4th Pathology ACP Research Day | SingHealth Duke-NUS

Our 4th Research Day was held on Monday, 16 October 2017. It was a day where residents, trainees, medical students/undergraduates and our allied health professionals showcased their research findings locally to colleagues in the pathology community through posters and platform presentations at The Academia, SGH. A record number of 47 abstracts were submitted this year!

We were privileged to have A/Prof Alvin Lim (Singapore General Hospital), A/Prof Matthias Maiwald (KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital), and Dr Wang Lai Mun (Changi General Hospital) as our esteemed judges.

We were honoured to have Professor Jonathan Epstein, Director of Surgical Pathology of the Department of Pathology, The John Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, USA, deliver the keynote lecture. His keynote lecture titled: “How to be a successful pathologist – avoiding these traps?” resonated with the audience.

With participants presenting their research findings zealously, it was an opportunity for members of the pathology community to interact with one another, resulting in a truly memorable event!

The following prizes and awards were presented:

Dr Zhao Zitong Resident, SingHealth Pathology Residency Programme	Publication Prize
Ms Ilyana Huda Bte Hussain & Ms Jovell Sim Medical Laboratory Technologist, Histopathology Section Department of Anatomical Pathology, SGH	Publication Prize
Ms Yvette Yeap Medical Laboratory Technologist, Cytogenetics Laboratory Department of Molecular Pathology, SGH	Best Poster Prize
Ms Sherry Poh Senior Medical Laboratory Scientist, Biochemical Genetics & National Expanded Newborn Screening Lab Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, KKH	Achievement Award (Poster)
Ms Yon Hui Yi Medical Laboratory Technologist, Cytogenetics Laboratory Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, KKH	Achievement Award (Poster)
Mr Ansel Lim Medical Student, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS	Achievement Award (Poster)
Ms Cathryn Cai Medical Student, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS	Achievement Award (Poster)
Ms Teri Yeoh Medical Student, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS	Achievement Award (Poster)
Dr Joe Yeong Visiting Scientist, Department of Anatomical Pathology, SGH	Best Platform Presentation
Mr Benjamin Loke Undergraduate Student, Faculty of Science, NUS	Platform Presentation – 1st Runner Up
Ms Clara Ong Research Officer, Department of Anatomical Pathology, SGH	Platform Presentation – 2nd Runner Up
Dr Cheo Fan Foon Resident, SingHealth Pathology Residency Programme	Achievement Award (Platform)
Dr Chow Chun Yuen Resident, SingHealth Pathology Residency Programme	Achievement Award (Platform)
Dr Zhao Zitong Resident, SingHealth Pathology Residency Programme	Achievement Award (Platform)
Prof Tan Puay Hoon Chairman, Division of Pathology, SGH	Inspiring Mentor Award

Prof Tan Puay Hoon, Academic Chair, Pathology ACP, giving her welcome address.		Ms Teri Yeoh (Medical Student, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS) presenting her poster “Increased PD-L1 Expression Accompanied by EZH2 Accumulation Predicts Metastasis In Metaplastic Breast Cancer’’ to the judges (A/Prof Alvin Lim, A/Prof Matthias Maiwald and Dr Wang Lai Mun).
Ms Clara Ong (Research Officer, Dept. of Anatomical Pathology, SGH) giving her presentation “mRNA expression profiling of immune-stromal genes in AR-positive TNBC using Nanostring technology”.		Dr Zhao Zitong (Resident, Singhealth Pathology Residency Programme), giving her presentation “PD-L1 as a prognostic indicator in renal cell carcinoma: Study of a mixed ethnicity Asian cohort”.
Prof Jonathan Epstein giving his keynote lecture titled: “How to be a successful pathologist – avoiding these traps”.