prof. dr. rozita binti hod

pensyarah perubatan

jabatan perubatan kesihatan awam

 rozita.hod@ppukm.ukm.edu.my



   Kluster Kepakaran/ Cluster of Expertise :
  • Kesihatan dan Perubatan Termaju,
    Sumber Lestari, Alam Sekitar dan Kehidupan Pintar,



  •    Biografi/ Biography :

  • Rozita Hod merupakan Profesor Kesihatan Persekitaran di Jabatan Perubatan Kesihatan Awam, Fakulti Perubatan, UKM. Beliau memperolehi ijazah Doktor Perubatan dari UKM pada tahun 1993. Beliau memperolehi ijazah Sarjana Perubatan Masyarakat (Kesihatan Persekitaran) pada tahun 2006 dan PhD dalam bidang Pembangunan Persekitaran pada tahun 2018. Beliau terlibat secara aktif dalam pengajaran pelajar Ijazah Muda Doktor Perubatan di UKM serta pelajar Sarjana dan PhD dalam bidang Kesihatan Masyarakat. Beliau merupakan Setiausaha kepada Persatuan Epidemiologi Persekitaran (MySEE), Malaysia , ahli seumur hidup Persatuan Pakar-pakar Perubatan Kesihatan Awam Malaysia (PPKAM) dan College of Public Health, Academy of Medicine.
    Rozita Hod is a Professor of Environmental Health at the Department of Public Health Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, UKM. She obtained her medical degree from UKM in 1993. She obtained her Master of Community Medicine (Environmental Health) degree in 2006 and her PhD in Environmental Development ( 2018). She actively trains the undergraduate students in Medical Faculty UKM as well as Master and PhD students in Community Health. She was the Secretary for the Malaysian Society of Environmental Epidemiology (MySEE), a life member of the Association of Public Health Medical Specialists of Malaysia (PPKAM) and the College of Public Health, Academy of Medicine, Malaysia.

  • nurul aisyah rapai kasini, alvin oliver payus, ching soong khoo, hui jan tan, shahizon azura mohamed mukari, aida-widure mustapha mohd mustapha, rozita hod.  (2025).  determining the computed tomography perfusion changes in patients presenting with acute seizures of different etiologies – a case-control study.  - epilepsy & behaviour.  1 - 6. 

     

    nurul athirah naserrudin, april monroe, pauline yaong pau lin, sara baumann, richard culleton, shigeharu sato, rozita hod, mohammad saffree jeffree, kamruddin ahmed, mohd rohaizat hassan.  (2025).  the one health approach to addressing zoonotic malaria in rural northern borneo: challenges and solutions.  - 84 - 100. 

     

    mohd ammar ihsan ahmad zamzuri, shahrul azhar md hanif , ahmad farid nazmi abdul halim, muhammad ridzwan rafi’i, siti najiha md asari, rozita hod, rahmat dapari, hasanain faizal ghazi, mohd rohaizat hassan.  (2025).  systematic review of the economic burden of dengue infection to the healthcare in south east asia (sea).  - international journal of public health research.  2087 - 2104. 

     

    rozita hod, faiz ibrahim, fadly syah arsad, norhafizah karim, mazni baharom, norfazilah ahmad.  (2025).  perubahan iklim dan ramalan pada masa depan.  - 177 - 194. 

     

    norhafizah karim, rozita hod, muhammad ikram a wahab, fauzan adzima mohd nasir, jamal hisham hashim, mohd faiz ibrahim, yelmizaitun osman, norfazilah ahmad, maggie chel gee ooi, liew ju neng, fredolin tangang .  (2025).  dapatan awal: bebanan penyakit kardiovaskular berkaitan pencemaran udara di kelantan (2005-2021) .  -

     

    marjorie jia yi ong, muhammad samir haziq abd rahman, vanessa lin lin lee, kong heng lee, carmen jia yinn chang , ching soong khoo, rozita hod, hui jan tan and eugen trinka.  (2025).  the use of cannabidiol as adjunctive therapy in adult patients with drug-resistant epilepsy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.  - therapeutic advances in neurological disorders .  1 - 20. 

     

    ismayanti mohd ismail, ching soong khoo, layan ibrahim, marjorie jia yi ong, hui jan tan, rozita hod, azlin baharudin, muhammad samir haziq abd rahman.  (2025).  prevalence and associated factors of caregiving burden among caregivers of adults with epilepsy in malaysia – a cross-sectional study.  - epilepsy & behavior .  1 - 8. 

     

    sophearen ith, xerxes seposo, vitou phy, kraichat tantrakarnapa, geminn louis c. apostol, pandji wibawa dhewantara, rozita hod, mohd rohaizat hassan, hidayatulfathi othman, mazrura sahani, jue tao lim, ha hong nhung, nguyen hai tuan, ngu duy nghia, taichiro takemura, inthavong nouhak, paul l. c. chua, alex r. cook, felipe j. colón-gonzález, masahiro hashizume.  (2025).  extreme weather events and dengue in southeast asia: a regionally-representative analysis of 291 locations from 1998 to 2021.  - plos neglected tropical diseases.  1 - 14. 

