The Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine Researcher of The Year Award is awarded to faculty members who have shown a high level of performance, dedication and commitment to research.
Best Poster Award. Raghothaman Deepak, Leong Meng Fatt, Yang Zheng, Toh Kah Chin Jerry, Lim Tze Chiun Ashley, Lu Hongfang, Wan Chwee Aun Andrew, Eng Hin Lee. A modified three dimensional polyelectrolyte scaffold for cartilage tissue engineering. Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine 3rd Annual Graduate Scientific Congress (AGSC) 2013, 30 Jan 2013
Best Oral Paper Award. Keng Lin Wong, Aziz Nather, Vikram David, Barry P. Pereira, Choon Wei Lee. Effect of Autologous Mesenchymal Stem Cells on Biological Healing of Allografts in Critical-Sized Tibial Defects Simulated in Adult Rabbits: 13th Annual ATBF, 14th International APASTB and ISCT Australasian Regional Combined Scientific Meeting, 28th May to 1st June 2012, Sydney, Australia.
Best Paper Award. Favian Tay, Kenon Chua, Ramruttun Amit, Toh Siew Lok, James Hui. Biomechanical study of role of MPFL reconstruction and tibial tubercle transfer on patella dislocation. Biomedical Engineering Society 6th Scientific Meeting, University Town, NUS, 19 May 2012.
Best Poster Award. Feroze Raghuman, Suresh Nathan. Role of bovine pericardium for host implant integration in musculoskeletal oncology. 9th Asia Pacific Musculoskeletal Tumour Society Meeting 2012, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 7-9 September 2012.
Professor Wong Hee Kit. National Outstanding Clinician Award. National Medical Excellence Award 2012, 28 Aug 2012, Hilton Hotel.
Best Poster Award. Non-Viral Expression of TGFβ-3 for Chondrogenic Differentiation of Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem cells in a Large Animal (Porcine) Model; Afizah Binte Mohd, Ping Law, Sari Yohana Panjaitan, Xiafei Ren, Zheng Yang, Sintje Boehrensen, Fransiscus D. Suyatna, James Hoi Po Hui; Stem Cell Society of Singapore, 6-7 September 2012
A/Prof James Hui. Faculty Research Excellence Award 2012 (Clinician Scientist). This is in recognition of his excellent achievements as a researcher in the School of Medicine in the last academic year.
Young Orthopaedic Investigator Award. Lim Chin Tat; Ren Xia Fei; Afizah Mohd Hassan; Yang Zheng; Yingnan Wu; Chian Kerm Sin; Mikos G Antonio; James Hui Hoi Po. Translational Study of Autologous Bone Marrow Stem Cell with / without TGF-beta 1 Over Express Fumarate Hydrogel for Chondral Defect Repairing. 35th Annual Scientific Meeting of Singapore Orthopaedic Association, Singapore, 10-13 Oct 2012.
College of Surgeons Gold Medal for FRCSEd(Orth) Examination, May 2011, Gurpal Singh
Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine Faculty Teaching Excellence Awards Academic Year 2010-2011, Naresh Kumar
Best Poster Award. Pang Khang Chiang, Wilson Wang. Atraumatic patella fracture following medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction: A case report and literature review. 62nd Phillipines Orthopaedic Association Meeting, Quezon City, Phillipines, 30 Nov – 3 Dec 2011.
NUHS Leadership Award:
NUS Annual Safety & Health Performance Award 2011 - Silver Award
APOA-Pfizer 1st Prize for Best Research Paper in Orthopaedic Infection. Lim Tee Yong, Poh Chye Koon, Wilson Wang.
'Effect of sphingosine-1-phosphate on an implant infection simulation model using lipopolysaccharide-treated differentiating osteoblasts cultured on titanium substrate grafted with BMP-2 and chitosan: An in vitro cellular and molecular study.' 16th Triennial Congress of the Asia Pacific Orthopaedic Association, 4-7 Nov 2010, Taipei, Taiwan.
Young Orthopaedic Investigator Award. Gurpal Singh.
The anatomical basis of the tarsal tunnul syndrome: A cadaver dissection study. 33rd Annual Scientific Meeting of Singapore Orthopaedic Association, Singapore, 6-8 Oct 2010.
3rd Prize, Best Posters Competition. Thomas K.H. Teh, Siew-Lok Toh and James C.H. Goh
A comparative study of different mechanical conditioning regimes for the development of tissue engineered anterior cruciate ligament. TERMIS-AP 2010 Conference Sydney, Australia,15 – 17 Sept 2010.
Best Poster Award. Andy Wee, James Hui, Lee Eng Hin
Muscle derived stem cells for limb lengthening in a rabbit model. The 2010 Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America (POSNA)/Asia Pacific Orthopaedic Association (APOA) Annual Meeting, 4-7 May 2010, Waikoloa, Hawaii.
