Professor Dato' Dr Zaliha Omar, D.P.M.P, P.M.P, S.M.S

FAMM, FRCP (Glasg), DMR (RCP)(Lond), FAFRM (RACP) (Hon), MBBS (Mal)
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  • 2017 Adibah Sahmat, Renuka Gunasekaran, Siti Waheeda Mohd-Zin, Lohis Balachandran, Meow-Keong Thong, Julia Patrick Engkasan, Dharmendra Ganesan, Zaliha Omar, Azizi Abu Bakar, Azlina Ahmad-Annuar, Noraishah Mydin Abdul-Aziz (2017) The Prevalence and Distribution of Spina Bifida in a Single Major Referral Centre in Malaysia. Frontiers in Pediatrics, section Child Health and Human Development Front. Pediatr. 5:237. doi: 10.3389/fped.2017.00237
  • 2017 Zaliha Omar, Hazreena Hussein, `Therapeutic Sensory Stimulation Garden: An Introduction by BAKTI-MIND Project’, ISBN 978-983-43902-1-1, 2017
  • 2016 Hazreena Hussein, Nik Malik Nik Zainal Abidin, Zaliha Omar, `Sensory Gardens: A multidisciplinary effort’, Environment-Behaviour Proceedings Journal (E-BPJ), ISSN 2398-4287, Maiden, Vol.1, No.1, June 2016.
  • 2013 Hazreena Hussein, Nik Malik Nik Zainal Abidin, Zaliha Omar, `Engaging Research and Practice in Creating Outdoor Multi-sensory Environments: Facing Future Challenges Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences Volume 105, 3 December 2013, Pages 536–546 AICE-BS 2013 London (Asia Pacific International Conference on Environment-Behaviour Studies), 4-6 September 2013
  • 2012 Zaliha Omar, Naziaty Mohd Yaacob, Asiah Abdul Rahman, Rohaizan Ahmad, Ch’ng Gaik Bee, Sharifah Junidah Syed Omar, Muhammad Zahri Latif, Manual Audit Akses 1Malaysia Sebagai Garispanduan Untuk Fasilatator Rekabentuk Sejagat 2012 ISBN 978-983-3252-24-4
  • 2011 K Ramakrishnan; S Y Loh; Z Omar, Earnings among people with spinal cord injury, Spinal Cord (2011) 49, 986-989.
  • 2011 Mohd Faudzi Abdullah; Norsiah Mohd Nor; Siti Zubaidah Mohd Ali; Norizzati Bukhary Ismail Bukhary; Azlin Amat; Lydia Abdul Latif; Nazirah Hasnan; Zaliha Omar, Validation of the Comprehensive ICF Core Sets for Diabetes Mellitus: A Malaysian Perspective, Ann Acad Med Singapore, 168 – 78, 2011; 40.
  • 2009 Teik Beng Khoo; Aminah Bee Kassim; Mohd Azahadi Omar; Nazirah Hasnan; Rahmah Mohd Amin; Zaliha Omar; Ahmad Faudzi H. J. Yusoff , Prevalence and impact of physical disability on Malaysian school-aged children: A population-based survey, Disability & Rehabilitation, 1464-5165, 21 May 2009
  • 2008 Zaliha Omar and Lenore Manderson, Social and Structural Dimensions of Dependency, Participation and Social Exclusion among People with Mobility Impairments, Peninsular Malaysia, Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilites, Edited by Kishor Bhanushal, Chapter 11, 178 – 188, 2008.
  • 2008 Dr. Aminah Bee Kassim, Dr. Khoo Teik Beng, Dr. Mohd Azahadi Omar, Dr. Nazirah Hasnan Rahmah Mohd. Amin, Dato’ Dr. Zaliha Omar Dr Ahmad Faudzi Hj. Yusof, The Third National Health and Morbidity Survey 2006 (NHMSIII), Physical Disability, Institute for Public, National Institutes of Health, Ministry of Health Malaysia, 2008
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Dato’ Dr Zaliha Omar have received awards in honour of her work in the development of Rehabilitation Medicine and rehabilitation services for patients and PWD clinically and in the community. They include Royal awards, international fellowships and others from 1983 to 2014. In 2013, the Ministry of Tourism Malaysia bestowed upon her the Kesatria 1Malaysia award, which grants her the opportunity to promote international education, conferences and exhibition tourism for Malaysia. This followed the winning bid she presented in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, in 2012. A dedicated team of members from the Malaysian Association of Rehabilitation Physicians (MARP), supported by the Malaysian Exhibition and Convention Bureau (MyCEB). In August 2014, she was conferred a Fellow of Academy of Medicine, Malaysia, the first for a Rehabilitation Physician. These awards also serve as boosters to her leadership role in Rehabilitation Medicine and Community-based Rehabilitation for PWD in Malaysia.