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Awards

August 2018 International Award “Outstanding Scientist – Microbiology”

November 2019 Long Service Award (10 years).

September 2017 Outstanding Abstract Award (2017)

December 2016 Best Oral Presentation Award (2016)

March 2016 Best Poster Award (2016).

December 2015 Best Poster Award (2015).

April 2004 Silver Medal and Certificate - Research & Innovation Expo (2004).

Degrees:

2008
Doctorate     Medical and Health Sciences incl Neurosciences
Microbiology, Immunology, Infectious Diseases

Publications resulting from Research
ARTICLE IN JOURNALS

Year 2020

Sulin Choo, Voon Kin Chin, Eng Hwa Wong, Priya Madhavan, Sun Tee Tay, Phelim Voon Chen Yong, Pei Pei Chong. Review: Antimicrobial properties of allicin used alone or in combination with other medications. 2020. Folia Microbiologica. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12223-020-00786-5 [ISI/Scopus-indexed, Impact Factor = 1.448] (ISI-Indexed)

Ahmad, B., Friar, E. P., Vohra, M. S., Garrett, M. D., Serpell, C. J., Fong, I. L., & Wong, E. H. (2020). Mechanisms of action for the anti-obesogenic activities of phytochemicals. Phytochemistry, 180, 112513. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0031942220305483?via%3Dihub [ISI/Scopus indexed; Impact Factor: 3.044] (ISI-Indexed)

Yao Mun Choo, Shelley Springer, Ke Xin Yip, Azanna Ahmad Kamar, Eng Hwa Wong, Shaun Wen Huey Lee, and Nai Ming Lai. High- versus low-dose conventional phototherapy for neonatal jaundice (Protocol). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2020, Issue 4. Art. No.: CD003308. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD003308.pub2. [Cochrane Reviews, Impact Factor = 7.755] (ISI-Indexed)

Bilal Ahmad, Christopher J Serpell, Isabel Fong Lim, Eng Hwa Wong. Molecular Mechanisms of Adipogenesis: The Anti-Adipogenic Role of AMP-Activated Protein Kinase. Review, Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences. – Cellular Biochemistry, 2020. Front. Mol. Biosci., 08 May 2020 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fmolb.2020.00076 [ISI/Scopus-indexed, Impact Factor = 4.188] (ISI-Indexed)

Saleemi, M. A., Ahmad, B., Benchoula, K., Vohra, M. S., Mea, H. J., Chong, P. P., Palanisamy, N. K., & Wong, E. H. (2020). Emergence and molecular mechanisms of SARS-CoV-2 and HIV to target host cells and potential therapeutics. Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 85, .1-14. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1567134820304147?via%3Dihub [ISI/Scopus Indexed, Impact Factor: 2.773] (ISI-Indexed)

Muhammad Sufyan Vohra, Bilal Ahmad, Christopher J. Serpell, Ishwar S. Parhar, Eng Hwa Wong*. Murine in vitro cellular models to better understand adipogenesis and its potential applications. Differentiation, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diff.2020.08.003 [IS/ScopusI-indexed, Impact Factor = 2.567] (ISI-Indexed)

M.A Saleemi, Y.L. Kong, P.V.C. Yong, E.H. Wong. An overview of recent development in therapeutic drug carrier system using carbon nanotubes. Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology 2020, 59, 101855. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jddst.2020.101855 [ISI/Scopus-indexed, Impact Factor = 2.734] (ISI-Indexed)

Mansab Ali Saleemi, Mohammad Hosseini Fouladi, Phelim Voon Chen Yong and Eng Hwa Wong. Elucidation of Antimicrobial Activity of Non-Covalently Dispersed Carbon Nanotubes. Materials 2020, 13(7), 1676; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma13071676 - 03 Apr 2020 [ISI/Scopus-indexed, Impact Factor = 3.057] (ISI-Indexed)

Wan Yean Chung, Yan Zhu, Mohd Hafidz Mahamad Maifiah, Naveen Kumar Hawala Shivashekaregowda, Eng Hwa Wong*, Nusaibah Abdul Rahim*.Novel antimicrobial development using genome-scale metabolic model of Gram-negative pathogens: A review. The Journal of Antibiotics. [ISI/Scopus indexed; Impact Factor 2.668] (ISI-Indexed)

Mansab Ali Saleemi, Phelim Voon Chen Yong and Eng Hwa Wong. Investigation of antimicrobial activity and cytotoxicity of synthesized surfactant-modified carbon nanotubes/polyurethane electrospun nanofibers. (2020). Nano Structure and Nano Objects [Accepted NANOSO-D-20-00497R2: ISI/Scopus-ondexed, Impact Factor = 4.25]