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NITHM PhD Programme in Future Healthcare - Project Listing for 2015 S/No Programme Project Title Supervisor School Co-supervisor School 2nd Co-supervisor School 2 Collaborating Institution 1 Chemical Biology Understanding the molecular mechanism for the side effect of Relenza and Tamiflu and developing new neuraminidase inhibitor as Liu Xuewei safe anti-flu theraputics SPMS Yoon Ho Sup SBS Tan Tock Seng Hospital 2 Chemical Biology "Understanding Protein Functions" through Protein Modification Technology (PM-Tech): in vitro and in vivo Loh Teck Peng SPMS Liu Chuan Fa SBS 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 4 Chemical Biology Modification of Traditional Chinese Medicines for New Pharmaceutical and Biological Applications Robin Chi SPMS Jaume Torres SBS 5 Chemical Biology Development of a 3D sensor cell model for screening anti-breast cancer drugs Kathy Luo Qian SCBE Tan Lay Poh MSE 6 Chemical Biology Engineering thermostable DNA/RNA dependent RNA polymerases for the large scale synthesis of RNA molecules including miRNAs and Lescar Julien siRNAs SBS Phan Anh Tuan SPMS 7 Chemical Biology Influenza inhibitor design based on novel targets Mu Yuguang SBS Robin Chi SPMS 8 Chemical Biology Vaccine platform development for infectious diseases Sierin Lim SCBE Richard Sugrue SBS Lisa F. P. Ng A*STAR SIgN 9 Chemical Biology New types of stapled peptides for p53 activation Steve Zhou SPMS Chuan Fa Liu SBS Brian Chia A*STAR ETC 10 Chemical Biology Synthesis of Modified Peptide Nucleic Acids for Targeting HIV-1 Ribosomal Frameshift Stimulatory RNA Structure Chen Gang SPMS Liu Ding Xiang SBS Zhao Yanli SPMS 11 Chemical Biology Development of novel antagonists targeting RIG-1 Chen Gang SPMS Liu Ding Xiang SBS Luo Dahai LKCMed Heterologous Expression of Secondary Metabolite Biosynthetic Pathways of Marine Microorganisms for the Discovery of Bioactive Liang Zhao-Xun Compounds Nanomaterials: functionalization of the nanostructures to tune their Martin Pumera toxicity and redox activity 12 Chemical Biology 13 Chemical Biology 14 Chemical Biology Development of metabolically stable Prostacyclin analogues Steve Zhou 15 Chemical Biology Membrane extraction of pharmacologically active compounds for managing cardiovascular diseases 16 Chemical Biology 17 SCE SBS Dinesh Kumar Srinivasan Liu Xuewei LKCMed Michael Ferenzci Singapore General Hospital Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicines/Beijing Capital Medical University Richard Sugrue SBS Tan Tock Seng Hospital SPMS SPMS Liu Chuan Fa SBS SPMS Chuan Fa Liu SBS James P. Tam SBS Wang Rong CEE A Microfluidic System for Radiochemistry Synthesis Kang Yuejun SCBE Tan Choon Hong SPMS Chemical Biology To screen for inhibitors to target novel hypoxia-responsive cancer epigenetic regulators for cancer epigenetic therapy Newman Sze Siu Kwan SBS Su Haibin MSE 18 Chemical Biology Chemical Modification of Biologically Relent Peptides and Proteins: Model Studies Robin Yonggui Chi SPMS Jaume Torres SBS 19 Chemical Biology Samroiyotmycin – an Interdisciplinary Study of a Novel Anti-Malarial Roderick Bates SPMS Zbynek Bozdech SBS Palangpon Kongsaeree 20 Chemical Biology Development of Novel Radioligands using [11C]CO2 Tan Choon Hong SPMS Kang Yuejun SCBE Lim Yee Hwee 21 Chemical Biology Unique and Site-Specific “Smart” Imaging Probes for localized labeling and Sensing of Drug Resistant Bacterial Biofilm Xing Bengang SPMS Yang Liang SBS Page 1 of 13 LKCMed Experimental Therapeutics Centre, A*Star Lim Yee Hwee LKCMed Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicines/Beijing Capital Medical University Mahidol University LKCMed Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine NITHM PhD Programme in Future Healthcare - Project Listing for 2015 S/No Programme Project Title Supervisor School Co-supervisor School 2nd Co-supervisor School 2 Collaborating Institution 22 Chemical Biology Discover novel antimicrobial metabolites from marine microorganisms Liang Zhao-Xun SBS Liu Xuewei SPMS 23 Chemical Biology Identification and characterization of antagonists of the human oncofetal HMGA2 protein Peter Droge SBS Tan Meng How SCBE 24 Chemical Biology Development of novel analogues of bistramide A as potent inhibitors Roderick Bates of the actin cytoskeleton system and T-cell motility. SPMS Navin Kumar Verma 25 Chemical Biology Development of painkiller profen analogues Steve Zhou SPMS Liu Chuan Fa SBS Experimental Therapeutics Centre, A*Star 26 Chemical Biology Steve Zhou SPMS Yang Liang SBS National University Hospital HSS Khoo Teck Puat Hospital 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 Health Systems Complexity Health Systems Complexity Health Systems Complexity Health Systems Complexity Health Systems Complexity Health Systems Complexity Health Systems Complexity Health Systems Complexity Health Systems Complexity Health Systems Complexity Health Systems Complexity Health Systems Complexity Health Systems Complexity Health Systems Complexity 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 National Cancer Centre Singapore LKCMed Sumod A. Pullarkat SPMS Jung-jae Kim SCE Francis Bond Yonggang Wen SCE Theng Yin Leng Xiao Gaoxi EEE Cheong Siew Ann SPMS Multi-agent Technology for Collaborative Health Care Bo An SCE Ning Chen SPMS Design and Verification of Diabetes Management System Arvind Easwaran SCE Nam-Joon Cho MSE National Healthcare Group Healthcare for aging population Bu-Sung Lee SCE Theng Yin Leng WKW Singapore General Hospital 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 WKWSCI Institute of Mental Health Tan Tock Seng Hospital Peter Sloot SCE Chang Yun-Ke WKWSCI Tai Hwei