Staff Directory
Academic Qualifications
- Psychiatry - Masters Degree (Clinical Specialist), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)
- M.B.B.S - Bachelor Degree, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)
Ramli Musa (Prof. Dr.)
Professor
IIUM Kuantan Campus
KULLIYYAH OF MEDICINE
Additional Assignments:
Head, Kulliyyah of Medicine
drramli@iium.edu.my
4635
Area of Specialisation
- Medical And Health ~ Medical And Health Sciences ~ Other Medical and Health Sciences n.e.c. - Liaison & General Psychiatry
- Medical And Health ~ Medical And Health Sciences ~ Health Care System ~ Medical Biotechnology - Elementary posting (year 3 KOM and Dentistry)
Teaching Responsibilities
| BASIC PSYCHIATRY AND BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES | 2025/2026 2024/2025 2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022 2019/2020 |
| CELL BIOLOGY AND BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCES | 2025/2026 |
| COMMUNITY MEDICINE | 2017/2018 |
| CONSULTATION PSYCHIATRY | 2025/2026 2024/2025 2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022 |
| ELECTIVE POSTING | 2023/2024 2021/2022 2019/2020 |
| INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHIATRY | 2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021 |
| NEUROSCIENCE AND GENERAL PSYCHIATRY I | 2025/2026 |
| NEUROSCIENCE IN GENERAL PSYCHIATRY II | 2025/2026 |
| NORMAL RESPONSE & PROCESS TO DISEASED STATE | 2017/2018 |
| NORMAL RESPONSE AND PROCESS TO DISEASED STATE | 2025/2026 |
| PHENOMENOLOGY, PSYCHOPATHOLOGY IN GENERAL PSYCHIATRY I | 2025/2026 |
| PHENOMENOLOGY, PSYCHOPATHOLOGY IN GENERAL PSYCHIATRY II | 2025/2026 |
| PSYCHIATRY | 2025/2026 2024/2025 2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022 |
| PSYCHIATRY AND PALLIATIVE MEDICINE | 2020/2021 2019/2020 2018/2019 2017/2018 2016/2017 2015/2016 |
| SUBSPECIALISED ROTATION POSTING I | 2025/2026 2024/2025 2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022 2019/2020 |
| SUBSPECIALISED ROTATION POSTING II | 2025/2026 2024/2025 2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022 |
| THE ENDOCRINE, REPRODUCTIVE URINARY SYSTEMS | 2017/2018 |
Supervision
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The Effects Of Sounds-Cognitive Training Intervention To The Sensory Gating Abilities And Working Memory Skill In Children With Attention Deficit Hyperativity Disorders Symptoms.
Ph.D
Completed
2020
Co-supervisor
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Factor Related To Relapse On Patient With Schizophrenia At A Tertiary Level Hospital In Bangladesh.
Ph.D
In Progress
Co-supervisor
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Associations Between Psychological Distress, Religious Coping And Quality Of Life Among Patients With Lung Cancer In Kuantan, Pahang.
Master
Completed
2026
Main Supervisor
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Correlation Of Coronal Radiographic Parameters With Health-Related Quality Of Life Post-Corrective Scoliosis Surgery In Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis.
Master
Completed
2026
Co-supervisor
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Evaluation Of Sound-Working Memory Therapy (Swmt) Intervention In Autism Spectrum Disorder (Asd) Children Using Auditory Brainstem Response (Abr) Sensory Gating.
Master
Completed
2024
Co-supervisor
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Postnatal Mental Illness: Towards Designing An Assessment Tool For Malaysian Mothers.
Master
Completed
2023
Co-supervisor
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The Evaluation Of Pcr Assays For Detection Of Porphyromonas Gingivalis-16s Rrna Subunit And Its Correlation With Periodontal Health.
Master
Completed
2023
Co-supervisor
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Development And Validation Of Screen Media Addiction Scale Among Preschool Children: Formulation Of A New Screening Algorithm.
Master
Completed
2022
Co-supervisor
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Designing And Validating A New Adolescent Sexual Knowledge Scale And Determining The Mechanism Influencing The Level Of Sexual Knowledge Of Secondary School Student In Kuantan.
