here - nithm
Transcription
here - nithm
NITHM PhD Programme in Future Healthcare - Project Listing for AY 2014/15 S/No Programme Project Title Supervisor School Co-supervisor School 2nd Co-supervisor School 2 Clinician Collaborating Institution Collaborating Institution abb. 1 Chemical Biology Understanding the molecular mechanism for the side effect of Relenza and Tamiflu and developing new neuraminidase inhibitor as Liu Xuewei (Assoc Prof) safe anti-flu theraputics SPMS Yoon Ho Sup (Assoc Prof) SBS Lim Poh Lian (Assoc Prof) Tan Tock Seng Hospital 2 Chemical Biology "Understanding Protein Functions" through Protein Modification Technology (PM-Tech): in vitro and in vivo Loh Teck Peng (Prof) SPMS Liu Chuan Fa (Assoc Prof) SBS Lin Manjing (Dr) Singapore Health Services Pte Ltd 3 Chemical Biology PANACEA: Towards Computational and Systems Biology-based Personalized Combination Therapy With Application to Cancer Sourav S Bhowmick (Assoc Prof) SCE Dinesh Kumar Srinivasan (Asst Prof) Sathiyamoorthy Selvarajan (Dr) Singapore General Hospital 4 Chemical Biology Modification of Traditional Chinese Medicines for New Pharmaceutical and Biological Applications Robin Chi (Assoc Prof) SPMS Jaume Torres (Assoc Prof) SBS Jusheng Wang (Dr) Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicines/Beijing Capital Medical University 5 Chemical Biology Development of a 3D sensor cell model for screening anti-breast cancer drugs Kathy Qian Luo (Assoc Prof) SCBE Tan Lay Poh (Assoc Prof) MSE - - - 6 Chemical Biology Engineering thermostable DNA/RNA dependent RNA polymerases for the large scale synthesis of RNA molecules including miRNAs and Lescar Julien (Assoc Prof) siRNAs SBS Phan Anh Tuan (Assoc Prof) SPMS - - - 7 Chemical Biology Influenza inhibitor design based on novel targets SBS Robin Chi (Assoc Prof) SPMS - - - SCBE Richard Sugrue (Assoc Prof) SBS Lisa F. P. Ng (Dr) A*STAR SIgN - - - Brian Chia (Dr) A*STAR ETC - 8 Chemical Biology Vaccine platform development for infectious diseases Mu Yuguang (Assoc Prof) Sierin Lim (Asst Prof) LKCMed Michael Ferenzci (Prof) Richard Sugrue (Assoc Prof) LKCMed SBS 9 Chemical Biology New types of stapled peptides for p53 activation Steve Zhou (Asst Prof) SPMS Chuan Fa Liu (Assoc Prof) SBS 10 Chemical Biology Targeting Disease-Associated Pre-mRNA Splice Site Structures Chen Gang (Asst Prof) SPMS Xavier Roca (Asst Prof) SBS 11 Chemical Biology Synthesis of Modified Peptide Nucleic Acids for Targeting HIV-1 Ribosomal Frameshift Stimulatory RNA Structure Chen Gang (Asst Prof) SPMS Liu Ding Xiang (Assoc Prof) SBS Zhao Yanli (Asst Prof) SPMS 12 Chemical Biology Development of novel antagonists targeting RIG-1 Chen Gang (Asst Prof) SPMS Liu Ding Xiang (Assoc Prof) SBS Luo Dahai (Asst Prof) LKCMed Liang Zhao-Xun (Assoc Prof) SBS 13 Chemical Biology 14 Chemical Biology 15 16 17 Chemical Biology Heterologous Expression of Secondary Metabolite Biosynthetic Pathways of Marine Microorganisms for the Discovery of Bioactive Compounds Nanomaterials: functionalization of the nanostructures to tune their toxicity and redox activity Develop novel metal compleses as G-quadruplex targeting anticancer drugs Liu Xuewei (Assoc Prof) SPMS Liu Chuan Fa (Assoc Prof) SBS Shao Fangwei (Asst Prof) SPMS Mu Yuguang (Assoc Prof) SBS Development of metabolically stable Prostacyclin analogues Steve Zhou (Asst Prof) Chemical Biology Membrane extraction of pharmacologically active compounds for managing cardiovascular diseases. James P. Tam (Prof) SPMS Chuan Fa Liu (Assoc Prof) SBS SBS Wang Rong (Assoc Prof) CEE SPMS Chemical Biology A Microfluidic System for Radiochemistry Synthesis Kang Yuejun (Asst Prof) SCBE Tan Choon Hong (Assoc Prof) 19 Chemical Biology To screen for inhibitors to target novel hypoxia-responsive cancer epigenetic regulators for cancer epigenetic therapy Newman Siu Kwan Sze (Assoc Prof) SBS Su Haibin (Assoc Prof) MSE 20 Chemical Biology Chemical Modification of Biologically Relent Peptides and Proteins: Model Studies Robin Yonggui Chi (Assoc Prof) SPMS Jaume Torres (Assoc Prof) SBS 21 Chemical Biology Samroiyotmycin – an Interdisciplinary Study of a Novel Anti-Malarial Roderick Bates (Assoc Prof) SPMS Zbynek Bozdech (Assoc Prof) SBS Palangpon Kongsaeree (Assoc Prof) Mahidol University 22 Chemical Biology Development of Novel Radioligands using [11C]CO2 Tan Choon Hong (Assoc Prof) SPMS Kang Yuejun (Asst Prof) SCBE Lim Yee Hwee (Adj Asst Prof) LKCMed 23 Chemical Biology Unique and Site-Specific “Smart” Imaging Probes for localized labeling and Sensing of Drug Resistant Bacterial Biofilm Xing Bengang (Assoc Prof) SPMS Yang Liang (Asst Prof) SBS 24 Chemical Biology Discover novel antimicrobial metabolites from marine microorganisms Liang Zhao-Xun (Assoc Prof) SBS 25 Chemical Biology Design and Synthesis of Novel Anti-bacterial Glycopolymers Liu Xuewei (Assoc Prof) SPMS Liang Zhao-Xun (Assoc Prof) SBS 26 Chemical Biology Identification and characterization of antagonists of the human oncofetal HMGA2 protein Peter Droge (Assoc Prof) 27 Chemical Biology Development of novel analogues of bistramide A as potent inhibitors of the actin cytoskeleton system and T-cell motility. Roderick Bates (Assoc Prof) 18 SBS SPMS Liu Xuewei (Assoc Prof) SPMS Mary Chan (Prof) SCBE Tan Meng How (Asst Prof) SCBE Lim Yee Hwee (Adj Asst Prof) Navin Kumar Verma (Asst LKCMed Sumod A. Pullarkat (Dr) Prof) Page 1 of 8 Singhealth SGH Others - Chong Mei Sian (Dr) Tan Tock Seng Hospital TTSH Ng Oon Tek (Dr) Tan Tock Seng Hospital TTSH Xie Yiqun (Dr) Shanghai Huangpu Central Hospital SHCH Brian Chia (Dr) Experimental Therapeutics Centre, A*Star A*Star Christer Halldin (Prof) Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine LKCMed Jusheng Wang (Prof) Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicines/Beijing Capital Medical University Christer Halldin (Prof) Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine LKCMed Iain Tan Bee Huat (Dr) National Cancer Centre Singapore NCCS SPMS Martin Pumera (Asst Prof) Chemical Biology - TTSH LKCMed SPMS NITHM PhD Programme in Future Healthcare - Project Listing for AY 2014/15 S/No 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 Programme Chemical Biology Chemical Biology Health Systems Complexity Health Systems Complexity Health Systems Complexity Health Systems Complexity Health Systems Complexity Health Systems Complexity Health Systems Complexity Health Systems Complexity Project Title Development of painkiller profen analogues Fenoprofen analogues for treatment of chronical infections caused by bacterial biofilms Automatic application of clinical practice guidelines to patient records Toward Social TV Technologies for Autism Diagnosis and Assistive Treatment Prediction and control of epidemic spreading in multi-level complex systems Supervisor Co-supervisor School Steve Zhou (Asst Prof) SPMS Liu Chuan Fa (Assoc Prof) SBS Brian Chia (Dr) Experimental Therapeutics Centre, A*Star Steve Zhou (Asst Prof) SPMS Yang Liang (Asst Prof) SBS Teo Jeanette (Dr) National University Hospital NUH Jung-jae Kim (Asst Prof) SCE Francis Bond (Assoc Prof) Yonggang Wen (Asst Prof) SCE Theng Yin Leng (Prof) Xiao Gaoxi (Assoc Prof) EEE Cheong Siew Ann (Asst Prof) SPMS Multi-agent Technology for Collaborative Health Care Bo An (Asst Prof) SCE Ning Chen (Asst Prof) SPMS Design and Verification of Diabetes Management System Arvind Easwaran (Asst Prof) Clinical Decision Support System for Early Recognition of Deteriorating Heart Patients Modelling Clinician Interaction with a Clinical Decision Support System for Wound Management Towards Network-driven in Silico Target Combination Discovery for Cancer Therapy Christopher Khoo (Assoc Prof) Sourav S Bhowmick (Assoc Prof) Cho Nam-Joon (Assoc SCE Prof) Tai Hwei Yee (Adjunct WKWSCI Assoc Prof) Tai Hwei Yee (Adjunct WKWSCI Assoc Prof) Dinesh Kumar Srinivasan SCE (Asst Prof) LKCMed Peter Sloot (Prof) Chang Yun-Ke (Asst Prof) 2nd Co-supervisor School 2 HSS WKWSCI Peter Sloot (Prof) SCE MSE Christopher Khoo (Assoc LKCMed Prof) WKWSCI LKCMed Chang Yun-Ke (Asst Prof) WKWSCI LKCMed Jie Zheng (Asst Prof) SCE Clinician Collaborating Institution Collaborating Institution abb. School ETC, A*Star Tan Yung Ming (Dr) Khoo Teck Puat Hospital KTPH Sung Min (Dr) Institute of Mental Health IMH Leo Yee Sin (Assoc Prof) Tan Tock Seng Hospital TTSH Loh Yong Joo (Dr) Tan Tock Seng Hospital TTSH Bee Hoon Heng (Dr) National Healthcare Group NHG Sathiyamoorthy Selvarajan (Dr) Singapore General Hospital SGH John Abisheganaden (Assoc Prof) Tan Tock Seng Hospital TTSH Josip Car (Assoc Prof) Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine Puneet Seth (Dr) Singapore General Hospital 38 Health Systems Complexity A predictive, preventive, and personalized medicine digital intervention for people with asthma Josip Car (Assoc Prof) 39 Health Systems Complexity Elucidating Complex Biofilm Formation Peter Sloot (Prof) SCE Karinh Emma Josephina Eurenius (Dr) SBS 40 Health Systems Complexity DNA-mediated clinical diagnosis system Shu Jian Jun (Assoc Prof) MAE Mu Yuguang (Assoc Prof) SBS 41 Health Systems Complexity Built environment and human health: a multidisciplinary approach Josip Car (Assoc Prof) LKCMed Georgios Christopoulos (Asst Prof) NBS 42 Health Systems Complexity eLearning for pre-registration health professionals and beyond Josip Car (Assoc Prof) LKCMed Tan Seng Chee (Assoc Prof) NIE Josip Car (Assoc Prof) Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine 43 Medical Imaging and Characterization of islet cell infiltrating lymphocytes in experimental Bernhard Otto Boehm Signal Analysis autoimmune diabetes models (Prof) LKCMed Xing Bengang (Assoc Prof) SPMS Lim Su Chi (Assoc Prof) Khoo Teck Puat Hospital KTPH 44 Medical Imaging and Imaging-Based Volumetry of Organs Signal Analysis Jianfei Cai (Assoc Prof) SCE Junsong Yuan (Asst Prof) EEE Tan Cher Heng (Dr) Tan Tock Seng Hospital TTSH 45 Medical Imaging and 3D Motion Extraction from Tag MRI Signal Analysis Cai Yiyu (Assoc Prof) MAE Zheng Jianmin (Assoc Prof) SCE Mak Koonhou (Dr) Gleneagles Medical Centre, Tan Tock Seng Hospital TTSH 46 Medical Imaging and Three-dimensional (3D) spectroscopic autofluorescence imaging in Signal Analysis endoscopy for tissue characterization Liu Quan (Asst Prof) SCBE Nadia Magnenat Thalmann (Prof) SCE Lim Lee Guan (Dr) National University Hospital NUH 47 Medical Imaging and Biophysics of cardiomyopathies Signal Analysis Michael Alan Ferenczi (Prof) LKCMed Xing Bengang (Assoc Prof) SPMS Reginald Liew (Dr) The Harley Street Clinic 48 Medical Imaging and Signaling Events in Pancreatic Islet Cells During Immune Rejection Signal Analysis Bernhard Otto Boehm (Prof) LKCMed Ravi Kambadur (Assoc Prof) SBS Wong Tien Yin (Prof) Singapore Eye Research Institute 49 Medical Imaging and Computational modelling, monitoring and treatment of ADHD using Suresh Sundaram (Asst Signal Analysis MR Images of brain and advanced game engines Prof) SCE P. N. Suganthan (Prof) EEE Stephen Petrill (Dr) Ohio State University, USA 50 Medical Imaging and Scientific approach towards Traditional Chinese Medicine in tongue Yeo Joon Hock (Assoc Signal Analysis diagnosis Prof) MAE Tan Bee Gawh (Adjunct Prof) SBS Tan Bee Gawh (Dr) NTU Traditional Chinese Medicine NTU 51 In Vivo Non-invasive Measurement of Metabolic Rate of Oxygen Medical Imaging and (MRO2) and Oxygen Saturation (sO2) by Portable Photoacoustic Signal Analysis Imaging Scanner Zheng Yuanjin (Asst Prof) EEE Zhou YuFeng (Asst Prof) MAE Benjamin SH Leong (Dr) National University Hospital NUH 52 Medical Imaging and Flexible 12-Leads Cableless ECG Recording System for Clinical Signal Analysis Monitoring Goh Wang Ling (Assoc Prof) EEE Ng Yin Kwee (Assoc Prof) MAE Lim Hsueh Yee (Dr) National University Hospital NUH 53 Medical Imaging and Energy-Efficient, High-Performance 3D Video Codec System Signal Analysis Development for Gesture Recognition and Control Goh Wang Ling (Assoc Prof) EEE Ng Yin Kwee (Assoc Prof) MAE Irwani Ibrahim (Dr) National University Hospital NUH Page 2 of 8 SCE Staffan Kjelleberg (Prof) Tan Hao Yang (Assoc Prof) Per-Olof Berggren (Visiting Prof) SBS LKCMed SGH LKCMed LKCMed LKCMed Others SERI Others NITHM PhD Programme in Future Healthcare - Project Listing for AY 2014/15 S/No Programme Project Title Supervisor School Co-supervisor School 2nd Co-supervisor School 2 Clinician Collaborating Institution Collaborating Institution abb. 54 Medical Imaging and Memantine and tPA, combinatorial therapy for Post-Stroke Aphasia: Zhang Yilei (Asst Prof) Signal Analysis an fMRI study MAE Guan Cuntai (Adjunct Assoc Prof) EEE Effie Chew (Dr) National University Hospital NUH 55 Medical Imaging and Towards