BACKGROUND
Name:                    Farida Fatema @ Farida Jamal
Date of Birth :       23. 7. 1945

Education :
bullet MSc., University of London, 1976
bullet MBBS, University of Dacca ( East Pakistan), 1970
bullet HSc., University of Dacca ( East Pakistan ), 1965
bullet GCE ( O Level), 1962

 
WORK EXPERIENCE
 
bullet House- officer 1971- 1972                                                               General Hospital Kuala Lumpur
bullet Medical Officer 1972- 1973                                                             General Hospital Kuala Lumpur
bullet Trainee Pathologist 1973- 1975                                                            IMR Kuala Lumpur
bullet Trainee Lecturer 1975- 1976                                                        Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
bullet Lecturer 1976- 1979                                                                       Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
bullet Assoc. Professor 1980 -1994                                                     Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
bullet Professor, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia , 1994 - 2000 (July)
bullet Professor of Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 2000 (Oct) - present

RESEARCH INTERESTS

bullet Group A streptococcal infections
bullet Pneumococcal infections
bullet History of Medicine in Malaysia

 
ACHIEVEMENTS
 
bullet Talent Scheme Scholarship, Govt of Pakistan, 1965- 1970
bullet Post- graduate Scholarship, Govt. of Malaysia, 1975- 1977
bullet Times Higher Fellowship Supplement Association of Commonwealth Universities, 1982
bullet WHO Research Training Grant, 1983
bullet Commonwealth Academic Exchange Fellowship Association of Commonwealth Universities, 1987
bullet Research Fellowship Award Heart Foundation of Malaysia, 1994
bullet Fulbright Fellowship Award, 1997
bullet Anugerah Perkhidmatan Fakulti Perubatan UKM,1999
bullet Anugerah Jasamu Dikenang UKM, 2000