Yee LKCMed Christopher Khoo WKWSCI Christopher Khoo WKWSCI Tai Hwei Yee LKCMed Chang Yun-Ke WKWSCI Sourav S Bhowmick SCE Dinesh Kumar Srinivasan LKCMed Jie Zheng SBS Tan Tock Seng Hospital SCE Singapore General Hospital SBS Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine Elucidating Complex Biofilm Formation Peter Sloot SCE Karinh Emma Josephina Eurenius DNA-mediated clinical diagnosis system Shu Jian Jun MAE Mu Yuguang SBS Singapore General Hospital Co-evolution of infectious agents and social networks: a new epidemiology modelling approach and applications Xiao Gaoxi EEE Su Haibin MSE Singapore General Hospital Built environment and human health: a multidisciplinary approach Josip Car LKCMed Georgios Christopoulos NBS eLearning for pre-registration health professionals and beyond Josip Car LKCMed Tan Seng Chee NIE 41 Health Systems Complexity Developing a dynamic healthcare information system by monitoring Sun Aixin and analyzing social media SCE Qiu Lin HSS 42 Health Systems Complexity A Nonlinear Dynamics approach to cell division cycle analysis A S Madhukumar SCE Arindam Basu EEE 43 Health Systems Complexity Dynamics of the Innate Immune Response after Oxidative Stress: Translational Clinical studies In silico and in vivo. Peter Sloot SCE Ruud Brands CI 44 Health Systems Complexity In Silico Modeling of Cell Death with Applications in Ageing related Human Disease Study Zheng Jie SCE Su Haibin MSE 45 Medical Imaging and Characterization of islet cell infiltrating lymphocytes in experimental Bernhard Otto Boehm Signal Analysis autoimmune diabetes models Xing Bengang SPMS LKCMed Page 2 of 13 Staffan Kjelleberg Tan Hao Yang LKCMed Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine Yin Shanqing Changi General Hospital Singapore General Hospital National Cancer Centre Singapore Josip Car Peter Sloot LKCMed Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine SCE Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine Khoo Teck Puat Hospital NITHM PhD Programme in Future Healthcare - Project Listing for 2015 S/No Programme Project Title Supervisor School Co-supervisor School 2nd Co-supervisor School 2 Collaborating Institution 46 Medical Imaging and Imaging-Based Volumetry of Organs Signal Analysis Jianfei Cai SCE Junsong Yuan EEE Tan Tock Seng Hospital 47 Medical Imaging and 3D Motion Extraction from Tag MRI Signal Analysis Cai Yiyu MAE Zheng Jianmin SCE Gleneagles Medical Centre, Tan Tock Seng Hospital 48 Medical Imaging and Three-dimensional (3D) spectroscopic autofluorescence imaging in Signal Analysis endoscopy for tissue characterization Liu Quan SCBE Nadia Magnenat Thalmann SCE National University Hospital 49 Medical Imaging and Biophysics of cardiomyopathies Signal Analysis Michael Alan Ferenczi LKCMed Xing Bengang 50 Medical Imaging and Signaling Events in Pancreatic Islet Cells During Immune Rejection Signal Analysis Bernhard Otto Boehm LKCMed Ravi Kambadur SBS 51 Medical Imaging and Computational modelling, monitoring and treatment of ADHD using Signal Analysis MR Images of brain and advanced game engines Suresh Sundaram SCE P. N. Suganthan EEE Ohio State University, USA 52 Medical Imaging and Scientific approach towards Traditional Chinese Medicine in tongue Signal Analysis diagnosis Yeo Joon Hock MAE Tan Bee Gawh SBS NTU Traditional Chinese Medicine 53 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 EEE Zhou YuFeng MAE National University Hospital 54 Medical Imaging and Flexible 12-Leads Cableless ECG Recording System for Clinical Signal Analysis Monitoring Goh Wang Ling EEE Ng Yin Kwee MAE National University Hospital 55 Medical Imaging and Energy-Efficient, High-Performance 3D Video Codec System Signal Analysis Development for Gesture Recognition and Control Goh Wang Ling EEE Ng Yin Kwee MAE National University Hospital 56 Medical Imaging and Memantine and tPA, combinatorial therapy for Post-Stroke Aphasia: Zhang Yilei Signal Analysis an fMRI study MAE Guan Cuntai EEE National University Hospital 57 Medical Imaging and Towards Socio- and Neurofeedback Treatments for Schizophrenia Signal Analysis Justin Dauwels EEE Guan Cuntai SCE Institute of Mental Health 58 Medical Imaging and Computer-Aided Measurement of Psoriasis Area and Severity Index Signal Analysis Score- A Move Towards Standardization Kong Wai Kin Adams SCE Sathyan Subbiah MAE National Skin Centre 59 Medical Imaging and Cellular and sub-cellular imaging of eye diseases in vivo Signal Analysis Liu Linbo EEE Liu Quan SCBE Harvard Medical School 60 Medical Imaging and Sound based Techniques for the Classification of Excess Fluids in Signal Analysis Lungs Ser Wee EEE Vinod Achutavarrier Prasad SCE Tan Tock Seng Hospital 61 Medical Imaging and Non-Contact Radar based Imaging Technique for Cardiac-Activity Signal Analysis Monitoring Ser Wee EEE Vinod Achutavarrier Prasad SCE Singapore General Hospital 62 Medical Imaging and An Integrated Sound based cum Vibrator Approach for the Detection Ser Wee Signal Analysis and Therapy of OSA EEE Du Hejun MAE Singapore General Hospital 63 Medical Imaging and Analysis of Medical Images Based on Iterative Learning of Sparse Signal Analysis Representation and Dimensionality Reduction EEE Guan Cuntai SCE Jiang Xudong Page 3 of 13 SPMS The Harley Street Clinic Per-Olof Berggren Lu Zhong Kang LKCMed Singapore Eye Research Institute I2R, A*Star National University Hospital NITHM PhD Programme in Future Healthcare - Project Listing for 2015 S/No Programme Project Title Supervisor School Co-supervisor School 2nd Co-supervisor School 2 Collaborating Institution 64 Medical Imaging and Data-driven Discovery of New Hidden Patterns in EEG for Disease Signal Analysis Diagnosis and Brain-computer