| News & Events |
 COFM alumni representing their countries at the World Health Organization meeting on Occupational Health and Safety. More details |
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| APRU World Institute workshop: "The Role of Universities in Addressing Emerging Public Health Threats in the Asia-Pacific Region". More details |
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| COFM alumnus, Dr Margaret Chan appointed as Director-General of the WHO. More details |
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| Achievements |
One of our COFM undergraduate Community Health Project (CHP) groups was awarded the Best Oral Presentation (Primary Care Category) Award for the National Healthcare Group Annual Scientific Congress on 10 Nov 2007:
Lim Tian Hong, et. al. The seroprevalence of past dengue infection and proportion of undiagnosed past dengue infection among residents in the West Coast district of Singapore. |
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Congratulations to Asst Prof Koh Woon Puay who was awarded First runner-up for Best Research Presentation Award at the 1st Asian & Oceanian Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Congress (AOPMC) for the paper entitled, "Tea and Risk Of Parkinson's Disease among Chinese in Singapore", on 22 October 2007 in Singapore |
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Congratulations to A/Prof Saw Seang Mei who was awarded the 2007 The Eye Institute-Pfizer Research Prize for Outstanding Original Paper, entitled "An evidence-based analysis of surgical interventions for uncomplicated rhegmatogenous retinal detachment." |
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Professor David Koh was presented a Certificate of Re-Appointment as Visiting Consultant by the Minister of Defence during the Minister's Dinner for MINDEF Volunteers 2007, 16 August 2007. |
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Congratulations to our adjunct academic staff, Clinical Associate Prof Goh Kee Tai who was awarded the Public Service Medal. |
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Few of our COFM undergraduate Community Health Project (CHP) groups were awarded a Presentation Merit Award at the International 18th Wonca World Conference (23 July 07 to 27 July 07) for their oral presentations. More details |
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Congratulated Dr Shen Han Ming who was promoted to Associate Professor as of 1 July 2007, and for receiving the Faculty Research Excellence Award 2005-2006. |
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Congratulations to A/Prof Adeline Seow who was elected to the Fellowship of the Faculty of Public Health, United Kingdom on 27th April 07. |
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Congratulations to Prof David Koh who was conferred the "National Skin Centre Distinguished Friend Award" on 14 April 2007. |
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| The NUS Annual Safety Performance Award (ASHPA) 2007. More details |
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Congratulations to Dr Koh Woon Puay who was awarded the Faculty Teaching Excellence Award 2005-2006. This Award recognizes staff members who have achieved excellence as teachers in the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine in the last academic year.
With this award, Dr Koh joins the other teachers in the Department who have also likewise received awards for excellence in teaching in previous years:
 A/Prof Wong Mee Lian (Faculty Teaching Excellence Award 1999-2000)
Prof Lee Hin Peng (Faculty Teaching Excellence Award 2000-2001)
A/Prof Chia Sin Eng (Faculty Teaching Excellence Award 2001-2002; CDTL Annual Teaching Excellence Award 2004-2005)
Prof Chia Kee Seng (CDTL Annual Teaching Excellence Award 2002-2003) |
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Congratulations to Dr Koh Woon Puay who has won the Best Poster Award for the poster "Divide and Conquer: Breaking a big class into small teams for tutorials" at the 4th Asia Pacific Medical Education Conference (APMEC) held in NUS, Singapore, 10 - 11th February 2007. More details |
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| PI licensing scheme More details |
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| Congratulations to A/Prof Tai Bee Choo who was promoted to Associate Professor as of 1st February 2007, and Dr Tan Say Beng who was promoted to Adjunct Associate Professor with retrospective effect from 1 December 2006. |
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| New Research Grant |
Congratulations to A/Prof Chia Sin Eng who was awarded a NMRC Grant of $167,000 for a study on "A Phase One Case-Control Study to Evaluate the Risk Factors for Prostate Cancer" in December 2007. |
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Congratulations to Dr Koh Woon Puay who was awarded a NMRC Grant of $50,600 for a study on "A Prospective Study of Dietary and Lifestyle Risk Factors of Hip Fractures among the Elderly in the Singapore Chinese Health Study" in December 2007. |
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| Congratulations to A/Prof Saw Seang Mei who was awarded a grant of $103,500 by Essilor International S.A. Essilor Research and Development Centre for project entitled "Peripheral Refraction in Preschool Children". |
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| Congratulations to Dr Gerald Koh who was awarded a grant of $10,000 by Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Welfare Foundation for project entitled "Effects of exercise on mental health in the elderly". |
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| Congratulations to Dr Cheong Seng Kwing who was awarded the NMRC Research Grant for the project proposal "Elderly Hypertensive Patients in Public Primary Care Clinics Study" on 8 August 07. |
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| Congratulations to Dr Wong Teck Yee who was awarded the NMRC Research Grant on 8 August 07 for the project proposal "Retrospective Study of Pre-Diabetes Among Hypertensive on Follow-Up in Public-Care Clinics' on 8 August 07. |
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Congratulations to the following staff obtained NMRC Research Grant Awards in June 2007:
- Dr Jeannette Lee -Environmental and Genetic Determinants of Adiponectin in Chinese, Malays and Asian Indians ($598.083.40).
- Dr. Daniel Ng - Genetic Risk Determinants for Asian Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus ($795,943.79).
- A/Prof Saw SM - Retinal Vessel Caliber, Early Childhood Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Refractive Errors in Pre-School Children ($361,180.00).
- A/Prof Shen HM - Sensitization of Cancer Cells to Trail-Induced Apoptosis by Andrographolide: Molecular Mechanisms and Potential Clinical Application ($442,402.00).
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| Congratulations to Dr Gerald Koh who was awarded the Academic Research Fund (ARF) Grant of $75,000 for his project "The Rehabilitation Efficiency and Effectiveness of Geriatric Rehabilitation in Community Hospitals in Singapore" on 21 June 2007. |
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| Congratulations to A/Prof Adeline Seow who was awarded the NMRC funding for the project entitled "Lung Cancer in Singapore Chinese Women: Genetic Determinants of Susceptibility to Inflammation and Estrogen-related Risk Factors" for an amount of $473,300. |
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| Congratulations to A/Prof Saw Seang Mei who was awarded a BMRC grant for the project proposal entitled "Genes, gene-environment interactions and myopia in Singapore children" for an amount of $1,744,615. |
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| Congratulations to Dr Shen Han Ming who was awarded AcRF Tier 1 (URC) funding for the project proposal entitled "Modulation of Death Receptors-Mediated Programmed Cell Death by Reactive Nitrogen Species" for an amount of $200,000. |
