Rate My Professor Alina Arulsamy

Dr. Arulsamy's research expertise centers on traumatic brain injury, epilepsy, neurodegenerative diseases, neuropsychiatric disorders, animal behavior studies, gut microbiota analysis, and nanoformulations for drug delivery. As a core member of the Neuroscience Research Strength leading the Neurology arm, she has secured multiple internal grants as principal investigator, including JCSMHS Seed Grants in 2020 (RM10,000), 2022 (RM10,000), and 2023 (RM21,400), the ECR Grant in 2021 (RM20,000), and contributed to a RM100,000 Strategic Grant as co-investigator. Notable awards include the IBRO World Congress Travel Grant (2023), ILAE Neurobiology Commission Research Skills Bursary (2022), Malaysian Society of Neuroscience Education Grant (2022), Best Poster Presentation (2022), and Best Proposal Presentation (2022). Her key publications feature 'An Expanded Narrative Review of Neurotransmitters on Alzheimer’s Disease: The Role of Therapeutic Interventions on Neurotransmission' (2025), 'A qualitative study exploring physician perspectives on a cardiac-based seizure prediction digital service for epilepsy management' (2025), 'Exploring metabolic biomarkers and pathways in pharmacoresistant epilepsy: A systematic review' (2025), 'HMGB1 blood levels and neurological outcomes after traumatic brain injury: Insights from an exploratory study' (2025), and 'In Silico exploration of Karanjin for anti-obesity potential through ADMET profiling, network pharmacology, molecular docking, and molecular dynamics simulations' (2025). She holds executive committee roles with Persatuan Epilepsi Malaysia and Epilepsy Council Malaysia since 2022, served as secretariat for the First Malaysian Epilepsy Congress 2021 and 34th MSPP Scientific Meeting 2021, and contributes to peer review activities.