Interested topics

• Molecular biology
• Population genetics
• Immunogenetics
• Forensic DNA

Honors

• 2016 - Fellow of the ASEAN Science Leadership Program
• 2016 – Fellow of Asian Council of Science Editors
• 2016 – Ghana Education Trust Fund
• 2016 - Travel grant awarded by Global Young Academy
• 2015 – Excellent Service Award, Universiti Sains Malaysia
• 2014 – Short Term Research Grant awarded by Universiti Sains Malaysia
• 2013 - Victoria Completion Award, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
• 2013 – Promoted as academic staff at Universiti Sains Malaysia
• 2012 - Travel Grant awarded by Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia
• 2011 - Visiting researcher at Departments of Structural Biology and Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University of Medicine, Stanford, California
• 2011 – Sanggar Sanjung Award, Universiti Sains Malaysia
• 2011 – Faculty Strategic Research Grants awarded by Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
• 2010 - Fellowship for PhD scholar from Universiti Sains Malaysia and Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia
• 2008 - Visiting researcher at University of Madeira, Funchal, Portugal
• 2007 - Fellowship for MSc scholar from Universiti Sains Malaysia and Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia.
• 2006 – Gold medal awarded by School of Health Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia

Membership
 

• 2008 – Member of Forensic Science Society of Malaysia
• 2016 - Member of Malaysian Historical Society

International collaborations

• School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
• Tissue Typing Laboratory, New Zealand Blood Service, Auckland, New Zealand
• School of Medical Sciences, Griffith University, Nathan, Australia
• Leicester General Hospital, Leicester
• One Lambda, Canooga Park, Los Angeles, CA, USA
• Allogen Laboratories, Transplant Center, Cleveland Clinic, Ohio, USA
• Department of Cell & Molecular Therapies, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia
• Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Australia
• Human Genetics Laboratory, University of Madeira,Funchal, Portugal
• Department of Structural Biology, Stanford University

Conference Organization

• Organising Committee of National Forensic Science Symposium, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, 2015.
• Advisory Board Member of Global Forum on Transplantation Research and Technologies, Dubai, UAE, 2016.

Publications (2014-2016)

• Nemat-Gorgani N., Edinur H.A., Hollenbach J.A. et al. (2014). The KIR allele and haplotype diversity of Māori and Polynesians. Immunogenetics, 66, 597-611.
• NurWaliyuddin H.Z., Edinur H.A., Norazmi M.N. et al. (2014). Killer immunoglobulin-like receptor diversity in Malay sub-ethnic groups of Peninsular Malaysia. Int J Immunogenet., 41, 472-479.
• Manaf S.M., NurWaliyuddin H.Z., Panneerchelvam S. et al. (2015). Human Neutrophil Antigen Profiles in Banjar, Bugis, Champa, Jawa and Kelantan Malays in Peninsular Malaysia. Blood Transfus., 13, 610-615.
• Norhalifah H.K., Zafarina Z., Sundararajulu P. et al. (2015) Distribution of cytokine gene polymorphisms in five Malay subethnic groups in Peninsular Malaysia. Int J Immunogenet., 42, 200-203.
• Abd Gani R., Manaf S.M., Zafarina Z. et al. (2015) Molecular blood group typing in Banjar, Jawa, Mandailing and Kelantan Malays in Peninsular Malaysia. Transfus Apher Sci., 53, 69-73.
• Wan Syafawati W.U., Norhalifah H.K., Zefarina Z. et al. (2015). Allele frequencies of human platelet antigens in Banjar, Bugis, Champa, Jawa and Kelantan Malays in Peninsular Malaysia.  Transfus Med., 25, 326-332.
• Edinur H.A., Chambers G.K. and Dunn P.P.J. (2015). Recent developments in transplantation and transfusion medicine. Ann Transplant., 20, 424-429.
• Chambers G.K. and Edinur H.A. (2015).The Austronesian Diaspora: A Synthetic Total Evidence Model. G. J. Anthropol Res., 2, 53-65.
• NurWaliyuddin H.Z., Norazmi M.N., Edinur H.A. et al. (2015). Ancient genetic signatures of Orang Asli revealed by killer immunoglobulin-like receptor gene polymorphisms. PLoS ONE, 10, e0141536.
• Norhalifah H.K, Syaza F.H, Chambers G.K. et al. (2016). The Genetic History of Peninsular Malaysia. GENE, 586, 129-135.
• Norhalifah H.K., Wan Syafawati W.U., Che Mat N.F., et al. (2016). Distribution of cytokine gene polymorphisms in six Orang Asli subgroups in Peninsular Malaysia. Hum Immunol., 77, 338-339.
• Syafawati W.U.W., Zefarina Z., Zafarina Z., et al. (2016). Human platelet antigen allelic diversity in Peninsular Malaysia. Immunohematology, 32(4): 143-160.
• Manaf S.M., Panneerchelvam S., Norazmi M.N., et al. (2016). HNA Diversity in Six Subgroups of Orang Asli in Peninsular Malaysia. Transfusion Medicine, 26(4): 305-307.
• Tasnim AR., Edinur HA., Panneerchelvam S., Zafarina Z. and Norazmi MN. (2016). Distribution of HLA-A, -B and -DRB1 in the Kensiu and Semai Orang Asli groups in Peninsular Malaysia. Human Immunology, 77, 618-619.
• Edinur HA., Manaf SM. and Fazila CM (2016). Genetic barriers in transplantation medicine. World Journal of Transplantation, 6(3), 532-541.
• Chambers GK., Edinur HA. and Dunn P.P.J. (2016). New insights into ancestry and health of Polynesians and New Zealand Maori. New Zealand Science Review, 73, 3-10.