Rate My Professor Nik Hussain

Her academic interests encompass the staged management of hypertension, participation in multi-centre clinical trials, heart failure, and atrial fibrillation. Dr Nik Asmah has made contributions aligned with Sustainable Development Goals including Good Health and Well-being (SDG 3), Quality Education (SDG 4), and Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions (SDG 16). As Principal Investigator, she led the NIH-funded "A Study of the Effectiveness of Health Education via Telephone and Short Messaging Services on Ischaemic Heart Disease (IHD) Outcomes: The TEXT to HEALTH Study" in 2008, receiving RM 250,000. She also contributed to the MY DARLLING Study and the Monash Obesity-Diabetes Intervention (MODI) Study, both funded by NIH in 2008. A notable publication is "Influencing factors of glycaemic control in patients attending different types of urban health care setting in Malaysia" (with Ahmad B et al., 2011, Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, 93(1), 12-14). She is the Primary Chief Investigator for a project developing health care delivery modalities to improve Ischemic Heart Disease outcomes, funded by Malaysia's Ministry of Health. Institutionally, she co-chairs the Year 2 Management Committee and participates in the Theme 4 (Clinical Skills), Assessment, and Evaluation Committees. Since 2012, she has been a Consultant Cardiologist at Sunway Medical Centre.