Prof Dr Muhammad Yazid Jalaludin University Malaya

Professor Dr Muhammad Yazid Jalaludin is The Deputy Dean (Undergraduate Studies) at the Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya. He is a Professor of Paediatrics at the Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya and a practicing Senior Consultant Paediatrician and Senior Consultant Paediatric Endocrinologist at the University Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC). He completed his fellowship in Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), USA after obtaining his MBBS and Masters in Paediatrics, both from University Malaya. He is currently the Chairman of the Malaysian Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes Group (MPEDG), Vice President of the Malaysian Endocrine and Metabolic Society (MEMS 2022-2024), and executive council member of the Diabetes Malaysia (DM 2023-2025). He was the Past President of Malaysian Paediatric Association (MPA; 2017-2019) and Asia Pacific Paediatric Endocrine Society (APPES, 2018-2020). Prof Jalaludin main research interest is in obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus, growth (nutrition) and vitamin D in children. He holds many national and international research grants and acts as Scientific Advisor and Expert Panel member for many multi-centre international researches for type 2 diabetes, obesity and growth hormone in children. His work has been published in various academic journals including in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM).