Our Awards FY09-10

Local Awards

• SingHealth Excellent Service Award 2009 (Gold Award) [Nov 2009]
  Dr Chua Wei Han
• SingHealth Excellent Service Award 2009 (Silver Award) [Nov 2009]
  Dr Tina Wong
• SingHealth Excellent Service Award 2009 (Silver Award) [Nov 2009]
  Dr Shamira Perera
• SingHealth Excellent Service Award 2009 (Silver Award) [Nov 2009]
  Dr Leonard Yuen
• NMRC Clinician Scientist Award [Oct 2009]
  Dr Louis Tong
• NHG International Ophthalmology Congress 2009, Allergan Research Prize: Best paper (Junior Category), "Postoperative Complications After Phacotrabeculectomy for Subjects with Primary Angle Closure Glaucoma Compared to Primary Open Angle Glaucoma" [Oct 2009]
  Dr Tan Yar Li
• NHG International Ophthalmology Congress 2009, Allergan Research Prize: Best paper (Intermediate Category), "Association of Quantitative Iris Parameters and Anterior Chamber Width with Narrow Angles" [Oct 2009]
  Dr Monisha Nongpiur
• NHG International Ophthalmology Congress 2009, Alcon Research Prize:
  Best paper (Senior Category), "The Novel Use of a Human Cord Blood Serum-Supplemented Culture Medium for the Ex-Vivo Expansion of Conjunctival and Limbal Epithelial Cells" [Oct 2009]
  Assoc Prof Leonard Ang
• NHG International Ophthalmology Congress 2009, Alcon Research Prize:
  Merit prize (Senior Category), "Change in Optic Nerve Morphology Following Reduction in Intraocular Pressure – An SD-OCT Study" [Oct 2009]
  Dr Daniel Su
• NHG International Ophthalmology Congress 2009, Norvatis Research Prize: Best poster (Open Category), "Biocompatibility of a Novel Interpenetrating Hydrogel Polymer in Rabbit Model" [Oct 2009]
  Dr V A Barathi
• NHG International Ophthalmology Congress 2009, Norvatis Research Prize: Merit poster prize (Open Category), "Optimization of Culture Conditions for Human Corneal Endothelial Cells and Tissue Engineering of Human Corneal Endothelium Using Collagen Sheet as Carriers" [Oct 2009]
  Mr Michael Lang Tingyuan
• NHG 8th Annual Scientific Congress 2009, Oral Paper (Basic Science): Merit Award, "Involvement of SPARC in the Tissue Invasiveness of Pterygium" [Oct 2009]
  Dr Seet Li Fong
• NHG 8th Annual Scientific Congress 2009, Best Oral (Medical Discipline): Merit Award, "Retinal Arteriolar Narrowing Increases the Likelihood of Chronic Kidney Disease in Hypertension " [Oct 2009]
  Dr Charumathi Sabanayagam
• NHG 8th Annual Scientific Congress 2009, Poster (Basic Science): Merit Award, "Quantitative Proteomic Analysis of the Effect of Chronic Topical Anti-glaucoma Medications on Tear Protein Profile" [Oct 2009]
  Dr Zhou Lei
• NHG 8th Annual Scientific Congress 2009, Poster (Basic Science):
  Merit Award, "Global Micro RNA And Messenger RNA Changes In Pterygium" [Oct 2009]
  Ms Chen Silin (SERI Lab NTU Attachment student)
• NHG 8th Annual Scientific Congress 2009, NHG-NUHS Doctor Award: Silver Award, "The Novel Use of a Human Cord Blood Serum-Supplemented Culture Medium for the Ex-Vivo Expansion of Conjunctival and Limbal Epithelial Cells" [Oct 2009]
  Assoc Prof Leonard Ang
• Conferment of PhD by NUS [Sep 2009]
  Dr Louis Tong
• Inaugural President's Science and Technology Award (PSTA) 2009 [Sep 2009]
  Prof Donald Tan, Assoc Prof Aung Tin, Prof Roger Beuerman
• Duke-NUS Khoo Investigator Development Award [Aug 2009]
  Dr Jodbhir Mehta
• SingHealth GCEO Excellence Awards 2009 – Biomedical Research [Aug 2009]
  Assoc Prof Aung Tin
• SGH 18th Annual Scientific Meeting, Young Investigator's Award (Basic Science) "Nuclear-Factor Kappa B Activation in Pterygium" [Apr 2009]
  Dr Jay Siak Jyh Kuen
• NUS Outstanding Researcher Award 2009 [Apr 2009]
  Prof Wong Tien Yin

International Awards

• ARVO 2010 Travel Grant [Mar 2010]
  Dr Belinda Cornes, Post Doc Research Fellow, SERI
• ARVO 2010 Travel Grant [Mar 2010]
  Ms Zhu Hong Yuan, Lab Technician, SERI
• ARVO 2010 Travel Grant [Mar 2010]
  Ms Evelyn Png, Research Officer, SERI
• ARVO 2010 Travel Grant [Mar 2010]
  Dr Wu Renyi, Clinical Research Fellow, SERI
• ARVO 2010 Travel Grant [Mar 2010]
  Dr Zheng Yingfeng, Clinical Research Fellow, SERI
• 7th Asian Angle Closure Glaucoma Club Meeting [Dec 2009]
  Poster Rapid Fire Session – 1st Prize: "Comparison of Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography and Ultrasound Biomicroscopy in the Assessment of the Anterior Chamber Angle"
  Dr Morgan Yang, SNEC
• 25th Malaysia-Singapore Joint Ophthalmic Congress [Nov 2009]
  Oral Presentation – 1st Prize: "A Ten Year Prospective Audit of LASIK Outcomes in 37,932 Eyes at a Single Institution in Asia"
  Dr Leonard Yuen, SNEC
• 25th Malaysia-Singapore Joint Ophthalmic Congress [Nov 2009]
  Oral Presentation – 3rd Prize: "Prevalence and Risk Factors of Meibomian
  Gland Dysfunction in the Singapore Malay Eye Study"
  Dr Jay Siak, SNEC
• 25th Malaysia-Singapore Joint Ophthalmic Congress [Nov 2009]
  Poster Presentation – 3rd Prize: "Report of a Novel A620D Mutation in a
  Patient with Lattice Corneal Dystrophy and Spectrum of TGFBI Mutations in
  an Asian Population"
  Dr Jean Chai, SNEC
• Casebeer Award, American Academy of Ophthalmology, 2009 (AAO) [Oct 2009]
  Prof Donald Tan, SNEC
• AAO Achievement Award [Jun 2009]
  Dr Jodbhir Mehta, SNEC/SERI
• AAO Achievement Award [Jun 2009]
  Assoc Prof Saw Seang Mei, SERI/NUS