Biografi/ Biography :
Dr. Isma has joined the Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) in 2021. 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 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 the Emerging Investigator Award for Health from the Health Research Board, Ireland, Outstanding Anatomist Award (Research) by the Malaysian Anatomical Association, 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, including the World Biomaterials Congress, the World Forum for Spine Research, and
raed h. ogaili, elvy suhana mohd ramli ,isma liza mohd isa. (2025). isolation, proliferation, and identification of human wharton’s jelly mesenchymal stem cells (hwjmscs). - academic international journal of pure science . 18 - 27.
raed h. ogaili, ahmed alassal, nurul fariha za’aba, izzat zulkiflee, isma liza mohd isa. (2025). regenerative strategies for intervertebral disc degeneration. - journal of orthopaedic translation. 286 - 308.
asrizal abdul rahman, isma liza mohd isa, manus j. biggs, abhay pandit. (2025). diatom-based artificial antigen-presenting cells: a novel approach for adaptive immune modulation. - acs applied materials & interfaces. 37718 - 37734.
nurul fariha zaaba, raed h. ogaili, fairus ahmad, isma liza mohd isa. (2025). neuroinflammation and nociception in intervertebral disc degeneration: a review of precision medicine perspective. - the spine journal. 1139 - 1153.
nurul fariha za`aba, rusydi razak, izzat zulkiflee, ahmad hafiz kamarrudin, muhamad nazrin mustafa, kieran joyce, raed h. ogaili, mwafaq kmail, fairus ahmad, elvy suhana mohd ramli, sabarul afian mokhtar, isma liza mohd isa. (2025). human cadaveric spine dissection: a protocol for harvesting lumbar intervertebral discs from body donors. - annals of anatomy. 1 - 11.
mwafaq kmail, rusydi razak, isma liza mohd isa. (2025). engineering extracellular matrix-based hydrogels for intervertebral disc regeneration. - frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology. 1 - 28.
raed h. ogaili, ahmed alassal, nurul fariha za’aba, izzat zulkiflee, isma liza mohd isa. (2025). regenerative strategies for intervertebral disc degeneration. - journal of orthopaedic translation. 286 - 308.
asrizal abdul rahman, isma liza mohd isa, manus j. biggs, abhay pandit. (2025). diatom-based artificial antigen-presenting cells: a novel approach for adaptive immune modulation. - acs applied materials & interfaces. 37718 - 37734.
nurul fariha za`aba, rusydi razak, izzat zulkiflee, ahmad hafiz kamarrudin, muhamad nazrin mustafa, kieran joyce, raed h. ogaili, mwafaq kmail, fairus ahmad, elvy suhana mohd ramli, sabarul afian mokhtar, isma liza mohd isa. (2025). human cadaveric spine dissection: a protocol for harvesting lumbar intervertebral discs from body donors. - annals of anatomy. 1 - 11.
nurul fariha zaaba, raed h. ogaili, fairus ahmad, isma liza mohd isa. (2025). neuroinflammation and nociception in intervertebral disc degeneration: a review of precision medicine perspective. - the spine journal. 1139 - 1153.
raed h. ogaili, ahmed alassal, nurul fariha za’aba, izzat zulkiflee, isma liza mohd isa. (2025). regenerative strategies for intervertebral disc degeneration. - journal of orthopaedic translation. 286 - 308.
asrizal abdul rahman, isma liza mohd isa, manus j. biggs, abhay pandit. (2025). diatom-based artificial antigen-presenting cells: a novel approach for adaptive immune modulation. - acs applied materials & interfaces. 37718 - 37734.
nurul fariha zaaba, raed h. ogaili, fairus ahmad, isma liza mohd isa. (2025). neuroinflammation and nociception in intervertebral disc degeneration: a review of precision medicine perspective. - the spine journal. 1139 - 1153.
nurul fariha za`aba, rusydi razak, izzat zulkiflee, ahmad hafiz kamarrudin, muhamad nazrin mustafa, kieran joyce, raed h. ogaili, mwafaq kmail, fairus ahmad, elvy suhana mohd ramli, sabarul afian mokhtar, isma liza mohd isa. (2025). human cadaveric spine dissection: a protocol for harvesting lumbar intervertebral discs from body donors. - annals of anatomy. 1 - 11.
mwafaq kmail, rusydi razak, isma liza mohd isa. (2025). engineering extracellular matrix-based hydrogels for intervertebral disc regeneration. - frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology. 1 - 28.
isma liza mohd isa, syafira masri, loai a. elfawy, safa tahri, ibrahim n. amirrah, revatyambigai subramaniam, raed h. ogai, wan chiew ng, nur amalia ra'oh, mh. busra fauzi, akshay srivastava, sabarul afian mokhtar. (2024). drug delivery systems for intervertebral disc. - . 127-168.
mh busra fauzi, samantha lo, maheswary thambirajoo, zawani mazlan, izzat zulkiflee, syafira masri, isma liza mohd isa and sabarul afian mokhtar. (2023). chapter 15: thermoresponsive polymers and polymeric composites. - . 363-397.
isma liza mohd isa. (2023). celebrating the success of dr isma liza mohd isa for international women's day. - . NA.
| Geran / Grant | Kolaborator / Collaborator | Status |
|---|---|---|
| DISC-ON-A-CHIP FOR THE MODELLING OF PATIENT-SPECIFIC PATHOGENESIS OF INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION UNDERLYING INFLAMMATORY PAIN | national university of ireland, galway | 76.1% (2023-06-08 sehingga 2026-06-07) |