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Academic Qualifications
- Master of Medicine (Microbiology) - Masters Degree (Clinical Specialist), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)
- Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery - Bachelor Degree, International Islamic University Malaysia
Norhidayah Binti Kamarudin (Dr.)
Assistant Professor
IIUM Kuantan Campus
KULLIYYAH OF MEDICINE
norhidayahkamarudin@iium.edu.my
4522
Area of Specialisation
- Medical And Health ~ Medical And Health Sciences ~ Medical Microbiology ~ Parasitology
- Medical And Health ~ Medical And Health Sciences ~ Clinical Medicine ~ Surgery
- Medical And Health ~ Medical And Health Sciences ~ Clinical Medicine ~ Infectious/ Communicable Diseases - Pathology (Medical Microbiology)
- Medical And Health ~ Medical And Health Sciences ~ Medical Microbiology ~ Bacteriology
- Medical And Health ~ Medical And Health Sciences ~ Medical Microbiology ~ Mycology
- Medical And Health ~ Medical And Health Sciences ~ Medical Microbiology ~ Virology
- Natural Science ~ Biological Sciences ~ Microbiology ~ Medical Microbiology
Teaching Responsibilities
| BASIC & CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY | 2025/2026 2024/2025 2023/2024 |
| BASIC GENERAL SURGERY POSTING | 2024/2025 2023/2024 |
| BODY REACTIONS TO PHYSICAL, CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL AGENTS | 2025/2026 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021 |
| CARDIOVASCULAR AND RESPIRATORY SYSTEMS | 2025/2026 |
| CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY | 2024/2025 |
| CARDIOVASCULAR, RESPIRATORY AND HAEMOPOIETIC SYSTEMS | 2025/2026 2024/2025 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021 |
| CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY PRACTICE | 2025/2026 2024/2025 2023/2024 |
| Endocrine Physiology | 2024/2025 |
| Gastrointestinal Tract Physiology | 2024/2025 |
| General Molecular & Proteomics Techniques | 2024/2025 |
| General Pathology | 2021/2022 |
| HOSPITAL SAFETY | 2024/2025 |
| INTRODUCTION TO MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY | 2025/2026 2024/2025 2022/2023 2021/2022 |
| Introduction to Medical Physiology | 2024/2025 |
| MEDICAL BACTERIOLOGY | 2025/2026 2024/2025 2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022 |
| MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY | 2025/2026 |
| MEDICAL MYCOLOGY | 2025/2026 2024/2025 2023/2024 |
| MEDICAL VIROLOGY | 2025/2026 2024/2025 2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022 |
| NORMAL RESPONSE AND PROCESS TO DISEASED STATE | 2025/2026 2024/2025 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021 |
| NORMAL STRUCTURE & FUNCTION OF THE HUMAN CELL, TISSUE & BODY SYSTEMS | 2025/2026 2024/2025 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021 |
| RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY | 2024/2025 |
| RESPONSE TO DISEASED STATE AND EXOGENOUS AGENTS | 2025/2026 |
| STRUCTURE & FUNCTION IN NORMAL & DISEASED STATES & BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCE | 2025/2026 2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020 |
| THE ALIMENTARY AND HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEMS | 2024/2025 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021 |
| THE ENDOCRINE, REPRODUCTIVE AND URINARY SYSTEMS | 2025/2026 2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021 |
| THE ENDOCRINE, REPRODUCTIVE URINARY SYSTEMS | 2019/2020 |
| THE LOCOMOTOR AND NERVOUS SYSTEMS | 2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020 |
Supervision
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Evaluation Of The Impact Of The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) Pandemic On Hospital Acquired Infections And Antimicrobial Utilization Among Hospitalized Patient.
Ph.D
In Progress
Co-supervisor
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An Evaluation Of Antimicrobial Use And Prescribing Practices.
Ph.D
In Progress
Co-supervisor
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In Vitro Susceptibility Of Carbapenemresistant Enterobacterales To Colistin,
Tigecycline And Ceftazidime-Avibactam.
Master
Completed
2025
Co-supervisor
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Pre-Analytical Factors Impacting Blood Culture Positivity Outcomes: A Cross-Sectional Study At Sultan Ahmad Shah Medical Centre, Iium.
