TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH PROGRAMME FOR
Infectious Diseases
A holistic, patient-centric approach to infectious diseases that are relevant to Singapore and Asia
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ID TRP Co-Chairs' Welcome

Welcome to the Infectious Diseases Translational Research Programme (ID TRP)

We are forging ahead with the tremendous challenge of supporting research amidst a global pandemic. Our ID programme aims to provide a holistic, patient-centric approach to infectious diseases that are relevant to Singapore and Asia. We plan to strengthen peaks of excellence in deep pathogen-specific knowledge and expertise, particularly in molecular genetics and animal modelling. Our main areas of focus are Bacterial AMR, Emerging Viruses and Vaccine and Therapeutics Development. With our members from basic science and clinical field working hand in hand, we aim to build a community with a sense of belonging while establishing a regional and international research network. Our goal is to position ID TRP as the first choice for students, research fellows and academics by providing a nurturing and cutting-edge research environment.

Sincerely,
A/Prof Gan Yunn Hwen & A/Prof Sylvie Alonso
Programme Co-Chairs
Infectious Diseases Translational Research Programme

Our People

Get to know our team players who diligently contributed to the research programme

Sylvie ALONSO

Associate Professor
Research Interests:
  • Host-pathogen interactions in order to identify and understand the role of host and viral factors in the fitness and virulence of pathogens ​

GAN Yunn Hwen​

Associate Professor
Research Interests:
  • Novel strategies for targeting multidrug resistant enteric bacteria​
  • Multidrug resistance plasmid transmission in clinical Gram-negative bacteria​

Paul A. TAMBYAH

Professor
Research Interests:
  • Influenza
  • Catheter-associated UTI
  • Clinical trials, investigational agents and nosocomial infections​

Niranjan NAGARAJAN

Associate Professor
Research Interests:
  • Computational Genomics
  • Metagenomics
  • Microbiome
  • Antimicrobial resistance
  • Viral genomics

John CHEN

Associate Professor

Research Interests:
  • Staphylococcus
  • Aureus
  • MRSA
  • Bacteriophage
  • Transduction

Vincent CHOW

Associate Professor
Research Interests:
  • Viral Pathogenesis​
  • Animal Models of Microbial Disease​
  • Molecular Diagnosis and Epidemiology​

Justin CHU

Associate Professor
Research Interests:
  • Virology
  • Antivirals
  • Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease
  • Dengue Virus
  • Chikungunya Virus

WANG De Yun

Professor
Research Interests:
  • Rhinology
  • Allergy
  • Nasal Epithelial Stem Cells
  • Host Innate Immunity
  • Viral Infection

 

 

Hsu Li Yang

Professor

Research Interests:
  • Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: Genomics and Epidemiology
  • Bacterial antibiotic resistance: Epidemiology, Mechanisms, and Intervention

QU Kun

Assistant Professor
Research Interests:
  • Molecular and morphological characteristics of virus-host interactions.
  • Structure-guided design of antibodies and vaccines.
  • New methods in cryo-electron tomography and subtomogram averaging

Catherine ONG

Associate Professor

Research Interests:
  • Tuberculosis
  • Host-pathogen interactions
  • Biomarker discovery
  • Host-directed therapy
  • Rapid Pathogen detection
  • Antimicrobial resistance

David PATERSON

Professor

Research Interests:
  • Molecular and clinical epidemiology of infections
  • Multidrug-resistant pathogens
  • Antimicrobial

Nick PATON

Professor
Research Interests:
  • HIV
  • Tuberculosis
  • Clinical Trials
  • Treatment

SHAM Lok To

Associate Professor

Research Interests:
  • Capsular polysaccharide biosynthesis in Streptococcus Penumoniae
  • Bacterial cell envelope biogenesis
  • Antibiotic development

TAN Yee Joo

Associate Professor
Research Interests:
  • Molecular Virology
  • Viral-host Interactions
  • Neutralising antibodies
  • Influenza Virus

Thai TRAN

Associate Professor
Research Interests:
  • Respiratory Pathophysiology
  • Asthma
  • Lung Cancer
  • Cellular Physiology

CHNG Shu Sin

Associate Professor

Research Interests:
  • Cell membranes biology
  • Mechanisms of inter-membrane lipid trafficking
  • Gram-negative bacteria and mycobacteria
  • Antibiotics discovery

ZHONG Youjia

Assistant Professor
Research Interests:
  • Paediatric vaccinology
  • Inborn errors of immunity

MO Yin

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Research Interests:
  • Local bacterial drug resistance
  • Antimicrobials

Cheryl LEE

Assistant Professor

Research Interests:
  • Metabolic regulation of leukocytes during infection

  • Dysregulation of immune response during metabolic diseases

Seng Gee LIM

Professor

Research Interests:
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Sylvie ALONSO

Associate Professor
Research Interests:
  • Host-pathogen interactions in order to identify and understand the role of host and viral factors in the fitness and virulence of pathogens ​

GAN Yunn Hwen​

Associate Professor
Research Interests:
  • Novel strategies for targeting multidrug resistant enteric bacteria​
  • Multidrug resistance plasmid transmission in clinical Gram-negative bacteria​

