October 2009
NUHS Wins 34 Awards At The NHG 8th ASC Scientific Competition 2009
NUHS staff and students win 34 awards at the NHG 8th Annual Scientific Congress (ASC) held on the 16 and 17 October 2009 at the Suntec Singapore International Convention & Exhibition Centre.
This year, over 500 scientific abstracts were submitted for the highly competitive ASC Scientific Competition. The top submissions in each of the categories were shortlisted for presentation during the Congress, in which they were assessed competitively and ranked by very senior and experienced local and overseas clinician researchers.
We are pleased to announce the award winners from NUHS at the NHG 8th ASC Scientific Competition. Congratulations to all the NUHS award winners.
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Award Name |
Type |
Name of Staff |
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NHG-NUHS Doctor Award |
Gold |
Dr Dan Yock Young
(Consultant, Gastroenterology and Hepatology, UMC) |
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Young Investigator Award - Quality, Health Services Research |
Gold & Bronze |
Dr Khoo Chin Meng
(Consultant, Endocrinology, UMC) |
|
Young Investigator Award - Clinical Research |
Gold |
Dr Reuben Wong
(Associate Consultant, Gastroenterology and Hepatology, UMC) |
|
Silver |
Dr Aung Lele
(Senior Registrar, Paediatrics, UCMI) |
|
Merit |
Dr Soo Wern Miin
(Registrar, Cardiac, NUHCS) |
|
Young Investigator Award - Basic Science / Translational |
Silver |
Dr Citra Nurfarah Binte Zairu Mattar (Associate Consultant, O&G) |
|
Merit |
Assistant Professor Edmund Chiong (Consultant, Urology, USC) |
|
Best Oral - Allied Health |
Merit |
Lim Su Lin
(Senior Manager, Dietetics / Chief Dietitian) |
|
Best Oral - Medicine |
Winner |
Dr Andrea Rajnakova
(Consultant, Gastroenterology and Hepatology, UMC) |
|
Best Oral - Nursing |
Winner |
ADON Siti Zubaidah Bte Mordiffi
(Evidence Based Nursing Unit) |
|
Merit |
Dong Liang (Senior Staff Nurse, UCMI) |
|
Best Oral - Quality, Health Services Research |
Winner |
Dr Dan Yock Young
(Consultant, Gastroenterology and Hepatology, UMC) |
|
Merit |
Dr Kurumbian Chandran
(Associate Consultant, Endocrinology, UMC) |
|
Best Oral - Surgical |
Merit |
Dr Andrew Ow
(Registrar, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, UDC) |
|
Best Poster - Allied Health |
Merit |
Lim Zihui (Student attached to Lab Med) |
|
Best Poster - Medical |
Winner |
Dr Effie Chew (Consultant, UMC) |
|
Merit |
Dr Fareed Khawaja
(Registrar, Nephrology, UMC) |
|
Best Poster - Nursing |
Merit |
Dr Emily Ang (DD (Clinical & Oncology Nursing), NCIS) |
|
Best Poster - Primary Care |
Merit |
Dr Cheong Seng Kwing
(Family Physician, Family Medicine, UMC) |
|
Best Poster - Surgical |
Winner |
Assistant Professor Edmund Chiong
(Consultant, Urology, USC) |
|
Merit |
Dr Low Shiong Wen
(Registrar, Surgery, USC) |
MicroRNA based diagnosis and prognosis of H1N1 and related viral diseases
The swine origin H1N1 2009 influenza A virus is the first influenza pandemic of the 21st century. It is believed that one of the components of cells, a group of small nucleic acids or RNAs (called microRNAs) is involved in a mechanism by which these viruses overcome our own immune systems.
Therefore, National University of Singapore (NUS) scientists led by Professor Jeyaseelan, will work with NUH clinicians led by Dr Paul Tambyah to identify and characterize the specific micro RNAs associated with influenza infections.
This might lead to new methods for early H1N1 detection as well as novel ways to predict which patients might develop complications. In the long term, new therapies for treatment of influenza based on small RNAs might eventually be developed.
The CHloroquine for Influenza Prevention (CHIP) Clinical Trial
Chloroquine is a well-known medicine that has been used for over 50 years to prevent Malaria. While it is proven to stop flu and other virus infections in laboratory tests, but it is not known whether it will prevent flu in people.
Thus, three of Singapore's leading clinical research institutions - National University Health System (NUHS), Singapore Clinical Research Institute (SCRI) and Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School (Duke-NUS GMS) have combined forces to do the first ever clinical trial, involving 1500 healthy volunteers to find out whether chloroquine can prevent flu.
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