Socio- and Neurofeedback Treatments for Schizophrenia Signal Analysis Justin Dauwels (Asst Prof) EEE Guan Cuntai (Adjunct Assoc Prof) SCE Jimmy Lee Chee Keong (Dr) Institute of Mental Health IMH 56 Medical Imaging and Computer-Aided Measurement of Psoriasis Area and Severity Index Kong Wai Kin Adams Signal Analysis Score- A Move Towards Standardization (Asst Prof) SCE Sathyan Subbiah (Asst Prof) MAE Tey Hong Liang (Dr) National Skin Centre NSC 57 Medical Imaging and Cellular and sub-cellular imaging of eye diseases in vivo Signal Analysis Liu Linbo (Asst Prof) EEE Liu Quan (Asst Prof) SCBE Guillermo J. Tearney (Dr) Harvard Medical School 58 Medical Imaging and Sound based Techniques for the Classification of Excess Fluids in Signal Analysis Lungs Ser Wee (Assoc Prof) EEE Vinod Achutavarrier Prasad (Assoc Prof) SCE David Foo Chee Guan (Assoc Prof) Tan Tock Seng Hospital TTSH 59 Medical Imaging and Non-Contact Radar based Imaging Technique for Cardiac-Activity Signal Analysis Monitoring Ser Wee (Assoc Prof) EEE Vinod Achutavarrier Prasad (Assoc Prof) SCE Marcus Ong Eng Hock (Assoc Prof) Singapore General Hospital SGH 60 Medical Imaging and An Integrated Sound based cum Vibrator Approach for the Signal Analysis Detection and Therapy of OSA Ser Wee (Assoc Prof) EEE Du Hejun (Assoc Prof) MAE Ong Thun How (Dr) Singapore General Hospital SGH 61 Medical Imaging and Analysis of Medical Images Based on Iterative Learning o Sparse Signal Analysis Representation and Dimensionality Reduction Jiang Xudong (Assoc Prof) EEE Guan Cuntai (Adj Assoc Prof) SCE Lu Zhong Kang (Dr) I2R, A*Star Vijay Kumar Sharma (Dr) National University Hospital NUH 62 Medical Imaging and Data-driven Discovery of New Hidden Patterns in EEG for Disease Signal Analysis Diagnosis and Brain-computer Interface Jiang Xudong (Assoc Prof) EEE Guan Cuntai (Adj Assoc Prof) SCE Zhang Haihong (Dr) I2R, A*Star Derrick Chan (Dr) KK Women's and Children's Hospital KKH Derrick Chan (Dr) KK Women's and Children's Hospital KKH Derrick Chan (Dr) KK Women's and Children's Hospital KKH 63 Medical Imaging and Big Data Analytics for Epileptic EEG Signal Analysis Justin Dauwels (Asst Prof) EEE Guan Cuntai (Adj Assoc Prof) SCE Sydney Cash (Assoc Prof) 64 Medical Imaging and Optimal Control Theory for Abatement of Seizures Signal Analysis Justin Dauwels (Asst Prof) EEE Guan Cuntai (Adj Assoc Prof) SCE Sydney Cash (Assoc Prof) 65 Medical Imaging and Embedded Machine Learner based Wearable EEG system for Clinical Arindam Basu (Asst Prof) Signal Analysis Applications EEE Vinod Achutavarrier Prasad (Assoc Prof) SCE 66 Medical Imaging and LED based low-cost photoacoustic imaging system for noninvasive Signal Analysis angiogenesis monitoring Pramanik Manojit (Asst Prof) SCBE Claus-Dieter Ohl (Assoc Prof) SPMS 67 Medical Imaging and Development of a computational method to accurately estimate Signal Analysis Vitiligo Area and Severity Index (VASI) Kong Wai Kin Adams (Assoc Prof) SCE Steven Thng Tien Guan (Adj Assoc Prof) MSE 68 Delinating Early-Stage Cancerous Tissues from Normal Skin Tissues Medical Imaging and with In Vivo 3D Confocal Image Reconstruction and Quantitative Signal Analysis Assessment Lin Feng (Assoc Prof) SCE Lin Zhiping (Assoc Prof) EEE 69 Medical Imaging and Signal Processing Approach for Heart Sound Characterization and Signal Analysis Classification Ser Wee (Assoc Prof) EEE Vinod Achutavarrier Prasad (Assoc Prof) SCE 70 Decoding Limb Movement Parameters using Motor Imagery-based Medical Imaging and Brain-Computer Interface for Neural Rehabilitation and Prosthesis Signal Analysis Applications Vinod A. Prasad (Assoc Prof) SCE Ser Wee (Assoc Prof) EEE 71 Medical Imaging and A Portable and Non-invasive CMOS THz Imaging Scanner for Signal Analysis Skin/Breast Cancer Yu Hao (Asst Prof) EEE Liu Quan (Asst Prof) 72 Nanomedicine 73 Nanomedicine 74 Nanomedicine 75 Nanomedicine 76 Nanomedicine Surface physics of novel bioadhesive microfasteners Nanotoxicity: study of fundamental biochemical mechanisms of toxicity of nanomaterials Controlled Delivery of SiRNA using Lipoplexes and Polymeric Nanoparticles for Post-Surgical Scarring in Glaucoma Simultaneous Diagnosis and Treatment of Skin Cancer using Lanthanide-based Up-converting-Magnetic Nanoparticles via Transdermal Delivery Self-care in Keloid Management with Nanoparticles/microneedles for Drug Delivery and Second Harmonic Generation for Efficacy Assessment Harvard Medical School Harvard Medical School Hian Tat Ong (Dr) Others National University Health System NUHS Dalan Rinko (Dr) Tan Tock Seng Hospital TTSH Steven Thng Tien Guan (Dr) National Skin Centre NSC Thng Tien Guan Steven (Assoc Prof) National Skin Centre NSC David Foo Chee Guan (Dr) Tan Tock Seng Hospital TTSH Ng Yee Sien (Dr) Singapore General Hospital SGH SCBE Steven Thng Tien Guan (Dr) National Skin Centre NSC Ser Wee (Assoc Prof) Ang Kai Keng (Adj Asst Prof) EEE SCE Hayden Kingsley Taylor (Asst Prof) Martin Pumera (Asst Prof) Subbu Venkatraman (Prof) MAE Terry Steele (Asst Prof) MSE Dinesh Kumar Srinivasan Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (Asst Prof) SPMS Loo Say Chye Joachim (Assoc Prof) MSE Liu Shouping (Dr) Singapore Eye Research Institute SERI MSE Sierin Lim (Asst Prof) SCBE Tina Wong Tzee Ling (Dr) Singapore Eye Research Institute SERI Timothy Tan Thatt Yang (Assoc Prof) SCBE Andrew Tan Nguan Soon (Assoc Prof) SBS Gavin Ong (Dr) National Skin Centre NSC Chenjie Xu (Asst Prof) SCBE Michael Alan Ferenczi (Prof) Suat Hoon Tan (Prof) National Skin Centre NSC Page 3 of 8 LKCMed LKCMed NITHM PhD Programme in Future Healthcare - Project Listing for AY 2014/15 S/No Programme Project Title Supervisor School Co-supervisor School 2nd Co-supervisor School 2 Clinician Collaborating Institution 77 Nanomedicine Nanocage formulation for cutaneous delivery of active compounds Sierin Lim (Asst Prof) SCBE Ng Kee Woei (Asst Prof) MSE Steven Thng (Dr) National Skin Centre 78 Nanomedicine Chitosan-functionalized graphene oxide as nanocarriers for chemotherapy and gene therapy of bladder cancer Li Lin (Assoc Prof) MAE Subbu Venkatraman (Prof) MSE Edmund Chiong (Dr) National University Hospital/National University of Singapore 79 Nanomedicine Interfacial Science of Therapeutic Nanoparticles Nam-Joon Cho (Assoc Prof) MSE Khor Khiam Aik (Prof) MAE Jeffrey S. Glenn (Dr) Stanford