Finalist for Best Clinical Paper Award. Kenon Chua, James Hui, Wong Hee Kit, Lee Eng Hin.
The long term follow-up of scoliosis in patients with spinal muscle atrophy and Ducheene's muscular dystrophy. The 2010 Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America (POSNA)/Asia Pacific Orthopaedic Association (APOA) Annual Meeting, 4-7 May 2010, Waikoloa, Hawaii.
JOA2010 Travel Award. Dr Gurpal Singh.
'Anatomy of the tarsal tunnel: A cadaver study'. 83rd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Orthopaedic Association (JOA2010), 27-30 May 2010, Tokyo, Japan.
Young Orthopaedic Investigator Award. Wang Tzong-Jing Victor, Lee Boon Leng Kevin, Hui Hoi Po James.
A minimally-invasive technique of cartilage repair in the human knee combining microfracture and mesenchymal stem cell. 32nd Annual Scientific Meeting of Singapore Orthopaedic Association, Singapore, 18-21 Nov 2009
14th Yahya Cohen Memorial Lecture Award 2009. Suresh Nathan.
'Tumour interstitial fluid pressure may regulate angiogenic factors in osteosarcoma'. Traders Hotel, 7th Aug 2009.
Outstanding Oral Paper Award
'Fusion performance of a bioresorbable cage used in a
porcine model of anterior lumbar interbody fusion'. Abbah SA, Lam CXF, Yang K, Goh JCH, Hutmacher DW, Wong HK. The 13th International Conference on
Biomedical Engineering, Singapore, 3-6 Dec 2008
Outstanding Poster Paper
Award
'A serum free medium that conserves
the chondrogenic phenotype of in-vitro expanded
chondrocytes'. Ho ST, Yang Z, J Hui, Oh KWS, Choo
BHA, Lee EH. The 13th International Conference on
Biomedical Engineering, Singapore, 3-6 Dec 2008.
Young Investigator Award (3rd
Prize)
' Landing Impact Loads Predispose Osteocartilage to
Degeneration'. Yeow CH, Lau ST, Lee PVS, Goh
JCH. The 13th International Conference on
Biomedical Engineering, Singapore, 3-6 Dec 2008.
Award Winner N Balachandran Best Paper
Award
'Fusion performance of a novel bioresorbable cage used
in anterior lumbar interbody fusion'. Abbah SA, Lam
CXF, Yang K, Goh JCH, Hutmacher DW, Wong HK. 31st
Annual Scientific Meeting of Singapore Orthopaedic
Association, Singapore, 12-16 November 2008.
Award winner for the Best Deformity
Paper
'Adolescent Undergoing Surgery for Adolescent
Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS): Does Surgery and Surgical
Technique Affect Patient Outcomes?'. Prof Wong Hee
Kit. At the Scoliosis Research Society (SRS)
Worldwide Meeting, New Delhi, India, October 2-4,
2008
NHG Lifetime Achievement Award
Prof Lee Eng Hin. Recipient of Lee Foundation
– NHG Lifetime Achievement Award at the NHG Annual
Scientific Congress, 7 Nov 08.
Best APOA 2007 Poster Award.
'Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell transplantation and
intervertebral disc distraction reverse intervetebral
disc degeneration in a rabbit model'. Ismail E, Hee
HT, Goh JCH, Wong HK. The 15th Triennial Congress
of Asia Pacific Orthopaedic Association, 9-13 Sept
2007, Seoul, Korea.
1st Prize
'Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell transplantation and
intervertebral disc distraction reverse intervertebral
disc degeneration in a rabbit model'. Ismail E, Hee
HT, Goh JCH, Wong HK. Doctoral category in
research presentation contest, Faculty of Medicine,
University of Indonesia, May 2007
11th Yahya Cohen Memorial Lectureship
2006
'Comparative study of the ability of mesenchymal stem
cells derived from bone marrow, periosteum, and adipose
tissue in treatment of partial growth arrest in
rabbit.' James Hui. 41st Singapore-Malaysia
Congress of Medicine, 19-22 July 2007.
Asian Travel Award
'BMD of the normal knee in pre- and postmenopausal
women – A preliminary study.' Low SL, Wong PS, Das
De S, Wang W, Satku K. 17th International Bone
Densitometry Workshop, 5-9 Nov 2006, Kyoto, Japan.
Young Orthopaedic Investigator Award
'Behaviour of proximal thoracic curve after
thoracoscopic selective anterior fusion for adolescent
idiopathic scoliosis - a longitudinal study with
minimum 2 years follow-up. Naresh Babu, Peng Yian,
Tao Hui Ren, Hee Hwan Tak, Wong Hee Kit. 29th
Singapore Orthopaedic Association Annual Scientific
Meeting, Singapore, 8-11 Nov 2006.
