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The recent A*STAR-NHG-NTU Skin Research Grant (SRG) Joint Workshop was held on 17th October 2015 to facilitate networking and collaborations among researchers in preparation for SRG applications, to promote awareness about the impact and burden of skin diseases, as well as to explore measures which could improve diagnosis and treatment outcomes.
The joint workshop has seen a turnout of 105 people, which comprises 10 distinguished speakers and 95 attendees.
The National Registry of Diseases Office (NRDO) had also made a presentation on the data request process. Please refer to their website for more information on how to request for and use the disease registry data. The request procedure, required documentation and email contacts are available on the website as well. The speakers’ profiles, contact details and presentation slides (where available) are provided below.
National Skin Centre (NSC)
- Dr Eugene Tan (Consultant)
- Presentation Title: Predicting the Response to Phototherapy for Psoriasis Patients – Is It Possible?
- Email: eugenetan@nsc.gov.sg
- Attachment: Presentation Slides
- Dr Chuah Sai Yee (Consultant)
- Presentation Title: Challenges in Pigmentary Disorders
- Email: sychuah@nsc.com.sg
- Attachment: Contact Details
- Dr Yew Yik Weng (Associate Consultant)
- Presentation Title: Burden of Chronic Skin Diseases in Singapore: The Way Forward in the Era of Big Data
- Email: ywyew@nsc.com.sg ; yikweng.yew@mail.harvard.edu
- Attachment: Presentation Slides
Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
- Assistant Professor Oh Seungdae
- Presentation Title: Elucidating the Role of Gut Microbiota in Eczema: A Metagenomic Approach
- Email: sdoh@ntu.edu.sg
- Attachment: Contact Details
- Assistant Professor Melissa Fullwood (Nanyang Assistant Professor)
- Presentation Title: 3-Dimensional Genome Organization in Melanoma
- Email: mfullwood@ntu.edu.sg
- Attachment: Contact Details
- Dr Krister Jarbrink (Senior Research Fellow)
- Presentation Title: Burden of Skin Disease and Risk Factors: Where Next?
- Email: kjarbrink@ntu.edu.sg
- Attachment: Presentation Slides
Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
- Professor Zee Upton (Research Director)
- Presentation Title: An interdisciplinary Approach to the Development of New Skin Technologies
- Email: zee.upton@imb.a-star.edu.sg
- Attachment: Presentation Slides
- Dr Tom Dawson (Senior Principal Investigator)
- Presentation Title: To Do and Do Not – Experiences in Global and Cross-Functional Collaborations in Skin Health and Microbiome
- Email: thomas.dawson@imb.a-star.edu.sg
- Attachment: Presentation Slides
- Dr Lim Sai Kiang
- Presentation Title: Natural and Synthetic Lipid Membrane Nanovesicles to Repair and Regenerate Skin
- Attachment: Presentation Slides