University School of Medicine Liu Ding Xiang (Assoc Prof) SBS David Lye Chien Boon (Dr) Tan Tock Seng Hospital Sean AF Peel (Asst Prof) University of Toronto 80 Nanomedicine Development of novel anti-Dengue antisense therapeutics Chen Gang (Asst Prof) SPMS 81 Nanomedicine Synthesis Of Single And Double Walled TiO2 Nanotube Carrier For Bone Morphogenetic Protein Delivery Tay Beng Kang (Prof) EEE Chen Peng (Assoc Prof) SCBE 82 Nanomedicine SCBE Zhang Yilei (Asst Prof) MAE He Tao (Dr) Huang Yingying (Dr Snr RF) Multifunctional Polymeric Nanostructures for Cancer Imaging and Therapy Biodegradable scaffold with nano-materials for treating heart disease 83 Nanomedicine 84 Nanomedicine Fundamental studies of sustained release from Nanocarriers Nanomedicine Breaking the Cold-Chain Requirement of Vaccines and Antibiotics Using Suckerin Protein Encapsulants 85 Wang Mingfeng (Asst Prof) Subbu Venkatraman (Prof) Subbu Venkatraman (Prof) Ali Miserez (Asst Prof) MSE Teoh Swee Hin (Prof) SCBE MSE Sierin Lim (Asst Prof) MSE Sierin Lim (Asst Prof) Zhao Yanli (Asst Prof) SPMS ICES, A*Star James Khoo (Dr) MSE National Cancer Centre Collaborating Institution abb. NSC NUH/NUS Others TTSH NCCS Philip Wong (Assoc Prof) National Heart Centre NHC SCBE Rupesh Agrawal (Dr) Tan Tock Seng Hospital TTSH SCBE Poh Lian Lim (Dr) Tan Tock Seng Hospital TTSH Leow Khee Shing Melvin Tan Tock Seng Hospital (Assoc Prof) TTSH 86 Nanomedicine Graphene Quantum Dots for Drug Delivery and Therapy Chen Peng (Assoc Prof) SCBE Tan Lay Poh (Assoc Prof) MSE 87 Nanomedicine Living electrodes for cardiac tissue regeneration Terry Steele (Asst Prof) MSE Richard Webster (Assoc Prof) SPMS 88 Nanomedicine Timothy Tan (Assoc Prof) SCBE Tan Nguan Soon Andrew (Assoc Prof) SBS Martin Cho (Dr) National Skin Centre NSC 89 Nanomedicine Xing Bengang (Assoc Prof) SPMS Yang Liang (Asst Prof) SBS Teo Jeanette (Dr) National University Hospital NUH 90 Nanomedicine Xu Chenjie (Asst Prof) SCBE Xu Zhichuan (Asst Prof) MSE Tey Hong Liang (Dr) National Skin Centre NSC LKCMed Cleo Choong (Asst Prof) MSE Subbu Venkatraman LKCMed (Prof) MSE Changi Sports Medicine Centre, Changi General Hospital CGH 91 Nanomedicine A Near-infrared Mediated Upconverting Nanoparticles Antigen Delivery System for Squamous-Cell Carcinomas Immunotherapy Induced by Cytotoxic T-cell Responses Multifunctional Peptide Moiety Conjugated Nanoplatform for Rapid detection and Removal of Bacterial Pathogens Skin-penetrating iron oxide nanoparticles with enzyme-like characteristics for the analysis of melanoma Nanotechnology for Oral Insulin 1 Bernhard Otto Boehm (Prof) Bernhard Otto Boehm (Prof) Dinesh Kumar Srinivasan (Asst Prof) LKCMed 92 Nanomedicine Nanotechnology for Oral Insulin 2 93 Sensing and Diagnostics A study of the mechanisms of Erythropoietin and testosterone sensing using a carbon nanostructure-based electronic sensor Alfred Tok Iing Yoong (Assoc Prof) MSE Zhao Yanli (Asst Prof) SPMS Benedict Tan (Dr) 94 Sensing and Diagnostics Graphene Sensors On a Chip for Cancer Diagnosis Chen Peng (Assoc Prof) SCBE Yu Ting (Asst Prof) SPMS Leow Khee Shing Melvin Tan Tock Seng Hospital (Assoc Prof) TTSH 95 Sensing and Diagnostics Shoulder kinematics and instability model for computer aided diagnosis and treatment evaluation system Chou Siaw Meng (Assoc Prof) MAE Poh Chueh Loo (Asst Prof) SCBE Denny Lie (Dr) Singapore General Hospital SGH Development of novel porous nanoparticles for biodetection Lee Jong-Min (Asst Prof) SCBE Yoon Yong Jin (Asst Prof) MAE Edmund Chiong (Dr) National University Hospital NUH Glaucoma Diagnostic Aid via Machine Learning Lin Weisi (Assoc Prof) SCE Wang Lipo (Assoc Prof) EEE Paul Chew Tec Kuan (Dr) National University Hospital NUH Liu Quan (Asst Prof) SBS Liu Te Chih (Dr) National University Hospital NUH Sriram Narayanan (Dr) Tan Tock Seng Hospital TTSH 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 Sensing and Diagnostics Sensing and Diagnostics Sensing and Diagnostics Sensing and Diagnostics Sensing and Diagnostics Sensing and Diagnostics Sensing and Diagnostics Sensing and Diagnostics Sensing and Diagnostics Sensing and Diagnostics Rapid Malaria Diagnosis using Magnetically Enriched Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Mechanistic and Pathological Study of the Genesis, Growth and Rupture of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms Automatic fall detection for older people Rapid response, multi-disease biosensor diagnostics for the evaluation of non-invasive saliva samples of febrile patients in Singapore An integrated medical device for rapid and sensitive diagnostics of bacterial infections in blood sample SCBE Peter Preiser (Prof) Ng Yin Kwee Eddie (Assoc Prof) MAE Srinivasan Dinesh Kumar (Asst Prof) Qu Xingda (Asst Prof) MAE Mao Kezhi (Assoc Prof) EEE Ng Tze Pin (Dr) National University Hospital NUH Toh Chee Seng (Asst Prof) SPMS Ng Lee Ching (Assoc Prof) SBS Leo Yee Sin (Assoc Prof) Tan Tock Seng Hospital TTSH Yoon Yong Jin (Asst Prof) MAE Lee Jong-Min (Asst Prof) SCBE Edmund Chiong (Dr) National University Hospital NUH SCBE Edmund Chiong (Dr) National University Hospital NUH MSE Tina Wong Tzee Ling (Dr) Singapore Eye Research Institute SERI NIE Kong Keng He (Dr) TTSH Silicon biophotonics sensor for cancer biomarker detection Yoon Yong Jin (Asst Prof) MAE Surface Acoustic Wave(SAW) Sensor For Passive Wireless Intraocular Pressure Measurement An investigation to assess upper extremity motor skills of stroke patients Zheng Yuanjin (Asst Prof) EEE Ang Wei Tech (Assoc Prof) MAE Richie Donghwan Kim (Assoc Prof) Tina Wong Tzee Ling (Adjunct Assoc Prof) Chow Jia Yi (Asst Prof) Page 4 of 8 LKCMed Tan Tock Seng Hospital NITHM PhD Programme in Future Healthcare - Project Listing for AY 2014/15 S/No Programme Project Title Supervisor School Co-supervisor School 2nd Co-supervisor School 2 Clinician Collaborating Institution 106 Sensing and Diagnostics Ultrasonic Link IC for Wireless Power & Data Transfer Deep In Body Goh Wang Ling (Assoc Prof) EEE Vinod Achutavarrier Prasad (Assoc Prof) 107 Sensing and Diagnostics Microstructured optical fiber laser based mid-infrared supercontinuum generation for medicine applications Shum Ping Perry (Prof) EEE Sun Handong (Assoc Prof) SPMS 108 Sensing and Diagnostics Concurrent sensing platform for neurodevelopmental disorder Zhang Yilei (Asst Prof) MAE Albert I. Chen (Asst Prof) SBS Daniel Fung Shuen Sheng Institute of Mental Health (Assoc Prof) 109 Sensing and Diagnostics Nanomaterials for biosensor development Lee Jong-Min (Asst Prof) SCBE Moon Seung Ki (Asst Prof) MAE Edmund Chiong (Dr) 110 Sensing and Diagnostics Cardiac Ischemia-induced Biomarkers for Early Diagnosis of Acute Coronary Syndrome Newman Siu Kwan Sze (Assoc Prof) SBS Kathy Qian Luo (Assoc Prof) SCBE 111 Sensing and Diagnostics Fibre optic based immunoassay for detection of lipoarabinomannan Alfred Tok Iing Yoong in patients samples for tuberculosis diagnosis (Assoc Prof) MSE BGU / NTURobert S. Marks (Adj Dr) Brendon J Hanson (Dr) CREATE 112 Sensing and Diagnostics Dengue Prognosis by a Quantitative Electrochemical Lateral Flow Immunosensor (IgG, IgM and IgA) SPMS Robert S. Marks (Adj Dr) BGU / NTUCREATE 113 Sensing and Diagnostics Nano-Advantaged Surfaces for Biosensing: Development of CuttingLiu Xuewei (Assoc Prof) Edge Breast Cancer Diagnostics SPMS Duan Hongwei (Asst Prof) 114 Sensing and Diagnostics Portable and noninvasive protein sensors for the early detection of Parkinson’s disease using field-effect transistors Zhang Hua (Prof) MSE Sensing and Diagnostics Sensing and Diagnostics Sensing and Diagnostics Sensing and Diagnostics Sensing and Diagnostics A study of wandering patterns and fall risks among people with dementia in Singapore Chan Syin (Assoc Prof) SCE Leong Weng Kee (Assoc Molecular Tags for the Detection of Biomarkers for Bladder Cancer Prof) "No More Pricks" - A Device that Sense Glucose Level in the Eye for Loo Say Chye Joachim Diabetic Patients (Assoc Prof) Fiber optic sensor for monitoring of solid tumor microenvironment Chan Chi Chiu (Assoc and drug delivery Prof) Develop nucleic acid aptamer modified nanoplatform for early stage Shao Fangwei (Asst Prof) clinical cancer diagnosis Sensing and Diagnostics Built environment and human cognition: a multidisciplinary approach Sensing and Diagnostics Sensing and Diagnostics A Portable CMOS ISFET Sensor for High Throughput and Accurate DNA Sequencing Cuffless measurement of blood pressure and noninvasive assessment of blood flow in high-rate sonography 123 Sensing and Diagnostics Portable electrochemical assay system for on-chip quantitative estimation of cancer biomarkers in real samples – Sensing and Biochip design & fabrication 124 Sensing and Diagnostics Portable electrochemical assay system for on-chip quantitative estimation of cancer biomarkers in real samples – Microdluidics, biochemistry & biomedical aspects 125 Systems Biology and Fat cell metabolism on a chip: Single cell metabolomics and Medicine pharmacology using novel lab-on-a-chip devices 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 126 127 128 129 130 131 Systems Biology and Development of biomedical informatics for metabolic diseases Medicine Systems Biology and Role of newly identified, hyper-inflammatory dendritic cells in Medicine disease induction and maintenance Examining functional fingerprints of autophagy activity and genome Systems Biology and stability in successfully aged Medicine nonagenarians (≥90 years old persons) versus nonagenarians with disease Systems Biology and Deciphering signalling networks by which anti-mitotic therapies Medicine modulate autophagy in cancer cells Systems Biology and Elucidating the Role of Degenerative Protein Modifications in Medicine Pathogenesis of Glaucoma Systems Biology and Targeting the Flavivirus replicase for vaccine and antiviral Medicine development Chen Hongyu (Assoc Prof) SPMS SCE Dominique de Kleijn (Prof) Collaborating Institution abb. Ng Wai Hoe (Dr) National Neuroscience Institute NNI Tan Keng Leong (Dr) Singapore General Hospital SGH National University Hospital/National University of Singapore University of Lee Chuen Neng (Prof) / National University Hospital Utrecht Vitaly Sorokin (Dr) IMH NUH/NUS NUH Timothy Barkham (Assoc Tan Tock Seng Hospital Prof) TTSH Leo Yee Sin (Assoc Prof) Tan Tock Seng Hospital TTSH SCBE Lim Poh Lian (Assoc Prof) Tan Tock Seng Hospital TTSH Chen Peng (Assoc Prof) SCBE Tey Hong Liang (Dr) National Skin Centre NSC Annabel Chen (Assoc Prof) HSS Philip Yap Lin Kiat (Dr) Khoo Teck Phuat Hospital KTPH Ng Siu Choon (Prof) MSE Per-Olof Berggren (Prof) SCBE So Ping Lam (Assoc Prof) SPMS Shao Huilin (Dr) SCBE Malini Olivo (Prof) Zhang Qichun (Assoc LKCMed Prof) DSO Weber Lau Kam On SBIC, A*Star (Assoc Prof) Singapore General Hospital / Duke NUS SGH / Duke-NUS MSE EEE A*Star Li Shuzhou (Asst Prof) MSE Tan Hao Yang (Assoc Prof) LKCMed Terence Aik Huang Tan (Dr) Scott Hilderbrand (Dr) Hakho Lee (Asst Prof) OncoSolutions Cancer Center Others Massachusetts General Hospital Others Tan Hao Yang (Assoc Prof) Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine LKCMed Soh Chee Kiong (Prof) CEE Georgios Christopoulos (Asst Prof) NBS Yu Hao (Asst Prof) EEE Kang Yuejun (Asst Prof) SCBE Hui Kam Man (Dr) National Cancer Centre NCC Zhou Yufeng (Asst Prof) MAE Ho Shen-Shyang (Asst Prof) SCE Lim Choon Pin (Dr) Singapore Health Services SHS Poenar Daniel Puiu (Assoc Prof) EEE Sunil Kumar Arya (Dr) IME, A*Star Tan Swee Ngin (Assoc Prof) NIE Lee King Chien Joe (Dr) National University Hospital NUH Kang Yuejun (Asst Prof) SCBE Sunil Kumar Arya (Dr) IME, A*Star Poenar Daniel Puiu (Assoc Prof) EEE Lee King Chien Joe (Dr) National University Hospital NUH Chen Peng (Assoc Prof) SCBE Zhang Yilei (Asst Prof) MAE Chueh Loo Poh (Asst Prof) Christiane Ruedl (Assoc Prof) Esther Wong Siew Peng (Asst Prof) Karen Crasta (Assoc Prof) Newman Siu Kwan Sze (Assoc Prof) Dahai Luo (Asst Prof) Leow Khee Shing Melvin Tan Tock Seng Hospital (Assoc Prof) TTSH TTSH SCBE Walter Wahli (Prof) LKCMed Cher Heng Tan (Dr) Tan Tock Seng Hospital SBS Florent Ginhoux (Adjunct Asst Prof) LKCMed - - SBS Karen Crasta (Assoc Prof) LKCMed Chong Mei Sian (Dr) Tan Tock Seng Hospital Esther Wong Siew Peng (Asst Prof) Kathy Qian Luo (Assoc SBS Prof) Julien Lesccar (Assoc LKCMed Prof) LKCMed Page 5 of 8 SBS SCBE SBS Dave Wee Keng Boon (Dr) A*STAR IHPC Leonard Yip Wei Leon (Dr) Tan Tock Seng Hospital - TTSH TTSH NITHM PhD Programme in Future Healthcare - Project Listing for AY 2014/15 S/No 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 Programme Systems Biology and Medicine Systems Biology and Medicine Systems Biology and