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Research Residency

Programme

Quarterly Newsletter

December 2019

Issue 16

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

RESEARCH IS BORING 1

COURSE ASSESSMENT 2

NEED RESEARCH FACILITIES?

CHECK THIS OUT! 2

GRANT OPPORTUNITIES 3

POPULAR UPCOMING EVENTS 4

RESEARCH POLICY UPDATES 4

FEATURED PUBLICATIONS OF

RRP RESIDENTS 5

LET’S WELCOME OUR NEW

RRP RESIDENTS! 7

OUR RRP RESIDENTS 9

RRP ACTIVITIES PHOTO ALBUM

(SEP TO DEC 2019) 10

RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES

WITH OUR RRP FACULTY 13

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR

2019 NUHS RESIDENCY

GRADUANDS

19

Contact Us

Programme Director

Dr. See Kay Choong

[email protected]

Programme Coordinator

Mr. Eugene Tan Yi Qun

[email protected]

Check Out Our

RRP Website

A Distinction Track of the NUHS Residency Programme

“RESEARCH IS BORING”

Contributed by:

Dr. See Kay Choong

Programme Director

Research Residency Programme

Most of us would have taken a flight.

Remember how it starts after boarding? There is a part where all

entertainment systems will switch to a safety video, or pause for a safety

demonstration. And remember how it ends? There is a part when again

all entertainment systems give way to a series of announcements. At

both times, all large electronic equipment like laptops must be switched

off and mobile phones must be placed in the flight safe mode.

In between, the flight may encounter turbulence. But otherwise work

may be done, movies may be viewed, meals may be enjoyed and sleep

may be done. Some folks will be able to relax more than others: people

who adapt well to flights, people who sit in first or business class. Some

airlines also provide better facilities or service than others. Some airlines

provide minimal comforts, especially the budget ones.

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Research is like a flight. Methodical, sometimes boring. Especially if one has flown many times before

and the exuberance of novel experiences has worn off. We will need to ride through the bumps, and

learn when to take a nap. Some of us get to travel in more luxury than others. There will be a mixture

of good journeys and uncomfortable ones.

Not everyone would choose to fly. For those of us who do, and when we are clear about our chosen

destination, by and large, we will all get there.

COURSE ASSESSMENT ‘Write an article on the unique ethical challenges when performing research in your field’

Deadline for submission: 20 February 2020

The Diabetes, Tuberculosis (TB) and Neuroscience

Centre Grant (CG) includes 9 research core facilities that

support a broad range of research areas beyond the 3

themes.

NEED RESEARCH FACILITIES?

CHECK THIS OUT!

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GRANT OPPORTUNITIES

Open Fund — Young Individual

Research Grant

2 Grant Calls Per Year (May and

November)

Award: Funding quantum of up to

S$300,000 (Inclusive of 20% indirect costs)

for up to 3 years

Objective: To support the conduct of

research proposals in basic and

translational clinical research that are

relevant to human health and wellness

Clinician-Scientist Individual

Research Grant

2 Grant Calls Per Year (May and

November)

Award: Funding quantum of up to S$1.5M

per project for 3 years with up to additional

20% indirect costs provided to the host

institution of the PI

Objective: To enable Clinician Scientists to

carry out medical research on a

specifically defined topic

Health Services Research New Investigator Grant

Opens in Apr each year

Award: Funding quantum of up to S$100,000 per project for 2 years

with additional 20% indirect costs provided to the host institution of

the lead PI

Objective: HSRG New Investigator Grant (HSRG-NIG) is a subcatego-

ry of the HSRG to cater for new HSR investigators. The HSRG-NIG is

a step for he new investigators to a first independent national level

grant.

Wellcome Trust

Open Application

Award: Up to £500,000 (24 Months), or up

to £750,000 (36 Months) for muntidiscipli-

nary collaborations

Objective: To support researchers who are

transforming great ideas into healthcare in-

novations that could have a significant im-

pact on human health

Clinical Trial Grant—Industry

Collaborative Trials (CTG-ICT)

Scheme

Open Application

Award: Up to £500,000 (24 Months), or up

to £750,000 (36 Months) for muntidiscipli-

nary collaborations

Objective: To support researchers who are

transforming great ideas into healthcare in-

novations that could have a significant im-

pact on human health

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POPULAR UPCOMING EVENTS

RESEARCH POLICY UPDATES

Precision Public Health Asia 2020

Conference

Date: 1—3 April 2020

Venue: Orchard Hotel (442 Orchard Road,

Singapore 238879)

Find Out More &

Register Here

Grant Writing Workshop

(Claimable Under RRP PTF)

Date: 18—21 February 2020

Venue: Centre for Translational Medicine

(MD 6) / NUHS Tower Block

Find Out More &

Register Here

Personal Data Protection Act

(PDPA)

When is Ethics Approval

Required

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Dr. Adeline Yong Mei-Yan

Dermatology Residency Programme

SR3

Read Full Paper

HERE

FEATURED PUBLICATIONS OF RRP RESIDENTS

Dr. Sia Ching Hui

Cardiology Residency Programme

SR3

Read Full Paper

HERE

Let’s Welcome Our New RRP Residents!

