NHG-NTU/LKCMedicine Research Seminar - Neuroscience and Mental Health
13 November 2014
With the increasing prevalence of mental disorders such like Dementia and Alzheimer Disease in Singapore, there is an urgent need to improve the understanding and treatment for such disorders.
The theme for this installment of NHG-NTU/LKCMedicine Research Seminar was “Neuroscience and Mental Health”. There were a total of four speakers.
The two speakers from NHG were Adj A/Prof Daniel Fung (Chairman, Medical Board, Institute of Mental Health) and Adj A/Prof Sim Kang (Senior Consultant Psychiatrist, Deputy Chief, Department of General Psychiatry, Institute of Mental Health).
Adj A/Prof Fung presented on how technology can be used in the treatment of mental disorders in the form of “Serious Games”. An example shared was the development of a game titled “Regnatales” by the Institute of Mental Health and game developer Immersive Play for use in anger management programme. There are more research evidences pointing towards the involvement of white matter anomaly with Schizophrenia, and Adj A/Prof Sim provided the audience with an insight on the possibilities.
The two speakers from LKCMedicine were Prof Dean Nizetic (Professor of Molecular Biology, LKCMedicine, NTU) and A/Prof Tan Hao Yang (Visiting Associate Professor, LKCMedicine, NTU).
Prof Nizetic shared on how Induced Puripotent Stem Cells (iPSC) can be used generate neurons from patients and these cells can be used as models to simulate conditions like ageing and neurodegeneration. In his presentation titled “Information processing in psychosis”, A/Prof Tan elaborated on how genes and their expression levels can affect the functions of the brain.
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Presentation Slides
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Opening Introduction by LKCMedicine
Prof Philip Ingham
Vice Dean, Research
Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, NTU
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Opening Introduction by NHG
Prof Chong Siow Ann
Vice Chairman, Medical Board (Research)
Institute of Mental Health
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Modelling Ageing and Neurodegeneration Using Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells
Prof Dean Nizetic
Professor of Molecular Medicine
Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, NTU
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Serious Games in Mental Health
Adj. A/Prof Daniel Fung
Chairman, Medical Board
Institute of Mental Health
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Information Processing in Psychosis
A/Prof Tan Hao Yang
Visiting Associate Professor
Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, NTU
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Unavailable
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Probing White Matter Neurobiology in Psychosis Using Neuroimaging
Adj. A/Prof Sim Kang
Senior Consultant Psychiatrist, Deputy Chief, Department of General Psychiatry
Institute of Mental Health
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