Medicine Systems Biology and Medicine Systems Biology and Medicine Systems Biology and Medicine Systems Biology and Medicine Systems Biology and Medicine Systems Biology and Medicine Systems Biology and Medicine Systems Biology and Medicine Systems Biology and Medicine Systems Biology and Medicine Systems Biology and Medicine Project Title Activation Mechanism of the Unfolded Protein Response during Lipid Disequilibrium Supervisor Guillaume Thibault (Asst Prof) Polycomb group protein complexes regulated Purkinje cell function I-Hsin Su (Asst Prof) Co-supervisor SBS / Dragoslav Vidovic (Asst LKCMed Prof) George J. Augustine SBS (Prof) School 2nd Co-supervisor SCE Mao Kezhi (Assoc Prof) Mechanisms of Immune Modulation by Epithelial Pathogens Kimberly Kline (Asst Prof) SBS Eric Harvill (Vg Prof) LKCMed Mechanistic studies of gut microbiota-brain interactions using microfluidics A Quantum-Classical Modelling and Molecular Profiling System for Preventive Medicine Hypoxia-induced autophagy in astrocytes: implication for ischemic stroke Structural investigations of the endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation complex From Dietary Excess to Degenerative Diseases: Finding the Missing Links in Autophagy Li King Ho Holden (Asst Prof) MAE Hou Han Wei (Dr Snr RF) LKCMed Tse Man Siu (Assoc Prof) Mu Yuguang (Assoc Prof) SBS Lin Feng (Assoc Prof) SBS Karen Crasta (Assoc Prof) Polyploidy and the age-dependent decline in liver regeneration Bernhard Otto Boehm (Prof) Systems Biology and Georgios Christopoulos Psycho-cognitive parameters associated with the built environment Medicine (Asst Prof) A genome-wide study of RNA editing as a novel mechanism of human cancers Towards Computational Discovery of Interaction Networks in Intracellular Pathogens Tan Meng How (Asst Prof) Kwoh Chee Keong (Assoc Prof) Collaborating Institution Collaborating Institution abb. Ooi Eng Eong (Assoc Prof) Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Leong Khai Pang (Dr) Tan Tock Seng Hospital TTSH Ling Khoon Lin (Dr) Singapore General Hospital SGH Tan Hao Yang (Assoc Prof) Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine LKCMed SBS Iain Tan Bee Huat (Dr) National Cancer Centre Singapore NCCS Peter Preiser (Prof) SBS Prabha Unny Krishnan (Dr) Tan Tock Seng Hospital TTSH Shashi Bhushan (Asst LKCMed Prof) Rachel Susan Kraut LKCMed (Assoc Prof) Cho Nam-Joon (Assoc LKCMed Prof) Karen Carmelina Crasta SBS (Assoc Prof) Karen Carmelina Crasta SBS (Assoc Prof) EEE LKCMed Liao Ping (Dr) SBS LKCMed Walter Wahli (Prof) LKCMed SCBE Peter Droge (Assoc Prof) MSE LKCMed SCBE Tan Hao Yang (Assoc Prof) Haibin Su (AssocProf) MSE LKCMed NBS NNI SBS Walter Wahli (Prof) LKCMed Ng Kee Woei (Asst Prof) Duke-NUS GMS EEE SCE SBS SCE Clinician LKCMed Jagath Rajapakse (Prof) Wong Siew Peng Esther (Asst Prof) Guillaume Thibault (Asst Prof) Guillaume Thibault (Asst Prof) Karen Carmelina Crasta (Assoc Prof) Koh Cheng Gee (Assoc Prof) Newman Siu Kwan Sze (Assoc Prof) Newman Siu Kwan Sze (Assoc Prof) Poh Chueh Loo (Asst Prof) School 2 SPMS Development of an algorithm for early diagnosis of severe forms of dengue The regulatory pathways integrating the cortical actin network and spindle dynamics during early stages of mitosis Hypoxic tumour microenvironment promotes tumorigenesis and cancer stem cell phenotype via epigenetic programming Food as an environmental influence on the epigenetics of obesity and metabolic syndrome Development of probiotics that supply therapeutic and nutritional molecules in the human gut The impact of Statin on autoimmune Insulitis and diabetes-related Systems Biology and vascular abnormalities in the experimental autoimmune diabetes Medicine (EAD) models Systems Biology and Medicine Systems Biology and Medicine School MSE Wang Xiaomeng (Asst Prof) LKCMed Lu Ming (Vg Prof) LKCMed CEE 150 Therapeutic Medical Histotripsy for tumor therapy Devices Claus-Dieter Ohl (Assoc Prof) SPMS Kathy Qian Luo (Assoc Prof) SCBE Gilberto de Lima Lopes (Dr) Johns Hopkins Singapore International Medical Centre, Tan Tock Seng Hospital TTSH 151 Therapeutic Medical Development of a robotics-enhanced endoscopy system for Devices endoluminal reduction of gastric volume to induce weight loss Phee Soo Jay Louis (Assoc Prof) MAE Wang Han (Assoc Prof) EEE Koura Aaryan Nath (Dr) Tan Tock Seng Hospital TTSH Teoh Swee Hin (Prof) SCBE Subbu Venkatraman (Prof) MSE Roy Koh Kiok Miang (Dr) Khoo Teck Puat Hospital KTPH Tee Shang You (Asst Prof) SPMS Kang Yuejun (Asst Prof) SCBE Laude Augustinus (MD) Tan Tock Seng Hospital TTSH SCBE Ng Kee Woei (Asst Prof) MSE Marcus Wong (Dr) Tan Tock Seng Hospital TTSH Terry Steele (Asst Prof) MSE Hayden Kingsley Taylor (Asst Prof) MAE Dinesh Kumar Srinivasan Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (Asst Prof) Chenjie Xu (Asst Prof) SCBE Linbo Liu (Asst Prof) EEE Julian Wong Chi Leung (Dr) National University Health System NUHS Zhang Yilei (Asst Prof) MAE Karen Chua (Dr) Tan Tock Seng Hospital TTSH 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 Therapeutic Medical Devices Therapeutic Medical Devices Therapeutic Medical Devices Therapeutic Medical Devices Therapeutic Medical Devices Therapeutic Medical Devices Therapeutic Medical Devices Therapeutic Medical Devices Development of smart robotic catheters with “pull” navigation mechanism A Nanomedicine based Therapeutic Medical Device to treat Agerelated Macular Degeneration Therapeutic Bone Tissue Engineered-Scaffolds Using Trace Elements Teoh Swee Hin (Prof) Biomechanics of novel bioadhesive thin films Smart theranostic robotic navigational catheters with micro-optical coherence tomography (µOCT) and Raman spectroscopy cellular imaging and tissue ablation functions Neurorehabilitation of hand functional deficits with haptic intervention Modeling and innovating biodegradable cancellous screws for patients with hip fracture Design, Computational Modeling and Measurements of an Axial Heart Pump Zhou Kun (Asst Prof) Chua Leok Poh (Assoc Prof) MAE MAE Guan Cuntai (Adjunct Assoc Prof) Subbu Venkatraman (Prof) Su Haibin (Assoc Prof) EEE MSE MSE Tegoeh Tjahjowidodo (Asst Prof) MAE 160 Therapeutic Medical Motor Adaptation and Learning in Virtual and Real Environment Devices Domenico Campolo (Asst Prof) MAE Xiang Liming (Asst Prof) SPMS Etienne Burdet (Prof) Imperial College London 161 