6th Pathology ACP Research Day

Our 6th Research Day was held on Tuesday, 29 October 2019. 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 Academia, SGH. A record number of 59 abstracts was submitted this year, with diverse topics on the different pathology disciplines.

We were honoured to have Dr John R. Goldblum, Chair, Department of Anatomic Pathology, Cleveland Clinic, USA, deliver the keynote lecture. His keynote lecture titled: “Well-differentiated lipomatous tumours – the trouble with fat” was insightful and relevant.

A/Prof Matthias Maiwald (KK Woman’s and Children’s Hospital), A/Prof Alvin Lim (Singapore General Hospital) and Dr Derrick Lian (National University Hospital) kindly served as our judges for the poster and platform presentations.

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:

Poster Presentations

Platform Presentations

Inspiring Mentor Awards

Publication Prize

Dr John R. Goldblum giving his keynote lecture titled: “Well-differentiated lipomatous tumours – the trouble with fat”.		Prof Tan Puay Hoon presenting the token of appreciation to Dr John R. Goldblum.
Ms Rebecca Tan (Medical Laboratory Scientist, SGH) presenting her poster titled “Complement 3 and Complement 4 – A Study in Singapore Local Healthy Adult Population” to the judges (A/Prof Matthias Maiwald, Dr Derrick Lian and A/Prof Alvin Lim).		Ms Kwang Kay Wee (Medical Student, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS) presenting her poster titled “Expression of TOMM20 in Breast Invasive Ductal Carcinoma and its Correlations”.

Dr Lau Hiu Yeung (Resident, Singhealth Pathology Residency Programme) giving his presentation “Poor prognosis associated with HIF1A in triple-negative breast cancer can be mitigated by AR expression and adjuvant anthracyclines”.

Our happy winners, Dr Aw Sze Jet, Ms Toh Lee Tian and Mr Lei Yuxian receiving their prizes from Dr Selan Sayampanathan (Master of Academy Medicine, Singapore), and Ms Valerie Koh receiving her prize from Prof Tan Puay Hoon.