Curriculum Vitae

PERSONAL DETAILS

Dr Sharina Binti Hamzah


ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES
(Role),(Level),(Duration)
  • Stream Coordinator, Pharmacology and Life Sciences Department, School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Taylor's University, 01/08/2022 to present
  • Lecturer I, Faculty of Health & Medical Sciences, 03/02/2014 to present
  • School Quality Assurance Officer (SQAO), Taylor's University, 01/10/2023 to present
  • Institutional Biosafety Committee, Taylor's University, 01/07/2022 to present
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION
(Qualification),(Institution)
  • Doctor of Philosophy, UNIVERSITY TECHNOLOGI MARA, Malaysia
  • Bachelor of Science (Genetics & Molecular Biology) Hons, UNIVERSITY MALAYA, Malaysia
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
(Organisation),(Role),(Duration),(Level)
  • The Malaysian Biosafety and Biosecurity Association (MBBA), Member, 2022 to 2023 (National)
  • MALAYSIAN SOCIETY FOR BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, Member, 2019 to 2021 (National)
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
(Area)
  • Gene Transformation
  • Gene Isolation
  • Pharmacogenomics (Pharmacogenomics)
  • Molecular Genetics (Genetics)
RESEARCH INTEREST
(Research Area)
  • Gene cloning and protein expression
  • Gene expression analysis
  • Pharmacogenomics
TEACHING
(Course Title),(Level of Study),(Institution),(Month/Year)
  • Principles of Life Sciences, Bachelor Degree, Taylor's University (08/2018)
  • PHARMACEUTICAL MICROBIOLOGY, Bachelor Degree, Taylor's University (03/2017)
  • BIOCHEMISTRY, Bachelor Degree, Taylor's University (08/2017)
  • PRINCIPLES OF BIOCHEMISTRY, Bachelor Degree, Taylor's University (08/2017)
  • PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY, Bachelor Degree, Taylor's University (03/2017)
PUBLICATIONS
(Title of publication in APA style)
Article in Journals
2023
  • Lim, W. Q., Michelle Luk, K. H., Lee, K. Y., Nurul, N., Loh, S. J., Yeow, Z. X., Wong, Q. X., Daniel Looi, Q. H., Chong, P. P., How, C. W., Hamzah, S., & Foo, J. B. (2023). Small Extracellular Vesicles' miRNAs: Biomarkers and Therapeutics for Neurodegenerative Diseases. Pharmaceutics, 15(4), 1216. https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics15041216 (ISI-Indexed)
     
  • Lim, Y.J.; Clarissa Lau, P.S.; Low, S.X.; Ng, S.L.; Ong, M.Y.; Pang, H.M.; Lee, Z.Y.; Yow, H.Y.; Hamzah, S.B.; Sellappans, R.; et al. How Far Have We Developed Antibody–Drug Conjugate for the Treatment of Cancer? Drugs Drug Candidates 2023, 2, 377-421. https://doi.org/10.3390/ddc2020020
     
  • Hui-Yin, Y., Hamzah, S., Rahim, N. A., & Suppiah, V. (2023). Pharmacogenomics of response to statin treatment and susceptibility to statin-induced adverse drug reactions in Asians: a scoping review, Asian Biomedicine. xx(xx), xxx-xxx (ISI-Indexed)
     
  • Lim, D.V., Woo, W.H., Lim, J.X., Loh, X.Y., Soh, H.T., Adrian Lim, S.Y., Lee, Z.Y., Yow, H.Y., Hamzah, S., Renukha, S. and Foo, J.B. (2023). Targeting mutant-p53 for cancer treatment: Are we there yet? Current Molecular Pharmacology (ISI-Indexed)
     
  • Pang, L. W., Hamzah, S., Tan, Sui Ling Janet, Mah, S. H. & Yow, H. Y. (2023) The Effects and Mechanisms of Xanthones in Alzheimer’s Disease: A Systematic Review. Neurochemical Research. 48, 3485–3511 (ISI-Indexed)
     
2022
  • Suet-May, C., Sin-Yee, K., Jia-Qing, L., Pey-Wen, G., Kaur A/P Ranjit Singh, H., Tan Zhi-Zheng, T., Foo, J.-B., Hamzah, S., Sellappans, R., & Hui-Yin, Y. (2022). COVID-19: How Effective Are the Repurposed Drugs and Novel Agents in Treating the Infection?. Sudan Journal of Medical Sciences (SJMS), 17(4), 498–538. https://doi.org/10.18502/sjms.v17i4.12550 (ERA Indexed)
2020
  • Suppiah, J., Nadaraju, S., Hamzah, S. and Chee,H.-Y. (2020). Viability of Dengue virus in culture stocks is efficiently preserved by storage in diluted forms. Tropical Biomedicine Journal. 37 (2).
     
2019
  • Peremalo, T., Madhavan, P., Hamzah, S., Than, L., Wong, E.H., Mohd Nasir, M.D., Chong, P.P., Ng, K.P. (2019). Antifungal susceptibilities, biofilms, phospholipase and proteinase activities in Candida rugosa complex and Candida pararugosa isolated from tertiary teaching hospitals, J Med Microbiol.
     
