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2 SHBC 2016 Scientific Competition Winners

3 SHBC Student Awards Health Professions Education Research Investigator Award Singapore Primary Care Research Awards Singapore Young Investigator Awards Singapore Nursing Award Singapore Allied Health Award Singapore Clinician Investigator Award SHBC Best Poster Award

4 SHBC Student Awards Category

5 SHBC Student Award Ms Heng Juit Lin National University of Singapore Exploring the Coping Strategies of Domestic Helpers Caring for the Elderly in Singapore.

6 SHBC Student Award Ms Parveen Kaur National University of Singapore A Humanized Mouse Model for Chikungunya Virus Infection

7 SHBC Student Award Ms Yeo Jia Xuan National University of Singapore The Efficacy of DPPIV-Inhibitor Therapy among Adult Chinese Patients with Diabetes Mellitus in Singapore

8 SHBC Student Award Ms Nadine Foo National University of Singapore Preserved Functional Performance Despite Loss of Muscle Mass: Muscle Quality Matters

9 SHBC Student Award Ms Jeanette Lim National University of Singapore Psychopathology Dimensions Are Related to Clinical Outcomes and Brain White Matter Integrity in Schizophrenia

10 Singapore Primary Care Research Category

11 Singapore Primary Care Research Award Dr Richard Lee Meng Kam National Healthcare Group Polyclinics Multimorbidity and its impact on patients' anxiety and depression status in the primary care setting

12 Singapore Primary Care Research Award Ms Soh Ying Hua National Healthcare Group Polyclinics Preventing Diabetes: Enabling Pre-diabetic Adults to Make Lifestyle Modifications.

13 Singapore Primary Care Research Award Dr Sabrina Wong Kay Wye National Healthcare Group Polyclinics Factors associated with Avoidable Admissions for Diabetes in a Primary Care Population

14 HPE Research Investigator Awards Category

15 HPE Research Investigator Award Dr Lim Wen Phei Tan Tock Seng Hospital Psychotherapy training - does it make better doctors? An evaluation of psychiatry self-efficacies and workplace-based assessments

16 HPE Research Investigator Award Ms Sum Min Yi Institute of Mental Health Perception of Learning Environment and its Relationship with Stress, Burnout Levels, and Coping Strategies in Psychiatry Residents

17 HPE Research Investigator Award Ms Wu Ling Ting National University of Singapore Comparing healthcare career choice influences among first year healthcare students in a Singapore university

18 Singapore Young Investigator Awards Category

19 Singapore Young Investigator Award Dr Fazil Turabe Nanyang Technological University Withaferin A inhibits LFA-1-mediated migration of human T-cells by modulating kinome signatures

20 Singapore Young Investigator Award Dr Pankaj Kumar Nanyang Technological University Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of ferrocenyl derivatives as novel anti- haematological cancer agents

21 Singapore Young Investigator Award Dr Louis Lim Wei Yi Tan Tock Seng Hospital Non-invasive Optical coherence tomography angiography evaluation of the retinal vasculature and its relationship with ocular factors

22 Singapore Young Investigator Awards (Clinical Research)

23 Singapore Young Investigator Award Dr Sean Ho Tan Tock Seng Hospital Can you drive before you walk? Driving tests for patients with surgically treated ankle fractures.

24 Singapore Young Investigator Award Dr Sharon Pek Khoo Teck Puat Hospital Prevalence of peripheral arterial disease and peripheral neuropathy in early-onset diabetes in a cohort of multiethnic patients with Type 2 Diabetes

25 Singapore Young Investigator Award Dr Yap Peiling Tan Tock Seng Hospital Prevalence of and risk factors associated with latent tuberculosis among Singapore residents

26 Singapore Young Investigator Awards (Health Services Research)

27 Singapore Young Investigator Award Ms Saleha Shafie Institute of Mental Health Socio-demographic correlates of quality of life in first episode psychosis patients

28 Singapore Young Investigator Award Mr Liu Jianlin Institute of Mental Health Unawareness of Memory Impairment, Depression, and Dementia in Older Adults with Memory Impairment in Singapore

29 Singapore Young Investigator Award Dr Edimansyah Abdin Institute of Mental Health The economic burden of depression and subsyndromal depression among older adults-results from the Wellbeing of the Singapore Elderly Study

