Dr Loo Yunhua

Dr Loo Yunhua is a Consultant in the Ocular Inflammation and Immunology department at the Singapore National Eye Centre (SNEC). She also holds joint appointments as Clinician Scientist at the Singapore Eye Research Institute and Clinical Instructor at the Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School.

Dr Loo was awarded the National Science Scholarship by the Agency of Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) to pursue the intercalated MB-PhD programme at the University of Cambridge. During her undergraduate studies, she received multiple awards for her academic excellence, including the Winsor Scholarship Award, Hyett Senior Scholarship award and the Prettejohn Senior Scholarship Award. She was ranked in the top decile of her year and graduated with triple First Class Honours and Distinctions. Dr Loo also attained a PhD from the University of Cambridge in 2015 for her research in Immunology under Dr Marc Veldhoen at the Babraham Institute. She returned to Singapore for her housemanship and subsequently completed her ophthalmology specialist training at SNEC. Dr Loo is accreditated as a specialist by the Singapore Specialists Accreditation Board and Singapore Medical Council and is also a fellow of the Royal College of Ophthalmologist (United Kingdom).

Dr Loo is actively involved in research and her interests lie in animal models for uveitis and glaucoma. She has been awarded several research grants, both as principal and co-investigator. Dr Loo is also passionate about education and has received awards in recognition for her mentoring efforts.

• M Med(Ophth) (2020)
• MB Bchir (Cantab) (2016)
• PhD (Cantab) (2015)
  

• Fellow, The Royal College of Ophthalmologists (RCOphth), United Kingdom (2022 – present)
  
• Member, SNEC Pharmacy and Therapeutic Committee (2023 – present)
• Member, SNEC/SERI Faculty and Professional Development Committee (2022 - 2024)
  

• Silver Award, Singapore Health Quality Service Award, SingHealth (2024)
  
• SingHealth Associate in Education (2022)
  

1. Ge JY, Loo Y, Chan ASY. Metastatic renal cell carcinoma masquerading as an endogenous endophthalmitis: Role of vitreous cytology. Asia Pac J Ophthalmol (Phila). 2024 Mar-Apr ;13(2):100055.  
2. Loo Y, Chan ASY, Khor CC, Aung T, Wang Z. Rodent genetically modified models of glaucoma. Mol Aspects Med. 2024 Feb;95:101229. 
   
3. Loo Y, Tun T, Vithana E, Perera S, Husain R, Wong T, Aung T, Nongpiur M. Association of Peripheral Anterior Synechiae with Intraocular Pressure and Anterior Segment Parameters in Eyes with Primary Angle Closure Glaucoma. Sci Rep. 2021 Jul 6; 11(1): 13906.
   
4. Nguyen Xuan H, Nguyen Dinh N, Nguyen Thu H, Nguyen Van C, Aung T, Loo Y, Nguyen Do Thi Ngoc H, Do T. Comparing the Safety and Efficacy of Phacogoniosynechialysis With Phacotrabeculectomy in the Management of Refractory Acute Primary Closure Angle Glaucoma With Cataract: A Multicenter Randomized Trial. J Glaucoma. 2021 Jul 1;30(7):552-558. doi: 10.1097/IJG.0000000000001868. PMID: 34008525.
   
5. Konjar Š, Frising UC, Ferreira C, Hinterleitner R, Mayassi T, Zhang Q, Blankenhaus B, Haberman N, Loo Y, Guedes J, Baptista M, Innocentin S, Stange J, Strathdee D, Jabri B, Veldhoen M. Mitochondria maintain controlled activation state of epithelial-resident T lymphocytes. Sci Immunol. 2018 Jun 22; 3(24): eaan2543. 
   
6. Bénézech C, Luu NT, Walker JA, Kruglov AA, Loo Y, Nakamura K, Zhang Y, Nayar S, Jones LH, Flores-Langarica A, McIntosh A, Marshall J, Barone F, Besra G, Miles K, Allen JE, Gray M, Kollias G, Cunningham AF, Withers DR, Toellner KM, Jones ND, Veldhoen M, Nedospasov SA, McKenzie AN, Caamaño JH. Inflammation-induced formation of fat-associated lymphoid clusters. Nat Immunol. 2015 Aug; 16(8): 819-828.