Curriculum Vitae

DR. BUSHRA BINTI MEGAT JOHARI

Medical Lecturer
  • Department of Medicine
    Faculty of Medicine
  • bushra
  • 0379492129

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION

  • MRCP(UK)2016
    Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
  • MSC(DUB)2014, (HEALTHCARE INFECTION MANAGEMENT)
    Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
  • MB BC BOA(IRE)2009, (Medicine, Obstetrics and Surgery)
    National University of Ireland

ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES

  • Committee Members
    22 Sep 2022 - 22 Sep 2026 (National)
  • Committee Members
    01 Jan 2024 - 31 Dec 2025 (University Malaya)
  • UMMC Tuberculosis Committee Member
    16 Dec 2021 - 30 Dec 2022 (Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine)
  • Committee member for the Monitoring and Prevention of Tuberculosis Among UMMC Staff
    08 Jan 2020 - 30 Dec 2022 (University Malaya)
  • Committee member for Root Cause Analysis Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia in the University of Malaya Medical Centre
    09 Sep 2021 - 09 Sep 2022 (Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine)
  • Guideline on MDT management of COVID-19 patients in UMMC
    04 May 2021 - 31 Dec 2021 (University Malaya)
  • Committee Member for UMMC COVID-19 Vaccination Programme
    01 Feb 2021 - 30 Apr 2021 (Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine)
  • COVID-19 Committee Member
    24 Jan 2020 - 31 Dec 2020 (University Malaya)
  • Coordinator for World Antibiotic Awareness Week 2020
    09 Nov 2020 - 13 Nov 2020 (Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine)
  • Committee Member for World AIDS Day 2019
    18 Dec 2019 - 18 Dec 2019 (University Malaya)
  • Committee Member for Antibiotic Awareness Week 2019
    11 Nov 2019 - 15 Nov 2019 (Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine)

MEMBERSHIPS

  • DIPLOMA IN TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE, MEMBER
    Since 2022 (International)
  • MALAYSIAN SOCIETY OF HIV MEDICINE, MEMBER
    Since 2019 (National)
  • MEMBERSHIP OF THE ROYAL COLLEGES OF PHYSICIANS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, MEMBERSHIP
    Since 2016 (International)
  • MALAYSIAN SOCIETY OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND CHEMOTHERAPY, MEMBER
    2019 to 2021 (National)

PUBLICATIONS

Article in Journal
WoS
  1. Lim, Say Hiang; Lim, Yin Cheng; Zaki, Rafdzah Ahmad; Johari, Bushra Megat; Chang, Chung Yuan; Omar, Sharifah Faridah Syed; Azzeri, Amirah; Dahlui, Maznah; Kamarulzaman, Adeeba (2025). Effect of Long COVID on Work Performance and Annual Monetary Loss Among Infected Health Care Workers at a Tertiary Hospital in Malaysia, JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE. 67(1), 44-50. doi:10.1097/JOM.0000000000003256
  2. Lim, Say Hiang; Lim, Yin Cheng; Zaki, Rafdzah Ahmad; Johari, Bushra Megat; Chang, Chung Yuan; Omar, Sharifah Faridah Syed; Azzeri, Amirah; Dahlui, Maznah; Kamarulzaman, Adeeba (2024). Prevalence and predictors of post-acute COVID syndrome among infected healthcare workers at University Malaya Medical Centre, PLOS ONE. 19(4). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0298376
  3. Teo, S. W.; Ong, H. C.; Ng, R. X.; Kukreja, A.; Johari, B. Megat; Basri, S.; Lee, C. E.; Ponnampalavanar, S. (2023). ASSESSING THE APPROPRIATE USE OF MEROPENEM AND THE ASSOCIATION OF ACCEPTANCE OF ANTIMICROBIAL STEWARDSHIP (AMS) INTERVENTIONS WITH ADVERSE OUTCOMES IN A MALAYSIA TERTIARY HOSPITAL, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 134, S21-S21. doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2023.07.020
  4. Rajaram, Ruveena; Puvanendran, Nisha; Lee, Wai-Kin; Prasad, Ram; Omar, Sharifah Faridah Syed; Ponnampalavanar, Sasheela; Wong, Pui-Li; Basri, Sazali; Azwa, Raja Iskandar Shah Raja; Sulaiman, Helmi; Kukreja, Anjanna; Ng, Rong-Xiang; Johari, Bushra Megat; Ong, Hang-Cheng; Mahadeva, Sanjiv (2021). COVID-19 and liver dysfunction: Preliminary data from a single centre in Malaysia, JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY. 36, 272-273
  5. Ng, R. X.; Johari, B. Megat; Kuppusamy, P.; Ponnampalavanar, S.; Sohail, A. (2020). A quality improvement study to reduce peripheral intravenous catheter-related complications in the medical ward of a tertiary hospital in Malaysia, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 101, 311-312. doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2020.09.813
Others
  1. Ng Rong Xiang, Bushra Megat Johari, Punitha Kuppusamy, Sasheela Ponnampalavanar, Asma Sohail. A Quality Improvement Study to Reduce Peripheral Intravenous Catheter-Related Complications in a Medical Ward of a Tertiary Hospital in Malaysia (University Malaya Medical Centre)
  2. Mac Aog in M, Johari BM, Bower JE, O Toole RF. Draft Genome Sequence of a Multidrug-Resistant New Zealand Isolate of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Lineage 3. Genome Announcements. 2014;2(5):e01017-14. doi:10.1128/genomeA.01017-14.
  3. O Toole, R. F., Johari, B. M., Mac Aog in, M., Rogers, T. R., Bower, J. E., Basu, I., & Freeman, J. T. (2014). Draft Genome Sequence of the First Isolate of Extensively Drug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in New Zealand. Genome Announcements, 2(3), e00319 14. http://doi.org/10.1128/genomeA.00319-14