Master
Completed
2021
Main Supervisor
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A Malay Language Cross Cultural Adaptation Of The Boston Carpal Tunnel Questionnaire In The Malay Speaking Population Seeking Treatment At Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan, Kuantan.
Master
Completed
2018
Co-supervisor
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Translation And Validation Study Of The Bahasa Malaysia Version Of Lower Extremity Functional Scale (Lefs) In Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan, Kuantan, Pahang.
Master
Completed
2017
Co-supervisor
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Role Of Coping Mechanisms To Psychosocial Stress In Early Development Of Hypertension In Young Adults : A Pilot Study.
Master
Completed
2016
Co-supervisor
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Tbd.
Master
In Progress
Main Supervisor
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Relationship Between Family Dynamics And Severity Of Behaviour In Children And Adolescent Diagnosed With Autism Spectrum Disorder In Sultan Ahmad Shah Medical Centre, Kuantan.
Master
In Progress
Main Supervisor
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Development And Validation Of A Brief Screening Tool For Perinatal Mental Health In Malaysia.
Master
In Progress
Main Supervisor
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Tbd.
Master
In Progress
Main Supervisor
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To Be Determined.
Master
In Progress
Main Supervisor
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Prevalence And Associated Factors Of Internalised Stigma Among Patients With Anxiety Disorders In A Tertiary Teaching Hospital In Pahang: A Cross-Sectional Study.
Master
In Progress
Main Supervisor
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A Systematic Review On Spiritual Struggles In Borderline Personality Disorder.
Master
In Progress
Co-supervisor
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Psychosocial Well-Being Of Parents With Autistic Child..
Master
In Progress
Co-supervisor
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Oral Bacteria Composition Between Healthy And Mild Cognitive Impairment Geriatric Patients Using Next-Generation Sequencing: A Pilot Study.
Master
In Progress
Co-supervisor
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Research Projects
Completed
| 2024 - 2025 | Gender Dysphoria : Medical, Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences Perspectives. |
| 2022 - 2025 | A web-based self-help intervention (Mama OK Kit) for Perinatal Depression and Anxiety: The effectiveness and women?s experiences |
| 2021 - 2024 | Clitoral Hood Anatomical, Variation and Its Relation to Clitoral Hood Adhesion, Clitoral Discharge, Sexual Satisfan and Female Circumcision |
| 2021 - 2024 | Clitoral Hood Anatomical, Variation and Its Relation to Clitoral Hood Adhesion, Clitoral Discharge, Sexual Satisfan and Female Circumcision |
| 2021 - 2025 | Exploring the Oral Microbiological and Sociodemographic Pathway leading towards Mild Cognitive Impairment among the Elderly for Early Identification |
| 2021 - 2022 | Improving maternal mental health in South East Asia through assets-based approaches |
| 2019 - 2024 | Evaluation of sound therapy intervention for emotional regulation in Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) children using suppression Distortion Product Otoacoustic Emission (DPOAE) and Auditory-Sensory Gating tests (Project 2) |
| 2019 - 2022 | Identification of Mobile Gadget addiction among young children: formulation of a new screening algorithm |
| 2019 - 2022 | Postnatal mental illness: towards designing an assessment tool for Malaysian mothers |
| 2019 - 2022 | New Non-Invasive Technique via Physiological Signals and Intelligence Machine Learning for Rapid Classification of Stress Level |
| 2016 - 2020 | Inventing and validating tools to measure the ability for Muslim to pray |
| 2015 - 2019 | Impact of parental perinatal depressive and anxiety symptoms on infant development and health: A cohort study in East- and West-Coast of Malaysia |
