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AMR Researchers

Andrea Kwa Lay Hoon

Assistant Director, Pharmacy (Research), SGH


Secondary Appointments:

• Associate Professor, Programme in Emerging Infectious Diseases, Duke-NUS Medical School & SingHealth-Duke-NUS Medicine ACP
 
Research Interest:

• Elucidation of multiple antibiotics in combination against extreme drug resistant bacteria in an one compartment static in-vitro model or a dyamic in-vitro pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic two-compartmental model simulating fluctuating clinically achievable antibiotic concentrations.
• Population pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics of antimicrobials.
• Molecular diagnostics in fungal diseases and anti-fungal resistance.
• Risk factors and outcomes via statistical modelling.
• Health services research involving antimicrobial stewardships.


Email:
andrea.kwa.l.h@sgh.com.sg

Benjamin Cherng Pei Zhi

Senior Consultant, Department of Infectious Diseases, SGH

Research Interest:

• Non-tuberculous mycobacterial infections & Carbapenemase resistant enterobacteriaceae infections


Email:
benjamin.cherng.p.z@singhealth.com.sg

Chien Mei Fong, Jamie

Chief & Senior Consultant, Department of Infectious Diseases, CGH


Secondary Appointments:

• Adjunct Assistant Professor, SingHealth Duke-NUS Medicine Academic Clinical Programme
• Clinical Core Faculty, SingHealth Senior Residency Infectious Disease Programme 
• Clinical Senior Lecturer, NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine

 
Research Interest:

• Community acquired infections, tropical diseases and parasitology

Email: jaime.chien.m.f@singhealth.com.sg



Chung Shimin Jasmine

Senior Consultant, Department of Infectious Diseases, SGH


Secondary Appointments:

• Director, Antibiotic Stewardship Unit
• Infectious Disease Physician, SingHealth Duke-NUS Transplant Centre
• Clinical Tutor, NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine


Research Interest:

• Antimicrobial use, Drug-resistant bacteria, Clinical Mycology, Malaria, Dengue


Email: jasmine.chung.s.m@singhealth.com.sg



Crystal Wong Shie Lyeen

Consultant, Laboratory Medicine (Microbiology), CGH


Research Interest:

• Microbiology, Bacteriology, Infection Prevention and Control 

Email: crystal.wong.s.l@singhealth.com.sg



Kam Kai-Qian

Consultant, Infectious Disease Service, Paediatrics, KKH


Research Interest: • Paediatric Infectious Diseases

Email: kai-qian.kam@mohh.com.sg



Karen Donceras Nadua

Consultant, Infectious Disease Service, Paediatrics, KKH


Research Interest:

• Paediatric Infectious Diseases


Email
: karen.donceras.nadua@singhealth.com.sg


Karrie Ko Kwan Ki

Consultant, Department of Microbiology, Division of Pathology, SGH

Research Interest:

• Molecular epidemiology & Antimicrobial resistance of clinically important organisms


Email
: karrie.ko.k.k@sgh.com.sg



Koh Tse Hsien

Senior Consultant and Head, Department of Microbiology, Div. of Pathology, SGH


Secondary Appointments:
Associate Professor, Duke-NUS Medical School 
Clinical Senior Lecturer, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS
Visiting Consultant, CGH 


Research Interest
:

Molecular epidemiology of bacterial pathogens and resistance determinants of multidrug resistant bacteria.
Community Klebsiella pneumoniae infections.
Food, environmental and animal sources of bacteria that impact human health.
Zoonotic bacterial infections

Email: koh.tse.hsien@singhealth.com.sg



Li Jiahui

Head and Consultant, Infectious Disease Service, Paediatrics, KKH


Research Interest:

Paediatric Infectious Diseases

Email: jiahui.li@mohh.com.sg



Lim Tze Peng

Senior Principal Pharmacist Researcher, SGH


Secondary Appointment:

• Assistant Professor, SingHealth-Duke-NUS Medicine ACP & Pathology ACP


Research Interest
:

• Pharmacokinetic & Pharmacodynamic Modelling of Antimicrobials for prediction of drug disposition and exposure effect size
• Antimicrobial Combination Testing to predict and translate in vitro / vivo results to antimicrobial combination therapy in patients
• Therapeutic Drug Monitoring in Infectious Diseases to optimise antimicrobial therapy at infection sites
• Development of diagnostic approaches / tools to optimise antimicrobial therapy and molecular mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance

Email: lim.tze.peng@sgh.com.sg



Matthias Gotthard Maiwald

Head, Microbiology Service & Senior Consultant (Pathology & Laboratory Medicine), KKH