RESEARCH PROJECT

National
  1. 2022 - 2025, ALLIANZ MALAYSIA BERHAD
    ASSESSMENT OF POST-ACUTE COVID SYNDROME (PACS) AND SEROLOGICAL RESPONSE IN CONFIRMED COVID-19 PATIENTS IN THE UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA MEDICAL CENTRE ( Principal Investigator(PI))
  2. 2022 - 2025, TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL PTE LTD
    EARLY ORAL STEP-DOWN ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY VERSUS CONTINUING INTRAVENOUS THERAPY FOR UNCOMPLICATED GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERAEMIA (THE INVEST TRIAL) ( Co-Researcher)
  3. 2019 - 2020, NONE
    Assessment of Tuberculosis Prophylaxis Therapy in HIV patients in University Malaya Medical Centre: A Retrospective Cross-sectional Study ( Principal Investigator(PI))
Private
  1. 2025 - 2027, TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL PTE LTD
    STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS NETWORK ADAPTIVE PLATFORM (SNAP) TRIAL ( Co-Researcher)
International
  1. 2024 - 2031, AUSTIN HEALTH
    STUDY ON IMPACT OF PENICILLIN ALLERGY DELABELING PROGRAM IN UNIVERSITY MALAYA MEDICAL CENTRE (UMMC): INTERNATIONAL NETWORK OF ANTIBIOTIC ALLERGY NATIONS (INAAN) ( Co-Researcher)
  2. 2025 - 2027, THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES
    PHASE III/IV FACTORIAL RANDOMISED DOUBLE-BLIND TRIAL TO COMPARE THE ADDITION OF DAPAGLIFLOZIN VERSUS PLACEBO, AND ROSUVASTATIN/EZETIMIBE VERSUS PITAVASTATIN, IN PATIENTS WITH HIV ON INTEGRASE STRAND TRANSFER INHIBITOR-BASED ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY WITH ELEVATED METABOLIC RISK (THE OPTIMAR STUDY). ( Co-Researcher)
  3. 2025 - 2026, UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES, AS REPRESENTED BY THE KIRBY INSTITUTE
    OTAC: AN INTERNATIONAL MULTICENTER, RANDOMIZED, DOUBLE-BLIND, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED TRIAL OF THE SAFETY AND EFFICACY OF ANTI-CORONAVIRUS HYPERIMMUNE INTRAVENOUS IMMUNOGLOBULIN FOR THE TREATMENT OF ADULT OUTPATIENTS IN EARLY STAGES OF COVID-19 ( Co-Researcher)
  4. 2023 - 2025, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY SINGAPORE (NUS)
    EARLY IMPACT THERAPY WITH CEFTAZIDIME-AVIBACTAM VIA RAPID DIAGNOSTICS VERSUS STANDARD OF CARE ANTIBIOTICS AND DIAGNOSTICS IN PATIENTS WITH HOSPITAL-ACQUIRED BLOODSTREAM INFECTION, HOSPITAL-ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA, OR VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA DUE TO PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA OR CARBAPENEMASE PRODUCING ENTEROBACTERALES ( Co-Researcher)
  5. 2023 - 2025, WORLD HEART FEDERATION
    WORLD HEART FEDERATION (WHF) COVID-19 AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE STUDY ( Co-Researcher)
  6. 2021 - 2023, THE UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND
    INVESTIGATOR DRIVEN RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL OF CEFIDEROCOL VERSUS STANDARD THERAPY FOR HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED AND HOSPITAL ACQUIRED GRAM- NEGATIVE BLOOD STREAM INFECTION (GAME CHANGER) ( Co-Researcher)
University
  1. 2021 - 2023, Private Funding
    Assessment of Post-Acute COVID Syndrome (PACS) and Serological Response in Confirmed COVID-19 Patients in the University of Malaya Medical Centre ( Principal Investigator(PI))

