8th Pathology ACP Research Day | SingHealth Duke-NUS

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	Achievement Award (Poster)
Ms Malerie Goh Cui Lin Medical Laboratory Scientist, Department of Pathology, Sengkang General Hospital	Achievement Award (Poster)
Ms Liaw Pui San Fiona Senior Medical Laboratory Scientist, Department of Molecular Pathology, Singapore General Hospital	Achievement Award (Poster)
Ms Jessie Lee Principal Medical Laboratory Scientist, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, KK's Women and Children Hospital	Achievement Award (Poster)
Dr Chua Tzy Harn Resident, Department of Anatomical Pathology, Singapore General Hospital	Achievement Award (Poster)
Mr Cowan Ho Medical Student, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore	Achievement Award (Poster)
Mr Cheung Chun Chau Lawrence Medical Student, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School	Achievement Award (Poster)

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)
Dr M Logaswari Resident, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, KK's Women and Children Hospital	Best Platform Presentation (a tie, no 1st runner up)
Dr Lau Chin Shern Michael Medical Officer, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Changi General Hospital	Platform Presentation – 2nd Runner Up
Dr Kelvin Goh Kau Kiat Research Fellow, Department of Pharmacy, Singapore General Hospital	Achievement Award (Platform)
Dr Lim Tze Peng Senior Principal Pharmacist Researcher, Department of Pharmacy, Singapore General Hospital	Achievement Award (Platform)
Ms Lam Runyi Adeline Medical Student, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School	Achievement Award (Platform)

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”.

Ms Valerie Koh (Research Officer, SGH) presenting her poster on “Protein Expression of TERT in Breast Malignant Phyllodes Tumours”.		Ms Malerie Goh (Medical Laboratory Scientist, SKH) presenting her poster on “Continuous quality assurance improvement through occurrence management in Point-of-care testing”.

Thank you and we hope to see you next year!