This year, we have a total of 24 successful recipients out of 61 applications for FRGS from the Faculty of Medicine (39.3%).
Please find the list of successful applicants as below:
| No. | Project Leader | Department | Project Title |
| 1 | Anwar Bin Norazit | Biomedical Science | Integrative transcriptomic and metagenomic profiling within the brain-gut-microbiome-axis of glial cell-line derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) knockout zebrafish (Danio rerio) model of Parkinson's disease. |
| 2 | Azlina Amir Abbas | Orthopaedic Surgery | A study investigating attenuation of pro-inflammatory macrophage polarisation through leptin stimulated JAK2 pathway to delay osteoarthritis in high-fat diet-induced obese C57BL/6J mice model |
| 3 | Chaw Sook Hui | Anaesthesiology | Integration of Electronic Medical Records using machine learning approach to identify high-risk surgical patients during the perioperative period |
| 4 | Choo Wan Yuen | Social & Preventive Medicine | A new measurement framework for elder abuse and neglect in older adults |
| 5 | Dharmani Devi A/P Murugan | Pharmacology | In-vivo, biochemical and molecular mechanisms for the angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE)-inhibitory effects of Lignosus rhinocerus in alleviating vascular dysfunction in hypertension. |
| 6 | Foong Chan Choong | MERDU | Conceptualisation and Measurement of Feedback Literacy for Medical Students in Malaysia |
| 7 | Fung Shin Yee | Molecular Medicine | Isolation, characterization and 3D structure studies of a novel antineoplastic deoxyribonuclease-like protein from the medicinal fungi, Lignosus tigris |
| 8 | Goh Siew Li | Sports Medicine | Knee osteoarthritis: elucidating the role of radiographic biomarkers as mechanistic predictor of pain severity and response to intra-articular hyaluronic acid therapy |
| 9 | Kiew Lik Voon | Pharmacology | Fundamental Investigation on the Nanocarrier-assisted Rapid Drug Urothelial Mucopenetration and Ultrasound-regulated Tumour-selective Bladder Drug Delivery to Improve Intravesical Bladder Cancer Therapy |
| 10 | Krishnamurithy A/L Genasan | Physiology | The effects of Tumor Necrosis Factor activated NF-kappaB pathway attenuation by silencing RNF216/TRIAD3- E3 ligase in macrophage anti-inflammatory phenotypic commitments as a potential treatment for inflammation in arthritis |
| 11 | Kumar Seluakumaran | Physiology | Understanding the mechanism of hidden hearing loss using a novel cochlear frequency selectivity measure |
| 12 | Lee Wenn Chyau | Parasitology | Investigation on the susceptibility of Aedes aegypti to insecticides and dengue viruses after the infection of Wolbachia. |
| 13 | Leo Bey Fen | Molecular Medicine | Investigating factors affecting aptamer's conformation and target sensitivity at the aptamer-graphene interface and mechanism description for biosensing applications |
| 14 | Lim Jasmine | Surgery | Mass Spectrometric and Immunohistochemical Profiling of Stage-Specific N- and O-glycans for the Identification of Prostate Cancer Biomarker |
| 15 | Mohamad Shafiq Bin Azanan | Paediatric | Mitigation of accelerated immunologic ageing in childhood cancer survivors by increasing nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) bioavailability for Sirtuin 1 through CD38 catalytic inhibition |
| 16 | Muhammad Farid Nazer Bin Muhammad Faruqu | Pharmacology | Evaluating directed encapsulation of CRISPR/Cas9 as self-assembled ribonucleoprotein (RNP) complex into exosomes for CD73 ablation as locally administered lung cancer immunotherapy |
| 17 | Nor Ashikin Binti Md Sari | Medicine | Personalized Coupled Left Ventricle? Systemic Arterial Models for Improved Monitoring and Understanding of Ventriculoarterial Coupling in Hypertension |
| 18 | Noran Naqiah Binti Mohd Hairi | Social & Preventive Medicine | Unravelling the readiness of primary healthcare providers in responding to family violence |
| 19 | Sugesh Raghavan | Orthopaedic Surgery | Investigating the role of peripheral blood miRNAs as potential diagnostic, prognostic, and therapeutic targets in treating osteoarthritis |
| 20 | Tunku Kamarul Zaman Bin Tunku Zainol Abidin | Orthopaedic Surgery | Uncover the potential role of silenced? ACSL4 and -LPCAT3 in induced-ferroptosis- |
| 21 | Umah Rani A/P Kuppusamy | Biomedical Science | Elucidating the mechanism of adipocyte browning and mitigation of gut dysbiosis by Peperomia pellucida in diet induced obesity in mice. |
| 22 | Wong Kah Hui | Anatomy | Elucidation of the therapeutic role of medicinal mushroom, Hericium erinaceus (Bull.: Fr.) Pers. in spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 (SCA3) |
| 23 | Wong Pooi Fong | Pharmacology | Investigation of the Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER) Stress-STING Crosstalk Driving Synovial Inflammation in Osteoarthritis |
| 24 | Wong Won Fen | Medical Microbiology | Investigating the alteration of mitochondrial metabolism associated with CD8+ T cell exhaustion |