Singapore Translational Research Investigator Award (STaR)

Chng Wee Joo
MB ChB, PhD, FRCP (Edin), FRCPath

Specialty: Haematology Oncology
Research: Genomics and therapeutics of haematologic malignancies particularly, myeloma, acute myeloid leukemia and NKT lymphoma

Christopher Chen Li Hsian
BA (Cantab), BM Bch (Oxon), MRCP (UK), FRCP (Edin), FAMS (S’pore)

Specialty: Neurology
Research: Neuroimaging, molecular biology and treatment of stroke and dementia

Allen Yeoh Eng Juh
MBBS (S’pore), MMed (Paeds) (S’pore)

Specialty: Paediatric Haematology & Oncology, Paediatric Medicine
Research: Pharmacogenomics in childhood leukemias, treatment-related toxicities in childhood leukemias

Lim Seng Gee
MBBS, FRCP, FRACP, FAMS, MD, Cert Immunology

Specialty: Hepatology
Research: Functional cure of chronic hepatitis

 

Goh Boon Cher
MBBS (S’pore), MRCP (UK), MMed (Int Med), FAMS, Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (Edin)

Specialty: Medical Oncology
Research: Lung Cancer, Head & Neck Cancer, Phase I Clinical Trials

Senior Clinician Scientist Award (Senior CSA)

Mahesh Choolani
MBBS, MMed (O&G, S’pore), FAMS (S’pore). PhD (London), FRCOG (UK), FRANZCOG (Aus & NZ)

Specialty: Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Research: High Risk Pregnancy Care, Fetal Medicine, Prenatal Diagnosis

Yong Eu Leong
MBBS (S’pore), MR COG, PhD

Specialty: Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Research: Reproductive endrocrinology, subfertility polycistic ovarian syndrome

Link: Official Webpage

Chester Lee Drum
MD, PhD

Specialty: Cardiology
Research: Gastrointestinal cancer, Drug development

Vijay Kumar Sharma
MD, MRCP (UK)

Specialty: Neurology
Research: Impact of external counterpulsation therapy on cerebral hemodynamic parameters in patients with symptomatic and severe steno-occlusive disease and impaired cerebral vasodilatory reserve

Seet Chee Seong, Raymond
MBBS(S’pore), MRCP (UK), M Med (Int Med) (S’pore)

Specialty: Neurology
Research: Stroke and ageing research

David Tan Shao Peng
BSc(Hons), MBBS(Hons) (London), PG Dip(Oncology), MRCP(UK) (Medical Oncology), PhD(London), FRCP (Edin)

Specialty: Haematology-Oncology
Research: Therapeutics and molecular biomarkers in gynaecological cancers, Early phase drug development and precision oncology leukemias

Yong Wei Peng
MB ChB (University of Aberdeen), MRCP (UK), Clinical Pharmacology Fellowship (University of Chicago)

Specialty: Medical Oncology
Research: Gastrointestinal cancer, cancer organoid, early phase drug development

Tai E Shyong
MB ChB, PhD, MRCP (UK), FRCP

Specialty: Endocrinology
Research: Ethnic differences in insulin resistance,  Nephropathy and microvascular complications in diabetes, Precision population health for prevention of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes mellitus, Phen-Gen research repository and pre-emptive pharmacogenomics, Health innovations

Ng Siok Bian
MBBS, FRCPA

Specialty: Haematolymphoid pathology
Research: Molecular genetics of EBV-associated T and NK cell lymphomas

Link: Official Webpage

Chen Ching-Yu
MD, MPH, PhD (USA)

Specialty: Ophthalmology 
Research: Epidemiology and genetics of major eye diseases

Roger Foo Sik Yin
MD, FRCP (Lond), FACC, FAHA

Specialty: Cardiology
Research: Heart failure epigenomics, molecular epigenetic and stress-gene response

Link: Official Webpage

Catherine Ong Wei Min
MBBS (S’pore), MRCP (UK), PhD (Imperial College London), FAMS (S’pore)

Specialty: Infectious Diseases
Research: TB host pathogen interactions, biomarker discovery and host-directed therapies

Link: Official Webpage

Anand Devaprasath Jeyasekharan
MBBS, MRCP (UK), PhD, FAMS (Medical Oncology)

Specialty: Lymphoma
Research: Modulation of anti-cancer immunity by DNA damage; targeting of defective DNA repair in cancer

Link: Official Webpage

Chan Shiao-Yng
MBBChir (UK), MRCOG (UK), PhD

Specialty: Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Research: Thyroid hormone action in fetal and placental development

Citra Nurfarah binte Zaini Mattar
MBBS (NUS), MMed O&G (NUS), MRANZCOG (2005), PhD (NUS), FAMS

Specialty: Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Research: Fetal and perinatal gene therapy and stem cell transplantation; maternal and fetal immune response to intrauterine gene and stem cell therapies

