Norita Hussein graduated with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) from the University of Malaya in 1995. Until 2005, she has worked in various specialities in the hospital as well as primary care clinics in two major hospitals, Kuala Lumpur Hospital and University Malaya Medical Centre (University Hospital then). During this period, she obtained master’s degree in Family Medicine, Malaysia. In Dec 2004, she was appointed an Academic Lecturer and Family Medicine Specialist in the Department of Primary Care Medicine and remains till now. During her career, she was awarded Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) from the University of Nottingham, United Kingdom in 2016 for her work on "Preconception assessment of genetic risk in primary care”.

As a primary care physician and lecturer, she has been responsible in the provision of definitive care to patients at primary care level, ensure continuity of care and comprehensiveness of patients’ wellbeing especially with chronic medical illnesses. She is greatly involved in development of effective strategy to improve the primary care practice. She is responsible in the supervision of candidate undergoing PhD and Master Degree in Family Medicine; in the coordination and supervision of a 4-year training of postgraduate students for Master of Family Medicine degree in which she was appointed as the coordinator for the Year 2 and 3 postgraduate training as well as involved in the education of undergraduates for MBBS degree in the University of Malaya. In addition, she is frequently appointed as examiner for postgraduates and undergraduate’s degree. She is one of the Master of Family Medicine examination committee.

As one who encounters the public, one of her great passion is to improve the way health care providers communicate and manage individuals about genetic risk. Her research work in Malaysia has involved exploring primary care providers’ management of carrier screening as well as exploring the views and experiences of carriers about thalassaemia screening. She is particularly interested in the special population; indigenous population and adolescent where decision making about inherited conditions and reproductive issues could be influenced by social, religious, cultural beliefs and level of health literacy. In 2019, she was awarded by the NIH to attend a fellowship program; International Summit in Human Genetics and Genomics in the United States which was coordinated by the National Human Genome Research Institute. Internationally, she is also one of the co-researchers in the Global Health Research Unit on Respiratory Health (RESPIRE) which is funded by NIHR United Kingdom, focusing on neglected respiratory conditions; asthma and chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD). She has authored and co-authored several international papers including a Cochrane Systematic Review.