EMSS Research Grant Awardees
EMSS Member: Dr Choo Kuan Swen
Research Title: Utility of 3D-Shaper in assessing bone microstructure to stratify risk of atypical femoral fracture in the South East Asian Population.
Year Research Grant Awarded: 2023
​Amount S$30,000
EMSS Member: Dr Rajeev Parameswaran
Research Title: Investigating the role of co-expression of truncated O-GalNAc glycans and calcium sensing receptor in parathyroid neoplasms.
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Year Research Grant Awarded: 2023
Amount S$30,000​
EMSS Member: Loh Wann Jia
Research Title: Association Lipoprotein(a) with Subclinical Carotid Atherosclerosis in Adults
Year Research Grant Awarded: 2023
Amount S$30,000​
EMSS Member: A/Prof Melvin Leow Khee Shing
Research Title: Investigation of Thyroid Peroxidase (TPO) and TSH Receptor to Decipher Structural Homologies to Environmental Antigens – the INTERCEPTOR Study
Year Research Grant Awarded: July 2019
​Amount S$30,000​
EMSS Member: Dr Alvin Tan Wai Kit
Research Title: Apelin as a Biomarker for Sarcopenia in Older Adults with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus – An Exploratory Study
Year Research Grant Awarded: July 2019
​Amount S$30,000
EMSS Member: A/Prof Melvin Leow Khee Shing
Research Title: Elucidation of the molecular structure of the catalytic domain of human thyroid peroxidase
Year Research Grant Awarded: July 2017
​Amount S$30,000
EMSS Member: Dr Lim Su Ping, Brenda
Research Title: Identifying the Clinical Features and Optimal Treatment of “Rapid-Responder” Graves’ Thyrotoxicosis: A Prospective Nested Case Control Study
Year Research Grant Awarded: July 2017
​Amount S$30,000
EMSS Member: Dr Lim Wei Ying
Research Title: Real-time CGM in women with gestational diabetes mellitus
Year Research Grant Awarded: July 2017
​Amount S$30,000
EMSS Member: Dr Rajeev Parameswaran
Research Title: Prospective pilot study of tumour associated glycan expression in patients with indeterminate (Bethesda II) thyroid nodules – a multicenter study
Year Research Grant Awarded: July 2017
​Amount S$30,000
EMSS Member: Dr Khoo Chin Meng
Research Title: Effect of single meal to high fat, high protein or high carbohydrate diet on secretion of gastrointestinal hormones in obese insulin resistance vs lean insulin sensitive healthy subjects
Year Research Grant Awarded: Jan 2015
​Amount S$30,000
EMSS Member: Dr Rinkoo Dalan
Research Title: Genetic Risk Score Associations with cardiovascular disease in Indian Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) patients: A case-control pilot study
Year Research Grant Awarded: Jan 2015
​Amount S$30,000
EMSS Member: Dr Lim Su Ping Brenda
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Research Title: Identifying clinical features and optimal treatment of “rapid-responder” Graves’ thyrotoxicosis: a prospective nested case-control study
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Year Research Grant Awarded: Jan 2015
​Amount S$30,000
EMSS Member: Dr Yang Peiling Samantha
Research Title: The clinical validation of Thyroseq v2 Next Generation Sequencing Assay for the prediction of thyroid malignancy in thyroid nodules with indeterminate cytology in the Asian population
Year Research Grant Awarded: Jan 2015
Amount: SGD30,000 over 3 years
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Papers published from this project:
1. Performance of a Multigene Genomic Classifier in Thyroid Nodules With Indeterminate Cytology A Prospective Blinded Multicenter Study
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David L. Steward, MD; Sally E. Carty, MD; Rebecca S. Sippel, MD; Samantha Peiling Yang, MBBS, MRCP, MMed; Julie A. Sosa, MD, MA; Jennifer A. Sipos, MD; James J. Figge, MD, MBA; Susan Mandel, MD, MPH;Bryan R. Haugen, MD; Kenneth D. Burman, MD; Zubair W. Baloch, MD, PhD; Ricardo V. Lloyd, MD, PhD;Raja R. Seethala, MD; William E. Gooding, MS; Simion I. Chiosea, MD; Cristiane Gomes-Lima, MD; Robert L. Ferris, MD, PhD; Jessica M. Folek, MD; Raheela A. Khawaja, MD; Priya Kundra, MD;Kwok Seng Loh, MBBS; Carrie B. Marshall, MD; Sarah Mayson, MD; Kelly L. McCoy, MD; Min En Nga, MBBS;Kee Yuan Ngiam, MBBS, MRCS, MMed; Marina N. Nikiforova, MD; Jennifer L. Poehls, MD; Matthew D. Ringel, MD; Huaitao Yang, Md, PhD; Linwah Yip, MD; Yuri E. Nikiforov, MD, PhD
EMSS Member: A/Prof Melvin Leow Khee Shing
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Research Title: Exploring the Role of epigenetic mechanisms in the tempora regulation of TSH gene expression in thyrotoxicosis and hypothyroidism
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Year Research Grant Awarded: Dec 2010
Amount: SGD20,000 over 3 years​​
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Papers published from this project:
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Ohba K, Leow MK, Singh BK, Sinha RA, Lesmana R, Liao XH, Ghosh S, Refetoff S, Sng JC, Yen PM. Desensitization and incomplete recovery of hepatic target genes after chronic thyroid hormone treatment and withdrawal in male adult mice.Endocrinology 2016; 157: 1660-72. (IF = 4.286)”
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Ohba K, Sinha R, Singh B, Zhou J, Kovalik JP, Liao XH, Refetoff S, Sng J, Leow MK, Yen PM. Changes in hepatic TRb protein expression, lipogenic gene expression, and long chain acylcarnitine levels during chronic hyperthyroidism and T3 withdrawal in a mouse model. Thyroid 2017; 27(6):852-860. doi: 10.1089/thy.2016.0456. (IF=3.544)”
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