Our 8th Research Day was held on Wednesday, 6 October 2021. Similar to last year, this year’s Research Day was also conducted virtually via Zoom webinar in view of the global COVID-19 pandemic. A new record number of 74 abstracts were received, with diverse topics on different pathology disciplines. Residents, trainees, medical students, undergraduates and allied health professionals showcased their research findings locally to colleagues in the pathology community through posters and platform presentations.
We were honored to have Prof Wun-Ju Shieh, a Visiting Professor at Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University. He delivered his keynote lecture on “Global Impact of Emerging Infections and the Roles of the Pathologists”, which was informative and relevant.
Prof Wang Hongyan (Duke-NUS Medical School), Dr Mihir Gudi Ananta (KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital), A/Prof Lai Siang Hui (Singapore General Hospital) and A/Prof Cuthbert Teo (Health Sciences Authority) kindly served as our judges for the poster and platform presentations.
It was a valuable opportunity for the members of the pathology community to share and learn from one another as our participants presented their research findings enthusiastically.
Our heartiest congratulations to the winner of the 8th Pathology ACP Research Day.
Poster Presentations
Dr Dominique Seow
Senior Resident, Department of Anatomical Pathology, Singapore General Hospital
Best Poster Prize (Residents & Trainees)
Ms Koh Cui Yun Valerie
Research Officer, Department of Anatomical Pathology, Singapore General Hospital
Best Poster Prize (Allied Health Professionals aged 35 years and younger)
Ms Liang Yali
Principal Medical Laboratory Scientist, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Changi General Hospital
Best Poster Prize (Allied Health Professionals above 35 years)
Mr Lee Dong Yeul
Undergraduate, Nanyang Technological University
Best Poster Prize (Medical Students and Undergraduates)
Dr Ngow Yeen Shian
Research Fellow, Department of Pharmacy, Singapore General Hospital
Ms Malerie Goh Cui Lin
Medical Laboratory Scientist, Department of Pathology, Sengkang General Hospital
Ms Liaw Pui San Fiona
Senior Medical Laboratory Scientist, Department of Molecular Pathology, Singapore General Hospital
Ms Jessie Lee
Principal Medical Laboratory Scientist, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, KK's Women and Children Hospital
Dr Chua Tzy Harn
Resident, Department of Anatomical Pathology, Singapore General Hospital
Medical Student, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore
Medical Student, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School
Platform Presentations
Dr Aw Sze Jet
Senior Resident, Department of Anatomical Pathology, Singapore General Hospital / KK's Women and Children Hospital
Best Platform Presentation(a tie, no 1st runner up)
Resident, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, KK's Women and Children Hospital
Dr Lau Chin Shern Michael
Medical Officer, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Changi General Hospital
Dr Kelvin Goh Kau Kiat
Dr Lim Tze Peng
Senior Principal Pharmacist Researcher, Department of Pharmacy, Singapore General Hospital
Ms Lam Runyi Adeline
Inspiring Mentor Awards
A/Prof Kenneth Chang
Senior Consultant and HOD, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, KK's Women and Children Hospital
A/Prof Alvin Lim
Assistant Director, Department of Molecular Pathology, Singapore General Hospital
Dr Kesavan s/o Sittampalam
Senior Consultant, Department of Anatomical Pathology, Singapore General Hospital
Dr Leow Wei Qiang
Consultant, Department of Anatomical Pathology, Singapore General Hospital
Publication Prize
Dr Chen Chuanfei
Principal Medical Laboratory Scientist, Department of Molecular Pathology, Singapore General Hospital
Mr Chen Xiaoyang
PhD Student, Department of Anatomy, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore
Dr Lavisha Punjabi
Medical Officer, Department of Anatomical Pathology, Singpaore General Hospital
Dr Chen Xiufen
Medical Officer, Department of Anatomical Pathology, Singapore General Hospital
Dr Kenneth Goh
Medical Officer, Department of Molecular Pathology, Singapore General Hospital
Dr Laura Tan Ling Ying
House Officer, Department of Anatomical Pathology, Singapore General Hospital
Dr Shi Ruoyu
Associate Consultant, Department of Anatomical Pathology, Singapore General Hospital
Prof Wun-Ju Shieh giving his lecture titled: “Global Impact of Emerging Infections and the Roles of Pathologist”
Prof Wun-Ju Shieh (right) addressing questions raised by our audience, moderated by our emcee, Dr Huang Wenjie (left)
Dr Kelvin Goh (Research Fellow, SGH) giving his presentation on “Development of 3-matrix-in-1 Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectrometry (LCMS) assay to measure Polymyxin B (PB) components B1, B2, B3 and isoleucine-B1 in plasma, urine and bacteria growth media”.
Dr Aw Sze Jet (Resident, SGH/KKH) giving his presentation on “Identification of a unique splicing event in a novel long internal tandem duplication (ITD) sequence in BCOR exon 15 in BCOR-associated paediatric sarcomas”.
Dr Michael Lau (Medical Officer, CGH) giving his presentation on “Total SARS-CoV-2 Spike And Neutralizing Antibody Responses After Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccinations In COVID-19 Naïve Individuals”.
Dr M Logaswari (Resident, SGH) giving her presentation on “Evaluation of the utility of Fite and Ziehl-Neelsen stains on bronchoalveolar lavage specimens sent for cytological and microbiological examination”.
Ms Liang Yali (Principal Medical Laboratory Scientist, CGH) presenting her poster on “Performance of the 25-hydroxy vitamin D assay on the Abbott Alinity I immunoassay analyzer”.
Dr Dominique Seow (Resident, SGH) presenting her poster on “Pseudoendocrine sarcoma: A Novel Mimic of Neuroendocrine Tumour”.