Interface Jiang Xudong EEE Guan Cuntai SCE Zhang Haihong 65 Medical Imaging and Big Data Analytics for Epileptic EEG Signal Analysis Justin Dauwels EEE Guan Cuntai SCE Sydney Cash 66 Medical Imaging and Optimal Control Theory for Abatement of Seizures Signal Analysis Justin Dauwels EEE Guan Cuntai SCE Sydney Cash 67 Scalable low-cost portable photoacoustic imaging system for Medical Imaging and noninvasive identification of sentinel lymph node during breast Signal Analysis cancer staging Manojit Pramanik SCBE Murukeshan Vadakke Matham MAE Tan Tock Seng Hospital 68 Medical Imaging and Embedded Machine Learner based Wearable EEG system for Clinical Arindam Basu Signal Analysis Applications EEE Vinod Achutavarrier Prasad SCE National University Health System 69 Medical Imaging and LED based low-cost photoacoustic imaging system for noninvasive Signal Analysis angiogenesis monitoring Manojit Pramanik SCBE Claus-Dieter Ohl SPMS Tan Tock Seng Hospital 70 Medical Imaging and Development of a computational method to accurately estimate Signal Analysis Vitiligo Area and Severity Index (VASI) Kong Wai Kin Adams SCE Steven Thng Tien Guan MSE National Skin Centre 71 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 SCE Lin Zhiping EEE 72 Medical Imaging and Signal Processing Approach for Heart Sound Characterization and Signal Analysis Classification Ser Wee EEE Vinod Achutavarrier Prasad SCE 73 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 SCE Ser Wee EEE 74 Medical Imaging and A Portable and Non-invasive CMOS THz Imaging Scanner for Signal Analysis Skin/Breast Cancer Yu Hao EEE Liu Quan SCBE 75 Medical Imaging and Monitoring brain tissue oxygenation by all-optical photo-acoustic Signal Analysis technique Cuong Dang EEE George J. Augustine LKCMed National Neuroscience Institute 76 Medical Imaging and A reality-based computational model of cerebellum function Signal Analysis Justin Dauwels EEE George J. Augustine LKCMed Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine 77 Medical Imaging and Spin Torque Oscillators as Sensors for Brain Signal Sensing and Signal Analysis Imaging S.N. Piramanayagam Ser Wee EEE Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine 78 Medical Imaging and Heart Murmur Sound Analysis Signal Analysis Ser Wee EEE Vinod Achutavarrier Prasad SCE National Heart Centre Singapore 79 Medical Imaging and Computer Brain Interface Based on Eye-tracking and EEG Hybrid Signal Analysis Combination for Disabled People with Clinical Applications Song Qing EEE Vinod Achutavarrier Prasad SCE Alexandra Hospital 80 Medical Imaging and Using Multifunctional Fiber Probes to Simultaneously Detect and Signal Analysis Control Activity in Brain Circuits Wei Lei EEE George J. Augustine LKCMed Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine 81 Nanomedicine Hayden Kingsley Taylor MAE Terry Steele MSE Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine Surface physics of novel bioadhesive microfasteners SPMS Page 4 of 13 Ser Wee I2R, A*Star KK Women's and Children's Hospital Harvard Medical School Harvard Medical School EEE KK Women's and Children's Hospital KK Women's and Children's Hospital National Skin Centre Tan Tock Seng Hospital Ang Kai Keng SCE Singapore General Hospital National Skin Centre NITHM PhD Programme in Future Healthcare - Project Listing for 2015 S/No Programme Project Title Supervisor School Co-supervisor School 2nd Co-supervisor School 2 Collaborating Institution 82 Nanomedicine Nanotoxicity: study of fundamental biochemical mechanisms of toxicity of nanomaterials Martin Pumera SPMS Loo Say Chye Joachim MSE Singapore Eye Research Institute 83 Nanomedicine Controlled Delivery of SiRNA using Lipoplexes and Polymeric Nanoparticles for Post-Surgical Scarring in Glaucoma Subbu Venkatraman MSE Sierin Lim SCBE Singapore Eye Research Institute 84 Nanomedicine Simultaneous Diagnosis and Treatment of Skin Cancer using Lanthanide-based Up-converting-Magnetic Nanoparticles via Transdermal Delivery Timothy Tan Thatt Yang SCBE Andrew Tan Nguan Soon SBS National Skin Centre 85 Nanomedicine Nanocage formulation for cutaneous delivery of active compounds Sierin Lim SCBE Ng Kee Woei MSE National Skin Centre 86 Nanomedicine Chitosan-functionalized graphene oxide as nanocarriers for chemotherapy and gene therapy of bladder cancer Li Lin MAE Subbu Venkatraman MSE National University Hospital/National University of Singapore 87 Nanomedicine Interfacial Science of Therapeutic Nanoparticles Nam-Joon Cho MSE Khor Khiam Aik MAE Stanford University School of Medicine 88 Nanomedicine Development of novel anti-Dengue antisense therapeutics Chen Gang SPMS Liu Ding Xiang SBS 89 Nanomedicine Synthesis Of Single And Double Walled TiO2 Nanotube Carrier For Bone Morphogenetic Protein Delivery Tay Beng Kang EEE Chen Peng SCBE 90 Nanomedicine Multifunctional Polymeric Nanostructures for Cancer Imaging and Therapy Wang Mingfeng SCBE Zhang Yilei MAE He Tao 91 Nanomedicine Biodegradable scaffold with nano-materials for treating heart disease Subbu Venkatraman MSE Teoh Swee Hin SCBE Huang Yingying 92 Nanomedicine Fundamental studies of sustained release from Nanocarriers Subbu Venkatraman MSE Sierin Lim SCBE Tan Tock Seng Hospital 93 Nanomedicine Breaking the Cold-Chain Requirement of Vaccines and Antibiotics Using Suckerin Protein Encapsulants Ali Miserez MSE Sierin Lim SCBE Tan Tock Seng Hospital 94 Nanomedicine Graphene Quantum Dots for Drug Delivery and Therapy Chen Peng SCBE Tan Lay Poh MSE Tan Tock Seng Hospital 95 Nanomedicine Living electrodes for cardiac tissue regeneration Terry Steele MSE Richard Webster SPMS 96 Nanomedicine A Near-infrared Mediated Upconverting Nanoparticles Antigen Delivery