Dr Ku Chee Wai

Clinician Scientist Senior Resident, SingHealth Obstetrics and Gynecology

Awards

1. 2019: Prof Sir Sabaratnam Arulkumaran Award, Best Paper, YGA Session 2019

2. 2019: SS Ratnam Young Gynaecologist Awardee, AOFOG Congress 2019

3. 2018: National Outstanding Clinician Scientist Resident Award 2017

External Grants

1. SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Medicine Research Grant (Co-Investigator)

2. SingHealth Duke-NUS COVID-19 Innovation Grant (Co-Investigator)

3. Nurturing Clinician Scientist Scheme (Scheme Awardee)

4. NMRC CS Resident Seed Grant 2019 (Principal Investigator)

5. SingHealth Duke-NUS OBGYN Academic Clinical Program (ACP) Research Grant 2019 (Principal Investigator)

6. MOH TCM Research Grant (Co-Investigator)

7. Ministry of Health Industry Alignment Fund Category 1 (Co-Investigator)

8. SingHealth AM Research Grant 2020 (Co-Investigator)

9. SingHealth Foundation Transition Project Grant (Co-Investigator)

Patents

1. Tan Thiam Chye, Ku Chee Wai, Tan Nguan Soon, Tan Zhen Wei (13 June 2017). Characteristic Urine Metabolites In Spontaneous Miscarriages. Singapore Patent.

Application no. 10201703502T

Applicants:

• Singapore Health Services Pte. Ltd.
• Nanyang Technological University

2. Tan Thiam Chye, Ku Chee Wai, Tan Nguan Soon, Tan Zhen Wei (Patent in preparation). Antibodies specific for Progesterone Induced Blocking Factor (PIBF) used in a sandwich ELISA kit for predicting risk of spontaneous miscarriage. 

Applicants:

• Singapore Health Services Pte. Ltd.
• Nanyang Technological University