Universiti Sains, Malaysia
A member of the WHO Technical Advisory Group on Genomics, Prof Zilfalil serves as a consultant pediatrician, clinical geneticist, and lecturer at the School of Medical Sciences at the Universiti Sains Malaysia. He trained as a pediatrician and holds MMed in Pediatrics from the Universiti Sains Malaysia, MSc in Medical Genetics from the University of Glasgow, and PhD in Pharmacogenetics from the University of Aston, UK. Prof Zilfalil’s decades of experience has greatly contributed to the study of rare diseases among the Malay population and include his participation in the Human Variome Project and the Global Globin Network. As a testament to his contributions to the field, he was also awarded the UNESCO Chair in Human Genetics on Thalassemia in 2022.