Dr. Chris Lim Hong Long

Ophthalmology Residency Programme

R3

My name is Chongyan and I’m a R1 Orthopaedic resident. My hobbies are swimming, jogging and playing digital keyboard. My current research interests are in the areas of spine biomechanics and spine clinical studies. I would also like to explore a variety of meta-analysis and clinical trials.

My name is Chris and I have recently entered my third year of

Ophthalmology training at NUH. I am also a PhD Candidate through the

University of New South Wales, pursuing a thesis examining corneal

infections related to contact lens wear in Asia. I further sit on the board of

directors of Alazakam; a marketing AI start-up, and am also kept busy

working towards commercialising another mobile application start-up that

my team has been working on. Speak soon!

Dr. Wang Chongyan

Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Programme

R1

Dr. Tan Jun Hao

Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Programme

R2

My name is Jun Hao and I’m currently in NUH Ortho residency. My hobbies are running, going to the gym if i have free time. Research interests wise, I am only just starting out, but I quite enjoy doing clinical research and meta-analysis.

Dr. Rodney Soh Yu Hang

Internal Medicine Residency Programme

R1

My name is Rodney and I’m currently a year 2 internal medicine resident. I have a few hobbies that I enjoy doing during my free time, ranging from playing the piano to water sports like wakeboarding and surfing. My current research interests are in cardiology, quality improvement.

Dr. Chng Wei Qiang


R1

My name is Tiffany and I’m a 2nd year surgical resident. I enjoy reading and movie marathoning for leisure as well as initiating my own community projects for the less privileged. I hope to be able to do research that will be able to change surgical practice and impact the lives of generations of patients and am currently involved in research on metabolic disease, endocrine surgery and harnessing the potential of artificial intelligence for precision medicine.

My name is Wei Qiang I’m an Internal Medicine resident. I count cycling,

running, traveling and photography as my interests. I am constantly

seeking opportunities to expand my knowledge and improve myself.

Looking forward to learning more about clinical research!

Dr. Tiffany Gan Rui Xuan

General Surgery Residency Programme

R2

Dr. Ooi Xue Ting


R2

My name is Xue Ting and I’m currently in second year of internal medicine residency. My research journey and interest only started in recent years. Despite having minimal research foundation, I am really glad to have met mentors who have guided me along. My interest is mainly in dermatology and infectious disease. I enjoy travelling because I like new experiences and challenges.

Our RRP Residents

Anaesthesiology

Lean Lyn Li

Sim Ming Ann

Dermatology

Adeline Yong Mei Yen

Ellie Choi Ci En

Diagnostic

Imaging

Blossom Wen Jinhang

Choo Yun Song

Lim Yi Ting

Ngam Pei Ing

Emergency

Medicine

Lenard Cheng Tai Win

General

Surgery

Tiffany Gan Rui Xuan

Internal

Medicine

Benjamin Tay Wei Rong

Bryce Tan Wei Quan

Chng Wei Qiang

Ooi Xue Ting

Peng Siyu

Rodney Soh Yu Hang

Vinay Bahadur Panday

William Chan Wee Lee

Neurosurgery

Aaron Foo Song Chuan

Adriel Leon Zhi Jie

Mervyn Lim Jun Rui

Grace Chan Ming Fen

Karen Lim Mei Xian

Orthopaedic

Surgery

Obstetrics

&

Gynaecology

Liang Zhen Chang

Tan Jun Hao

Wang Chongyan

Paediatrics

Manu Chhabra

Nicholas Ng Beng Hui

Preventive

Medicine

Aidan Tan Lyanzhiang

SR

Cardiology

Laureen Wang Yi Ting

Sia Ching Hui

SR

Gastroenterology

Koo Chieh Sian

Margaret Teng Li Peng

SR

Geriatric

Medicine

Vanda Ho Wen Teng

SR

Haematology

Ian Wu Qianhuang

SR

Neurology

Benjamin Tan Yong Qiang

Jennifer Hung Hay Min

Quak Zhi Xuan

SR

Renal Medicine

Chua Yan Ting

SR

Respiratory

Medicine

Alvin Lo Ho Yan

Valencia Lim Mei Luan

SR

Rheumatology

Cheryl Chua Kai Ting

Ophthalmology

Chris Lim Hong Long

RRP ACTIVITIES PHOTO ALBUM

(SEPTEMBER—DECEMBER 2019)