| 2015 - 2020 | The Role of Psychosocial Stress and Modulating Factors (Including Religion) in the Pathophysiology of Hypertension in the Young |
| 2014 - 2018 | Clinical Safety and Efficacy Evaluation of Ibogaine as an Anti-Addictive Treatment in Patients with Opioid Addiction |
| 2014 - 2018 | Content Validity by using Confirmatory Factor Analysis of Newly Designed Family Scales; Skala Ciri Kekeluargaan Asia and Asia Family Characteristics Scale |
| 2013 - 2016 | Exploration of Genetic Entities of Schizophrenia: A Shifting from the Typical Case-Control Study to Exploration Across Psycho-Pathological Symptoms and Psychosocial Performances |
| 2013 - 2014 | Consultation and Clinical Questionnaire translation From PharmaQuest Ltd UK. |
| 2012 - 2014 | Immediate and Long-term Psychological Impacts among Amputees in Diabetics Patients ; A Prospective Study |
| 2011 - 2014 | Quality of Life and Psychological Disabilities among Chronic Renal Failure Patients |
| 2011 - 2012 | Study of Prevalence of Psychiatric Illness among Diabetic Patients in Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan, Pahang, Malaysia |
| 2011 - | RU 2011 - Study of Prevalence and Etiological Factors in Relation with Recurrent Admissions of Patients in Psychiatric Department at Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan, Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia |
| 2011 - 2012 | Inventing and Validating a New Family Questionnaire: Soalselidik Persekitaran Keluarga (SPK) as a Tool to Understand the Mechanism of Attribution to Social |
| 2011 - 2015 | RU 2011 -Assessment of Documentation DSM IV criteria in diagnosis of Schizophernia in Psychiatric Unit Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan, Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia. |
| 2011 - 2012 | Concordance Among Medical Officers in the Diagnosis of Psychiatric Disorders in Admission and Emergency Department and Psychiatric Ward of Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan |
| 2010 - 2010 | Educational Speaker in ?Updates in the Management of Schizophrenia ? |
| 2010 - 2010 | Randomized Controlled trial of the Safety and Efficacy of Ziprasidone vs Aripiprazole in the Treatment of Schizophrenia with Metabolic Syndrome and Diabetes Mellitus |
| 2010 - 2012 | Study of Demographic, Clinical data and Biomaterial collection of Schizophrenia patients in Pahang |
| 2010 - 2010 | Educational Speaker on Updates in the Management in Schizophrenia (One time event) |
| 2009 - 2011 | Metabolic Syndrome and Diabetes Mellitus among Schizophrenic Patients With Atypical Antipsychotics. |
| 2008 - 2011 | Quality of Life and Factor Determining the Outcomes of Methadone Maintenance Therapy: A Malaysian Perspective |
| 2008 - 2009 | Validation and Cross-Cultural Adaptation of Bahasa Malaysia Version of Family Environment Scale (FES) Questionnaire |
| 2008 - 2010 | 1-Year Outcomes of Methadone Maintenance Therapy: A Retrospective Study |
| 2007 - 2008 | Cross-Cultural Adaptation And Validation Of Bahasa Melayu Version Of The Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q). |
On-Going
| 2025 - Present | GENDER DYSPHORIA: MEDICAL, ISLAMIC REVEALED KNOWLEDGE AND HUMAN SCIENCES PERSPECTIVES: PART II |
| 2025 - Present | Digitalizing Mental Health Screening: Decision-based Game for Anxiety Disorder Screening with EEG Profiling System |
| 2023 - Present | A Feasibility Study on the Development of the Medical Cannabinoid Industry in Malaysia |
| 2019 - Present | Correlating the effect of emotion-based teaching pedagogy in regulating the socio-emotion of ASD children (Project 4) |
| 2017 - Present | Identification of Emotional Health Status in Malaysia using fMRI and Self-perceived Measures |
| 2017 - Present | Identification of Potential Sound Therapy Methods for Working Memory and Auditory Sensory Gating Intervention in Children with Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) |
| 2016 - Present | Development of depression symptoms model for thyroid disorders patients in Malaysia |