Secondary Appointments:
• Adjunct Associate Professor, Duke-NUS Medical School
• Adjunct Associate Professor, Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS


Research
Interest:

• Molecular biology of fastidious, difficult-to-diagnose pathogenic microorganisms, including the causative agent of whooping cough (Bordetella pertussis) and the Whipple's bacterium (Tropheryma whipplei)
• Infection control and hospital epidemiology with an emphasis on hand hygiene in the healthcare setting, skin antisepsis, and prevention of infections in surgery


Email: matthias.maiwald@singhealth.com.sg



Ng Tong Yong

Senior Consultant, Virology, Department of Pathology, Sengkang General Hospital


Secondary Appointments:

• Consultant, Dept. of Microbiology, Div. of Pathology, SGH
• Adjunct Assistant Professor, Duke-NUS


Research Interest
:

• General Microbiology, Virology


Email: ng.tong.yong@singhealth.com.sg



Ngan Cheng Lai Cecilia

Senior Consultant, Department of Microbiology, Division of Pathology, SGH

Research Interest:  

• Serology of Infectious Diseases, Serology of Autoimmune Diseases

Email: cecilia.ngan.c.l@singhealth.com.sg



Sng Li-Hwei

Senior Consultant, Dept. of Microbiology, Div. of Pathology, SGH

Research Interest:
• Biosafety and Laboratory management
• Diagnostic methods for the detection and susceptibility testing of mycobacteria, strain typing
• Antimicrobial resistance


Email: sng.li.hwei@singhealth.com.sg  

Tan Ai Ling

Senior Consultant and Head, Bacteriology, Immunology & Serology, Division of Pathology, SGH


Secondary Appointments:

• Visiting Consultant (Microbiology) CGH
• Chairman, Microbiology Subcommittee, Pathology Specialist Training Committee
• Chairman, Laboratory Quality Committee, Dept. of Pathology, SGH

Research Interest 

• Mycology
• General bacteriology
• Diagnostic bacteriology


Email: tan.ai.ling@singhealth.com.sg  



Tan Seow Yen

Head, Department of Prevention & Control, CGH

Secondary Appointments:
• Physician Faculty, SingHealth PGY1 Program
• Physician Faculty, SingHealth Infectious Diseases Residency Program
• Clinical Faculty, NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
• Preceptor, Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies (ALCNS) Master of Nursing Clinical Practicum


Research Interest
 

• Infectious diseases


Email: tan.seow.yen@singhealth.com.sg  



Tan Si Huei

Senior Consultant, Laboratory Medicine (Microbiology), CGH

Secondary Appointments:
• Sub-specialty Director, Microbiology, CGH
• Chair, Laboratory Safety Committee, CGH


Research Interest
 

• Microbiology, Infection Prevention and Control, Infectious Diseases

Email: tan.si.huei@singhealth.com.sg



Tan Thean Yen

Senior Consultant, Head, Laboratory Medicine, CGH

Secondary Appointments:
• Adjunct Associate Professor, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School 
• Deputy Chairman, Medical Board (Ambulatory Disciplines), CGH
• Head, Infection Prevention and Control, CGH


Research Interest
 

• Antimicrobial resistance and surveillance, Antibiotic stewardship, Infection Control
• Molecular Microbiology and Development of relevant clinical diagnostics

Email: tan.thean.yen@singhealth.com.sg



Tan Thuan Tong

Senior Consultant, Dept. Infectious Diseases, SGH


Secondary Appointments:

• Clinical Associate Professor
• Academic Vice-Chair, Clinical Service Improvement & Innovation, Medicine ACP
• Chair of JCST Exit Examination Committee 


Research
Interest:

• General Infectious Diseases: Community acquired infections, Healthcare associated infections, including infections with multidrug resistant pathogens; Medical device infections & Fever of unknown origin
• Transplant Infectious Diseases: Fever of unknown origin in neutropenic patients/immunocompromised hosts


Email: tan.thuan.tong@singhealth.com.sg



Tan Woon Hui Natalie

Senior Consultant, Infectious Disease Service, Paediatrics, KKH


Secondary Appointments:
• Adjunct Assistant Professor, Duke-NUS Medical School
• Adjunct Assistant Professor, NTU Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine
• Adjunct Assistant Professor, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS
• Senior Consultant, Department of General Surgery, SGH


Research Interest 

• Cell Biology
• Identification of cancer susceptibility genes
• Influenza infections
• Adenovirus infections
• Enterovirus and Parechovirus infections
• Melioidosis
• Infections in immunocompromised children


Email: natalie.tan.w.h@singhealth.com.sg