Sharifah Azween Syed Omar

Board of Advisor at Precision Diagnostics

BSc Genetics, MSc Genetic Counselling (UK), PhD Researcher in Genetic Counselling

Sharifah Azween Syed Omar, an experienced Science Officer at UKM’s Department of Paediatrics, is pursuing a PhD in Educational Psychology. 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).

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 of Advisor | Precision Diagnostics (PD)
Genetic Counsellor/ Science Officer (Clinical Genetics), Paediatrics Department | National University of Malaysia Medical Centre [UKMMC] (Pusat Perubatan UKM)
Genetic Counsellor | Malaysia Rare Disease Society
Genetic Counsellor Intern | Western General Hospital Edinburgh, UK
Genetic Counsellor Intern | Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust

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

Organisations

Genetic Counselling Society Malaysia, Assistant Treasurer
Genetics Society of Malaysia (Persatuan Genetik Malaysia), Honorary Treasurer
Medical Genetics Society of Malaysia (Persatuan Genetik Perubatan Malaysia), Ordinary Member

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