heterogeneity of g6pd deficiency in malaysia population. - 22nd annual scientific meeting malaysian society of haematology 2025. .
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