Norfitriah Mohamed Sohaimi

Dr
Norfitriah
Mohamed Sohaimi

Senior Lecturer
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia
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Biography

Dr. Norfitriah Mohamed Sohaimi is currently a Senior Lecturer of Virology at the Department of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosis, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia. She received her undergraduate degree in Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Programme from Universiti Putra Malaysia in year 2012, and obtained her PhD in Virology field from the same university in year 2017 with excellent grades. Two years after graduation, Dr. Norfitriah was offered for Senior Lecturer position in Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia. Currently, she actively involved in research, teaching and professional services in her university under virology field mainly for poultry diseases and vaccine development. She actively involved in research for development of conventional fowl adenovirus serotype 8b vaccine in Malaysia. Her research interest in avian viruses includes vaccinology, molecular biology for characterization of viral genes, application of cell cultures and embryonated chicken eggs for virus cultivation and immunology field.

Research interests

1) Development of inactivated fowl adenovirus vaccine in chickens 

2) Development of live attenuated fowl adenovirus vaccine in chickens

3) Molecular characterization of fowl adenovirus for detection of virulence genes associated with virus infectivity

4) Pathogenicity and immunogenicity of avian viruses 

5) Primary cell culture preparation for poultry vaccine and virus propagation

Projects you're working on

1. Development of inactivated fowl adenovirus serotype 8b vaccine incorporated with different type of adjuvants against inclusion body hepatitis (Principal Investigator).

2. Development of Inactivated Fowl adenovirus (FAdV) Vaccine, UPM1137 Serotype 8b (Committee Member).

3. Detection of West Nile virus (WNV) in cats and dogs coupled with Analysis of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) towards WNV disease among pet owners around Klang Valley (Committee Member).

4. Development of Inactivated Covid-19 Vaccine (Collaboration with IMR, MOH, Malaysia & Veterinary Research Institute, Malaysia).

Discipline
Bioinformatics Challenge study design Clinical trials – efficacy Clinical trials – safety Commercialisation Immunology – B-cells Immunology – T-cells Molecular biology Safety evaluation Statistics Virology
Host species
Poultry
Pathogen
Viruses Viruses›Adenovirus Viruses›Infectious bursal disease virus Viruses›Influenza virus
Stage of vaccine development
Adjuvants Clinical trials Commercialisation Field trials Pre-clinical trials Vaccine delivery