System for Squamous-Cell Carcinomas Immunotherapy Induced by Cytotoxic T-cell Responses Timothy Tan SCBE Tan Nguan Soon Andrew SBS National Skin Centre 97 Nanomedicine Multifunctional Peptide Moiety Conjugated Nanoplatform for Rapid detection and Removal of Bacterial Pathogens Xing Bengang SPMS Yang Liang SBS National University Hospital 98 Nanomedicine Skin-penetrating iron oxide nanoparticles with enzyme-like characteristics for the analysis of melanoma Xu Chenjie SCBE Xu Zhichuan MSE National Skin Centre 99 Nanomedicine Nanotechnology for Oral Insulin 1 Bernhard Otto Boehm LKCMed Cleo Choong Swee Neo MSE 100 Nanomedicine Nanotechnology for Oral Insulin 2 Bernhard Otto Boehm LKCMed Subbu Venkatraman MSE 101 Nanomedicine Glycocode-oriented Nanocarriers for Anti-cancer Drugs Liu Xuewei SPMS Yoon Ho Sup SBS Tan Tock Seng Hospital 102 Nanomedicine Highly synergistic cancer treatment with nanomagnets Lew Wen Siang SPMS Li Hoi Yeung SBS National Cancer Centre Singapore 103 Nanomedicine Multi-agent based Simulations for Medical Nanorobotics Liu Sze Yeung, Elvis SCE Juliana Chan LKCMed National University Heart Centre Singapore Page 5 of 13 Zhao Yanli SPMS Tan Tock Seng Hospital University of Toronto Dinesh Kumar Srinivasan ICES, A*Star National Cancer Centre MSE National Heart Centre LKCMed NITHM PhD Programme in Future Healthcare - Project Listing for 2015 S/No Programme Project Title Supervisor School Co-supervisor School 2nd Co-supervisor School 2 Collaborating Institution 104 Nanomedicine Islets-on-a-chip: Towards nanoparticulate-mediated revascularization for diabetes therapy Loo Say Chye Joachim MSE Bernhard Otto Boehm 105 Nanomedicine Sporopollenin Characterization and Oral Drug Delivery Systems Nam-Joon Cho MSE Kathy Luo Qian SCBE Stanford University 106 Nanomedicine Sporopollenin based Oral Protein Delivery Systems Nam-Joon Cho MSE Kathy Luo Qian SCBE Stanford University 107 Nanomedicine Advanced drug delivery systems for targeting immune responses in diabetes Yusuf Ali Loo Say Chye Joachim MSE Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine 108 Nanomedicine Particle engineering for high density constructs: Non-covalent adducts for API-excipient constructs Zaher Judeh SCBE Yusuf Ali LKCMed Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine 109 Sensing and Diagnostics A study of the mechanisms of Erythropoietin and testosterone sensing using a carbon nanostructure-based electronic sensor Alfred Tok Iing Yoong MSE Zhao Yanli SPMS Changi Sports Medicine Centre, Changi General Hospital 110 Sensing and Diagnostics Graphene Sensors On a Chip for Cancer Diagnosis Chen Peng SCBE Yu Ting SPMS Tan Tock Seng Hospital 111 Sensing and Diagnostics Shoulder kinematics and instability model for computer aided diagnosis and treatment evaluation system Chou Siaw Meng MAE Poh Chueh Loo SCBE Singapore General Hospital 112 Sensing and Diagnostics Development of novel porous nanoparticles for biodetection Lee Jong-Min SCBE Yoon Yong Jin MAE National University Hospital 113 Sensing and Diagnostics Glaucoma Diagnostic Aid via Machine Learning Lin Weisi SCE Wang Lipo EEE National University Hospital 114 Sensing and Diagnostics Rapid Malaria Diagnosis using Magnetically Enriched Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Liu Quan SCBE Peter Preiser SBS National University Hospital 115 Sensing and Diagnostics Mechanistic and Pathological Study of the Genesis, Growth and Rupture of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms Ng Yin Kwee Eddie MAE Dinesh Kumar Srinivasan 116 Sensing and Diagnostics Automatic fall detection for older people Qu Xingda MAE Mao Kezhi EEE National University Hospital 117 Sensing and Diagnostics Rapid response, multi-disease biosensor diagnostics for the evaluation of non-invasive saliva samples of febrile patients in Singapore Toh Chee Seng SPMS Ng Lee Ching SBS Tan Tock Seng Hospital 118 Sensing and Diagnostics An integrated medical device for rapid and sensitive diagnostics of bacterial infections in blood sample Yoon Yong Jin MAE Lee Jong-Min SCBE National University Hospital 119 Sensing and Diagnostics Silicon biophotonics sensor for cancer biomarker detection Yoon Yong Jin MAE Richie Donghwan Kim SCBE National University Hospital 120 Sensing and Diagnostics Surface Acoustic Wave(SAW) Sensor For Passive Wireless Intraocular Zheng Yuanjin Pressure Measurement EEE Tina Wong Tzee Ling MSE Singapore Eye Research Institute 121 Sensing and Diagnostics An investigation to assess upper extremity motor skills of stroke patients Ang Wei Tech MAE Chow Jia Yi NIE Tan Tock Seng Hospital 122 Sensing and Diagnostics Ultrasonic Link IC for Wireless Power & Data Transfer Deep In Body Goh Wang Ling EEE Vinod Achutavarrier Prasad SCE National Neuroscience Institute 123 Sensing and Diagnostics Microstructured optical fiber laser based mid-infrared supercontinuum generation for medicine applications Shum Ping Perry EEE Sun Handong LKCMed Page 6 of 13 LKCMed Hou Han Wei LKCMed SPMS LKCMed Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine Tan Tock Seng Hospital Singapore General Hospital NITHM PhD Programme in Future Healthcare - Project Listing for 2015 S/No Programme Project Title Supervisor School Co-supervisor School 2nd Co-supervisor School 2 Collaborating Institution 124 Sensing and Diagnostics Concurrent sensing platform for neurodevelopmental disorder Zhang Yilei MAE Albert I. Chen SBS Institute of Mental Health 125 Sensing and Diagnostics Nanomaterials for biosensor development Lee Jong-Min SCBE Moon Seung Ki MAE National University Hospital/National University of Singapore 126 Sensing and Diagnostics Cardiac Ischemia-induced Biomarkers for Early Diagnosis of Acute