     

    sue ann chang, juen kiem tan, muhammad samir haziq abd rahman, zhen yang lee, jun jie lee, jia hui woong, ching soong khoo, norlaila mustafa, rozita hod, hui jan tan.  (2025).  high prevalence of obesity and reduced physical activity among people with epilepsy: a single-centre cross-sectional study.  - epilepsy & behavior.  1 - 10. 

     

    sathiapriya padmanathan, juen kiem tan, chen fei ng, rathika rajah, ching soong khoo, wan nur nafisah wan yahya, lai fong chan, michelle maryanne tan, rozita hod, hui jan tan.  (2025).  anxiety and depression among patients with migraine: a single-center cross-sectional study in malaysia.  - plos one.  1 - 16. 

     

    chee sing chong, juen kiem tan, boon hau ng, andrea ban yu lin, ching soong khoo, rathika rajah, rozita hod, hui jan tan.  (2023).  the prevalence and predictors of poor sleep quality and excessive daytime sleepiness in epilepsy: a single tertiary centre experience in malaysia.  - journal of clinical neuroscience.  132-142. 

     

    sharifah saffinas syed soffian, azmawati mohammed nawi, rozita hod, khairul nizam abdul maulud, ahmad tarmizi mohd azmi, mohd hazrin hasim hashim, huan-keat chan, muhammad radzi abu hassan.  (2023).  spatial clustering of colorectal cancer in malaysia.  - geospatial health.  1-7. 

     

    sharon tan, mohammad ayob bin ismail, tuti iryani mohd daud, rozita hod, norfazilah ahmad.  (2023).  a randomized controlled trial on the effect of smartphone-based mental health application among outpatients with depressive and anxiety symptoms: a pilot study in malaysia.  - indian journal of psychiatry.  934-940. 

     

    juen kiem tan, dalleen leong, hemalatha munusamy, nor hazwani zenol ariffin, najma kori, rozita hod, petrick periyasamy.  (2021).  the prevalence and clinical significance of presymptomatic covid-19 patients: how we can be one step ahead in mitigating a deadly pandemic.  - bmc infectious diseases.  1-10. 

     

    norfazilah ahmad, norzehan fatimah mohd ali, azmawati mohammed nawi, mohd rohaizat hassan, azimatun noor aizuddin, rozita hod, faiz daud, sharifah azura salleh, petrick periyasamy, abdul halim abdul gafor, najma kori.  (2021).  clinical characteristics of patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19) in a teaching hospital in malaysia.  - journal of infection in developing countries.  1059-1065. 

     

    sundeep sahitia, idayu badilla idris, nazarudin safian, rozina f ali, khadijah shamsuddin, rozita hod.  (2025).  barriers to childhood immunization in rural and remote areas: a qualitative exploration from the perspectives of community leaders in sindh, pakistan.  - qualitative health research.  349 - 365. 

     

    marjorie jia yi ong, muhammad samir haziq abd rahman, vanessa lin lin lee, kong heng lee, carmen jia yinn chang , ching soong khoo, rozita hod, hui jan tan and eugen trinka.  (2025).  the use of cannabidiol as adjunctive therapy in adult patients with drug-resistant epilepsy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.  - therapeutic advances in neurological disorders .  1 - 20. 

     

    nor aliya ayub, rozita hod, mazlina mokhtar, mohd ihsani mahmood, rafidah hod, hanizah mohd yusoff, mohd firdaus radi.  (2025).  factors associated with unsuccessful treatment outcome among new pulmonary tuberculosis patients in malaysia: a retrospective cohort study.  - malaysian journal of medicine and health sciences.  72 - 84. 

     

    ismayanti mohd ismail, ching soong khoo, layan ibrahim, marjorie jia yi ong, hui jan tan, rozita hod, azlin baharudin, muhammad samir haziq abd rahman.  (2025).  prevalence and associated factors of caregiving burden among caregivers of adults with epilepsy in malaysia – a cross-sectional study.  - epilepsy & behavior .  1 - 8. 

     

    nurul aisyah rapai kasini, alvin oliver payus, ching soong khoo, hui jan tan, shahizon azura mohamed mukari, aida-widure mustapha mohd mustapha, rozita hod.  (2025).  determining the computed tomography perfusion changes in patients presenting with acute seizures of different etiologies – a case-control study.  - epilepsy & behaviour.  1 - 6. 

     

    sharifa ezat wan puteh, chamhuri siwar, rozita hod, azmawati mohamed nawi, idayu badilla idris, izzah syazwani ahmad, nor dianan mohd idris, nurul ashikin alias and mohd raihan taha.  (2019).  burden of health-related issues and community empowerment in malaysia's east coast flood.  - improving flood management, prediction and monitoring: case studies in asia.  19-36. 

     

    nurul athirah naserrudin, april monroe, pauline yaong pau lin, sara baumann, richard culleton, shigeharu sato, rozita hod, mohammad saffree jeffree, kamruddin ahmed, mohd rohaizat hassan.  (2025).  the one health approach to addressing zoonotic malaria in rural northern borneo: challenges and solutions.  - 84 - 100. 

