Research Awards & Achievements
2008
Outstanding Oral Paper Award
'Fusion performance of a bioresorbable cage used in a porcine model of anterior lumbar interbody fusion'. Abbah SA, Lam CXF, Yang K, Goh JCH, Hutmacher DW, Wong HK. The 13th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering, Singapore, 3-6 Dec 2008
Outstanding Poster Paper Award
'A serum free medium that conserves the chondrogenic phenotype of in-vitro expanded chondrocytes'. Ho ST, Yang Z, J Hui, Oh KWS, Choo BHA, Lee EH. The 13th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering, Singapore, 3-6 Dec 2008.
Young Investigator Award (3rd Prize)
' Landing Impact Loads Predispose Osteocartilage to Degeneration'. Yeow CH, Lau ST, Lee PVS, Goh JCH. The 13th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering, Singapore, 3-6 Dec 2008.
Award Winner N Balachandran Best Paper Award
'Fusion performance of a novel bioresorbable cage used in anterior lumbar interbody fusion'. Abbah SA, Lam CXF, Yang K, Goh JCH, Hutmacher DW, Wong HK. 31st Annual Scientific Meeting of Singapore Orthopaedic Association, Singapore, 12-16 November 2008.
Award winner for the Best Deformity Paper
'Adolescent Undergoing Surgery for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS): Does Surgery and Surgical Technique Affect Patient Outcomes?'. Prof Wong Hee Kit. At the Scoliosis Research Society (SRS) Worldwide Meeting, New Delhi, India, October 2-4, 2008
NHG Lifetime Achievement Award
Prof Lee Eng Hin. Recipient of Lee Foundation – NHG Lifetime Achievement Award at the NHG
Annual Scientific Congress, 7 Nov 08.
2007
Best APOA 2007 Poster Award.
'Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell transplantation and intervertebral disc distraction reverse intervetebral disc degeneration in a rabbit model'. Ismail E, Hee HT, Goh JCH, Wong HK.
The 15th Triennial Congress of Asia Pacific Orthopaedic Association, 9-13 Sept 2007, Seoul, Korea.
1st Prize
'Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell transplantation and intervertebral disc distraction reverse intervertebral disc degeneration in a rabbit model'. Ismail E, Hee HT, Goh JCH, Wong HK. Doctoral category in research presentation contest, Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia, May 2007
2006
11th Yahya Cohen Memorial Lectureship 2006
'Comparative study of the ability of mesenchymal stem cells derived from bone marrow, periosteum, and adipose tissue in treatment of partial growth arrest in rabbit.' James Hui. 41st Singapore-Malaysia Congress of Medicine, 19-22 July 2007.
Asian Travel Award
'BMD of the normal knee in pre- and postmenopausal women – A preliminary study.' Low SL, Wong PS, Das De S, Wang W, Satku K. 17th International Bone Densitometry Workshop, 5-9 Nov 2006, Kyoto, Japan.
Young Orthopaedic Investigator Award
'Behaviour of proximal thoracic curve after thoracoscopic selective anterior fusion for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis - a longitudinal study with minimum 2 years follow-up. Naresh Babu, Peng Yian, Tao Hui Ren, Hee Hwan Tak, Wong Hee Kit. 29th Singapore Orthopaedic Association Annual Scientific Meeting, Singapore, 8-11 Nov 2006.
SOA-Bioengineering Award
'Chemical conjugation of norfloxacin antibiotic to bone cement to enhance antimicrobial activity - a new approach'. Wilson Wang, Z Shi, Neoh Koon Gee. 29th Singapore Orthopaedic Association Annual Scientific Meeting, Singapore, 8-11 Nov 2006.
Asian Travel Award
'BMD of the normal knee in pre- and postmenopausal women - A preliminary study. Low SL, Wong PS, Das De S, Wang W, Satku K. 17th International Bone Densitometry Workshop, 5-9 Nov 2006, Kyoto, Japan.