Therapeutic Medical Development of integrated non-contact acoustic suspension and Devices active damping for Ventricular Assist Device Tegoeh Tjahjowidodo (Asst Prof) MAE Su Haibin (Assoc Prof) MSE Chua Leok Poh (Assoc Prof) MAE Page 6 of 8 Sathappan S. Sathappan Tan Tock Seng Hospital (Dr) Sivathasan National Heart Centre Cumaraswamy (Dr) LKCMed TTSH NHC Karen Chua (Dr) Tan Tock Seng Hospital TTSH Sivathasan Cumaraswamy (Dr) National Heart Centre NHC NITHM PhD Programme in Future Healthcare - Project Listing for AY 2014/15 S/No Programme Project Title Supervisor 162 Therapeutic Medical Investigation and real-time monitoring of bubble cavitation in HIFU Devices ablation 163 Therapeutic Medical Scaffold-mediated RNA interference to enhance nerve regeneration Chew Sing Yian (Assoc Devices in traumatic nerve injuries Prof) 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 Therapeutic Medical Application of Graphene-based materials as Skirting for Corneal Devices Inlay and Artificial Cornea Design optimization of the mechanical strength and stability of Therapeutic Medical biodegradable stent Based on computational modeling simulation Devices with experimental validation Therapeutic Medical Convergence of video and games system for automated Devices rehabilitative exercise Therapeutic Medical Biodegradable PLA staple with self-tightening function for minimally Devices invasive surgery Therapeutic Medical Delivery Systems for Managing Diabetes Devices Therapeutic Medical Noninvasive ablation of breast cancer by cylindrical phased array Devices HIFU under sonography guidance Therapeutic Medical Nano-bandages to treat infections of the skin Devices Therapeutic Medical Drug delivery from nanoparticle coated microbubbles: time reversal Devices acoustics and perfect absorbers Therapeutic Medical Robotic Proprioceptive Assessment and Training Devices Therapeutic Medical Postural and Gait Control of Functional Walking with Stabilizer Devices Therapeutic Medical Developing a Micro IR Thermal Imaging/Spectroscopy based nonDevices touch Blood Pressure measuring device Tissue Engineering 176 Tissue Engineering 177 Tissue Engineering Development of biohybrid scaffolds for biomedical applications School School 2nd Co-supervisor School 2 Clinician Collaborating Institution Collaborating Institution abb. MAE Claus-Dieter Ohl (Assoc Prof) SPMS Ho Sun Sien Henry (Dr) Singapore General Hospital SGH SCBE Albert I. Chen (Asst Prof) SBS Jerry Chan Kok Yen (Dr) National University Hospital NUH Khor Khiam Aik (Prof) MAE Chen Peng (Assoc Prof) SCBE Singapore Eye Research Institute SERI Li Hua (Assoc Prof) MAE Cui Fangsen (Dr) Zhou Yufeng (Asst Prof) A*Star Li Hua (Assoc Prof) MAE Jod Mehta (Dr) Kang Yuejun (Asst Prof) SCBE Ho Pei Jackie (Assoc Prof) National University Health System NUHS Yau Wei Yun (Adjunct Asst Prof) EEE Loh Yong Joo (Dr) Tan Tock Seng Hospital TTSH MAE Hu Xiao (Prof) MSE Davide Lomanto (Prof) National University Hospital NUH MSE Per-Olof Berggren (Prof) LKCMed MAE Zheng Yuanjin (Asst Prof) EEE Tan Yah Yuen (Dr) KK Women's and Children's Hospital KKH MSE Zhang Li-Feng (Asst Prof) SBS Mark Tang (Dr) National Skin Centre NSC SPMS Xu Chenjie (Assoc Prof) SCBE Lin Zhenbang (Dr) Tan Tock Seng Hospital TTSH MAE Xiang Liming (Asst Prof) SPMS Karen Chua (Dr) Tan Tock Seng Hospital TTSH Low Kin Huat (Prof) MAE Cheah Chien Chern (Assoc Prof) EEE Ng Yin Kwee (Assoc Prof) MAE Ma Maode (Assoc Prof) EEE Cleo Choong Swee Neo (Asst Prof) MSE Teoh Swee Hin (Prof) SCBE MSE Tan Nguan Soon Andrew (Assoc Prof) SCBE Yeo Joon Hock (Assoc Prof) Theng Yin Leng (Prof) Huang Weimin (Assoc Prof) Loo Say Chye Joachim (Assoc Prof) Zhou Yufeng (Asst Prof) Chen Xiaodong (Assoc Prof) Claus-Dieter Ohl (Assoc Prof) Domenico Campolo (Asst Prof) Modifying physical properties of the tumour microenvironment can Cleo Choong Swee Neo inhibit the propagation, migration and metastasis of breast cancer (Asst Prof) cells Engineering an autologous “living” heart valve replacement for Mayasari Lim (Asst Prof) pediatric patients WKWSCI 178 Tissue Engineering Graphene reinforced nano-hydroxyapatite composite for bone substitution and repair Sam Zhang (Prof) MAE 179 Tissue Engineering Chemical Strategies to Promote 3D Liver Architecture Nam-Joon Cho (Assoc Prof) MSE 180 Co-supervisor Tan Lay Poh (Assoc Prof) Tan Choon Hong (Assoc Prof) Tan Nguan Soon Andrew (Assoc Prof) Fong Wen Mei Eileen (Asst Prof) Adela May Tow Peh-Er (Dr) Kaw Jon Leng Gregory (Dr) Tan Tock Seng Hospital TTSH Tan Tock Seng Hospital TTSH Marcus Wong (Dr) Tan Tock Seng Hospital TTSH SBS Chan Ching Wan (Dr) National University Health System NUHS MAE Masakazu Nakao (Dr) KK Women's and Children's Hospital MSE Wilson Wang (Assoc Prof) National University Health System/National University of Singapore SPMS Jeffrey S. Glenn (Dr) Stanford University School of Medicine SBS Tang Boon Yang Mark (Dr) National Skin Centre MSE Howard Levinson (Dr) Duke University Medical Center Others Miao Jianmin (Assoc Prof) MAE KKH NUHS/NUS Others Tissue Engineering Skin Disease Model Tan Lay Poh (Assoc Prof) MSE 181 Tissue Engineering Nanofiber and miRNA-induced cellular transdifferentiation for fibrosis treatment Chew Sing Yian (Assoc Prof) SCBE 182 Tissue Engineering Fully Biocompatible nanocomposites for bone engineering Dong Zhili (Assoc Prof) MSE Khor Khiam Aik (Prof) MAE Jod Mehta (Dr) Singapore Eye Research Institute SERI 183 Tissue Engineering Model development with experimental validation for characterizing electromechanical constitutive relation of cardiac hydrogel for Li Hua (Assoc Prof) cardiac tissue regeneration MAE Eileen Fong Wen Mei (Asst Prof) MSE Winston Shim Se Ngie (Dr) National Heart Centre Singapore NHCS 184 Tissue Engineering Microfluidics modeling of interstitial flow through a tumor Marcos (Asst Prof) MAE Li Hoi Yeung (Assoc Prof) SBS Lai Siang Hui (Dr) Singapore General Hospital SGH Kang Yuejun (Asst Prof) SCBE Zhang Yilei (Asst Prof) MAE James Hui Hoi Po (Prof) National University Health System Zhang Yilei (Asst Prof) MAE Zeng Li (Dr) NNI Tan Eng King (Prof) National Neuroscience Institute NNI SPMS Ho Sun Sien Henry (Dr) Singapore General Hospital SGH MSE Howard Levinson (Dr) Duke University Medical Center 185 Tissue Engineering 186 Tissue Engineering 187 Tissue Engineering Microfluidics Fabrication of Vascularized