SOA-Bioengineering Award
'Chemical conjugation of norfloxacin antibiotic to bone
cement to enhance antimicrobial activity - a new
approach'. Wilson Wang, Z Shi, Neoh Koon Gee.
29th Singapore Orthopaedic Association Annual
Scientific Meeting, Singapore, 8-11 Nov 2006.
Asian Travel Award
'BMD of the normal knee in pre- and postmenopausal
women - A preliminary study. Low SL, Wong PS, Das
De S, Wang W, Satku K. 17th International Bone
Densitometry Workshop, 5-9 Nov 2006, Kyoto, Japan.
Active member of the American Orthopaedic
Association (AOA)
Emeritus Professor Robert Pho.
Outstanding Researcher Award
Prof Lee Eng Hin, University Awards 2006
Faculty Outstanding Researcher Award 2006
Prof Lee Eng Hin
BMRC-NMRC Clinician Scientist Investigator Award
(Category A)
A/Prof James Hui
ICBME 2005 Outstanding Paper Award
'New uniaxial extensometer to measure in-vivo
mechanical properties of the human skin'. Lim KH,
Ho HN, Chew CN, Chen PCY, Jeyapalina S, Teo CL, Lim
BH. 12th International Conference on Biomedical
Engineering, Singapore, 7-10 Dec 2005.
ICBME 2005 Outstanding Paper
Award
'Optimization of polymer scaffolds for tendon and
ligament tissue engineering'. Sahoo S, Goh J, Tay
TE, Nayak BKP, Toh SL. 12th International
Conference on Biomedical Engineering, Singapore, 7-10
Dec 2005.
Young Orthopaedic Investigator Award
'Mesenchymal stem cell therapy for cartilage defects -
A novel, miminally invasive approach'. Lee KBL, Hui
JHP, Lee EH. 28th Annual Scientific Meeting,
Singapore Orthopaedic Association, 1-4 Dec 2005,
Sheraton Towers, Singapore
Honorable Mention - The Asian Wall Street
Journal's Asian Innovation Awards
A/Prof James Goh. Direct Pressure Cast
Prosthetic Socket System. 27 Sep 2005.
2004 PE Publishing Award by Journal of
Engineering in Medicine
1 Sep 2005. BH Ng, SM Chou, BH Lim and A
Chong. 'Strain rate effect on the failure
properties of tendons'. Proc Inst Mech Eng [H]
2004;218(3):203-
NUS Emeritus Professor
Prof Robert Pho was awarded NUS Emeritus
Professor in July 2005.
1st prize - Assistive Technology Invention
Competition (Open Category), Society for the Physically
Disabled
'Direct Pressure Cast Prosthetic Socket for Transtibial
Amputees'. A/Prof James Goh, Dr Peter
Lee, Ms Chong Sook Yee.
Albert Trillat Young Investigator's Award
Ashvin Thambyah. ' Mechanical Properties of
the Articular Cartilage Covered by the
Meniscus'International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee
Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine (ISAKOS) 5th
Biennial Congress, April 3-7 2005, Hollywood, FL.
USA.
ISCD Young Investigator Award, 'Measurement of
tibial subchondral BMD in the knee using DXA'
Low Siew Leng, S Das De, Wilson Wang, K Satku.
2005 Annual Meeting of the International Society for
Clinical Densitometry, New Orleans, LA, USA, Feb 16-19
2005.
Asian Innovation Awards 2004
A/P Lim Thiam Chye, Dr Dietmar
Hutmacher (Orthopaedic Surgery &
Bioengineering) and Dr Jan-Thorsten Schatz (Surgery & Bioengineering) and their team won the
Gold award for their work on 'Tissue Engineering of
Cranial-Facial Bone Graft with a Bio-reasonable
Scaffold (poly-caprolatone)'. It is a multidisciplinary
field that integrates engineering principles, basic
life science and cell biology and the group's
achievement is a triumph for tissue engineering which
aims to restore tissue and organ functions with minimal
host rejection.
NHG Young Investigator Award
'The impact of microanastomosis of the intramuscular
nerve branch on healing of completely lacerated
skeletal muscles: A histoplathological analysis'. Zheng Ling, Tan Ai Cheng, Tan Bee Leng, Barry
Pereira, Aymeric Lim Yu-Tang, Lahiri A, VP Kumar.
National Healthcare Group Annual Scientific Congress
2004, 9-19 October 2004.
NHG Lifetime Achievement Award
Prof Robert Pho. National Healthcare Group
Annual Scientific Congress 2004, 9-19 October 2004.
Young Orthopaedic Investigator Award
Michael Soon, James Hui, Afizah Binte Mohd Hassan, James Goh, Lee Eng Hin. 27th Annual Scientific
Meeting of the Singapore Orthopaedic Association, 23
November 2004.