Welcome to the Department of Physiology, School of Medical Sciences 

The department of physiology was established soon after the incorporation of the medical school in 1979. As part of a leading medical school in the country, using a problem-based curriculum in particular, it is responsible for teaching undergraduate & postgraduate students of medicine and dentistry. In addition to that its academic staff is also involved in research and training of M Sc and PhD students.

	Che Badariah Abd Aziz  (Head of department)

It is primarily responsible for teaching human physiology within the integrated curriculum in the medical and dental schools, which have a combined annual intake of about 280 students. However, with the integrated, problem-based curriculum at the medical school, the academic staff is also involved in many other teaching-learning activities within the curriculum, particularly as moderators in problem based learning sessions, and the teaching of basic clinical skills at the purpose-built clinical skills laboratory at the medical school. The Department also has a significant teaching role in the clinical postgraduate training programmes. Research covers many areas in Physiology, in particular reproductive physiology, neurophysiology and respiratory physiology. In addition to advancement in knowledge, the research programmes also serve to train physiologists to take up academic positions within the department itself or in other departments and universities.  The Department also provides respiratory function testing services to the university hospital.  

Vision and Mission  

The Department of Physiology envisions to being a leader in teaching and research in physiology.Its mission is to provide excellence in physiology education in a wide spectrum of academic disciplines and to conduct and provide training for high level post-graduate research in physiology.