Talent Development and Research Grants​

Research

PI Name	Department	Project Title	Grant Name	Funding Organisation
​ 2025
A/Prof Lim Su Chi	Clinical Research Unit	Large Prospective Cohort To Study Adiposopathy, Sarcopenia And Cardiorenal Failure Among Asians With Type 2 Diabetes	NMRC Clinician-Scientist Individual Research Grant (CIRG)	National Medical Research Council (NMRC)
A/Prof Subramaniam Tavintharan	General Medicine	AI for Enhanced Screening and Management of Familial Hypercholesterolemia	Singapore Precision Medicine Phase III	National Precision Medicine Fund
A/Prof Subramaniam Tavintharan	General Medicine	Analysing non-classical lipid-related genes in patients presented with Familial Hypercholesterolemia	PRECISE Clinical Implementation Pilot (CIP) Top-up Grant	National Precision Medicine F​und
Dr Naomi Lee Xi	General Surgery	Elucidating The Glycogenetic Basis For Metastatic Behaviour In Follicular Thyroid Cancer	Endocrine & Metabolic Society of Singapore Research Grant	Endocrine and Metabolic Society of Singapore (EMSS)
Prof Yip Chee Chew	Opthalmology & Visual Sciences	Evaluating the Usability and Applicability of a Large Language Model (LLM) Chatbot for Educating Junior Doctors on Thyroid Eye Disease (TED)	NHG Education Research Themed Grant	NHG Health​
​ 2024
Dr Su Su	Geriatric Medicine	Built Environment In Falls And Arthritis Study (BE-FIT)	NRF CREATE	National Research Foundation (NRF)
Dr Ooi Say Tat	General Medicine	Programme For Research In Epidemic Preparedness And Response (PREPARE) (2024)	Pandemic Preparedness Research Grant	Ministry of Health (MOH)
A/Prof Subramaniam Tavintharan	General Medicine	Valuing Personalized Medicine: Willingness To Pay For Genetic Testing For Familial Hypercholesterolemia [FH]	PRECISE Clinical Implementation Pilot (CIP) Top-up Grant	National Precision Medicine F​und
​ 2023
A/Prof Lim Su Chi	Clinical Research Unit	DYNAMO: Diabetes Study In Nephropathy And Other Microvascular Complications II	NMRC Open Fund - Large Collaborative Grant (OF-LCG)	National Medical Research Council (NMRC)

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Innovation

PI Name	Department	Project Title	Grant Name	Funding Organisation
​ 2025
Dr Kong Yuan	General Surgery	Monitoring surgical scar at home: An AI model for early intervention to prevent keloid formation	NHG Health CMTi Clinician Innovator Preparatory Programme (CiPP)	NHG Health Centre for MedTech & Innovations (CMTi)
Dr Clement Chia	General Surgery	Intra-operative Assessment of Breast Conserving Surgery Specimen Margins with Non-Linear Multi Spectral Imaging (NMSI)	Joint Medtech Grant	National Health Innovation Centre (NHIC)
Dr Clement Chia	General Surgery	Mesh-Integrated Skin Adhesive for Enhanced Surgical Wound Closure and Cosmetic Outcomes	Joint Medtech Grant	National Health Innovation Centre (NHIC)
Ms Lai Mun Wai	Rehab Services	Gamified Simulation-Based Training in Vestibular Rehabilitation for Physiotherapists	IAL-innovPlus Grant	Institute of Adult Learning (IAL)
Dr Deborah Ng Chieh Yih	General Surgery	Development of a Novel Endoscopic Device for Enhanced Blood Clot Extraction in Emergency Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding	NHG Health CMTi Clinician Innovator Preparatory Programme (CiPP)	NHG Health Centre for MedTech & Innovations (CMTi)
​ 2024
Dr Lin Zhimin	General Surgery	PIEL- Concealing Scar prevention cream	NHG Health CMTi Clinician Innovator Preparatory Programme (CiPP)	NHG Health Centre for MedTech & Innovations (CMTi)
​ 2023
Ms Gladys Wong Hooi Chuan	Nutrition & Dietetics	3D Food Printing Of Fresh Vegetables Using Food Hydrocolloids For Dysphagic Patients (2)	National Health Innovation Centre Innovation To Protect (I2P) Grant	National Health Innovation Centre (NHIC)
Dr Bin Wern Hsien	Anaesthesia	A Screening Device For The Early Detection Of Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy (1)	National Health Innovation Centre Innovation To Protect (I2P) Grant	National Health Innovation Centre (NHIC)
A/Prof Surendra Kumar Mantoo	General Surgery	Surgical device, method of manufacturing, and method of using the surgical device	National Health Innovation Centre Innovation To Protect (I2P) Grant	National Health Innovation Centre (NHIC)
Asst Prof Clement Chia Luck Khng	General Surgery	Enhancing The Informed Consent Process For Complex Surgical Procedures	IAL-innovPlus Grant	Institute of Adult Learning (IAL)

