Outstanding Faculty Researcher Award

Award Winner for year 2002
Associate Professor Loke Kah Yin
Dept of Paediatrics

Assoc Prof Loke has made significant contributions to Science and Technology, and was awarded the prestigious Singapore Youth Award in year 2000.

His major area of research was in genetics of inherited adrenal disorders including congenital adrenal hyperplasia, X-linked adrenal hypoplasia congenita and pseudohypoparathyroidism type 1a. For this important contribution in the molecular characterization of the CYP21 gene for congenital adrenal hyperplasia in Singapore, he was awarded the Haridas Memorial Lecture and Gold Medal of the Singapore Paediatric Society January 2002. More recently, his research in autosomal dominant obestity has helped unravel the biology of weight regulation.