| 2011 - Present | Inventing and Validating New Questionnaires: The Muslim Doctor Questionnaire (MDQ) and the Muslim Medical Student Questionnaire (MMSQ) among Malaysian Population |
| 2011 - Present | Book - Psychosomatic Medicine: Asian Perspective and Future Needs |
| 2010 - Present | Translation, Validation and Psychometric Properties of Bahasa Malaysia Version of the Stigmatization Questionnaire |
| 2009 - Present | Psychological Disabilities and Coping Styles among Infertile Couples |
Awards & Recognition
| 22 Feb, 2018 | Invention & Innovation Awards 2018 (Silver Medal) - Malaysian Association of Research Scientists (MARS) | National |
| 06 Dec, 2015 | 14th International Conference and Exposition on Inventions by Institutions of Higher Learning (PECIPTA 2015) - The Ministry of Education Malaysia | National |
| 05 Oct, 2015 | IIUM Quality Research Award - The International Islamic University Malaysia | University |
| 05 Oct, 2015 | University Innovation Award - The International Islamic University Malaysia | University |
| 10 Sep, 2015 | ANUGERAH HARTA INTELEK NEGARA 2015 (AHIN2015) KATEGORI HAKCIPTA - Perbadanan Harta Intelek Malaysia (MyIPO) | National |
| 14 Mar, 2013 | Outstanding Research Quality Award (Health and Allied Sciences), University level. 2013, University Quality Day - International Islamic University Malaysia. | University |
| 14 Feb, 2013 | Evaluation of Psychological Profile and Quality of Life of Dialysis Patents in Malaysia Silver Medal. IIUM Research, Innovation & Research Exhibition 2013. - International Islamic University Malaysia | University |
| 12 Feb, 2013 | Gold Medal. Inventing and Validating Questionnaires Muslim Doctor Questionnaire (MDQ) & Muslim Medical Student Questionnaire (MMSQ). IIUM Research, Innovation & Research Exhibition 2013. , February 2013. - International Islamic University Malaysia | University |
| 26 Jun, 2012 | Outstanding Research Quality Award (Health and Allied Sciences) - International Islamic University Malaysia. | International |
| 07 Apr, 2012 | Best Poster Presentation. Second Trimester Psychological Morbidity: Does it Affect the pregnancy Outcome" 8th , Outreach Course in Conjunction with 3rd Scientific Meeting College O&G Singapore. - International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology ISUOG | International |
| 21 Feb, 2012 | Gold Medal. Inventing & Validation of a New Family Scale; Asian Family Scale. IIUM Research, Innovation & Research Exhibition 2012 - International Islamic University Malaysia | University |
| 21 Feb, 2012 | Bronze Medal. Obesity In Schizophrenia Receiving Outtpatient Treatment In Regional Hospital In Malaysia. IIUM Research, Innovation & Research Exhibition 2012. - International Islamic University Malaysia | University |
| 26 Jan, 2010 | Outstanding Research Quality Award (Health and Allied Sciences) IIUM Quality Day, 2012 - International Islamic University Malaysia | University |
| 25 Aug, 2008 | Best poster presentation. F Mohd Ariff, Y Khalid, AA Zubaidi, A Suthahar, M Ramli. Patterns of coping with stress among hypertensive and non-hypertensive subjects. International Conference of Healthcare 2008. Universiti Darul Iman Malaysia. 24-25 August 2008. - Universiti Darul Iman Malaysia | International |
| 18 Jul, 2007 | Second Best Presentation. Ramli M, Zasmani S. Stress, Anxiety and Depressive Levels Among Mothers of ADHD Children and Their Relationships With ADHD Symptoms. Second Research Workshop 2007. - Medical Faculty UiTM | University |
Publications
Articles
Conference or Workshop Items
Book Sections
| 2024 | Management of gender dysphoria. In: CENTRIS, IIUM, ISBN: , pp. 62-71 |
| 2024 | Validation and psychometric properties of Bahasa Malaysia version on Parent Emotional Style Questionnaire (PESQ). In: Springer Nature, ISBN: 978-3-031-71525-9, pp. 649-658 |
| 2022 | Nutrition and anxiety disorders. In: Springer, ISBN: 978-981-19-5020-9, pp. 273-287 |
Monograph
| 2019 | Development of depression symptoms model for thyroid disorders patients in malaysia. In: , |