Coronary Syndrome Newman Sze Siu Kwan SBS Kathy Luo Qian SCBE 127 Sensing and Diagnostics Fibre optic based immunoassay for detection of lipoarabinomannan in patients samples for tuberculosis diagnosis Alfred Tok Iing Yoong MSE Robert S. Marks BGU / NTUCREATE 128 Sensing and Diagnostics Dengue Prognosis by a Quantitative Electrochemical Lateral Flow Immunosensor (IgG, IgM and IgA) Chen Hongyu SPMS Robert S. Marks BGU / NTUCREATE Tan Tock Seng Hospital 129 Sensing and Diagnostics Organic Dye-modified Upconversion Nanophosphors for Bio-imaging Qichun Zhang of reactive oxygen species MSE Xing Bengang SPMS National Dental Centre 130 Sensing and Diagnostics Portable and noninvasive protein sensors for the early detection of Parkinson’s disease using field-effect transistors Zhang Hua MSE Chen Peng SCBE National Skin Centre 131 Sensing and Diagnostics A study of wandering patterns and fall risks among people with dementia in Singapore Chan Syin SCE Annabel Chen HSS Khoo Teck Phuat Hospital 132 Sensing and Diagnostics Molecular Tags for the Detection of Biomarkers for Bladder Cancer Leong Weng Kee SPMS Ng Siu Choon SCBE 133 Sensing and Diagnostics "No More Pricks" - A Device that Sense Glucose Level in the Eye for Diabetic Patients Loo Say Chye Joachim MSE Per-Olof Berggren 134 Sensing and Diagnostics Fiber optic sensor for monitoring of solid tumor microenvironment and drug delivery Chan Chi Chiu SCBE So Ping Lam EEE 135 Sensing and Diagnostics Develop nucleic acid aptamer modified nanoplatform for early stage Shao Fangwei clinical cancer diagnosis SPMS Shao Huilin A*Star 136 Sensing and Diagnostics Built environment and human cognition: a multidisciplinary approach Soh Chee Kiong CEE Georgios Christopoulos NBS 137 Sensing and Diagnostics A Portable CMOS ISFET Sensor for High Throughput and Accurate DNA Sequencing Yu Hao EEE Kang Yuejun SCBE National Cancer Centre 138 Sensing and Diagnostics Cuffless measurement of blood pressure and noninvasive assessment of blood flow in high-rate sonography Zhou Yufeng MAE Ho Shen-Shyang SCE Singapore Health Services 139 Sensing and Diagnostics Portable electrochemical assay system for on-chip quantitative estimation of cancer biomarkers in real samples – Sensing and Biochip design & fabrication Poenar Daniel Puiu EEE Sunil Kumar Arya IME, A*Star Tan Swee Ngin NIE National University Hospital 140 Sensing and Diagnostics Portable electrochemical assay system for on-chip quantitative estimation of cancer biomarkers in real samples – Microdluidics, biochemistry & biomedical aspects Kang Yuejun SCBE Sunil Kumar Arya IME, A*Star Poenar Daniel Puiu EEE National University Hospital 141 Sensing and Diagnostics On-chip Bio- and Chemical- Sensing Based on Microlaser Cavity Array Sun Handong SPMS Kang Yuejun Page 7 of 13 Dominique de Kleijn Brendon J Hanson Malini Olivo LKCMed Zhang Qichun SCBE University of National University Hospital Utrecht DSO SBIC, A*Star Tan Tock Seng Hospital Singapore General Hospital / Duke NUS MSE OncoSolutions Cancer Center Li Shuzhou Tan Hao Yang MSE LKCMed Massachusetts General Hospital Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine NITHM PhD Programme in Future Healthcare - Project Listing for 2015 S/No Programme Project Title Supervisor School Co-supervisor School 2nd Co-supervisor School 2 Collaborating Institution 142 Sensing and Diagnostics 4D Microscopy Camera for Biomedicine Anand Asundi MAE Karen Carmelina Crasta LKCMed 143 Sensing and Diagnostics Non-Invasive Early Detection of Hypo/Hyper Thyroidism using mmwave Technique Boon Chirn Chye EEE Yusuf Ali LKCMed Siek Liter 144 Sensing and Diagnostics Wirelessly monitored wearable sensors for monitoring of sweat electrolytes for potential insertion for Internet of Things (IoT) Li King Ho Holden MAE Shabbir M Moochhala MSE 145 Sensing and Diagnostics Engineered Biomimetic Interfaces for Regenerative Medicine Nam-Joon Cho MSE Chan Shuping Juliana Maria SCBE Stanford University 146 Sensing and Diagnostics DNA-mediated clinical diagnosis of chest pain Shu Jian Jun MAE Alex Yan Qingyu MSE Singapore General Hospital 147 Sensing and Diagnostics Early Detection of Hypo/Hyper Thyroidism Siek Liter EEE Yusuf Ali 148 Sensing and Diagnostics Clinical Fiber Probes for Rapid and Accurate Detection of Bacteremia Wei Lei and Fungemia EEE Su Haibin MSE 149 Systems Biology and Fat cell metabolism on a chip: Single cell metabolomics and Medicine pharmacology using novel lab-on-a-chip devices Chen Peng SCBE Zhang Yilei MAE Christiane Ruedl SBS Florent Ginhoux LKCMed - Esther Wong Siew Peng SBS Karen Carmelina Crasta LKCMed Tan Tock Seng Hospital Karen Carmelina Crasta LKCMed Esther Wong Siew Peng SBS Newman Sze Siu Kwan SBS Kathy Luo Qian SCBE SBS 150 151 152 153 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 154 Systems Biology and Targeting the Flavivirus replicase for vaccine and antiviral Medicine development Dahai Luo LKCMed Julien Lesccar 155 Systems Biology and Activation Mechanism of the Unfolded Protein Response during Medicine Lipid Disequilibrium Guillaume Thibault SBS / LKCMed Dragoslav Vidovic 156 Systems Biology and Polycomb group protein complexes regulated Purkinje cell function Medicine I-Hsin Su SBS George J. Augustine 157 Systems Biology and Development of an algorithm for early diagnosis of severe forms of Medicine dengue Jagath Rajapakse SCE Mao Kezhi Li Hoi Yeung SBS Lew Wen Siang Li King Ho Holden MAE Hou Han Wei Mu Yuguang SBS Lin Feng Esther Wong Siew Peng SBS Karen Carmelina Crasta 158 159 160 161 162 Systems Biology and Medicine Systems Biology and Medicine Systems Biology and Medicine Systems Biology and Medicine Systems Biology and Medicine Development of treatment for antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections 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 Guillaume Thibault LKCMed Page 8 of 13 Shashi Bhushan Tse Man Siu LKCMed Boon Chirn Chye Hu Juan Juan EEE Tan Tock Seng Hospital EEE Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine EEE Tan Tock Seng Hospital IIR, A*STAR National University Hospital Tan Tock Seng Hospital Dave Wee Keng Boon A*STAR IHPC Tan Tock Seng Hospital SPMS LKCMed EEE Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School SPMS LKCMed Tse Man Siu Tan Tock Seng Hospital EEE SCE LKCMed Liao Ping SBS Tan Tock Seng Hospital NNI NITHM PhD Programme in Future Healthcare - Project Listing for 2015 S/No 163 164 Programme Project Title Systems Biology and From Dietary Excess to Degenerative Diseases: Finding the Missing Medicine Links in Autophagy Systems Biology and Polyploidy and the age-dependent decline in liver regeneration Medicine Supervisor School Co-supervisor School Guillaume Thibault LKCMed Rachel Susan Kraut SBS Karen Carmelina Crasta LKCMed Nam-Joon Cho MSE 2nd Co-supervisor Haibin Su School 2 Collaborating Institution MSE 165 Systems Biology and The regulatory pathways integrating the cortical actin network and Medicine spindle dynamics during early stages of mitosis Koh Cheng Gee SBS Karen Carmelina Crasta LKCMed 166 Systems Biology and Hypoxic tumour microenvironment promotes tumorigenesis and Medicine cancer stem cell phenotype via epigenetic programming Newman Sze Siu Kwan SBS Karen Carmelina Crasta LKCMed 167 Systems Biology and Development of probiotics that supply therapeutic and nutritional Medicine molecules in the human gut Poh Chueh Loo SCBE Walter Wahli LKCMed 168 The impact of Statin on autoimmune Insulitis and diabetes-related Systems Biology and vascular abnormalities in the experimental autoimmune diabetes Medicine (EAD) models Bernhard Otto Boehm LKCMed Ng Kee Woei MSE 169 Systems Biology and Psycho-cognitive parameters associated with the built environment Medicine Georgios Christopoulos NBS Tan Hao Yang 170 Systems Biology and A genome-wide study of RNA editing as a novel mechanism of Medicine human cancers Tan Meng How SCBE Peter Droge SBS National Cancer Centre Singapore 171 Systems Biology and Towards Computational Discovery of Interaction Networks in Medicine Intracellular Pathogens Kwoh Chee Keong SCE Peter Preiser SBS Tan Tock Seng Hospital 172 Systems Biology and Regulation of embryonic stem cells pluripotency and differentiation Medicine by biochemical and biophysical cues Koh Cheng Gee SBS Tan Lay Poh MSE Tan Tock Seng Hospital 173 Systems Biology and Microfluidics approaches for leukocyte sorting and functional Medicine characterization In type 2 diabetes patients Bernhard Otto Boehm LKCMed Li King Ho Holden MAE 174 Systems Biology and Investigation of myostatin inhibition effects on metabolism and Medicine muscle function Michael Alan Ferenczi LKCMed Ravi Kambadur SBS Tan Tock Seng Hospital 175 Therapeutic Medical Histotripsy for tumor therapy Devices Claus-Dieter Ohl SPMS Kathy Luo Qian SCBE Johns Hopkins Singapore International Medical Centre, Tan Tock Seng Hospital 176 Therapeutic Medical Development of a robotics-enhanced endoscopy system for Devices endoluminal reduction of gastric volume to induce weight loss Phee Soo Jay Louis MAE Wang Han EEE Tan Tock Seng Hospital 177 Therapeutic Medical A Nanomedicine based Therapeutic Medical Device to treat AgeDevices related Macular Degeneration Tee Shang You SPMS Kang Yuejun SCBE Tan Tock Seng Hospital 178 Therapeutic Medical Therapeutic Bone Tissue Engineered-Scaffolds Using Trace Elements Teoh Swee Hin Devices SCBE Ng Kee Woei MSE Tan Tock Seng Hospital 179 Therapeutic Medical Biomechanics of novel bioadhesive thin films Devices Terry Steele MSE Hayden Kingsley Taylor MAE Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine 180 Therapeutic Medical Neurorehabilitation of hand functional deficits with haptic Devices intervention Zhang Yilei MAE Guan Cuntai EEE Tan Tock Seng Hospital 181 Therapeutic Medical Modeling and innovating biodegradable cancellous screws for Devices patients with hip fracture Zhou Kun MAE Subbu Venkatraman MSE Tan Tock Seng Hospital 182 Therapeutic Medical Design, Computational Modeling and Measurements of an Axial Devices Heart Pump Chua Leok Poh MAE Su Haibin MSE Tegoeh Tjahjowidodo 183 Therapeutic Medical Motor Adaptation and Learning in Virtual and Real Environment Devices Domenico Campolo MAE Xiang Liming SPMS Etienne Burdet Page 9 of 13 Singapore General Hospital Wang Xiaomeng LKCMed Lu Ming Hou Han Wei LKCMed CEE LKCMed Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine Tan Tock Seng Hospital MAE National Heart Centre Imperial College London Tan Tock Seng Hospital NITHM PhD Programme in Future Healthcare - Project Listing for 2015 S/No Programme Project Title Supervisor School Co-supervisor School 184 Therapeutic Medical Development of integrated non-contact acoustic suspension and Devices active damping for Ventricular Assist Device Tegoeh Tjahjowidodo MAE Su Haibin MSE 185 Therapeutic Medical Investigation and real-time monitoring of bubble cavitation in HIFU Devices ablation Zhou Yufeng MAE Claus-Dieter Ohl SPMS 186 Therapeutic Medical Application of Graphene-based materials as Skirting for Corneal Inlay Khor Khiam Aik Devices and Artificial Cornea MAE Chen Peng SCBE 187 Design optimization of the mechanical strength and stability of Therapeutic Medical biodegradable stent Based on computational modeling simulation Devices with experimental validation Li Hua MAE Cui Fangsen A*Star 188 Therapeutic Medical Convergence of video and games system for automated Devices rehabilitative exercise Theng