Mikael Hartman
MD (Stockholm), PhD (Karolinska Institute)

Specialty: General Surgery
Research: Breast cancer etiology, breast cancer prognostication, inheritance of prognosis, pharmacogenomic, clinical epidemiology, trauma

James Hui Hoi Po
MBBS(S’pore), FRCS(Edin), FAMS(S’pore)

Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine
Research: Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgery

Koh Woon Puay
MBBS (Hons), PhD, FAMS

Specialty: Population Health
Research: Epidemiologic studies of common chronic diseases in Singapore and ageing outcomes

Link: Official Webpage

Lee Soo Chin
MBBS, M.Med (Int Med), MRCP (UK), FAMS, FRCP (Edin)

Specialty: Haematology-Oncology
Research: Breast cancer, developmental therapeutics, pharmacogenetics

Lee Chi-Hang, Ronald
MBBS, MD, FRCP (Edin), FACC, FSCAI

Specialty: Cardiologist. Sleep Medicine
Research: Cardiosleep Medicine, Clinical Trial, Intracoronary Imaging

Chai Yi Ann, Louis
MBBS(S’pore), MRCP (UK), Specialist Accreditation in Infectious Disease, PhD (Nijmegen, The Netherlands)

Specialty: Infectious Diseases
Research: –

Clinician Scientist Award (CSA)

Feng Lei
MBBS (China), PhD (S’pore)

Specialty: Psychological Medicine
Research: Healthy ageing, dementia prevention, geriatric epidemiology

Tham Huiwen Elizabeth
MBBS(S’pore), MMed(Paeds)(S’pore), MRCPCH(UK), FAMS(S’pore), MCI(S’pore)

Specialty: Paediatrics,  allergy & immunology
Research: Mechanisms and Biotherapeutics for Paediatric Allergic Disorders

Yeo Leong Litt, Leonard
MBBS(S’pore), MMed(Int Med), MRCP(UK), ASN

Specialty: Neurology
Research: Acute Ischemic Stroke management, Collateral circulation

Dong Yanhong (Catherine)
BN, Master (Clinical Neuropsychology), PhD (Clinical Medicine)

Specialty: Nursing, Cognition
Research: Heart-Brain Connection Mechanism, Brain Training, Cognition, Vascular Diseases

Mark Dhinesh Muthiah
MBBS (S’pore), MRCP (UK), M.Med (Int Med, S’pore)

Specialty: Gastroenterology
Research: Liver Transplantation and Immunosuppression, Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, Hepatocellular carcinoma, Liver cirrhosis, Colon Cancer Screening and Endoscopic Mucosal Resection (EMR) of Colon Polyps

Donny Hoang Quan Van Manh
MD, PhD (UIC, USA), FAMS, FASRS, FAAO

Specialty: Surgical Retina, Ophthalmology
Research: Pathologic myopia, scleral collagen-crosslinking, novel multimodal imaging, scleral biomechanics, stunting myopia progression, surgical outcomes in highly myopic eyes.

Tay Kai Xun Joshua
MBBS (S’pore), PhD (Stanford), MRCS (Glasgow), MMed (ORL), FAMS

Specialty: Otorhinolaryngology / Ear, Nose, Throat (ENT) Surgery
Research: Nasopharyngeal Cancer

Saima Hilal
MD, MPH, PhD

Specialty: Clinical Epidemiology and Neurology
Research: Neuroimaging, prevention of cognitive impairment and dementia, healthy ageing 

Liu Zengping
MBBS, MD

Specialty: Ophthalmology
Research: Stem cell biology, tissue engineering (scaffold development), surgical animal models, and clinical research

Mo Yin
MBBS, MRCP, MMed

Specialty: Infectious Diseases
Research: Antimicrobial resistance and emerging infectious diseases

Clinician Innovator Award (CIA)

Victor Koh Teck Chang
MBBS (S’pore), MMed (Ophth), MRCSEd, MSc, FAMS

Specialty: Ophthalmology
Research: Disruptive innovative medical devices designed for community-based ophthalmic diagnostics, New laser/implants for refractory glaucoma

James Thomas Patrick Decourcy Hallinan
MBChB, FRCR

Specialty: Diagnostic Radiology
Research: Musculoskeletal and spine radiology: leveraging deep learning models to enhance MRI and CT reporting for spinal metastases, stenosis, and spinal cord compression

Goh Yonggeng
MmBChB, MMed, FRCR

Specialty: Diagnostic Radiology
Research: Breast Cancer Imaging

Chua Horng Ruey
MBBS, MMed (NUS), MRCP(UK), FRCP (Edin), FAMS (S’pore), 

Specialty: Renal Medicine
Research: Acute kidney injury, Biomarkers of renal tubular injury, Informatics, Data analytics to predict kidney disease, Continuous renal replacement therapy, Critical care nephrology, Metabolic syndromey