     

    rozita hod, faiz ibrahim, fadly syah arsad, norhafizah karim, mazni baharom, norfazilah ahmad.  (2025).  perubahan iklim dan ramalan pada masa depan.  - 177 - 194. 

     

    norfazilah ahmad, azmawati mohammed nawi, rozita hod, azimatun noor aizuddin, faiz daud, mohd rohaizat hassan, azman ariff.  (2021).  peranan unit survelan.  - 35-39. 

     

    azimatun noor aizuddin, azmawati mohammed nawi, rozita hod, , norfazilah ahmad, faiz daud, mohd rohaizat hassan, khairul hazdi yusof.  (2021).  peranan unit pengesanan kontak.  - 29-33. 

     

    rozita hod, azmawati mohammed nawi, azimatun noor aizuddin, norfazilah ahmad, faiz daud, mohd rohaizat hassan, sazman wahab.  (2021).  peranan unit pengesanan kes.  - 23-27. 

     

    norhafizah karim, rozita hod, muhammad ikram a wahab, fauzan adzima mohd nasir, jamal hisham hashim, mohd faiz ibrahim, yelmizaitun osman, norfazilah ahmad, maggie chel gee ooi, liew ju neng, fredolin tangang .  (2025).  dapatan awal: bebanan penyakit kardiovaskular berkaitan pencemaran udara di kelantan (2005-2021) .  -

     

    mohamed yasreen mohamed ali, norfazrin mohd hanif, m. shahrul m. nadzir, m.j. ashfold, muhammad ikram a. wahad, mohd talib latif, norfazilah ahmad, rozita hod, liew ju neng, fredolin tangang.  (2025).  memanfaatkan sensor kos rendah untuk penilaian kualiti udara dan risiko kesihatan di kelantan.  -

     

    fauzan adzima mohd nasir, norhafizah karim, norfazilah ahmad, rozita hod, liew ju neng, fredolin tangang.  (2025).  dapatan awal: impak pemanasan global 1.5°c/2.0°c terhadap mortaliti dan penyakit kardiovaskular di kelantan.  -

     

    fadly syah arsad, rozita hod, norfazilah ahmad, mazni baharom, rohaida ismail, norlen mohamed, mohd firdaus mohd radi, yelmizaitun osman, liew ju neng, fredolin tangang.  (2025).  di ambang pemanasan global 1.5°c/2.0°c: risiko impak haba terhadap kematian & sistem amaran haba-kesihatan© di kelantan.  -

     

    mazni baharom, norfazilah ahmad, rozita hod, fadly syah arsad, rohaida ismail, norlen mohamed, mohd firdaus mohd radi, yelmizaitun osman, liew ju neng, fredolin tangang.  (2025).  penyakit berjangkit sensitif iklim: risiko impak pemanasan global 1.5°c/2.0°c di kelantan.  -

     

    norhafizah karim, rozita hod, muhammad ikram a wahab, fauzan adzima mohd nasir, jamal hisham hashim, mohd faiz ibrahim, yelmizaitun osman, norfazilah ahmad, maggie chel gee ooi, liew ju neng, fredolin tangang .  (2025).  dapatan awal: bebanan penyakit kardiovaskular berkaitan pencemaran udara di kelantan (2005-2021) .  -

     

    mohamed yasreen mohamed ali, norfazrin mohd hanif, m. shahrul m. nadzir, m.j. ashfold, muhammad ikram a. wahad, mohd talib latif, norfazilah ahmad, rozita hod, liew ju neng, fredolin tangang.  (2025).  memanfaatkan sensor kos rendah untuk penilaian kualiti udara dan risiko kesihatan di kelantan.  -

     

    fauzan adzima mohd nasir, norhafizah karim, norfazilah ahmad, rozita hod, liew ju neng, fredolin tangang.  (2025).  dapatan awal: impak pemanasan global 1.5°c/2.0°c terhadap mortaliti dan penyakit kardiovaskular di kelantan.  -

     

    mas norehan merican, zaleha md isa, rozita hod, roszita ibrahim.  (2025).  development and evaluation of a mobile application to improve leptosprosis-related knowledge, attitudes, and practices among wet market workers in selangor.  - 11th international public health conference & 28th national public health colloquium 2025. 

     

    mas norehan merican, zaleha md isa, rozita hod, roszita ibrahim, mohd izhar ariff.  (2025).  knowledge, attitudes, practices, and acceptance of mobile health interventions for leptospirosis prevention among wet market workers in selangor, malaysia: a cross-sectional study.  - 11th international public health conference & 28th national public health colloquium 2025. 

     

    ASSOCIATE HEALTH SCIENCE :CLINICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES
    Environmental Health
    Pengalaman / Experience : tahun/years(s)

    COMMUNITY MEDICINE :CLINICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES
    Environmental Health
    Pengalaman / Experience : 14 tahun/years(s)