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

pensyarah perubatan

institut biologi molekul perubatan ukm (umbi)

 rahmanj@ppukm.ukm.edu.my



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



  •    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.

  • noraidatulakma abdullah; joan blin; aisyatul najihah khuzaimi; azwa shawani kamalul arifin; nazihah abd jalal; norliza ismail; nurul faeizah husin; ahmad termidzi mohd azhar; nabil mohammad azmi; zairul azwan mohd azman, ismail sagap, rahman jamal.  (2026).  false-positive ifobt in colorectal cancer screening: association with prescription drug use in the malaysian cohort.  - cancer epidemiology.  1 - 7. 

     

    nur qurratu’ athirah a rahman, rahman jamal, ahmad suhail khazali, mohamad aimanuddin mohtar, saiful effendi syafruddin .  (2026).  dual targeting of hif-2a and klf6 suppresses angiogenic signaling in clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccrcc).  - 1st regional conference on precision health (rcph). 

     

    musthahimah muhamad, nur nadia razali, noraidatulakma abdullah, chin siok fong, rahman jamal.  (2026).  association of serum trace elements and comorbidities with covid-19 severity and mortality: a covgen prospective cohort study.  - 1st regional conference on precision health (rcph). 

     

    izyan syahiidah mohd sahell, nur fa’izah ab muin, ezanee azlina mohamad hanif, noraidatulakma abdullah, ismail sagap, rahman jamal, and siok-fong chin.  (2026).  exploratory evaluation of circulating lrg1 as a candidate biomarker of chemotherapy response in colorectal cancer reveals age-associated treatment resistance.  - regional conference on precision health (rcph). 

     

    aleez azli, ezanee azlina mohamad hanif, muhammad-redha abdullah-zawawi, nur fa’izah ab muin, ismail sagap, rahman jamal, and siok-fong chin.  (2026).  cross-omics convergence reveals an lrg1-associated immune-metabolic reprogramming axis in colorectal cancer.  - 1st regional conference on precision health (rcph). 

     

    noraidatulakma abdullah; joan blin; aisyatul najihah khuzaimi; azwa shawani kamalul arifin; nazihah abd jalal; norliza ismail; nurul faeizah husin; ahmad termidzi mohd azhar; nabil mohammad azmi; zairul azwan mohd azman, ismail sagap, rahman jamal.  (2026).  false-positive ifobt in colorectal cancer screening: association with prescription drug use in the malaysian cohort.  - cancer epidemiology.  1 - 7. 

     

    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. 

     

    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. 

     

    nor azila muhammad azami, meng ling moi, hui-min neoh, boekhtiar borhanuddin, saberi saimun and rahman jamal.  (2025).  sustained low-level transmission of zika virus in the community prior to its re-emergence in malaysia, 2007–2012 .  - acta tropica.  1 - 8. 

     

    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. 

     

    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.  - malaysian journal of pathology .  547 - 547. 

     

    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. 

     

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

     

    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. 

     

    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. 

     

    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. 

     

    noraidatulakma abdullah; joan blin; aisyatul najihah khuzaimi; azwa shawani kamalul arifin; nazihah abd jalal; norliza ismail; nurul faeizah husin; ahmad termidzi mohd azhar; nabil mohammad azmi; zairul azwan mohd azman, ismail sagap, rahman jamal.  (2026).  false-positive ifobt in colorectal cancer screening: association with prescription drug use in the malaysian cohort.  - cancer epidemiology.  1 - 7. 

     

    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. 

     

    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. 

     

    aliya annujma shahrunizam, siok-fong chin, noraidatulakma abdullah, azmawati mohamed nawi, rahman jamal.  (2025).  optimised reverse-phase chromatography for clinical detection of vitamins a and e in serum.  - scientific reports.  1 - 12. 

     

    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. 

     

    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. 

     

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

     

    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 .  -

     

    mohammad shukri khoo, a. rahman a. jamal, hamidah alias, loh c-khai.  (2023).  ibu, sara demam!.  - siri kesedaran kanser kanak-kanak.  16. 

     

    nur qurratu’ athirah a rahman, rahman jamal, ahmad suhail khazali, mohamad aimanuddin mohtar, saiful effendi syafruddin .  (2026).  dual targeting of hif-2a and klf6 suppresses angiogenic signaling in clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccrcc).  - 1st regional conference on precision health (rcph). 

     

    musthahimah muhamad, nur nadia razali, noraidatulakma abdullah, chin siok fong, rahman jamal.  (2026).  association of serum trace elements and comorbidities with covid-19 severity and mortality: a covgen prospective cohort study.  - 1st regional conference on precision health (rcph). 

     

    izyan syahiidah mohd sahell, nur fa’izah ab muin, ezanee azlina mohamad hanif, noraidatulakma abdullah, ismail sagap, rahman jamal, and siok-fong chin.  (2026).  exploratory evaluation of circulating lrg1 as a candidate biomarker of chemotherapy response in colorectal cancer reveals age-associated treatment resistance.  - regional conference on precision health (rcph). 

     

    aleez azli, ezanee azlina mohamad hanif, muhammad-redha abdullah-zawawi, nur fa’izah ab muin, ismail sagap, rahman jamal, and siok-fong chin.  (2026).  cross-omics convergence reveals an lrg1-associated immune-metabolic reprogramming axis in colorectal cancer.  - 1st regional conference on precision health (rcph). 

     

    nur hafizzah ishak, nor adzimah johdi, siok-fong chin, noraidatulakma abdullah, syahrul sazliyana shaharir, sakthiswary rajalingham, mohd shahrir mohamed said, rozita mohd, rahman jamal.  (2026).  gut microbiome alterations in systemic lupus erythematosus: associations with renal and non-renal manifestations.  - 1st regional conference precision health. 

     

    BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES :CLINICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES
    Molecular Biology and Cancer Research
    Pengalaman / Experience : tahun/years(s)

    BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES :CLINICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES
    Molecular Biology and Cancer Research
    Pengalaman / Experience : tahun/years(s)