Active member of the American Orthopaedic Association (AOA)
Emeritus Professor Robert Pho.
Outstanding Researcher Award
Prof Lee Eng Hin, University Awards 2006
Faculty Outstanding Researcher Award 2006
Prof Lee Eng Hin
BMRC-NMRC Clinician Scientist Investigator Award (Category A)
A/Prof James Hui
2005
ICBME 2005 Outstanding Paper Award
'New uniaxial extensometer to measure in-vivo mechanical properties of the human skin'. Lim KH, Ho HN, Chew CN, Chen PCY, Jeyapalina S, Teo CL, Lim BH. 12th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering, Singapore, 7-10 Dec 2005.
ICBME 2005 Outstanding Paper Award
'Optimization of polymer scaffolds for tendon and ligament tissue engineering'. Sahoo S, Goh J, Tay TE, Nayak BKP, Toh SL. 12th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering, Singapore, 7-10 Dec 2005.
Young Orthopaedic Investigator Award
'Mesenchymal stem cell therapy for cartilage defects - A novel, miminally invasive approach'. Lee KBL, Hui JHP, Lee EH. 28th Annual Scientific Meeting, Singapore Orthopaedic Association, 1-4 Dec 2005, Sheraton Towers, Singapore
Honorable Mention - The Asian Wall Street Journal's Asian Innovation Awards
A/Prof James Goh. Direct Pressure Cast Prosthetic Socket System. 27 Sep 2005.
2004 PE Publishing Award by Journal of Engineering in Medicine
1 Sep 2005. BH Ng, SM Chou, BH Lim and A Chong. 'Strain rate effect on the failure properties of tendons'. Proc Inst Mech Eng [H] 2004;218(3):203-6.
NUS Emeritus Professor
Prof Robert Pho was awarded NUS Emeritus Professor in July 2005.
1st prize - Assistive Technology Invention Competition (Open Category), Society for the Physically Disabled
'Direct Pressure Cast Prosthetic Socket for Transtibial Amputees'. A/Prof James Goh, Dr Peter Lee, Ms Chong Sook Yee.
Albert Trillat Young Investigator's Award
Ashvin Thambyah. ' Mechanical Properties of the Articular Cartilage Covered by the Meniscus'International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine (ISAKOS) 5th Biennial Congress, April 3-7 2005, Hollywood, FL. USA.
ISCD Young Investigator Award, 'Measurement of tibial subchondral BMD in the knee using DXA'
Low Siew Leng, S Das De, Wilson Wang, K Satku. 2005 Annual Meeting of the International Society for Clinical Densitometry, New Orleans, LA, USA, Feb 16-19 2005.
2004
Asian Innovation Awards 2004
A/P Lim Thiam Chye, Dr Dietmar Hutmacher (Orthopaedic Surgery & Bioengineering) and Dr Jan-Thorsten Schatz (Surgery & Bioengineering) and their team won the Gold award for their work on 'Tissue Engineering of Cranial-Facial Bone Graft with a Bio-reasonable Scaffold (poly-caprolatone)'. It is a multidisciplinary field that integrates engineering principles, basic life science and cell biology and the group's achievement is a triumph for tissue engineering which aims to restore tissue and organ functions with minimal host rejection.
NHG Young Investigator Award
'The impact of microanastomosis of the intramuscular nerve branch on healing of completely lacerated skeletal muscles: A histoplathological analysis'. Zheng Ling, Tan Ai Cheng, Tan Bee Leng, Barry Pereira, Aymeric Lim Yu-Tang, Lahiri A, VP Kumar. National Healthcare Group Annual Scientific Congress 2004, 9-19 October 2004.
NHG Lifetime Achievement Award
Prof Robert Pho. National Healthcare Group Annual Scientific Congress 2004, 9-19 October 2004.
Young Orthopaedic Investigator Award
Michael Soon, James Hui, Afizah Binte Mohd Hassan, James Goh, Lee Eng Hin. 27th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Singapore Orthopaedic Association, 23 November 2004.
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