Yin Leng 189 Therapeutic Medical Mobile Applications for Delivering Self-Help Cognitive-Behavioral Devices Therapy for Emotional Distress Xing Zhenchang 190 WKWSCI Yau Wei Yun 2nd Co-supervisor Chua Leok Poh School 2 MAE Collaborating Institution National Heart Centre Singapore General Hospital Li Hua MAE Singapore Eye Research Institute Kang Yuejun SCBE National University Health System EEE Tan Tock Seng Hospital SCE Shen Biing Jiun HSS Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine Therapeutic Medical Biodegradable PLA staple with self-tightening function for minimally Huang Weimin Devices invasive surgery MAE Hu Xiao MSE National University Hospital 191 Therapeutic Medical Delivery Systems for Managing Diabetes Devices Loo Say Chye Joachim MSE Per-Olof Berggren 192 Therapeutic Medical Noninvasive ablation of breast cancer by cylindrical phased array Devices HIFU under sonography guidance Zhou Yufeng MAE Zheng Yuanjin EEE KK Women's and Children's Hospital Huang Weimin MAE Zheng Jianmin SCE National University Hospital Chen Xiaodong MSE Zhang Li-Feng SBS National Skin Centre 193 194 Therapeutic Medical 3D microlens array system Devices Therapeutic Medical Nano-bandages to treat infections of the skin Devices LKCMed 195 Therapeutic Medical Drug delivery from nanoparticle coated microbubbles: time reversal Claus-Dieter Ohl Devices acoustics and perfect absorbers SPMS Xu Chenjie SCBE Tan Tock Seng Hospital 196 Therapeutic Medical Robotic Proprioceptive Assessment and Training Devices Domenico Campolo MAE Xiang Liming SPMS Tan Tock Seng Hospital 197 Therapeutic Medical Postural and Gait Control of Functional Walking with Stabilizer Devices Low Kin Huat MAE Cheah Chien Chern EEE Tan Tock Seng Hospital 198 Therapeutic Medical Developing a Micro IR Thermal Imaging/Spectroscopy based nonDevices touch Blood Pressure measuring device Ng Yin Kwee MAE Ma Maode EEE Miao Jianmin MAE Tan Tock Seng Hospital 199 Therapeutic Medical Development of Antibacterial Coating for Dental Implants Devices Chen Yuan SCBE Siek Liter EEE Teoh Swee Hin SCBE National Dental Centre 200 Therapeutic Medical Wearable optical coherence tomography device for blood glucose Devices detection Liu Linbo EEE Teoh Swee Hin SCBE Xu Chenjie SCBE National Dental Centre 201 Therapeutic Medical A biologically inspired soft exoskeleton for arm assistance Devices Lorenzo Masia MAE Galina Mihaleva ADM National University Hospital 202 Therapeutic Medical Catheter medical devices for the treatment of soft tissue ailments Devices Wei Lei EEE Terry Steele MSE Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine 203 Tissue Engineering Cleo Choong Swee Neo MSE Teoh Swee Hin SCBE Tan Tock Seng Hospital Development of biohybrid scaffolds for biomedical applications Page 10 of 13 NITHM PhD Programme in Future Healthcare - Project Listing for 2015 S/No Programme Project Title Supervisor School Co-supervisor School 2nd Co-supervisor School 2 Collaborating Institution 204 Tissue Engineering Modifying physical properties of the tumour microenvironment can inhibit the propagation, migration and metastasis of breast cancer cells Cleo Choong Swee Neo MSE Tan Nguan Soon Andrew SBS National University Health System 205 Tissue Engineering Graphene reinforced nano-hydroxyapatite composite for bone substitution and repair Sam Zhang MAE Tan Lay Poh MSE National University Health System/National University of Singapore 206 Tissue Engineering Chemical Strategies to Promote 3D Liver Architecture Nam-Joon Cho MSE Tan Choon Hong SPMS Stanford University School of Medicine 207 Tissue Engineering Skin Disease Model Tan Lay Poh MSE Tan Nguan Soon Andrew SBS National Skin Centre 208 Tissue Engineering Fully Biocompatible nanocomposites for bone engineering Dong Zhili MSE Khor Khiam Aik MAE Singapore Eye Research Institute 209 Tissue Engineering Model development with experimental validation for characterizing electromechanical constitutive relation of cardiac hydrogel for cardiac tissue regeneration Li Hua MAE Fong Wen Mei Eileen MSE National Heart Centre Singapore 210 Tissue Engineering Microfluidics modeling of interstitial flow through a tumor Marcos MAE Li Hoi Yeung SBS Singapore General Hospital 211 Tissue Engineering Microfluidics Fabrication of Vascularized Bone Organoids for NextGeneration Bone Tissue Engineering Kang Yuejun SCBE Zhang Yilei MAE National University Health System 212 Tissue Engineering Develop 3D platform for neuroregenerative therapy of Parkinson’s disease Zhang Yilei MAE Zeng Li NNI 213 Tissue Engineering Investigation and real-time monitoring of therapeutic outcome cavitation in HIFU ablation Zhou Yufeng MAE Claus-Dieter Ohl Development of pro-healing scaffolds: Role of scaffolds in wound healing and tissue regeneration MSE Tan Nguan Soon Andrew Cleo Choong Swee Neo Tissue Engineering 214 Kang Yuejun SCBE SPMS National Neuroscience Institute Singapore General Hospital SBS Tan Tock Seng Hospital MSE Tissue Engineering 3D Scaffolds for Islet Cell Transplantation Loo Say Chye Joachim 216 Tissue Engineering Microfluidic-based dynamic in vitro models of the intestinal epithelium: Characterization and modulation Poenar Daniel Puiu EEE Qasem Alramadan 217 Tissue Engineering Evaluation of 3D cell culture systems as bioreactors in virus production for use in virus vaccine development and virus isolation from clinical specimens Richard J Sugrue SBS Wang Dongan SCBE 218 Tissue Engineering Role of human mesenchymal stem cells and smart scaffolds for Dinesh Kumar bone tissue engineering Srinivasan Raju V. Ramanujan MSE Tan Tock Seng Hospital 219 Tissue Engineering Methods for Production and Quality Control of Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Cell-Based