Local Awards
- NUHS Clinician Scientist Program (NCSP) [Feb 2012]
"Novel Eye Imaging for Brain Diseases in the Elderly"
Assoc Prof Kamran Ikram, Clinician Scientist, SERI
- NUHS Clinician Scientist Program (NCSP) [Feb 2012]
"Dissecting Novel Phenotypes and Genotypes Underlying the Complexity of Primary Angle Closure Glaucoma"
Dr Cheng Ching-Yu, Adjunct Clinician Scientist, SERI
- 2nd Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine Annual Graduate Scientific Congress 2012, Best Oral Presentation [Feb 2012]
"Automated Optic Nerve Head Measurement Software - A Glaucoma Screening Tool"
Dr Tham Yih Chung, Optometrist, SERI
- 2nd Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine Annual Graduate Scientific Congress 2012, Best Oral Presentation [Feb 2012]
"A Novel Locus for Central Corneal Thickness on Chromosome 6q 14.1"
Dr Monisha E. Nongpiur, Senior Clinical Research Fellow, SERI
- NUHS, Faculty Research Excellence Award 2011 [Oct 2011]
Prof Donald Tan, Medical Director, SNEC
- Ophthalmology Research Day 2011, Best Paper Presentation Novartis Travel Award, 1st Runner Up & Best Innovative Research Idea Award [Oct 2011]
"In Vivo Analysis of Iris Constriction Vectors in Subjects with Closed-Angle"
Dr Zheng Ce, Clinical Research Associate, SNEC
- Ophthalmology Research Day 2011, Best Paper Presentation Novartis Travel Award, 1st Prize & Outstanding Charismatic Speaker Award & Best Slides Presentation Award [Oct 2011]
"Quantification of Optic Nerve Head Cu/ Disc Ratio Using Novel Semi-Automated Grading Software"
Dr Tham Yih Chung, Optometrist, SERI
- Ophthalmology Research Day 2011, Best Paper Presentation Award, 2nd Runner Up [Oct 2011]
"Algorithm for Prediction of Narrow Angles"
Dr Monisha E. Nongpiur, Senior Clinical Research Fellow, SERI
- NUH, Lee Kuan Yew Postdoctoral Fellowship 2011 [Aug 2011]
Assoc Prof Kamran Ikram, Clinical Research Fellow, SNEC
- SingHealth Synergy, SingHealth Outstanding Publication Award [Jul 2011]
Retinal-Vein Occlusion published at The New England Journal of Medicine 2010
Prof Wong Tien Yin, Director, SERI
- 1st Singapore Health & Biomedical Congress, Singapore Young Investigator Award 2010, Clinical Research [Apr 2011]
"Novel Quantitative Retinal Vascular Changes in Diabetes and Retinopathy"
Dr Carol Cheung, Research Scientist, SERI
- Singapore General Hospital 19th Annual Scientific Meeting – Frontiers of Medicine, Young Investigator Award (Clinical) [Apr 2011]
"Determinants of Angle Width in Chinese Singaporeans"
Ms Lilian Foo, Research Student, DUKE-NUS
International Awards
- ARVO 2012, Fort Lauderdale, Miami, US (6 – 10 May 2012), Santen Pharmaceutical - Japan Travel Grant Award 2012 [Feb 2012]
Dr Monisha E. Nongpiur, Senior Clinical Research Fellow, SERI
- ARVO 2012, Fort Lauderdale, Miami, US (6 – 10 May 2012), ARVO 2012 Travel Grant Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology – International [Feb 2012]
Dr Peggy Chiang Pei Chia, Research Fellow, SERI
- ARVO 2012, Fort Lauderdale, Miami, US (6 – 10 May 2012), ARVO 2012 Travel Grant Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology – International [Feb 2012]
Dr Ainur Rahman Bin Anuar, Clinical Research Fellow, SERI
- ARVO 2012, Fort Lauderdale, Miami, US (6 – 10 May 2012), ARVO 2012 Travel Grant Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology – International [Feb 2012]
Dr Arun Kumar Narayanaswamy, Senior Clinical Research Fellow, SERI
- ARVO 2012, Fort Lauderdale, Miami, US (6 – 10 May 2012), Silver Fellow in the Class of 2012 [Jan 2012]
Prof Saw Seang Mei, SERI
- Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research, National Prestigious Veni Grant 2011 [Dec 2011]
"The Influence of the Microcirculation on the Cardiovascular Development in Young Children – the Generation R"
Assoc Prof Kamran Ikram, Clinician Scientist, SERI
- The ARVO Foundation for Eye Research (AFER) and the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO), Genetech, 2011 AFER/Vistakon Dry Eye Fellowship [Dec 2011]
"Meibomian Gland Dysfunction - Novel Heat Treatments and their Impact on the Tear Film, Meibum Composition and Glandular Structures"
Dr Andrea Petznick, Postdoc Research Fellow, SERI
- 2011 Merlion France-Singapore Programme, PhD Project [Dec 2011]
"Cell Adhesion and Migration"
Ms Evelyn Png, Research Officer, SERI
- Australia and New Zealand Corneal Society 2011, Doug Coster Award [Dec 2011]
Prof Donald Tan, Medical Director, SNEC
- Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology – American Academy of Ophthalmology 2011, Best Poster Award [Oct 11]
"Intraoperative Use of Spectral Domain OCT during Descemet-Stripping Automated Endothelial Keratoplasty to Assess Donor Attachment and Thickness"
Assoc Prof Jod Mehta, Prof Donald Tan, Dr Federico Luengo
- American Academy of Ophthalmology, International Ophthalmologist Education [Oct 2011]
Assoc Prof Jod Mehta, Head and Senior Consultant (Research), Corneal and External Eye Disease Service, SNEC
- Carl Zeiss International User Group Meeting, Best Paper [Jul 2011]
"Endothelial Culture and Femtosecond Laser"
Assoc Prof Jod Mehta, Head and Senior Consultant (Research), Corneal and External Eye Disease Service, SNEC
- 27th Malaysia-Singapore Joint Ophthalmic Congress, Second Prize Best Oral [Jun 2011]
"Involvement of MicroRNAs in Pterygium Development"
Ms Lan Wanwen, Research Officer, SERI
- 27th MSJOC Best Oral Presentation [Jun 2011]
"Molecular Regulation of Wounding Response on the Ocular Surface"
Ms Evelyn Png, Research Officer, SERI
- Canadian Society of Ophthalmology 2011, Bruce Jackson Award [Jun 2011]
Prof Donald Tan, Medical Director, SNEC
- The Vision Research Community, Best Publications 2011 [Apr 2011]
"Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy and Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration: Same or Different Disease?"
Laude A, Cackett RD, Vithana EN, Yeo IY, Wong D, Koh AH, Wong TY, Aung T