RRP Teaching Group Photo

(From left) Dr. Irwani Ibrahim, Deputy Programme Director (RRP); Dr. Miny Samuel, Programme Educator (RRP);

Dr. Ellie Choi Ci En, Resident (RRP); Dr. Sia Ching Hui, Resident (RRP); Dr. Vinay Bahadur Panday, Resident (RRP);

Dr. Kuan Win Sen, Associate Programme Director (RRP); Dr. See Kay Choong, Programme Director (RRP);

Dr. Mervyn Lim Jun Rui, Resident (RRP)

Happy Birthday Dr. See!

(From left) Dr. Kuan Win Sen, Associate Programme Director (RRP); Dr. Miny Samuel, Programme Educator (RRP);

Dr. See Kay Choong, Programme Director (RRP); Dr. Irwani Ibrahim, Deputy Programme Director (RRP);

Dr. Sia Ching Hui, Resident (RRP)

Thanks a Million Prof. Edward For Your Unwavering Support Towards RRP!

Front Row (From left) Dr . Blossom Wen Jinhang, Resident (RRP);

Dr. Irwani Ibrahim, Deputy Programme Director (RRP); Dr. Ellie Choi Ci En, Resident (RRP)

Back Row (From left) Dr . Rodney Soh Yu Hang, Resident (RRP); Dr . Vinay Bahadur Panday, Resident (RRP);

Dr. Tiffany Gan Rui Xuan, Resident (RRP); Dr. Miny Samuel, Programme Educator (RRP);

Dr. See Kay Choong, Programme Director (RRP); Professor. Edward Koo Hao Meng, Faculty (RRP);

Dr. Mervyn Lim Jun Rui, Resident (RRP); Dr. Sia Ching Hui, Resident (RRP); Dr. Tan Jun Hao, Resident (RRP);

Dr. Wang Chongyan, Resident (RRP)

RRP Appreciation For Prof. Edward

(From left) Professor. Edward Koo Hao Meng, Faculty (RRP); Dr. See Kay Choong, Programme Director (RRP);

Wish You The Very Best Prof. Edward! - All of Us From RRP

Thanks Dr. Jennie For Your Teaching!

(From left) Dr. Jennie Wong (Head, NUHS Medical and Scientific Communication);

Dr. See Kay Choong, Programme Director (RRP);

Happy Birthday Dr. Andrew!

Front Row Dr. See Kay Choong, Programme Director (RRP)

Back Row (From left) Dr . Vinay Bahadur Panday, Resident (RRP);

Dr. Blossom Wen Jinhang, Resident (RRP);

Dr. Jennie Wong (Head, NUHS Medical and Scientific Communica-

tion); Dr. Miny Samuel, Programme Educator (RRP);

Dr. Ellie Choi Ci En, Resident (RRP);

Dr. Irwani Ibrahim, Deputy Programme Director (RRP);

Dr. Mervyn Lim Jun Rui, Resident (RRP); Dr. Tiffany Gan Rui Xuan,

Resident (RRP); Dr. Wang Chongyan, Resident (RRP);

Dr. Sia Ching Hui, Resident (RRP);

Dr. Rodney Soh Yu Hang, Resident, (RRP); Dr. Tan Jun Hao, Resident

(RRP)

RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES WITH OUR

RRP FACULTY

Dr. See Kay Choong

Programme Director

Email: [email protected]

Research Interests

- Cardiopulmonary Physiology and Critical Care Ultrasonography

- Epidemiology and Biostatistics - Healthcare quality improvement

- Intensive Care Medicine - Pleural Disorders and Ultrasonography

- Smoking Cessation - Theory and Practice of Medical Education

Dr. Irwani Ibrahim

Deputy Programme Director


Research Interests

- Critical Care Emergency Medicine - Evidence-Based Medicine - Non-Invasive Ventilation

Dr. Andrew Choong

Associate Programme Director


Dr. Kuan Win Sen

Associate Programme Director


Research Interests

- Aortic aneurysms - Aortic dissections

- Aorto-occlusive disease - Complex Aortic Surgery (Open and Endovascular)

