Rate My Professor Badariah Ahmad

Badariah Ahmad is an Associate Professor in the Jeffrey Cheah School of Medicine and Health Sciences at Monash University Malaysia. She holds an MBBS from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (1997), an MMedSc in Physiology (2001), a PhD in Diabetes Education and Behavior Change from Monash University (2018), and a Graduate Certificate in Higher Education from Monash University (2014). After completing internships and serving as a registrar and senior house officer in emergency medicine and general medicine in Ireland, she joined the University of Malaya as a Lecturer in Physiology from 2003 to 2006. In 2006, she became a Lecturer at Monash University Malaysia, advancing to Senior Lecturer in 2010 and Associate Professor thereafter. As one of the pioneer staff, she played a key role in developing and implementing the MBBS curriculum and securing accreditation from the Australian Medical Council. She coordinated Problem-Based Learning for Year 2, Physiology for Years 1 and 2, and contributed to clinical skills teaching. From 2007 to 2023, she served as a core physician at the Monash Diabetes and Heart Specialist Clinic in Poliklinik Tanglin, Kuala Lumpur, and since 2023, she has been the Lead Investigator at the Monash Clinical Trial Centre in Thomson Hospital Kota Damansara.

Dr. Ahmad's academic interests center on diabetes education programs for type 2 diabetes patients, clinical trials for non-communicable diseases including diabetes, prediabetes, and metabolic syndrome, and the effects of Vitamin E tocotrienols. She has led as Principal Investigator on grants from the Malaysian Palm Oil Board investigating tocotrienols in prediabetes and diabetes populations and served as co-investigator on NIH grants such as the Malaysian Diabetes and Research on Lifelong Lifestyle Intervention Group (MY DARLING) Study phases (2008, 2011). Notable publications include "A pilot study: the development of a culturally tailored Malaysian Diabetes Education Module (MY-DEMO) based on the Health Belief Model" (BMC Endocrine Disorders, 2014), "Tocotrienol-rich Vitamin E from Palm Oil (Tocovid) and its Effects in Diabetes and Diabetic Nephropathy: A Pilot Phase II Clinical Trial" (Nutrients, 2018), "Peer-Led Digital Health Lifestyle Intervention in a Low-Income Community at Risk for Cardiovascular Disease (MYCardio-PEER)" (Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2025), and "Exploring Acceptance of Digital Health Technologies for Managing Non-Communicable Diseases Among Older Adults" (Journal of Medical Systems, 2025). She supervises PhD projects developing digital educational resources for non-communicable disease communities and reviews manuscripts for the Journal of Endocrinology and Diabetes Research and other journals. She promotes public awareness of prediabetes and type 2 diabetes through physical, hybrid, and online community programs.