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Dr. Sharifah Azween Syed Omar
Board Advisor at Precision Diagnostics
BSc Genetics (Mal), MSc Genetic Counselling (UK), PhD Researcher in Genetic Counselling
Dr. Sharifah Azween Syed Omar is an experienced genetic counsellor and clinical genetics expert with over a decade of experience in genomic medicine. Holding a BSc in Genetics, an MSc in Genetic Counselling from Cardiff University, and pursuing a PhD, she is actively involved in clinical genetics, rare disease research, and genetic counselling education. Her recent focus involves pioneering research on genetic factors in rare disorders, notably as a co-researcher in a groundbreaking project with the National Center of Global Health & Medical Research, Japan.
She also contributed to Malaysia’s healthcare including spearheading groundbreaking research on the prevalence of genetic variants in non-syndromic hearing loss among Cochlear Implant patients at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (Gnosis Laboratories).
Dr. Sharifah Azween Syed Omar specialises as a Genetic Counsellor due to her experiences from her internships, such as Western General Hospital Edinburgh and Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust in the UK.
Professional Qualifications
- Board Advisor at Global Precision Diagnostics
- Honorary Treasurer at Genetics Society of Malaysia
- Assistant Treasurer at Genetic Counselling Society Malaysia
- Genetic Counsellor/ Science Officer (Clinical Genetics) at the National University of Malaysia Medical Centre (UKMMC)
- Genetic Counsellor at Malaysia Rare Disease Society
- Genetic Counsellor Intern at Western General Hospital Edinburgh, UK
- Genetic Counsellor Intern at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
- Achieved in "Genomic Technologies in Clinical Diagnostics: Molecular Techniques", issued by St George's, University of London
Publications
Willingness to Pay for Cancer Genetic Testing in a Tertiary Healthcare Centre, IIUM Medical Journal Malaysia – Jun, 2021
Digenic Inheritance of Heterozygous FANCA and BRCA2 mutations in a VACTERL-H patient, Asian Journal of Medicine and Biomedicine – Oct, 2019
Mutations in KIF27, GNAS and IFT140 genes in a patient with VACTERL association: a case report, Asia-Pacific Journal of Molecular Medicine – Jan, 2018
Alpha-thalassemia mental retardation syndrome: A case report of two affected siblings, Journal of Pediatric Neurology – Jan, 2013
