dr. isma liza binti mohd isa

pensyarah universiti

jabatan anatomi

No. Telefon Rasmi :  0391458628

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UKM : 03 8921 5555



   Biografi/ Biography :


  • Dr. Isma has recently joined the Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM). She graduated Bachelor of Biomedical Sciences (Honours) from UKM in 2006 and then worked in the Ministry of Health, Malaysia (2008-2013). She was conferred a PhD (Anatomy) from the National University of Ireland (NUI), Galway, in 2017. She did her post-doctorate research in SFI Research Centre for Medical Devices (CÚRAM), NUI Galway (2017-2020), and the Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology UKM (2021). Dr Isma has expertise in intervertebral disc and biomaterial research. Her work focuses on degenerative disc disease, specifically to modulate inflammatory pain, extracellular matrix regulation, disc microstructure, and molecular, proteome and glycome profiling in disc degeneration using a biomaterial approach. Dr Isma has been involved in disease modelling to establish a pre-clinical model of pain induced by disc injury. She is also developing a bioengineered hydrogel to support stem cell transplantation for disc regeneration targeting inflammatory pain. She plans to advance her research towards a patient-specific regenerative therapy using precision medicine and biomaterial-based tissue engineering. Her major achievements include the patent filed of the technology to promote disc regeneration targeting pain and the recipient of prestigious awards, including Julia Polak European Doctorate Award from the European Society for Biomaterials and First Prize Young Researcher Award from AO Spine. She has authored/co-authored numerous publications in high-impact journals, including Science Advances, PNAS, Biomaterials, and Advanced Science. Dr Isma is also a reviewer for peer-reviewed journals and actively presented her work at tier-one international conferences includes World Biomaterials Congress, World Forum for Spine Research, and Orthopaedic Research Society.

  • isma liza mohd isa, mh busra fauzi, nurul huda mohd yusoff, shaiful ridzwan sapri, natasya nadia sahruddin, mohd hanafi damanhuri, sabarul afian mokhtar.  (2023).  the development of hyaluronic acid/collagen-based hydrogel towards the nucleus pulposus niche in facilitating stem cell transplantation to modulate pain.  - orthopaedic proceedings.  18. 

     

    isma liza mohd isa.  (2023).  celebrating the success of dr isma liza mohd isa for international women's day.  - NA. 

     

    isma liza mohd isa, seong lin teoh, nurul huda mohd nor, sabarul afian mokhtar.  (2023).  discogenic low back pain: anatomy, pathophysiology and treatments of intervertebral disc degeneration.  - international journal of molecular sciences.  1-16. 

     

    nur izzah md fadilah, isma liza mohd isa , wan safwani wan kamarul zaman, yasuhiko tabata and mh busra fauzi.  (2022).  the effect of nanoparticle-incorporated natural-based biomaterials towards cells on activated pathways: a systematic review.  - polymers.  1-22. 

     

    isma liza mohd isa, mh busra fauzi, nurul huda mohd yusoff, natasya nadia sahruddin, shaiful ridzwan sapri, mohd hanafi damanhuri, sabarul afian mokhtar.  (2022).  hyaluronic acid/collagen hydrogel to mimic nucleus pulposus microenvironment: an implication for the stem cell transplantation in intervertebral disc.  - malaysian journal of medicine and health sciences.  2. 

     

    isma liza mohd isa, seong lin teoh, nurul huda mohd nor, sabarul afian mokhtar.  (2023).  discogenic low back pain: anatomy, pathophysiology and treatments of intervertebral disc degeneration.  - international journal of molecular sciences.  1-16. 

     

    isma liza mohd isa, sabarul afian mokhtar, sunny a. abbah, mh busra fauzi, aiden devitt, and abhay pandit.  (2022).  intervertebral disc degeneration: biomaterials and tissue engineering strategies toward precision medicine.  - advanced healthcare materials.  1-29. 

     

    nur izzah md fadilah, isma liza mohd isa , wan safwani wan kamarul zaman, yasuhiko tabata and mh busra fauzi.  (2022).  the effect of nanoparticle-incorporated natural-based biomaterials towards cells on activated pathways: a systematic review.  - polymers.  1-22. 

     

    masahiro inoue, isma liza mohd isa, sumihisa orita, miyako suzuki-narita, kazuhide inage, yasuhiro shiga, masaki norimoto, tomotaka umimura, takayuki sakai, yawara eguchi, atsuya watanabe, yasuchika aoki, abhay pandit,and seiji ohtori.  (2021).  an injectable hyaluronic acid hydrogel promotes intervertebral disc repair in a rabbit model.  - spine.  E810-E816. 

     

    isma liza mohd isa, seong lin teoh, nurul huda mohd nor, sabarul afian mokhtar.  (2023).  discogenic low back pain: anatomy, pathophysiology and treatments of intervertebral disc degeneration.  - international journal of molecular sciences.  1-16. 

     

    isma liza mohd isa, sabarul afian mokhtar, sunny a. abbah, mh busra fauzi, aiden devitt, and abhay pandit.  (2022).  intervertebral disc degeneration: biomaterials and tissue engineering strategies toward precision medicine.  - advanced healthcare materials.  1-29. 

     

    nur izzah md fadilah, isma liza mohd isa , wan safwani wan kamarul zaman, yasuhiko tabata and mh busra fauzi.  (2022).  the effect of nanoparticle-incorporated natural-based biomaterials towards cells on activated pathways: a systematic review.  - polymers.  1-22. 

     

    isma liza mohd isa, mh busra fauzi, nurul huda mohd yusoff, natasya nadia sahruddin, shaiful ridzwan sapri, mohd hanafi damanhuri, sabarul afian mokhtar.  (2022).  hyaluronic acid/collagen hydrogel to mimic nucleus pulposus microenvironment: an implication for the stem cell transplantation in intervertebral disc.  - malaysian journal of medicine and health sciences.  2. 

     

    masahiro inoue, isma liza mohd isa, sumihisa orita, miyako suzuki-narita, kazuhide inage, yasuhiro shiga, masaki norimoto, tomotaka umimura, takayuki sakai, yawara eguchi, atsuya watanabe, yasuchika aoki, abhay pandit,and seiji ohtori.  (2021).  an injectable hyaluronic acid hydrogel promotes intervertebral disc repair in a rabbit model.  - spine.  E810-E816. 

     

    isma liza mohd isa.  (2023).  celebrating the success of dr isma liza mohd isa for international women's day.  - NA.