Paul A. TAMBYAH

Professor
Research Interests:
  • Influenza
  • Catheter-associated UTI
  • Clinical trials, investigational agents and nosocomial infections​

Pablo BIFANI​

Associate Professor
Research Interests:
  • Molecular mechanisms of drug resistance
  • Drug target, molecular epidemiology, and drug discovery​

Dale FISHER​

Professor
Research Interests:
  • Infection Control​
  • Outbreaks​
  • Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Therapy

Sophia ARCHULETA​

Associate Professor​
Research Interests:
  • HIV/AIDS​
  • Dengue​
  • Klebsiella Liver Abscess Syndrome​
  • Bloodstream Infections, Medical Education​

Louis CHAI​

Associate Professor​
Research Interests:
  • Immunocompromised Hosts​
  • Fungal Infections
  • Immunology
  • Host Pathogen Interaction​

David ALLEN​

Associate Professor
Research Interests:
  • Infections in immune compromised hosts,
  • Complex infections involving implanted cardiac devices, prosthetic joints and the spine​

Kevin TAN​

Associate Professor
Research Interests:
  • Malaria​
  • Blastocystis​
  • Cell Death​
  • Bioimaging​
  • Host-pathogen Interactions​

Swaine L CHEN​

Associate Professor
Research Interests:
  • Urinary Tract Infection
  • Bacterial Genomics
  • Genomic Outbreak Analysis
  • Synthetic Biology
  • Host-pathogen Interactions

John CHEN

Assistant Professor
Research Interests:
  • Staphylococcus​
  • Aureus
  • MRSA
  • Bacteriophage​
  • Transduction​

Raymond LIN

Associate Professor
Research Interests:
  • Antimicrobial resistance
  • Influenza, enteroviruses and vector-borne viruses
  • Tuberculosis

Our Achievements

Discover some of our recent achievements
Awards & Appointments

NUS Medicine Infectious Diseases researcher Dr Mo Yin receives L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Award 2025

NUS Medicine Infectious Diseases researcher Dr Mo Yin receives L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Award 2025 Dr Mo Yin, from …

Awards & Appointments

National Medical Research Council Open Fund – Individual Research Grant 2025

Congratulations to our NUSMed Infectious Diseases TRP PI A/Prof. Chu Jang Hann Justin on being awarded the NMRC Open Fund …

Awards & Appointments

National Medical Research Council Talent Award Winners 2025

Congratulations to our NUSMed Infectious Diseases TRP PIs, A/Prof Catherine Ong and Dr Zhong You Jia, on being awarded the …

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Secondary Members

David ALLEN

Associate Professor​ (Medicine)​ ​

Sophia ARCHULETA

Associate Professor (Medicine)

Yann BOUCHER

Associate Professor (SPH)​

Louis CHAI

Associate Professor​ (Medicine)​

Kaiwen CHEN

Assistant Professor (Micro & Immuno)

CHN'G Jun Hong

Senior Lecturer (Micro & Immuno)

 

LOK Shee Mei

 Professor (Duke-NUS)

Hannah CLAPHAM

Assistant Professor (SPH)

Dale FISHER​

Professor​ (Medicine)​

KOH Cho Yeow

Associate Professor (Medicine)

Raymond LIN

Associate Professor​ (NPHL-NCID)​

LUO Min

Assistant Professor (DBS)

Benoit MALLERET

Assistant Professor (Micro & Immuno)

Matthew TAY

Adjunct Assistant Professor (Biochemistry)

Kevin TAN

Associate Professor​ (Micro & Immuno)​

Adjunct Members

Guillaume CARISSIMO

Assistant Professor​ (A*STAR ID Labs)

Yin Xiang SETOH​

Assistant Professor​ (EHI)​

Marco VIGNUZZI

Associate Professor 
(A*STAR ID Labs)

Primary Members

Sylvie ALONSO​

Associate Professor

John CHEN​

Associate Professor

Vincent CHOW​

Associate Professor​

Justin CHU

Associate Professor​

GAN Yunn Hwen

Associate Professor

HSU Li Yang​

 Professor

Catherine ONG​

Associate Professor

David PATERSON

Professor

Nick PATON​

Professor​

QU Kun

Assistant Professor

SHAM​ Lok To

Associate Professor​

Paul A. TAMBYAH

Professor

TAN Chee Wah

Research Assistant Professor

TAN Yee Joo​

Associate Professor​

Thai TRAN​

Associate Professor​

NAGARAJAN Niranjan

Associate Professor

ZHONG Youjia

Assistant Professor

CHNG Shu Sin

Associate Professor​ (Chemistry)​

MO Yin

Consultant (Medicine) 

Yassine CHERRAK

Assistant Professor

Cheryl LEE Qi En

Assistant Professor ?

CHNG Shu Sin

Associate Professor​ (Chemistry)​

MO Yin

Consultant (Medicine) 

WANG De Yun​

Professor​

TAN Yee Joo​

Associate Professor​