2013
  • Hamzah, S., Teh, L. K., Siew, J. S. K., Ahmad, G., Wong, H. S., Zakaria, Z. A., & Salleh, M. Z. (2013). Pharmacogenotyping of CYP3A5 in predicting dose-adjusted trough levels of tacrolimus among Malaysian kidney-transplant patients. Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology, 92(1), 50-57. (SCOPUS-Indexed)
     
  • Teh, L. K., Hamzah, S., Hashim, H., Bannur, Z., Zakaria, Z. A., Hasbullani, Z., ... & Ramasamy, P. (2013). Potential of dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase genotypes in personalizing 5-fluorouracil therapy among colorectal cancer patients. Therapeutic drug monitoring, 35(5), 624-630. (SCOPUS-Indexed)
     
Article in Proceeding
2022
  • Hamzah S. (2022). Microbiology Virtual Day 2021: An Authentic Assessment of Process and Product.
2019
  • Oh, J. H., Lim, P. K., Hamzah, S., Tan, C. P., & Chan, S. W. (2019). Purification and characterization of charantin from Momordica charantia Linn. Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences, 15(102). (SCOPUS-Indexed)
     
2017
  • Sutthiruk, N., Botti, M., Considine, J., Driscoll, A., Hutchinson, A., Malathum, K., ... & Boost, M. V. (2017). Abstracts from the 8th International Congress of the Asia Pacific Society of Infection Control (APSIC) Bangkok, Thailand. 12-15 February 2017. Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control, 6, 1-49. (SCOPUS-Indexed)
RESEARCH PROJECT
(Project title),(Role),(Duration),(Level)
  • A Transcriptomic Profiling Study of Moringa Oleifera Leaf Aqueous Extracts for the Identification of Wound Healing Mechanisms in Human Dermal Fibroblasts, Co-researcher, 2023 to 2025 (National)
  • Establishment of Non-DMSO Alternative Cryoprotective Agents for Intracellular Protection of NK Cells and Cytotoxic Exosome Derived from NK-92 Cells, Co-researcher, 2023 to 2025 (Private)
  • Metadynamics simulation-guided design, synthesis and in vitro evaluation of highly selective swainsonine analogues targeting Golgi alpha-mannosidase II as potential anticancer agents in breast, lung, and ovarian cancer., Co-researcher, 2021 to 2024 (National)
  • A comparative study of students' attitudes to traditional, hybrid, and fully online teaching methods in higher education, Project Leader, 2017 to 2019 (Taylor's University)
  • Deciphering the molecular mechanisms of Caricca papaya leaf polyphenol in inhibiting hemorrhage via proteolysis in humanized mice model of Dengue Virus , Co-researcher, 2015 to 2018 (National)
  • Deciphering the molecular mechanisms of Caricca papaya leaf polyphenol in inhibiting hemorrhage via proteolysis in humanized mice model of Dengue Virus , Project Leader, 2015 to 2018 (National)
  • Purification and characterization of charantin from Momordica charantia L. and its antidiabetic effects on alloxan-induced diabetic rats, Co-researcher, 2015 to 2018 (National)
SUPERVISION
(Title of Thesis),(Name of Candidates),(Academic Level),(Role)
ONGOING
  • SHAMALA A/P NADARAJU  (Main Supervisor)
  • OH JIA HUI  (Co-supervisor (Internal))
  • LIU HONGXIA  (Main Supervisor)
  • QU SHANGLAN  (Main Supervisor)
COMPLETED
  • EVALUATION OF BITTER MELON JELLY DRINK: FORMULATION, SENSORY AND STABILITY STUDIES, HEMLATHA A/P NAGAPPAN  (Co-supervisor (Internal))
PRESENTATION
(Title),(Event),(Date Presented),(Organiser),(Level)
ORAL PRESENTER
  • Peer Prescription: A Case Study of Final-Year Pharmacy Students Conducting Peer-Assessment for Toxicology Module, TAYLOR'S 9th TEACHING AND LEARNING CONFERENCE, 12/11/2016 to 13/11/2016, TAYLOR'S UNIVERSITY (National)
OTHERS
  • Cytotoxicity and antiviral effect ofCarica Papaya Lin against dengue virus, 3rd AMDI International Biohealth Sciences Conference 2018, 18/01/2018 to 20/01/2018, Universiti Sains Malaysia (International)
AWARDS AND STEWARDSHIP
(Name of Award/Stewardship),(Award Category),(Awarding Institution),(Year Awarded),(Type of Award)
  • International University Carnival On E-Learning (IUCEL) Award 2023, Competition, Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah, 2023 (Creativity)
  • Silver award in the Best Market Driven in Taylor's Innovation Festival (INNOFEST) 2023, Competition, Taylor's University, 2023 (Best Market Driven Innovation)
  • Bronze award in the Best Prototyping Potential in Taylor's Innovation Festival (INNOFEST) 2023, Competition, Taylor's University, 2023 (Creativity)
  • International University Carnival On E-Learning (IUCEL) Award 2022, Competition, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), 2022 (Creativity)
COURSE ATTENDED
(Course Title),(Course Mode),(Date/Duration),(Level)
  • Halal Professional Training; Halal Executive Training, Non research, 24/07/2023 to 12/08/2023 (Government Sector)
  • Biorisk Management Certification Workshop, Research, 06/11/2017 to 09/11/2017 (International)
  • Taylor's Teaching & Learning Festival 2017 (Day 2), Research, 22/03/2017 to 22/03/2017
  • Augmented Reality in Teaching and Learning, Research, 21/03/2017 to 21/03/2017
  • Curriculum Review Workshop (Day 3) (SoP only), Research, 02/03/2017 to 02/03/2017
  • SoP Curriculum Review Workshop (Day 2), Research, 28/02/2017 to 28/02/2017
  • SoP Curriculum Review Workshop (Day 1), Research, 24/02/2017 to 24/02/2017
  • SOP eLearning Sharing Session, Research, 14/02/2017 to 14/02/2017
  • Workshop for Curriculum Review 01 (SoP only), Research, 13/02/2017 to 13/02/2017
  • Academic Lecture by Professor Simon Croft, Research, 16/01/2017 to 16/01/2017