Master
Completed
2024
Main 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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Prevalence Of Contaminants On The Hospitals' Lift Buttons Leads To An Investigation On Antimicrobial Resistance Coagulase-Negative Staphylococcus Spp..
Master
Completed
2023
Co-supervisor
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The Clinical Effect And Microbiological Study Of Clay Solution Used For Irrigation In Musculoskeletal Wound.
Master
In Progress
Co-supervisor
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A Comparative Study Of Pre-Operative Midstream Urine Culture And Stone Culture In Patients Undergoing Endourological Stone Removal.
Master
In Progress
Co-supervisor
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Research Projects
Completed
| 2024 - 2024 | A Multi-centre Study to Define Novel Individualised Dosing Regimens to Maximise Antibiotic Effectiveness for Treatment of Pneumonia in ICU: The Sparse-Pneudos Study |
| 2023 - 2025 | Use of Infrared Thermography in the Early Detection of Development of Phlebitis in Adult Patients |
| 2023 - 2024 | Pneumococcal Carriage and Serotype Distribution in Children with Otitis Media in Malaysia |
| 2021 - 2024 | Field Performance Study of a Novel Qualitative SARS-CoV-2 Pre-Infectious Stage Detection Kit (Virulizer) |
| 2021 - 2023 | Polymerase Chain Reaction (Pcr) Versus Blood Culture To Detect Burkholderia Pseudomallei Species In High Risk Patients With Suspected Or Diagnosed With Melioidosis In Pahang |
| 2021 - 2024 | Evaluating the burden of paediatric pneumococcal pneumonia in Malaysia prior to and during pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) implementation |
| 2021 - 2024 | Expression Of Group B Streptococcus Virulence Genes In Gbs Isolates From High Vaginal Swab Samples Of Pregnant Women And Their Association With Preterm Delivery |
On-Going
| 2025 - Present | Surveillance of Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacterales: Genomic & Antimicrobial Susceptibility Profiling & in SASMEC@IIUM |
| 2025 - Present | Clinical and Microbiological Evaluation of Kaolin Clay Solution for Irrigation in Musculoskeletal Wounds |
| 2025 - Present | Evaluating the Safety of Introducing Maternal Own Microbiome into Pasteurized Donor Human Milk : A Pilot Exploratory Study on enhancing PDHM at Halimatussaadia Mother's Milk Centre. |
| 2025 - Present | MOLECULAR CHARACTERISATIONS OF TRIMETHOPRIM- SULFAMETHOXAZOLE RESISTANT BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI ISOLATED FROM TERTIARY HOSPITALS. |
| 2025 - Present | Investigation of Environmental Microbial on High-Touch Surfaces Associated with Hospital-Acquired Infections (HAIs) at the Emergency and Trauma Department, SASMEC, by 16S rRNA Microbiome Profiling |
| 2025 - Present | Prevalence and Clinical Characteristics of Occult Hepatitis B Infection Among Patients Undergoing Viral Screening at SASMEC@IIUM: A Cross-Sectional Study |
| 2025 - Present | DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATIONAL DIGITAL TOOLS AS PART OF ANTIMICROBIAL STEWARDSHIP (AMS) FOR ANTIBIOTIC PRESCRIBING PRACTICES IN INTENSIVE CARE UNIT |
| 2024 - Present | Surveillance and Trends of Antimicrobial Resistance in ESKAPEE Pathogens in Malaysia |
| 2021 - Present | Hand Hygiene Knowledge And Attitude In Primary School Children In Kuantan : How Do They Fare In Hand Hygiene Practice |
| 2021 - Present | Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Versus Blood Culture to Detect Burkholderia Pseudomallei Species in High Risk Patients with Suspected or Diagnosed with Melioidosis in Pahang |
| 2021 - Present | IIUM Crisis Action, Research and Education (iCARE) |
| 2021 - Present | Elucidating the molecular interaction of SARS-CoV-2 E protein and its role in cross-species transmission by using amber suppression technology |
| 2021 - Present | Hand Hygiene Knowledge and Attitude in Primary School Children in Kuantan : How Do They Fare in Hand Hygiene Practice? |
| 2021 - Present | Expression of Group B Streptococcus Virulence Genes in GBS Isolates From High Vaginal Swab Samples of Pregnant Women and Their Association with Preterm Delivery |