Curriculum Vitae

DR. YAP KAH HUI

Senior Lecturer
  • Department of Psychological Medicine
    Faculty of Medicine
  • khyap

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION

  • PhD, (Medicine)
    Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)
  • M.Sc Psychology, (CLINICAL NEUROPSYCHOLOGY)
    University Leiden, Netherlands
  • M.Med.Sc, (Physiology)
    Universiti Kuala Lumpur (unikl)
  • BAppSc (Psych)(Hons) Class IIB, (Psychology)
    Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
  • BSc, (Psychology)
    University of Melbourne, Australia

MEMBERSHIPS

  • SECRETARY; DEMENTIA ASSOCIATION OF MALAYSIA (DAMAI), SECRETARY
    2025 to present (National)
  • PROFESSIONAL MEMBER & RESEARCH COMMITTEE MEMBER; ASIAN NEUROPSYCHOLOGY ASSOCIATION, COMMITTEE MEMBER
    2025 to 2026 (International)
  • PSYCHOLOGIST NIP (NEUROPSYCHOLOGY); NEDERLANDS INSTITUUT PSYCHOLOGEN / DUTCH ASSOCIATION OF PSYCHOLOGISTS, MEMBER
    2025 to 2025 (International)
  • SINGAPORE REGISTERED PSYCHOLOGIST (NEUROPSYCHOLOGY); SINGAPORE PSYCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY, MEMBER
    2024 to 2025 (International)

PUBLICATIONS

Article in Journal
WoS
  1. Yap, Kah Hui; Ong, Marjorie Jia Yi; Tan, Juen Kiem; Kutiang, Cyena Chaza Anak; Ang, Zi Qi; Chan, Zhee Yee; Lai, Siew Tim; Khoo, Ching Soong; Tan, Hui Jan (2026). Music-based intervention as an adjunctive therapy in people with epilepsy: A scoping review, EPILEPTIC DISORDERS. . doi:10.1002/epd2.70224
ESCI
  1. Yap, Kah Hui; Sadiq, Alishba; Tang, Tong Boon; Manan, Hanani Abdul; Yahya, Noorazrul; Azmin, Shahrul; Desa, Siti Hajar Mat; Achok, Hamdi Najman; Mukari, Shahizon Azura Mohamed; Ibrahim, Norlinah Mohamed (2026). A Resting-state fMRI Investigation of Brain Networks in Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 3, MEDICINE AND HEALTH. 21(1), 388-399. doi:10.17576/MH.2026.2101.25
Others
  1. Chung, S. Y., Thong, J. J. A., Wong, A. R. K., Moh, H. W., Lee, M. H., Soh, S. Y., Yeo, D. H. H., & Yap, K. H. (2025). Group live music reminiscence therapy for people with dementia: A mixed-method systematic review. Dementia & Geriatric Cognitive Disorders (In Press).
  2. Lai, H. Y.*, Musrah, A. T. S.*, Yap, K. H., Chow, Y. E., Salim, N., & Voon, N. S. (2025). Visuospatial impairment and resting-state network correlations in Alzheimer’s disease: A systematic review. Behavioural Brain Research, 495, 115770.
  3. Lee, M. H., Yap, K. H., & Ho, M. H. R. (2025). What was done for youths aged 15 to 24 around the world? A systematic review on worldwide mental health intervention. Global Mental Health, 12(e97), 1-16.
  4. Nasir, S. M., Yahya, N., Yap K. H., & Abdul Manan, H. (2025). Executive function deficit in patients with long COVID syndrome: A systematic review. Heliyon, 11(3), e41987.
  5. Lee, M. H. & Yap, K. H. (2024). What was done for young people aged 10 to 24 in Singapore? A systematic review on mental health interventions. Current Psychology, 43, 27423-27436.
  6. Wong, A. R. K., Ng, L. T. E., Lee, M. H., Yeow, J. L. H., Lim, Y. J., & Yap, K. H. (2024). The effectiveness of group music reminiscence therapy for people thriving with dementia: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials. Aging Medicine, 7(4), 528-534.
  7. Yap, K. H., Azmin, S., Abdul Manan, H., Yahya, N., Ahmad, N., Tajurudin, F. W., Mat Desa, S. H., van de Warrenburg, B., Mohamed Mukari, S. A., Achok, H. N., Ahmad Damanhuri, H., Rani, R., & Mohamed Ibrahim, N. (2024). Randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial of the effects of oral trehalose in spinocerebellar ataxia type 3: An interim analysis. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, 124, 107013.
  8. Yap, K. H., Azmin, S., Makpol, S., Ahmad Damanhuri, H., Mustapha, M., Che Hamzah, J., & Mohamed Ibrahim, N. (2023). Profiling neuroprotective potential of trehalose in animal models of neurodegenerative diseases: A systematic review. Neural Regeneration Research, 18(6), 1179-1185.
  9. Yap, K. H.*, Baharudin, N. H.*, Abdul Gafor, A. H., Remli, R., Lim, S. Y., Wan Zaidi, W. A., Azmin, S., Mohamed Mukari, S. A., Abdul Khalid, R., & Mohamed Ibrahim, N. (2022). Movement disorders resulting from bilateral basal ganglia lesions in end-stage kidney disease: A systematic review. Journal of Movement Disorders, 15(3), 258-263.
  10. Yap, K. H., Abdul Manan, H., Yahya, N., Azmin, S., Mohamed Mukari, S. A., & Mohamed Ibrahim, N. (2022). Magnetic resonance imaging and its clinical correlation in spinocerebellar ataxia type 3: A systematic review. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 16, 859651.
  11. Yap, K. H., Azmin, S., Che Hamzah, J., Ahmad, N., van de Warrenburg, B., & Mohamed Ibrahim, N. (2022). Pharmacological and non-pharmacological management of spinocerebellar ataxia: A systematic review. Journal of Neurology, 269(5), 2315-2337.
  12. Yap, K. H., Kessels, R. P. C., Azmin, S., van de Warrenburg, B., & Mohamed Ibrahim, N. (2022). Neurocognitive changes in spinocerebellar ataxia type 3: A systematic review with a narrative design. The Cerebellum, 21(2), 314-327.
  13. Yap, K. H., Abdul Manan, H., & Sharip, S. (2021). Heterogeneity in brain functional changes of cognitive processing in ADHD across age: A systematic review of task-based fMRI studies. Behavioural Brain Research, 397, 112888.
  14. Ung, W. C.*, Yap, K. H.*, Ebenezer, E. G., Chin, P. S., Nordin, N., Chan, S. C., Yip, H. L., Lu, C.-K., Kiguchi, M. & Tang, T. B. (2020). Assessing neural compensation with visuospatial working memory load using near-infrared imaging. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems & Rehabilitation Engineering, 28, 13-22.
  15. Yap, K. H.*, Ung, W. C.*, Ebenezer, E. G., Nordin, N., Chin, P. S., Sugathan, S., Chan, S. C., Yip, H. L., Kiguchi, M., & Tang, T. B. (2017). Visualizing hyperactivation in neurodegeneration based on prefrontal oxygenation: A comparative study of mild Alzheimer's disease, mild cognitive impairment, and healthy controls. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 9, 287.
Article in Proceeding
  1. Yap, K. H., Azmin, S., Abdul Manan, H., Yahya, N., Mat Desa, S. H., Mohamed Mukari, S. A., Achok, H. N., van de Warrenburg, B., & Mohamed Ibrahim, N. (2021). Resting-state default mode network functional connectivity and executive dysfunction in spinocerebellar ataxia type 3: A preliminary study. Korean Journal of Radiology, 22(Suppl.), S145.
  2. Yap, K. H., Azmin, S., Mat Desa, S. H., Achok, H. N., & Mohamed Ibrahim, N. (2021). Cerebellar cognitive affective syndrome in spinocerebellar ataxia type 3. Movement Disorders, 36(Suppl. 1), S20.

