Curriculum Vitae

DR. KAREN NG LEE PENG

Research Officer
  • Dean Office
    Faculty of Dentistry
  • +603-79674896

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION

  • Doctoral Degree (PhD), (Oral Oncology)
    Queen Mary, University of London
  • Ijazah Sarjana Sains Pergigian, (Dental Science)
    Universiti Malaya (UM)
  • Ijazah Sarjana Muda Sains & Teknologi Makanan, (Sains dan Teknologi Makanan)
    Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)

AWARD AND STEWARDSHIP

  • CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENT SERVICE
    University of Malaya, 2021 (University)
  • EXCELLENCE SERVICE AWARD
    University of Malaya, 2014 (University)

PUBLICATIONS

Article in Journal
WoS
  1. James, Emma Naomi; Sagi-Kiss, Virag; Bennett, Mark; Mycielska, Maria Elzbieta; Karen-Ng, Lee Peng; Roberts, Terry; Matta, Sheila; Dokal, Inderjeet; Bundy, Jacob Guy; Parkinson, Eric Kenneth (2023). Dyskeratosis Congenita Links Telomere Attrition to nAge-Related Systemic Energetics, JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES A-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND MEDICAL SCIENCES. . doi:10.1093/gerona/glad018
  2. Karen-Ng, Lee Peng; Ahmad, Usama Sharif; Gomes, Luis; Hunter, Keith David; Wan, Hong; Hagi-Pavli, Eleni; Parkinson, Eric Kenneth (2022). Extracellular Prostaglandins E1 and E2 and Inflammatory Cytokines Are Regulated by the Senescence Program in Potentially Premalignant Oral Keratinocytes, CANCERS. 14(11). doi:10.3390/cancers14112636
  3. Karen-Ng, L. P., James, E. L., Stephen, A., Bennett, M. H., Mycielska, M. E., & Parkinson, E. K. (2021). The Extracellular Metabolome Stratifies Low and High Risk Potentially Premalignant Oral Keratinocytes and Identifies Citrate as a Potential Non-Invasive Marker of Tumour Progression. Cancers, 13(16), 22. doi: 10.3390/cancers13164212
Scopus
  1. Rahman F.A., Faizal N.F.M., Karen-Ng L.P., Daud S., Zamzuri A.T. (2023). The Impact of Aspirin on Stem Cells and Growth Factors: Roles in Dentistry, International Journal of Biomedicine. 13(2), 188-193. doi:10.21103/Article13(2)_RA1
Others
  1. Vaithilingam RD, Safii SH, Baharuddin NA, Karen-Ng LP, Saub R, Ariffin F, Ramli H, Sharifuddin A, Hidayat MFH, Raman R, Chan YK, Rani NA, Rahim RA, Shahruddin N, Cheong SC, Bartold PM, Zain RB. Establishing and managing a periodontal biobank for research: the sharing of experience. Oral Dis. 2015 Jan;21(1):e62-9. doi: 10.1111/odi.12267.
  2. Yong ZW, Zaini ZM, Kallarakkal TG, Karen-Ng LP, Rahman ZA, Ismail SM, Sharifah NA, Mustafa WM, Abraham MT, Tay KK, Zain RB. Genetic alterations of chromosome 8 genes in oral cancer. Sci Rep. 2014 Aug 15;4:6073.
  3. Vincent-Chong VK, Anwar A, Karen-Ng LP, Cheong SC, Yang YH, Pradeep PJ, Rahman ZA, Ismail SM, Zaini ZM, Prepageran N, Kallarakkal TG, Ramanathan A, Mohayadi NA, Rosli NS, Mustafa WM, Abraham MT, Tay KK, Zain RB. Genome wide analysis of chromosomal alterations in oral squamous cell carcinomas revealed over expression of MGAM and ADAM9.PLoS One. 2013;8(2):e54705.

RESEARCH PROJECT

National
  1. 2023 - 2026, University Grant
    Self-Reported Oral Health Questionnaire and Salivary Biomarkers for Periodontitis Screening among Malaysian Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study ( Co-Researcher)
  2. 2022 - 2025, Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS)
    Histopathological And Molecular Analysis To Identify Epithelial Dysplastic Features Associated With Malignant Transformation In Oral Leukoplakia ( Co-Researcher)
  3. 2023 - 2025, UM International Collaboration Grant
    Telomerase Reverse Transcriptase (TERT) Promoter Mutation In The Early Progression Of Oral Cancer ( Principal Investigator(PI))
  4. 2021 - 2024, Partnership Grant
    Carbon-microelectromechanical System (c-mems) Biosensor For Point-of-care Early Detection Of Oral Cancer Using Salivary Biomarkers ( Co-Researcher)
  5. 2019 - 2023, Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS)
    Investigating The Role Of Ykl-40 As A Positive Regulator Of Angiogenesis During Malignant Transformation ( Co-Researcher)
  6. 2020 - 2023, Others MOHE - Top 100 (IIRG)-HWB
    Identification Of Significant Oral Epithelial Dysplastic Features In High-risk Oral Leukoplakia Using Novel Loh Profiles ( Co-Researcher)
  7. 2022 - 2023, SEGi University Research Fund
    Aspirin Promotes Osteoblast Potential of Periodontal Ligament Stem Cells (PDLSCs) via Activation Fibronectin/ lntegrin Interaction and FGF/FGRL Signaling Pathway, Segi University ( Co-Researcher)
  8. 2011 - 2016, High Impact Research (HIR)
    Biobanking of Oral Cancers: An Assessment of Survival, Clinicopathological Parameters, Management Strategies Nutrition and Genetic Susceptibility of Patients ( Consultant)
  9. 2011 - 2016, High Impact Research (HIR)
    Identification of Cancer Specific Genomic Duplications and Deletions by Use of Array Based Comparative Genomic Hybridization (aCGH), Validation of Differentially Expressed Genes and Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) Studies and Protein Array Analysis: Possible Prognostic Tools. ( Consultant)
Private
  1. 2023 - 2025, Private Funding
    Oral Microbiota Diversity And Metabolome Analysis In Oral Cancer And Periodontitis Patients ( Co-Researcher)

SUPERVISION

Postgraduate Student
  1. (2023) INVESTIGATING THE ROLE OF YKL-40 AS A POSITIVE REGULATOR OF ANGIOGENESIS DURING ORAL MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION, NUR FATINAZWA BINTI MOHD FAIZAL
  2. (2022) -, JAN YANG HO
  3. (2023) HISTOPATHOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR ANALYSIS TO IDENTIFY EPITHELIAL DYSPLASTIC FEATURES ASSOCIATED WITH MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION IN ORAL LEUKOPLAKIA, MD OMAR FARUK
  4. (2023) THE ROLE OF CASP8, FHIT, FABP2, FAT1, CDKN2A, NOTCH1, AND P53 AS SURROGATE MARKERS FOR ORAL MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION, JIVESWARA V VIJIAKUMAR