Research Interests

- Biomarkers in Sepsis and Heart Failure - Emergency Critical Care

- Prediction and Prognostication - Non-Invasive Medical Devices

- Respiratory Diseases - Sepsis Early Diagnosis

Dr. Miny Samuel

Programme Educator


Research Interests

- Data Analysis - Health Economics

- Statistics - Qualitative Research - Systematic Review

Professor. Edward Koo

Associate Faculty


Professor. Lee Yung Seng

Associate Faculty


Research Interests

- Asian Phenotype of Childhood Obesity - Complications of Childhood Obesity

- Monogenic Forms of Childhood Obesity - Development Origins of Health and Disease

Research Interests

- Alzheimer’s Disease - Cell and Molecular Biology

- Cognition - Neurodegeneration

- Synaptic Injury

Professor. Wang De Yun

Associate Faculty


Research Interests

- Allergy - Host Innate Immunity

- Nasal Epithelial Stem Cells - Rhinology

- Viral Infection

Professor. Roger Foo

Associate Faculty


Research Interests

- Cardiovascular Epigenetics - Inherited Cardiac Conditions

Associate Professor. Graeme MacLaren

Associate Faculty


Research Interests

- Cardiac Intensive Care - Extracorporeal Life Support

- Perioperative Echocardiography - Sepsis

Associate Professor. Sophia Archuleta

Associate Faculty


Research Interests

- Bloodstream Infections - Dengue

- HIV/AIDS - Klebsiella Liver Abscess Syndrome

- Medical Education

Assistant Professor. Chester Drum

Associate Faculty


Research Interests

- Mass Spectroscopy for Precision Medicine and Clinical Trial Design

- New Forms of Novel Biomarker Detection - Multi-Omics Analyses of Large Patient Cohorts

Assistant Professor. Catherine Ong

Associate Faculty


Research Interests

- HIV-Tuberculosis Co-Infection - Infections in the Immunocompromised Host Rapid Pathogen and Antimicrobial Resistance

Biomarker Discovery - Tuberculosis

- Tuberculosis Host-Pathogen Interactions, Biomarker Discovery and Host-Directed Therapies

- Inherited Cardiac Conditions

Assistant Professor. Jimmy Hon

Associate Faculty


Research Interests

- Adult Cardiac and Thoracic - Cardiac Valvular Surgery

- Heart Failure Surgery - High-Risk Coronary Artery Surgery

- Pacing Lead Extraction Using Laser Technology - Surgery of the Thoracic Aorta

- Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Surgery Percutaneous/Transapical Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation

Surgery

Assistant Professor. Vitaly Sorokin

Associate Faculty


Research Interests

- Adult Cardiac Surgery - Aortic Arch and Aortic Dissection Surgery

- Aortic Valve and Aortic Root Surgery - Arterial Revascularisation in Coronary Artery

Bypass Surgery - Minimal Invasive Adult Cardiac Surgery

Dr. Anand Jeyasekharan

Associate Faculty


Research Interests

- Lymphomas - Targetting Genomic Instability in Cancer

Associate Professor. Raymond Lin

Expert Advisor


Assistant Professor. Matthew Edward Cove

Expert Advisor


Research Interests

- Acid-Base - Extracorporeal Life Support Ultrasound Use in the ICU

- Fluid Resuscitation in Sepsis - Information Technology in the ICU

Research Interests

- Antimicrobial Resistance - Bacteria

- Diagnostic Methods for Microbiology - Infection Control

- Influenza - Public Health Microbiology

- Viruses

Assistant Professor. Pipin Kojodjojo

Expert Advisor


Research Interests

- Novel Applications of Ablation and Device Therapy for Cardiovascular Diseases

- Effect of Sleep Apnoea on Arrhythmias - New Models of Care for Cardiovascular Disease

- Pulmonary Embolism - Syncope

Research Interests

- Fetal Medicine and Therapy - Gene and IntrauterineTherapy

- Reproductive Stem Cells - Stem Cell Transplantation

Assistant Professor. Citra Mattar

Expert Advisor


Remember to arrange our clinical roster for the

following training dates:

18 Jan 2020

8 Feb 2020

7 Mar 2020

18 Apr 2020

16 May 2020

6 Jun 2020

18 Jul 2020

15 Aug 2020

5 Sep 2020

3 Oct 2020

7 Nov 2020

5 Dec 2020

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR

2019 NUHS RESIDENCY GRADUANDS!

Dr. Shen Xiayan Senior Resident

Singhealth Cardiology Senior Residency Program

Dr. Lin Ziwei Associate Consultant

NUH Emergency Medicine

Wishing Everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

(From left) Dr. Andrew Choong, Associate Programme Director (RRP); Dr. See Kay Choong, Programme Director (RRP);

Dr. Irwani Ibrahim, Deputy Programme Director (RRP); Dr. Kuan Win Sen, Associate Programme Director (RRP);

Mr. Eugene Tan Yi Qun, Programme Coordinator (RRP)

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