Science Translational and Applied Research (STAR) Grant

PI Name	Department	Project Title	Award
2025
Dr Serena Low Kiat Mun	Clinical Research Unit	A study on the role of sarcopenic obesity on kidney ageing in patients with type 2 diabetes	STAR I
Dr Brian Chan Yuan-Lang	General Surgery	Outcomes of the OsteoplugTM polycaprolactone burrhole cover in patients with chronic subdural haematomas	STAR I
Ms Tan Si Hui	Renal Centre	Prediction, diagnosis and prognostication of catheter-related infection in peritoneal dialysis using image-based deep learning approach from mobile phone and infra-red camera	STAR I
Dr Kumari Neelam	Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences	A Prospective study of high myopic subjects with and without myopic macular degeneration	STAR I
Dr Angela Moh	Clinical Research Unit	Gaining insights into the contributing factors underlying the heterogeneity in glycemic control between two distinct type 2 diabetes subtypes with obesity	STAR II
Dr Liu Jian-Jun	Clinical Research Unit	Urine sphingolipids and the risk of progression to end stage kidney disease in patients with type 2 diabetes	STAR II
Dr Claude Renaud	General Medicine	Outcomes of a collaborative Pharmacist and Technology-driven Interventional care Model in an Ambulatory pre-dialysis chronic kidney disease Landscape (OPTIMAL study)	STAR II
Dr Sharon Pek Li Ting	Clinical Research Unit	Improving Familial Hypercholesterolemia Diagnosis with Long Read Sequencing, transcriptomics and functional assays	STAR II
2024
Dr Allen Liu Yan Lun	General Medicine	Sub-phenotyping of patients with diabetic kidney disease: insights from lipidomics and treatment response to SGLT2i and GLP-1A	STAR I
Ms Sylvia	Clinical Research Unit	Prediction of adverse cardio-renal events by methylglyoxal glycated albumin in patients with type 2 diabetes	STAR I
Dr Serena Low Kiat Mun	Clinical Research Unit	Understanding pathophysiology of frailty in older patients with type 2 diabetes – through the lens of cellular senescence and insulin resistance	STAR II
Ms Clara Tan	Clinical Research Unit	Deep phenotyping and risk stratification of young-onset type 2 diabetes for precision medicine and intervention – a pilot study for PREciSion DiabEtes aNd Metabolic HealTh (PRESENT)	STAR II
Dr Angela Moh Mei Chung	Clinical Research Unit	Factors associated with very low-calorie diet-induced diabetes remission in obese multi-ethnic Asians with moderate duration (7-10 years) of type 2 diabetes	STAR II
Dr Sharon Pek Li Ting	Clinical Research Unit	Vascular Intermediate Phenotype (VIP) and ATP Binding Cassette transporters in Familial Hypercholesterolemia (FHCARE-VIP study)	STAR II
Dr Resham Lal Gurung	Clinical Research Unit	Plasma metabolomics and proteomics profiling for the discovery of novel biomarkers for diet-induced weight loss and metabolic health benefits	STAR II
2023
Dr Angela Moh Mei Chung	Clinical Research Unit	Evaluation of short-term calorie restriction for type 2 diabetes remission among non-obese individuals – A pilot study	STAR I
Dr Resham Lal Gurung	Clinical Research Unit	Metabolic signature of healthy lifestyle index and its relation with risk of kidney disease in patients with type 2 diabetes	STAR I
Dr Kabilan Chokkappan	Diagnostic Radiology	Embedding AI in detecting and classifying artifacts in CT for initial check of quality and adequacy of scans	STAR I
Dr Resham Lal Gurung	Clinical Research Unit	Diet-induced weight loss impact on biological ageing and benefits in patients with early T2D - A pilot study	STAR I
Dr Liu Jianjun	Clinical Research Unit	Risk Stratification by Phenotype and Endotype in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: The Pathway Towards Precision Diabetic Medicine	STAR II
Dr Serena Low Kiat Mun	Clinical Research Unit	Study on the longitudinal association between body composition and cognitive decline in type 2 diabetes with exploration of the underlying inflammatory pathway	STAR II
Dr Angela Moh Mei Chung	Clinical Research Unit	Identification of blood-based immune cellular and proteomic signatures associated with diabetes remission after metabolic surgery	STAR II
Dr Grace Tan Feng Ling	General Medicine	Artificial intelligence guided nurse and dietician-led fluid assessment and management in peritoneal dialysis patients	STAR II