CONSULTANCY PROJECT

  • Ahli Jawatankuasa Pemantauan dan Pencegahan Penyakit Tuberculosis (tb) Dikalangan Staf Di Ppum, UMMC
    01 Feb 2020 - 01 Feb 2022 (National)
  • Covid-19 Committee Member, Ummc, UMMC
    01 Mar 2020 - 01 Mar 2020 (National)
  • Organising Committe for World Aids Day 2019, UMMC
    01 Feb 2019 - 01 Feb 2019 (National)

PAPER PRESENTED

INVITED SPEAKER
  1. Culture Collection and Interpretation: Let's Get it Right!, Universiti Malaya Antibiotic Masterclass 11, Infectious Diseases Unit, Universiti Malaya (National) (19 Sep 2025 - 19 Sep 2025)
  2. TB/HIV: Double trouble/threats: From diagnosis, treatment, prevention, UM HIV/STI Updates Workshop, Infectious Diseases Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya (National) (08 Feb 2025 - 08 Feb 2025)
  3. Phage therapy: A clinical option for challenging infections, Webinar: Phage therapy: A clinical option for challenging infections, Malaysian Society of Infection Control and Infectious Diseases, Malaysian Society of Infectious Diseases & Chemotherapy, Phages for Global Health, MAMSIG (International) (08 Jan 2025 - 08 Jan 2025)
  4. HIV and TB Coinfection, UMMC TRAINING ON CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINE (CPG) MANAGEMENT OF TUBERCULOSIS 4TH EDITION, UMMC TB Committee (University) (09 Dec 2022 - 09 Dec 2022)
  5. SESSION 4 PBL SESSION: BRIDGING THE KNOWLEDGE ON AIDS, ERADICATE AIDS AND STIGMA FOR EQUALITY ERASE. , ERASE (University) (16 Jan 2022 - 16 Jan 2022)
  6. 2019 Novel Coronavirus - Clinical Features, Should we worry about the Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) emerging from China?, Faculty of Medicine, UMMC (University) (06 Feb 2020 - 06 Feb 2020)
  7. Managing Patients with Blood Borne Viruses: What is the Risk to the Healthcare Workers?, Best Practices to Manage Patients with Blood Borne Viruses, Faculty of Dentistry (University) (11 Jan 2019 - 11 Jan 2019)
  8. TB in HIV disease: Diagnosis and management, TB Seminar, Jawatankuansa TB PPUM (University) (22 Nov 2018 - 22 Nov 2018)
  9. Basics of Diagnosing Infection, Antibiotic Masterclass: Antibiotic 101, Infectious Diseases Unit (University) (22 Sep 2018 - 22 Sep 2018)
POSTER PRESENTER
  1. The descriptive profiles of Post-Acute COVID Syndrome (PACS) Among COVID-19 Survivors in a Tertiary Hospital in Malaysia, Demystifying Long COVID Conference, Virology Education/ Academic Medical Education (VE/AME) (International) (21 Nov 2024 - 22 Nov 2024)

ACADEMIC/ PROF. SERVICES

Media appearance
  1. (2021) Invited Speaker - Flood and Risk of Disease. Traxx Fm, National, (Interview)
  2. (2021) Invited Speaker, National, (Panelist/Moderator)

COURSE ATTENDED

External Course
NATIONAL
  1. Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPG) Management of Tuberculosis 4th Edition, Dewan Kampo, International Youth Centre, Bandar Tun Razak (14 Aug 2022 - 15 Aug 2022)
  2. National Infectious Diseases Conference 2021, Virtual Conference (25 Sep 2021 - 26 Sep 2021)
INTERNATIONAL
  1. MIST Summer Bootcamp: Real-life Implementation Science, Hilton Kuala Lumpur (21 Jun 2022 - 23 Jun 2022)
  2. Asia Pacific Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infection 2021, Virtual Conference (11 Nov 2021 - 13 Nov 2021)
Internal/ External Course
  1. REGIONAL LUNG HEALTH & TUBERCULOSIS CONFERENCE 2025, GRAND RIVERVIEW HOTEL, KOTA BHARU (29 Jun 2025 - 30 Jun 2025)
  2. DEMYSTIFYING LONG COVID, ALEXANDRE HOTEL FIRA CONGRESS, BARCELONA (20 Nov 2024 - 23 Nov 2024)
  3. IEDEA ASIA-PACIFIC TB RESEARCH THINK TANK, NOVOTEL BANGKOK SUKHUMVIT (15 Oct 2023 - 17 Oct 2023)
  4. 6TH ASIA DENGUE SUMMIT (ADS) AND TAKEDA?S PRE-CONGRESS WORKSHOP, MONTIEN HOTEL SURAWONG, BANGKOK, THAILAND (13 Jun 2023 - 17 Jun 2023)
  5. INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON INFECTIOUS DISEASES (ICID 2022) , KUALA LUMPUR CONVENTION CENTRE (17 Nov 2022 - 20 Nov 2022)
  6. BANGKOK INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON HIV MEDICINE 2022 VIRTUAL CONFERENCE, VIRTUAL (19 Jan 2022 - 21 Jan 2022)