AMR Researchers

Andrea Kwa Lay Hoon

Deputy Director, Pharmacy (R&I), SGH

Secondary Appointments:

• Associate Professor, Programme in Emerging Infectious Diseases, Duke-NUS Medical School & Centre for Clinician-Scientist Plus Development
 
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:

• Clinical 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

Senior 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

Secondary Appointments:

• Clinical Assistant Professor, Pediatric Medicine Academic Medicine Program, Duke-NUS Medical School

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 Disease

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

Karrie Ko Kwan Ki

Senior 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, Department of Microbiology, Div. of Pathology, SGH

Secondary Appointments:
• 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 Senior 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

Secondary Appointments:

• Clinical Associate Professor, SingHealth Duke-NUS Pathology ACP

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

Senior Consultant, lnfectious Diseases, CGH

Secondary Appointments:

• Director, Training & Education Division, Communicable Diseases Agency

Research Interest: 

• Hospital Acquired Infections, Healthcare Associated Infections, Multi Drug Resistant Organisms, Healthcare Epidemiology

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

Tan Si Huei

Head & Senior Consultant, Laboratory Medicine (Microbiology), CGH

Secondary Appointments:
• Clinical Assistant Professor, Duke-NUS Medical School

Research Interest: 

• Microbiology, Infection Prevention and Control, Infectious Diseases

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

Tan Thean Yen

Senior Consultant, Laboratory Medicine, CGH

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

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:

• Chairman, Division of Medicine, SGH
• Academic Chair, SingHealth Duke-NUS MED ACP
• Clinical Professor, SingHealth Duke-NUS Medicine ACP
• 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:
• Clinical Associate 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
• Clinical Core Faculty Member, SingHealth Residency Programme (Paediatrics)

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