PROF. HESHAM MAHYOUB SARHAN AL-MEKHLAFI
Department of Parasitology
Faculty of Medicine
halmekhlafi@um.edu.myView CV | |
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Hesham Al-Mekhlafi has a PhD in public health (2008), master’s degrees in medical science (parasitology) (2004) and in applied statistics (2012) as well as a bachelor’s degree in medical laboratories (1997). Since early 2000s, he has been actively engaged in research on the molecular epidemiology and prevention of infectious diseases including malaria, neglected tropical diseases, NTDs (such as soil-transmitted helminthiasis, schistosomiasis, leishmaniasis and dengue fever), and waterborne parasites. He joined the department of parasitology, University of Malaya (a regional leading dept. in parasitology research) for seven years (2009–2016) as a senior lecturer and promoted to associate professor. In 2016, he joined Jazan University, Saudi Arabia and promoted to full professor in 2022. He re-joined Universiti Malaya in 2023. He has taught several courses in parasitology, epidemiology, biostatistics, and research methodology at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. He has established passionate research teams that involved diligent postgraduate students, enthusiastic colleagues, and inspiring national and international collaborators. The research dedicated to helping vulnerable rural and aboriginal communities in Malaysia and other countries including Yemen, Nigeria and Libya against the NTDs, malaria and other infectious diseases. He has published more than 150 articles in high-impact ISI & Scopus indexed journals; with h-index of 39 (WoS). Hesham has been a member of several academic, scientific and administrative councils and committees. He also enjoys reviewing scientific manuscripts, research proposals, plans and strategies, theses and reports, etc. He is a member of the editorial boards of several renowned journals, and a regular reviewer for many peer-reviewed journals as well as a panel member of assessors for various national and international research grant schemes and postgraduate programs. |
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Epidemiological And Genetic Studies On Some Zoonotic Parasitic Infections In Malaysia And Yemen: Implications For Effective Control Programmes |
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Health education learning packge to control intestinal parasitic infections among orang asli school children in pennisular malaysia |
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THE IMPACT OF HEALTH EDUCATION IN CONTROLLING SOIL-TRANSMITTED HELMINTHIASIS AND THE POTENTIALS OF DEVELOPING ANTHELMINTICS RESISTANCE IN ORANG ASLI COMMUNITIES |
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Microsatellite-based analysis reveals Aedes aegypti populations in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia result from colonization by both the ancestral African and the global domestic forms
Adhesion of Candida Albicans to digital versus conventional acrylic resins: a systematic review and meta-analysis
A disfiguring neglected tropical disease sweeps war-torn Yemen: a community-based study of prevalence and risk factors of cutaneous leishmaniasis among rural communities in the western highlands
Elevated Levels of Procoagulant Microvesicles and Tissue-Factor Bearing Microvesicles in Malaria Patients
Soil-Transmitted Helminths: The neglected parasites
Geohelminthiasis in Orang Asli, the aborigines community of Malaysia -the unceasing problem of the hidden enemy