Researcher-Investigator-Scientist Enabler (RISE) Grant

PI Name	Department	Year of Award
-	-	FY2025
Dr Kumari Neelam	Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences	FY2024
Dr Desmond Mao Renhao	Acute & Emergency Care	FY2023

Khoo Teck Puat Health Fund Enabling Grant (KTPHFEG)

PI Name	Department	Project Title
2025​
Dr Daniel Lee Jin Keat	General Surgery	Easy to use, but is it useful? Using Heart Rate Variability to Assess Response to prehabilitation in patients undergoing elective colorectal surgery
Mr Kee Kai Xiang	Clinical Research Unit	Prevalence and Metabolic Risk Factors of Sarcopenia in Young-onset Diabetes
Mr Chen Hoe Meng	Clinical Research Unit	Evaluation of Thrombospondin 4 as a cardiovascular risk marker in patients with Familial Hypercholesterolemia
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Ms Tan Si Hui Evangeline	Ward B96	Effectiveness of Continuous Glucose Monitoring in the Detection of Hypoglycemia Among Renal Dialysis Patients with Diabetes Mellitus: A Pilot Study
Ms Tan Si Hua Clara	Clinical Research Unit	Adoptability of clinical variable-based subclustering of type 2 diabetes in the clinics – validation in the Diabetic Kidney Disease Onset and Progression RISk Factors (DORIS) cohort: a pilot study for PREciSion DiabEtes aNd Metabolic HealTh (PRESENT)
Dr Mathew David	Anaesthesia	Plethysmography Variability Index (PVI) versus Pulse Pressure Variation (PPV) as a measure of fluid responsiveness as measured by end-expiratory occlusion test in patients undergoing major surgery
Mr Kee Kai Xiang	Clinical Research Unit	Reclassification and Long-term Disease Progression of Novel Subgroups of Type 2 Diabetes in the SMART2D Cohort – A 5-year Follow-up Study
Ms Bhuvaneswari Pandian	Clinical Research Unit	Comparisons between liver steatosis/fibrosis scoring systems and quantitative ultrasound imaging to establish optimal cut-off values for fatty liver disease
Dr Tan Hann Yee	Acute and Emergency	Factors influencing outcomes in patients presenting with Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) in an urban Emergency Department
Dr Desmond Mao Renhao	Acute and Emergency	Emergency Services Providers’ Perceptions of Challenges with Alcohol-Related Frequent Users of Acute and Emergency Care Department at Khoo Teck Puat Hospital: A Qualitative Study
Ms Kwan Tsz Kiu	Clinical Research Unit	The association of diet, SCFAs and CVD risk in Singapore’s T2D population
2023​
Dr Francesca Th'ng Chun Sau	Acute and Emergency Care	Changes in Mental Health Among Frontline Emergency Department Healthcare Workers Through the Three Waves of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Mr Janus Lee Wei Lun	Clinical Research Unit	Study on the association of plasma N-formylmethionine  with mitochondrial haplogroups and its relationship with diabetic kidney disease
Ms Bhuvaneswari Pandian	Clinical Research Unit	Evaluation of circulating Thrombospondin-2 protein as a biomarker for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in type 2 diabetes
Ms Giang Thuy Anh	Rehabilitation Services	Evaluating Implementation Outcomes of Mobile Horticultural Therapy Programme in Acute Care Hospital
Dr Kumari Neelam	Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences	Novel Biomarkers for resolution of inflammation in patients with Diabetic Macular Edema
Dr Benjamin Liang Zhiren	Orthopaedic Surgery	Prophylactic screws in the femoral neck – how much protection do they confer?
Dr Benjamin Liang Zhiren	Orthopaedic Surgery	Screw direction in compression plating – does it affect strain at the far cortex?

Rapid Prototyping Grant (RPG) 

PI Name	PI Department	Project Title
2025
Dr Allen Liu Yan Lun	Renal Medicine	Development of 3D-Printed AVF Models for Simulation-Based Ultrasound Cannulation Training
Dr Vaikunthan Rajaratnam	Orthopaedic Surgery	Personalised Augmented Training Hub (P.A.T.H.) – An AR & AI driven Learning Companion for Surgical Trainees
2024
Dr Usama Farghaly Abdelhamid Omar	Orthopaedic Surgery	Developing AI Chatbot to diagnose Carpel Tunnel Syndrome