Dr Nur’ashikin is a Senior Consultant Neurologist and Director of the Brunei Neuroscience Stroke and Rehabilitation Centre. Besides Neurology Specialist qualification from the United Kingdom, she holds a research Doctorate in Clinical Neurology from the University of Nottingham and has a longstanding commitment to advancing neurological care, medical education, and service development. Her clinical interests include stroke, neurodegenerative diseases, motor neurone disease, migraine, neuroimmunology, and neurological complications of enteric disease. She has led the development of numerous multidisciplinary initiatives such as the Dementia Support Group and Migraine Self-Management Workshops.

She supervises research projects across disciplines, including junior doctors, medical students, nurses, and allied health professionals. Her publications span topics such as gluten-related neurological illness, neuroimmunology, and medical training, with contributions to international journals, book chapters, and national guidelines.

Dr Nur’ashikin plays a key role in national health policy and postgraduate medical education. She is deeply committed to medical education and training and has led the development of multiple postgraduate and foundation training programmes in Brunei. She has held leadership positions within the Ministry of Health as well as currently in JPMC. She is a Visiting Lecturer at Universiti Brunei Darussalam and a member of the editorial board of the Brunei International Medical Journal. Her dedication to academic medicine is reflected in her numerous oral and poster presentations at regional and international conferences.

Qualifications

• 1994 B. Med. Sci. First Class Honours University of Nottingham
• 1996 B. M., B.S. University of Nottingham
• 2000 MRCP (London)
• 2004 TIPS (The Teaching Improvement Project) University of Nottingham
• 2007CCT Neurology (UK)
• 2013 D.M. Clinical Neurology (Nottingham) 17^th July

Current roles and responsibilities

• Director and Senior Consultant Neurologist, Brunei Neuroscience Stroke and Rehabilitation Centre (1st March 2018 to the present)
• Programme Director, BNSRC Neurology Specialty Training Progarmme
• Joint Lead, Technical Working Group, Cardiovascular Disease Control for National NCD Technical Committee (May 2021 to the present)
• Member, Brunei Medical Board (18th March 2025 to the present)
• Member, National Committee for the Certification of Poliomyelitis Eradication for Brunei Darussalam (9th March 2016 to the present)
• Member of Editorial Board, Brunei International Medical Journal (June 2010 to the present)
• Visiting Lecturer, PAPRSB Institute of Health Sciences, Universiti Brunei Darussalam

Previous roles

• Consultant Neurologist Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Saleha Hospital, Brunei Darussalam (29th December 2007 to 1st March 2018)
• Head, Neurology Unit and Rehabilitation Unit, RIPAS Hospital, Brunei Darussalam (19th December 2011 to May 2016)
• Head Rehabilitation Unit, RIPAS Hospital, Brunei Darussalam (July 2010 to 19th December 2012)
• Head Neurology Unit, RIPAS Hospital, Brunei Darussalam (May 2009 to August 2010)
• Alternate Member, Brunei Darussalam Medicines Authority, Ministry of Health, 2013-2016
• Co-Secretary, Postgraduate Training and Advisory Board, Ministry of Health, Brunei Darussalam (July 2011 to July 2018)
• Co-Deputy Chair, Medical and Health Research Ethics Committee, Ministry of Health, Brunei Darussalam (July 2014 to June 2017)
• Programme Director Internal Medicine Basic Specialty Training Programme, Ministry of Health Brunei Darussalam (November 2014 to December 2018)
• Programme Director Foundation Training Programme, Ministry of Health, Brunei Darussalam (August 2008 to August 2020)

Affiliations

• Association of British Neurologists
• American Academy of Neurology