RESEARCH PROJECT

National
  1. 2024 - 2026, UPM Geran Putra, Inisiatif Putra Muda
    Effect of sleep duration and quality on cognitive functioning of clinical doctor in Hospital Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah: A case crossover study ( Co-Researcher)
  2. 2024 - 2026, UKM Research University Fund, Young Lecturers Incentive Grant
    Impact of patient care and education on quality of life and mental wellbeing in cancer patients following radiotherapy ( Co-Researcher)
Private
  1. 2023 - 2024, HELP Internal Research Grant Scheme
    Incorporating culturally relevant music into reminiscence therapy for people thriving with dementia ( Principal Investigator(PI))

ACADEMIC/ PROF. SERVICES

Evaluation
  1. (2026) Reviewer for Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, International, (Reviewer)
  2. (2026) Reviewer for Frontiers in Neurology, International, (Reviewer)
  3. (2026) Reviewer for Neurology Asia, National, (Reviewer)
  4. (2026) Reviewer for Frontiers in Dementia, International, (Reviewer)
  5. (2025) Reviewer for Frontiers in Psychiatry, International, (Reviewer)
  6. (2025) Reviewer for Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, International, (Reviewer)
Contribution to external organisation
  1. (2026) Advisory Board Member, Abu Dhabi University – B.a. in Psychology Program, International, (Expert Advisor)
  2. (2026) Consultant (neuropsychology) for Cogstate, International, (Expert Advisor)

SUPERVISION

Postgraduate Student
Master
  1. (2024) DECIPHERING OF NEURAL CONNECTIVITY ALTERATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH EXECUTIVE DYSFUNCTION FOLLOWING LONG COVID SYNDROME, Siti Maisarah Mohd Nasir (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM))

PATENT/ IPR

  • MEMORIES OF RELIFE: CLASSIC SONGS
    Copyright (National)

COURSE ATTENDED

Internal/ External Course
  1. UMMP PBL BASIC TUTOR TRAINING WORKSHOP 13&14 NOVEMBER 2025, CUBE, ARAS 4, FAKULTI PERUBATAN, UNIVERSITI MALAYA (13 Nov 2025 - 14 Nov 2025)