The Ophthalmology department thrives to align with NUHS tripartite mission of excellence in clinical care, research and education by developing research activities within the department, involving our eye specialists and students from various educational institutions in Singapore. This effort aims to nurture young talents in research studies, cultivating research interest among future Medical leaders, thereby gearing towards the vision of NUH – shaping medicine for the future.

The Ophthalmology Department offers research intensive graduate programme that will nurture and train leading Medical researchers and will provide industry with highly competent biomedical scientists and clinician-scientists who will spearhead and drive Singapore's Medical Biotechnology efforts.

For more information on NUHS Clinician Scientist support, please visit NUHS Clinician Scientist Academy website at https://medicine.nus.edu.sg/csa/

Master and PhD Research Programme in Ophthalmology is a research-oriented programme that aims at training competent biomedical scientists and clinician-scientists.

By the end of the degree program, our PhD graduates would have acquired:

1. Sufficient depth and understanding of their research field
2. The ability to think independently and creatively
3. The ability to identify important questions and formulate testable hypotheses
4. After an appropriate period of further post-doctoral training, the ability to run an independent research programme

Master by Research

Our MSc graduates would have acquired:

1. Sufficient depth and understanding of their research field
2. The technical competence to support a research project under minimal supervision
3. Sufficient depth and understanding of their own field of research

Students will undertake research under the supervision of highly qualified researchers, ophthalmologist and an experienced basic research scientist in NUS, Singapore Eye Research Institute (SERI), A*STAR for their period of candidature, at the end of which, they submit a thesis for examination by a Board of Examiners.

As a research student you can expect of the following:

1. To work closely with our research supervisors and mentors who will help you to develop your work up to exciting research frontiers
2. To undertake your research in a vibrant environment which provide an excellent research facilities and a track record that shows a commitment to the highest standards of research supervision
3. There are wide-ranging opportunities for research interactions with Singapore Eye Research Institute (SERI) for the research undertaken

Current Postgraduate Students

Student	Program	Thesis Title
Mayuri Bhargava	PhD	Retinal Cell Therapy for Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Chen Ziyou David	PhD	Prime-IOL: Intraocular Pressure and Fundus Image-Exporting Intraocular Lens for Passive Continuous Monitoring of Age-Related Eye Conditions After Cataract Surgery
Wong Soo Lin	Masters	Development of A Micro-Pulse Laser Induced Retinal Damage Model in Non-Human Primates for Stem Cell Therapy
Wong Meihua Wendy	PhD	Phenotyping and Genotyping Patients with Inherited Retinal Disease for RNA Therapeutics
Ivan Seah Yu Jun	PhD	Developing Novel Biomaterials for Ocular Gene And Cell Therapy
Yew Min Er Samantha	Masters	AI and Refractive Error

 Download List of Past Students and Thesis

There are a number of scholarships available for students to assist with living costs in our commitment to the pursuit of high quality research and the expansion of our Master and PhD Research Programme.

 Information about University-wide scholarships for students.

Application

 Application must be submitted on-line.

The Ophthalmology department also believes that nurturing of research interest amongst Medical undergraduates can be achieved by actively involving the students in clinical care and research activities, under guidance of our assigned eye specialists.

Competency among young researches would be established, leading to their professional development and training as potential clinician-scientists/clinical investigators for the future.

With this, Medical students from the Singapore Ophthalmology Students’ Society (SOSS) and the NUS – Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, including that of the Wong Hook Boon (WHB) society are also registered for research attachment with our department. Students are also encouraged to work closely with their mentor to generate research plans.