Gao Yujia
MBBS, MRCS (Edin), DFD (CAW)(S’pore), MMed (Surgery)(S’pore), FRCS Ed (Gen Surgery)(Edin)

Specialty: General Surgery
Research: Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Surgery

Clara Ngoh Lee Ying
MB ChB (Edin), MRCP (UK), M.Med (NUS), FAMS

Specialty: Renal Medicine
Research: Glomerulonephritis, Chronic kidney disease particularly the impact of obesity and metabolic diseases, Diagnostics in Nephrology

Tor Phern Chern
MBBS (Singapore), MMed (Psychiatry), FAMS

Specialty: Psychiatry
Research: Electroconvulsive Therapy, ranscranial Magnetic Stimulation, Ketamine, Interventional Psychiatry, Neurostimulation

John Loh Ser Pheng
MBBS (UK), BDS (S’pore), MDS (Hong Kong)

Specialty: Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
Research: Oral and Facial Cancer, Maxillofacial Reconstruction

Senior HPHSR Clinician Scientist Award (Senior HCSA)

Kavita Venkataraman
MBBS, PG DHA, PhD

Specialty: Epidemiology
Research: Cardiometabolic diseases with a specific focus on diabetes and its complications, rehabilitation care, care integration, patient perspectives of care, and patient-reported outcomes.

Wee Hwee Lin
BSc (Pharm) (Hons), PhD

Specialty: Public Health
Research: Use of real-world data in economic evaluation of health technologies and health services, incorporating patient and public preferences in the design of health services and health policy

Tan Ker Kan
MBBS, MMed (Surgery), FRCS (Edin), PhD (Public Health)

Specialty: General Surgery (Colorectal)
Research: Colorectal caner screening

 

 

 

Shefaly Shorey
BSc (Nursing), PhD

Specialty: Nursing
Research: Maternal, paternal, and newborn health across perinatal period, development and evaluation of psychosocial and educational interventions for varied populations

Luo Nan
BSc, MSc, PhD

Specialty: –
Research: Health-related quality of life measurement, Health services research

He Hong-gu
BSc, MSc, PhD

Specialty: Nursing
Research: Perioperative care and other care for children and their parents, perinatal care for mothers and fathers, chronic diseases and cancer care, nursing education and others

HPHSR Clinician Scientist Award (HCSA)

Tham Yih Chung
BSc, PhD

Specialty: Ocular epidemiology
Research: Visual impairment, age-related eye diseases, ocular imaging and deep learning

Melissa Ooi Gaik Ming
MB BCh, BAO, MRCP(I), FRCPath, PhD

Specialty: Haematology
Research: Plasma cell dyscrasias, acute leukaemia, myelodysplasia

Chen Huijun, Cynthia
BSc, MSc, PhD

Specialty: Economics of Ageing
Research: Public Health and Ageing, Healthcare Financing, Economic Evaluation, Biostatistics

John Soong Tshon Kit
MBChB, FRCP(Edin,Lon), FAMS, PhD

Specialty: Advanced Internal Medicine, Intensive Care Medicine
Research: Acute Medical Unit, critical care & perioperative Medicine, health services research; point-of-care ultrasonography, clinical simulation

Link: Official Webpage

Stephanie Ko
MBBS (U of London, United Kingdom) 2013, M Med (Int Med) (NUS, Singapore) 2015, MPH (Harvard U, United States) 2017

Specialty: Internal Medicine
Research: General Medicine, Integrated and multi-disciplinary care, Health Services Research, Big database analysis

Wu Xi, Vivien
PhD, MEd, BSc (Nursing)

Specialty: Nursing
Research: Healthy Ageing Interventions, Frailty, Cognitive Impairment, Digital Health, Intergenerational Programs, Community Care
Link: Official Webpage

Law Chung Ning Evelyn
BA, MD (US), Board Certification in General Paediatrics and Developmental-Behavioural Paediatrics (US)

Specialty: Paediatric Medicine
Research: Developmental and behavioural paediatrics

Seow Wei Jie
BSc, MSc, ScD

Specialty: Epidemiology
Research: Cancer prevention, environmental health, molecular biomarkers, and cardio-respiratory diseases

Chen Wenjia
BSc, MSc, MPH, PhD

Specialty: Health economics and outcomes
Research: Economics of precision medicine and clinical AI, chronic respiratory medicine: economic burden, value-based precision health, environmental impact, health technology assessment, pricing and reimbursement models

Chew Han Shi, Jocelyn
BSc, PhD

Specialty: Nursing, behavior and implementation science, biomedical informatics
Research: Digital behavioral interventions, digital phenotyping, preventive cardiology, obesity management 

Borame Sue Lee Dickens
BSc, MSc, PhD

Specialty: Simulation modeller
Research: Microsimulation models for public health, geospatial health

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