Our People
Programme Directors
Kevin Patrick White
Programme Director
Professor
Area of Research
- Drug and diagnostics development using genomic and computational analysis
- Genomic and Nucleic acids engineering
- Using genomic diversity to improve health outcomes
Research Interests
- Functional Genomics
- System Biology
- Nucleic acid-based therapeutics
- Cellular Engineering
Tai E Shyong
Deputy Programme Director
Professor
Area of Research
- Metabolic diseases & Diabetes: Cellular & Molecular mechanisms, Genetics & nutrition, Therapy
Research Interests
- Mobile health & behavioural science related to health
- Insulin resistance & its genetics
- Diabetes
Translational Research
Tan Ban Xiong
Head of Translational Research
Admin Lead
Area of Research
- Identify translational research projects, and develop and implement strategic vision.
- Oversee the planning, execution, and management of translational research projects.
- Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to promote translational research initiatives.
Precision Medicine TRP
Primary (Basic Sciences) Members
Federico Tesio Torta
Research Assistant Professor
Area of Research
- Synthetic Biology: Proteomics & Lipidomics
Research Interests
- Mass Spectrometry
- Clinical lipidomics
- Protein-lipid interactions
- Signalling lipids
Amaury Gassiot Cazenave
Research Assistant Professor
Area of Research
- Synthetic Biology: Proteomics & Lipidomics
Research Interests
- Mass Spectrometry
- Metabolomics
Ban Hon Kim, Kenneth
Senior Lecturer
Area of Research
- Functional ageing: cellular & molecular engineering, health care & others.
Research Interests
- Prostate cancer
- Breast cancer
- Transposon screens
- High performance computing
- Mouse models
- Translational bioinformatics
- Technology-enhance medical education
Lee Guat Lay, Caroline
Associate Professor
Area of Research
- Functional Ageing: Cellular & Molecular Mechanisms
Research Interests
- Next-Generation Sequencing
- Metagenomics
- Hepatocellular Carcinoma
- Cancer Genomics
- Pharmacogenomics
Hyungwon Choi
Associate Professor
Area of Research
- Computational Biology
Research Interests
- Multi-omics Integration
- Mass Spectrometry Informatics
- Biomarker Discovery & Characterization
Teo Kee Keong Adrian
Assistant Professor
Area of Research
- Metabolic Diseases & Diabetes: Cellular & Molecular Mechanisms, Stell Cell Biology
Research Interests
- Stem Cell
- iPSCs
- Diabetes
- Pancreas
- Islet beta-cells
- Human development
- Precision medicine
Yu Haojie
Assistant Professor
Area of Research
- Cardiovascular diseases: Cellular & Molecular Mechanism, Genetics
- Metabolic Diseases & Diabetes: Cellular & Molecular Mechanisms, Genetics & Nutrition
Research Interests
- Hypercholesterolemia Atherosclerotic Plaque Progression & Regression Functional Genomics & Cardiometabolic Disease Genome editing
Hu Chunyi
Assistant Professor
Area of Research
- CRISPRS-Cas Immunity System
Research Interests
- Molecular Mechanisms
- Supramolecular complexes in immunity systems
- Adaptive immunity systems
Liu Boxiang
Assistant Professor
Area of Research
- GWAS, Statistical method development, Machine Learning models, Natural Language Processing (NLP),
Computer Vision, Deep Learning
Research Interests
- GWAS of genetic variants with complex human diseases
- Expression Quantitative Trait Loci (eQTL) mapping
- Deep learning architecture integrated with cis- & trans-regulators of gene expression
Precision Medicine TRP
Primary (Clinical) Members
Asim Shabbir
Associate Professor
Area of Research
- Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery
Research Interests
- Bariatric Surgery outcomes
- Impact of Surgery on Metabolic Diseases
Mahesh Choolani
Associate Professor
Area of Research
- Reproductive & Developmental Biology
Research Interests
- Fetal Medicine & Therapy
- Ovarian Cancer
- Reproductive Stem Cells
Khoo Chin Meng
Assistant Professor
Area of Research
- Metabolic Diseases & Diabetes
Research Interests
- Insulin resistance
- Insulin secretion
- Type 2 Diabetes
- Obesity
Kao Shih Ling
Assistant Professor
Area of Research
- Endocrinology
Research Interests
- Human endocrine cell development
- Coronary artery disease
- Type 2 diabetes mellitus