30 Singapore Allied Health Awards Category

31 Singapore Allied Health Award Ms Heng Yih Meei Khoo Teck Puat Hospital Simultaneous Recording of Cervical and Ocular Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potential in Healthy Subjects

32 Singapore Allied Health Award Ms Ang Mei San Institute of Mental Health Association between symptoms of schizophrenia and functioning

33 Singapore Allied Health Award Mr Jayachandran Balachandran Tan Tock Seng Hospital A qualitative study evaluating the outcomes of Enhanced Recovery after Surgery (ERAS) protocol in patients undergoing elective colorectal surgery through an interdisciplinary approach

34 Singapore Nursing Awards Category

35 Singapore Nursing Award Ms Lu Qiufen Institute of Mental Health Attitudes and Training Needs of Nurses providing Physical Health Care for Patients in Long Stay Mental Health Setting

36 Singapore Nursing Award Adjunct Asst Prof Chan Ee Yuee Tan Tock Seng Hospital Personal Mastery and Caregiving Mastery: A Tale of Two Cities

37 Singapore Nursing Award Mr Ong Jun Jie Institute of Mental Health Assessing the Quality of Life of Nurses working in a Psychiatric Hospital in Singapore

38 Singapore Clinician-Investigator Category

39 Singapore Clinician-Investigator Award Dr Louis Lim Wei Yi Tan Tock Seng Hospital Comparison of Treatment Outcomes Among Subtypes of Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy in a multicenter randomized controlled study

40 Singapore Clinician-Investigator Award Dr Iris Li Tianzhi Tan Tock Seng Hospital Impact of Behavioural and Psychological symptoms (BPSD) of Dementia on Physical Frailty Progression in Cognitively Impaired Older Adults

41 Singapore Clinician-Investigator Award Dr Kelvin Li Ministry of Health Effect of myopia severity and retinal structure on vision results of a large prospective cohort study

42 Singapore Clinician-Investigator Award Adjunct Asst Prof Steven Thng National Skin Centre A systems biology approach to unravel the pathogenesis of melasma. A transcriptomic studies of keratinocytes, melanocytes and fibroblasts obtained via laser microdissection of tissues of melasma patient.

43 Singapore Clinician-Investigator Award Dr Ngo Wei Kiong Tan Tock Seng Hospital Non-invasive detection of Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy using Fluorescein angiography: an analysis from the multicenter, randomized, controlled study

44 SHBC Best Poster Awards Category

45 Best Poster Awards 1. Allied Health 2. Basic Science / Translational Research 3. Clinical Research 4. Health Professions Education 5. Health Services Research 6. Nursing 7. Primary Care

46 Best Poster Awards Allied Health Mr Clement Liew Khoo Teck Puat Hospital Ms Christina Hong Tan Tock Seng Hospital Mr Lau Soon Lee Tan Tock Seng Hospital

47 Best Poster Awards Basic Science / Translational Research Dr Ong Seow Theng Nanyang Technological University A/Prof Rinkoo Dalan Tan Tock Seng Hospital Ms Praseetha Prasannan Nanyang Technological University

48 Best Poster Awards Clinical Research A/Prof Lim Yick Hou Albert Tan Tock Seng Hospital Dr Justin Chew Tan Tock Seng Hospital Ms Yang Yi Institute of Mental Health

49 Best Poster Awards Health Professions Education Dr Neo Han Yee Tan Tock Seng Hospital Adj. A/Prof Poi Choo Hwee Tan Tock Seng Hospital Ms Lee Lee Sian Institute of Mental Health

50 Best Poster Awards Health Services Research Ms Wong Lai Yin National Healthcare Group HQ Dr Noor Hafizah Ismail Tan Tock Seng Hospital Dr Sandi Chit Lwin Changi General Hospital

51 Best Poster Awards Nursing Adj. Asst Prof Chan Ee Yuee Tan Tock Seng Hospital Ms Fazila Nijal Khoo Teck Puat Hospital Ms Ge Lixia National Healthcare Group HQ

52 Best Poster Awards Singapore Primary Care Research Dr Ian Koh Jan Ming NHG Polyclinics Dr Lim Ziliang NHG Polyclinics Dr Wong Mei Yin NHG Polyclinics

53 Heartiest Congratulations to All The Winners!

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