Professor Faridah Mohd Nor

Professor Faridah Mohd Nor

  • Professor of Pathology
Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery
SDGs Focus

Biography

Professor Faridah is a Consultant Forensic Pathologist specializing in Forensic Anthropology in Malaysia. She earned her medical degree from UKM in 1988, served in the armed forces, and later pursued forensic pathology, completing her master's in 1999. She obtained a Ph.D. in Forensic Anthropology from the University of Bradford, UK (2002-2010) and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Oregon, US (2014-2015). She is a Professor of Pathology at the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ University and serves on the National Specialist Registry, Malaysian Medical Council and Academy of Medicine of Malaysia.

Academic & Professional Qualifications

  • PhD (Forensic Anthropology), Bradford, United Kingdom (2010)
  • Master of Pathology (Forensic), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (1999)
  • Medical Degree, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (1988)
  • Courtesy Research Associate (Forensic Anthropology), Oregon, United States of America (2015)

Research Interests

  • Forensic Pathology
  • Forensic Anthropology

Teaching Areas

  • General Pathology

Courses Taught

  • Mechanism of Disease
  • Integrity and Anti-Corruption

Notable Publications

  1. Wan Razali, WMH, Badaruddin, IA, Shafee, MS, Mohd Nor, F. (2025) Postmortem analysis of cardiac troponin I by high-sensitivity troponin I assay. Medicine and Health. 20(1): 328-339.
  2. Wan Razali, WMH, Shafee, MS, Mohd Nor, F. (2025) Death due to liquified petroleum gas inhalation augmented with plastic bag suffocation.  Medicine and Health. 20(1): 404-410.
  3. Wan Razali, WMH, Shafee, MS, Mohd Nor, F. (2024) Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome in dengue fever. AME Medical Journal. 23(183): 1-2.
  4. Md Najib, A, Md Yusof, K, Wan Shuaib, WMA, Shafee, MS, Mohd Nor, F. (2024) A systematic review on the use of C‑reactive protein in autopsy practice. International Journal of Legal Medicine. pp: 1-13.
  5. Yew, TT, Mohamed, Z, Mohd Nor, F. (2024) Post-mortem Computed Tomography (PMCT) Imaging Compared to Conventional Autopsy in Establishing Cause of Death in Adults. Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences.  20(4): 192-197.
  6. Aminuddin, A, Samah, N, Vijakumaran, U, Che Roos, NA, Mohd Nor, F, Wan Razali, WMH, Mohamad,SF, Beh ,BC, Hamzah, FA,  A. Hamid, A,  Ugusman, A. (2024) Unveiling TIMPs: A Systematic Review of Their Role as Biomarkers in Atherosclerosis and Coronary Artery Disease. Diseases, 12 (8): 177.
  7. Ahmad Amran, AS, Mohd Nor, F, Shafee, MS, Abdul Razak, N. (2024) A 20-Year Autopsy Study of Myocardial Bridging Among Sudden Deaths. Borneo Journal of Medical Sciences. 18(2): 58-68.
  8. Abdul Razak, N, Mohd Nor, F, Shafee, MS, Haque,M. (2023) A 20-year Study of Fatal Pressure on the Neck in Autopsied Cases at the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Center. Advances in Human Biology: 1-4.
  9. Harith Hamzah, MN, Mohd Ali, SH, Mohd Nor, F, Hadi, H. (2023) Quantitative analysis of the innominate bone for sex estimation utilising the Phenice method. Egyptian Journal of Forensic Science. 13(5): 1-9.
  10. Rohmani, A, Shafee, MS, Nik Ismail, NA, Hadi, H, Mohd Nor, F. (2022) Sex estimation using the first lumbar vertebra by geometric morphometric analysis of 3D computed tomography in the Malaysian population. Forensic Imaging. 30: 200511.

Achievements & Accolades

  1. Sex, Ancestry, and Age Estimation of Malaysian Adults by Geometric Morphometric Analysis of the Clavicle for Identification. (2025-2027)
  2. A 10-year Retrospective Demographic Study of Traumatic and Non-Traumatic Deaths in the Department of Forensic Medicine, Hospital Sultanah Aminah, Johor Bahru. (2025-2026)
  3. An autopsy study on the relationship of abdominal subcutaneous fat thickness to coronary atherosclerosis. (2025-2026)
  4. A one-year study of the heart, coronary artery and troponin I levels in sudden cardiac deaths from medicolegal autopsies at Hospital Sultanah Aminah, Johor Bahru. (2025-2026)
  5. A retrospective study of postmortem bacteriology in forensic autopsies. (2025-2026)
  6. A three-dimensional geometric morphometric study of thoracic vertebrae for human identification. (2023-2025)
  7. Visual anthropological details of human sex through analysis of femur and humerus bones for the identification process. (2024-2026)
  8. Establishment of Malaysian databases of sex estimation for forensic identification using conventional and geometric morphometrics methods on the three-dimensional clavicular models. (2024-2027)
  9. Evaluation of pelvis size and shape for establishment of a Malaysian database and standards for forensic identification of sex and ancestry using interlandmark distances and three dimensional geometric morphometric methods. (2024-2027)
  10. Modelling geometric morphometric approach using cranial base for forensic identification of biological profiles in Malaysian population. (2024-2026)

Professional Associations

  1. Specialty Subcommittee for Education (SSC Edu) Forensic Pathology by MMC.
  2. Malaysia Society for Disaster Victim Identification (MSDVI)
  3. Malaysian Qualifications Agency Evaluation Panel Members (MQA)
  4. Malaysian Society of Forensic Medicine and Science (MASFORMS)
  5. Examination Committee for Registration with the Malaysian Medical Council (MMC)
  6. National Specialist Registry Specialty Subcommittee of Forensic Pathology (NSR)
  7. Biomedical Engineering Modelling and Simulations Research Group UTHM Co-researcher (BIOMEMs)
  8. Academy of Medicine of Malaysia.