Bone Organoids for NextGeneration Bone Tissue Engineering Develop 3D platform for neuroregenerative therapy of Parkinson’s disease Investigation and real-time monitoring of therapeutic outcome cavitation in HIFU ablation Nanofiber and miRNA-induced cellular transdifferentiation for fibrosis treatment Zhou Yufeng (Asst Prof) MAE Chew Sing Yian (Assoc Prof) SCBE Claus-Dieter Ohl (Assoc Prof) Fong Wen Mei, Eileen (Asst Prof) 188 Skin Research 189 Skin Research Bioactivation of Scaffold for Drug Delivery of Antisense David Becker (Prof) LKCMed Eileen Fong (Asst Prof) MSE 190 Skin Research Cx26 as a Novel Target in Wound Healing David Becker (Prof) LKCMed Esther Wong (Asst Prof) SBS 191 Skin Research Drug Delivery of Antisense through the Skin David Becker (Prof) LKCMed Chenjie Xu (Asst Prof) SCBE Page 7 of 8 Kang Yuejun (Asst Prof) SCBE NSC NUHS DUMC NITHM PhD Programme in Future Healthcare - Project Listing for AY 2014/15 S/No Programme Project Title Supervisor School Co-supervisor School 192 Skin Research Macroautophagy, Connexins and Wound Healing David Becker (Prof) LKCMed Esther Wong (Asst Prof) SBS 193 Skin Research Wnts and Connexins in Wound Healing David Becker (Prof) LKCMed Esther Wong (Asst Prof) SBS 194 Skin Research 195 Skin Research 196 Skin Research 197 Skin Research 198 Skin Research 199 Skin Research Study of molecular pathways of immune cell mediation in psoriasis Jagath Rajapakse (Prof) through novel computational methods Sub-cellular imaging of skin disease using micro-optical coherence Liu Linbo (Asst Prof) tomography Investigation of depth sensitive Raman spectroscopy in skin wound Liu Quan (Asst Prof) healing assessment for optimal treatment Michael Alan Ferenczi Microneedles for Keloid Treatment (Prof) Correlating Physical Skin Barrier Dysfunction with Nanomaterial Ng Kee Woei (Asst Prof) Induced Toxicity Topical delivery of systemic therapeutic agents for use in skin Subbu Venkatraman inflammatory disorders (Prof) National Skin Centre NSC Xu Chenjie (Asst Prof) SCBE Tey Hong Liang (Dr) National Skin Centre NSC SCBE David Laurence Becker (Prof) LKCMed Mark Tang (Dr) National Skin Centre NSC Tey Hong Liang (Dr) National Skin Centre NSC Tang Boon Yang Mark (Dr) National Skin Centre NSC Steven Thng (Dr) National Skin Centre NSC Bernhard Boehm (Prof) Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine Steven Thng (Dr) National Skin Centre NSC Tey Hong Liang (Dr) National Skin Centre NSC LKCMed Xu Chenjie (Asst Prof) MSE Birgit Lane (Prof) MSE Sierin Lim (Asst Prof) SCBE Tavintharan Subramaniam (Assoc Prof) Subbu Venkatraman (Prof) MSE Ng Kee Woei (Asst Prof) Zhang Hua (Prof) MSE 202 Skin Research Development of Multifunctional Nanoparticle-Based Carriers for Targeted Photodynamic Skin Cancer Therapy Zhao Yanli (Asst Prof) 203 Skin Research Carbon Nanotubes Based Electronic Skin Zhang Qing (Prof) EEE SPMS 204 Skin Research Nanocage formulation for cutaneous delivery of active compounds Sierin Lim (Asst Prof) SCBE 205 Skin Research To determine whether Ezh2-regulated DC functions are critical for skin immunity I-Hsin Su (Asst Prof) SBS 206 Skin Research The regulation of angiogenesis in skin wound healing 209 Skin Research Role of N-WASP in Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC) 210 Skin Research Developing Molecular Tags for Transcutaneous Studies 211 Skin Research 212 Skin Research 213 Skin Research 214 Skin Research 215 Skin Research 216 Skin Research 217 Skin Research Deciphering signal transduction processes involved in T-cell migration implicated in inflammatory skin diseases Developing a Smart Wound Dressing Based on Hair Keratins and Designer Peptides Novel aspects of keratins and associated proteins and peptides in hair Supramolecular antimicrobial hydrogels for the treatment of skin infections Characterization of the glycogen synthase kinase 3β pathway in Tcell migration and effector functions Studies of Localized Delivery of Drugs Using Nanoparticles for Skin Disease Thirumaran Thanabalu (Assoc Prof) Leong Weng Kee (Assoc Prof) Navin Kumar Verma (Asst Prof) Ng Kee Woei (Asst Prof) Arthur Schmidtchen (Prof) Chen Xiaodong (Assoc Prof) Navin Kumar Verma (Asst Prof) Subbu Venkatraman (Prof) Nripan Mathews (Asst Electronic skin for intelligent pulsatile iontophoretic delivery system Prof) SCBE LKCMed Chenjie Xu (Asst Prof) Xiaomeng Wang (Asst Prof) Ng Kee Woei (Asst Prof) IMB, A*Star SBS LRG1 in diabetic wound healing and its therapeutic potential Skin Research SCBE Tan Nguan Soon Andrew LKCMed (Assoc Prof) Skin Research 208 Collaborating Institution abb. EEE 201 Skin Research Collaborating Institution Colin Theng Thiam Seng (Dr) Role of the Transcription Factor PPARβ/δ in Skin Health and Disease Walter Wahli (Prof) 207 Clinician SCE Skin Research Mediating macrophage behavior by substrate topography and sustained microRNA delivery Understanding the Influence of Hair Keratins on Cell and Tissue Physiology School 2 Navin Kumar Verma (Asst LKCMed Prof) 200 Koh Cheng Gee (Assoc Prof) Chew Sing Yian (Assoc Prof) 2nd Co-supervisor SBS Ng Kee Woei (Asst Prof) Florent Ginhoux (Adjunct Asst Prof) Kathy Luo Qian (Assoc Prof) SCBE Ng Kee Woei (Asst Prof) MSE Tan Nguan Soon Andrew (Assoc Prof) SBS SPMS MSE Steven Thng (Dr) National Skin Centre NSC Nagoya City University NCU SCBE Mathew Yeo (Dr) Tan Tock Seng Hospital TTSH MSE Howard Levinson (Dr) Duke University Medical Center SBS Ng Siu Choon (Prof) SCBE Malini Olivo (Prof) Tan Nguan Soon Andrew (Assoc Prof) LKCMed Sze Siu-Kwan (Assoc Prof) SBS SBIC, A*Star Paul Bigliardi (Prof) Dermot Kelleher (Prof) LKCMed Dermot Kelleher (Prof) LKCMed Colin Theng Thiam Seng (Dr) DUMC National Skin Centre NSC National Skin Centre NSC IMB, A*Star National Skin Centre IMB, A*Star NSC MSE SBS SBS Tan Nguan Soon Andrew (Assoc Prof) SBS MSE Artur Schmidtchen (Prof) LKCMed Page 8 of 8 SBS Tang Boon Yang Mark (Dr) Tan Suat Hoon (Assoc Prof) LKCMed MSE Updated on 06-Jan-2015 LKCMed Sayuri Yamazaki (Assoc Prof) SCBE LKCMed Ng Kee Woei (Asst Prof) MSE MSE Chen Wei Ning (Prof) Artur Schmidtchen (Prof) MSE LKCMed Tan Nguan Soon Andrew (Assoc Prof) Tan Suet Mien (Assoc LKCMed Prof) LKCMed / KTPH Mark Tang (Dr) Bernhard Otto Boehm (Prof) Steven Thng Tien Guan (Dr) National Skin Centre Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine National Skin Centre NSC LKCMed NSC