Honorific-Prefix: | Yang Berbahagia Professor Datin Paduka Dr. |
Khatijah Yusoff | |
Honorific-Suffix: | DSIS, FASc, FIAS, FTWAS, PhD, DSc (honoris causa) (La Trobe) |
Office: | Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Universiti Putra Malaysia |
Term Start: | 1 January 2016 |
Chancellor: | Sharafuddin of Selangor |
Birth Date: | 1956 6, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Penang |
Residence: | Penang |
Citizenship: | Malaysia |
Nationality: | Malaysian |
Alma Mater: | La Trobe University (BSc) La Trobe University (PhD) |
Khatijah Mohamad Yusoff is a Malaysian academician and a virologist.[1] Her research on the Virulent Newcastle disease (NDV), a poultry virus has gained acknowledgement locally and globally. She received the UNESCO Carlos J. Finlay Prize for Microbiology in 2005.[2]
Khatijah was born in Penang in 1956.