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Dr Cheah Yoke Kqueen
Board Advisor at Precision Diagnostics
BSc (Hons) (UPM), PgDip Bioinformatics (PERDANA), MSc (UPM), MBA (UK), PhD (UPM), CSci, CBiol, FIBMS, FRSB, FRSC, EurProBiol
Professor Ts. Dr. Cheah Yoke Kqueen is a highly accomplished academic and researcher with expertise in Genetic Engineering, Molecular Biology, and Bioinformatics. He holds a BSc in Biomedical Science and completed his MSc in Molecular Biology and a PhD in Genetic Engineering and Molecular Biology in 2006. Additionally, he obtained a Postgraduate Diploma in Bioinformatics in 2018.
Professor Cheah is a pivotal figure in molecular diagnostics for lung cancer, pioneering its development and collaborating extensively in areas such as molecular diagnostics, epigenetics, and therapeutics in Malaysia. He is a technical advisor to Subang Jaya Medical Centre’s molecular department, where he specialises in molecular diagnostics and targeted therapy. His impact goes beyond cancer research, emphasizing molecular diagnostics applications for non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and infectious diseases.
As the Editor-in-Chief of Life Sciences, Medicine and Biomedicine, and Journal of Transdisciplinary Biomedicine, Professor Cheah is involved in multidisciplinary research spanning fundamental cancer biology, food safety, microbes, bioinformatics, molecular diagnostics, and drug discovery. He has an impressive track record with a H-index (SCOPUS) of 31, with over 200 scientific publications, 5 patents, copyrights, and numerous awards, he has led 15 research grants and received recognition for his outstanding contributions.
Professor Cheah received the Top Research Scientist Malaysia award in 2017. Advisor to the Malaysian Biomedical Science Association and involved in scientific communities like the Academy of Sciences Malaysia (ASM). Serving as Clinical Scientist-Biomedical for the Malaysia Allied Health Professions Council, he shapes regulations under the Allied Health Profession Act 774. Beyond academia, He founded BiomedKL and MyBioMed, aiming to nurture biomedical graduates.
Currently, as the Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at UPM, Professor Cheah actively shapes biomedical science curricula, ensuring graduates’ employability and contributing to the MQA Committee.
Professional Qualifications
- Board Advisor at Global Precision Diagnostics
- Head of the Health Scholar Corps at the Academy of Professors Malaysia
- Deputy Dean at the Universiti Putra Malaysia (Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences)
- Vice President at the Precision Medicine & Scientific Wellness (PMedS) Association
- Member of the Royal Society of Biology, United Kingdom
- President of the Malaysian Biomedical Science Association (MyBiomed)
- Member of the Malaysian Biosafety & Biosecurity Association
- Fellow at the Institute of Biomedical Science, United Kingdom
- Member of the Young Scientist Network, Academy of Science, Malaysia
- Awarded as Top Scientist Malaysia, issued by Academy of Sciences Malaysia
- Achieved for Good Clinical Practice under the Clinical Research Centre, Ministry of Health, Malaysia (KKM)
Publications
, Biochemical Pharmacology – Nov 1, 2017
Small RNA sequencing and differential expression of miRNAs in colorectal cancer, Journal of Transdiciplinary Biomedicine – Sep 28, 2017
, Journal of Transdisciplinary Biomedicine – Jul 27, 2017
, Journal of Transdisciplinary Biomedicine – Jul 27, 2017