Therapies Nam-Joon Cho MSE Kathy Luo Qian SCBE Stanford University 220 Skin Research Nanofiber and miRNA-induced cellular transdifferentiation for fibrosis treatment Chew Sing Yian SCBE Fong Wen Mei Eileen MSE Duke University Medical Center 221 Skin Research Bioactivation of Scaffold for Drug Delivery of Antisense David Laurence Becker LKCMed Fong Wen Mei Eileen MSE 222 Skin Research Drug Delivery of Antisense through the Skin David Laurence Becker LKCMed Xu Chenjie SCBE 223 Skin Research Macroautophagy, Connexins and Wound Healing David Laurence Becker LKCMed Esther Wong Siew Peng SBS 224 Skin Research Wnts and Connexins in Wound Healing David Laurence Becker LKCMed Esther Wong Siew Peng SBS LKCMed Page 11 of 13 Per-Olof Berggren LKCMed 215 IME, A*Star Singapore General Hospital Tan Boon Huan DSO Singapore General Hospital NITHM PhD Programme in Future Healthcare - Project Listing for 2015 S/No Programme Project Title Supervisor School Co-supervisor School LKCMed National Skin Centre SCBE National Skin Centre LKCMed National Skin Centre 225 Skin Research Study of molecular pathways of immune cell mediation in psoriasis through novel computational methods Jagath Rajapakse SCE Navin Kumar Verma 226 Skin Research Sub-cellular imaging of skin disease using micro-optical coherence tomography Liu Linbo EEE Xu Chenjie 227 Skin Research Investigation of depth sensitive Raman spectroscopy in skin wound healing assessment for optimal treatment Liu Quan SCBE David Laurence Becker 228 Skin Research Microneedles for Keloid Treatment Michael Alan Ferenczi 229 Skin Research Correlating Physical Skin Barrier Dysfunction with Nanomaterial Induced Toxicity 230 Skin Research 231 2nd Co-supervisor School 2 Collaborating Institution LKCMed Xu Chenjie SCBE National Skin Centre Ng Kee Woei MSE Birgit Lane IMB, A*Star National Skin Centre Topical delivery of systemic therapeutic agents for use in skin inflammatory disorders Subbu Venkatraman MSE Sierin Lim SCBE National Skin Centre Skin Research Role of the Transcription Factor PPARβ/δ in Skin Health and Disease Walter Wahli LKCMed Tan Nguan Soon Andrew SBS 232 Skin Research LRG1 in diabetic wound healing and its therapeutic potential Wang Xiaomeng LKCMed Xu Chenjie SCBE Tavintharan Subramaniam LKCMed / KTPH 233 Skin Research Development of Multifunctional Nanoparticle-Based Carriers for Targeted Photodynamic Skin Cancer Therapy Zhao Yanli SPMS Subbu Venkatraman MSE Ng Kee Woei MSE 234 Skin Research Carbon Nanotubes Based Electronic Skin Zhang Qing EEE Zhang Hua MSE National Skin Centre 235 Skin Research Nanocage formulation for cutaneous delivery of active compounds Sierin Lim SCBE Ng Kee Woei MSE National Skin Centre 236 Skin Research To determine whether Ezh2-regulated DC functions are critical for skin immunity I-Hsin Su SBS Florent Ginhoux LKCMed Nagoya City University 237 Skin Research The regulation of angiogenesis in skin wound healing Koh Cheng Gee SBS Kathy Luo Qian SCBE Tan Tock Seng Hospital 238 Skin Research Mediating macrophage behavior by substrate topography and sustained microRNA delivery Chew Sing Yian SCBE Ng Kee Woei MSE Duke University Medical Center 239 Skin Research Understanding the Influence of Hair Keratins on Cell and Tissue Physiology Ng Kee Woei MSE Tan Nguan Soon Andrew SBS National Skin Centre 240 Skin Research Role of N-WASP in Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC) Thirumaran Thanabalu SBS Chen Wei Ning SCBE Tan Nguan Soon Andrew 241 Skin Research Developing Molecular Tags for Transcutaneous Studies Leong Weng Kee SPMS Ng Siu Choon SCBE Malini Olivo 242 Skin Research Deciphering signal transduction processes involved in T-cell migration implicated in inflammatory skin diseases Navin Kumar Verma LKCMed Tan Suet Mien SBS Dermot Kelleher 243 Skin Research Developing a Smart Wound Dressing Based on Hair Keratins and Designer Peptides Ng Kee Woei 244 Skin Research Novel aspects of keratins and associated proteins and peptides in hair Arthur Schmidtchen 245 Skin Research Supramolecular antimicrobial hydrogels for the treatment of skin infections Chen Xiaodong MSE LKCMed MSE Page 12 of 13 Artur Schmidtchen SBS Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine National Skin Centre National Skin Centre SBIC, A*Star IMB, A*Star LKCMed National Skin Centre LKCMed Ng Kee Woei MSE Tan Nguan Soon Andrew SBS National Skin Centre NITHM PhD Programme in Future Healthcare - Project Listing for 2015 S/No Programme Project Title Supervisor School 246 Skin Research Characterization of the glycogen synthase kinase 3β pathway in Tcell migration and effector functions Navin Kumar Verma LKCMed 247 Skin Research Studies of Localized Delivery of Drugs Using Nanoparticles for Skin Disease Subbu Venkatraman 248 Skin Research 249 Co-supervisor School Newman Sze Siu Kwan SBS MSE Tan Nguan Soon Andrew SBS Electronic skin for intelligent pulsatile iontophoretic delivery system Nripan Mathews MSE Artur Schmidtchen Skin Research Drug-eluting A novel strategy for the treatment of diabetic wounds using lipid nanoparticle-hydrogel system through topical delivery Loo Say Chye Joachim MSE Tan Nguan Soon Andrew SBS 250 Skin Research The role of dermal Hedgehog signaling in hair follicle regeneration and wound healing Woo Wei Meng LKCMed Ng Kee Woei MSE 251 Skin Research Development of printable biomaterials for skin research Yeong Wai Yee MAE Ng Kee Woei MSE Updated on 25-Jun-2015 Page 13 of 13 2nd Co-supervisor Dermot Kelleher School 2 LKCMed Collaborating Institution Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine National Skin Centre LKCMed National Skin Centre David Laurence Becker LKCMed Singapore General Hospital National Skin Centre