Prof. K Y FONG (Singapore)
A. Positions and Honors. List in chronological
order previous positions, concluding with your present
position. List any honors.
Positions and Employment
1980 – 1981
1981 – 1982
1982 – 1985
1985 – 1988
1988 – 1990
1990 – 1992
1992 – 1997
1998 – 1998
1998 – 2003
2003 – 2007
2006 onwards
2007 onwards
2008 onwards
2008 onwards
2008 onwards |
House Officer (Internal Medicine, Paediatrics,
Orthopaedics),
Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) and Singapore General
Hospital (SGH)
Medical Officer, Ministry of Defence, Singapore
Basic Specialist Trainee in Internal Medicine, TTSH
and SGH
Registrar (Medicine), TTSH, SGH and Changi Hospital
Research Fellow, Rheumatology Unit, Royal Postgraduate
Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital (UK)
Senior Registrar (Rheumatology), TTSH
Consultant , Dept of Rheumatology and Immunology,
TTSH
Senior Consultant, Dept of Rheumatology and Immunology,
TTSH
Senior Consultant, Dept of Medicine, National University
Hospital and
Associate Professor, Dept of Medicine, National University
of Singapore
Head and Senior Consultant, Dept of Rheumatology and
Immunology, SGH and Adjunct Associate Professor, Dept
of Medicine, National University of Singapore
Chairman, Division of Medicine, SGH and
Senior Consultant, Dept of Rheumatology and Immunology,
SGH
Professor (Medicine), Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School
Adjunct Professor, Dept of Medicine, National University
of Singapore
Acting Chairman, Division of Research, SGH
Group Director (Clinical Research), Singapore Health
Services |
Other Experience and Professional Memberships
(Selected)
1991 – 1993
1995 – 1998
1998 – 2001
1999 – 2001
2000 – 2003
2004 onwards
2006 – 2007
2006 – 2007
2006 onwards
2008 onwards |
Secretary-General, Rheumatism Association
of ASEAN Executive Committee
Director, Autoimmune Research Laboratory, Tan Tock
Seng Hospital
Chairman, National Arthritis Foundation
Secretary, Biomedical Research and Experimental Therapeutics
Society of Singapore
Director, Clinical Trials Unit, National University
Hospital
Chairman, Specialist Training Committee (Rheumatology),
Ministry of Health
Chairman, Scientific Committee, Asian Autoimmunity
Forum
Guest Editor, Annals Academy of Medicine Singapore
Associate Editor, APLAR Journal of Rheumatology (Official
Journal of the Asia-Pacific League of Associations
for Rheumatology)
Associate Editor, Singapore Medical Journal |
Honors
1988 Higher Manpower Development Program Fellowship, Ministry
of Health (Singapore)
1989 Arthritis and Rheumatism Council Research Fellowship
(UK)
1995 Good Conduct Medal (Military)
2000 Long Service Medal (Military)
2005 Service to Education Award (10-year), Ministry of
Education (Singapore)
B. Selected peer-reviewed publications (in chronological
order). Do not include publications in preparation.
Selected 5 publications, 94 other peer-reviewed publications
available on request.
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PCR-RFLP genotyping for exon 1 and
promoter region mutations of the human mannose binding
lectin (MBL-2) gene. Tin SK, Lee LY, Thumboo J, Koh
DR, Fong KY. J Immunol Methods. 2005 Aug;303(1-2):148-51
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Novel brain reactive autoantibodies:
prevalence in systemic lupus erythematosus and association
with psychoses and seizures. Tin SK, Xu Q, Thumboo J,
Lee LY, Tse C, Fong KY. J Neuroimmunol. 2005 Dec;169(1-2):153-60
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In vivo Pro- and Anti-inflammatory
Cytokines in Normal and Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis.
Sivalingam SP, Thumboo J, Vasoo S, Thio ST, Tse C, Fong
KY. Ann Acad Med Singapore. 2007 Feb;36(2):96-4
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Interleukin-18 Promoter Gene Polymorphisms
in Chinese Patients With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus:
Association With CC Genotype at Position -607. Xu Q,
Tin SK, Sivalingam SP, Thumboo J, Koh DR, Fong KY. Ann
Acad Med Singapore. 2007 Feb;36(2):91-5
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HLA-DRB1*04 gene polymorphisms and
expressions profiles of interleukin-18 and interleukin-18
binding protein following in vitro stimulation in human
peripheral blood mononuclear cells of healthy individuals
and patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Sivalingam SP,
Thumboo J, Vasoo S, Fong KY. Life Sci. 2007 Apr 24;80(20):1887-96
C. Research Support. List
ongoing or research projects (competitive and institutional
support). Begin with the projects that are most relevant
to the research proposed in this application. Briefly indicate
the overall goals of the projects and your role (e.g. PI,
Co-Investigator) in the research project. List total award
amounts for each.
Ongoing Research Support
BMRC (05/1/27/19/418) PI : Fong KY $ 628,500 (2006
– 2009)
Novel Brain Reactive Autoantibodies and Magnetic Resonance
Imaging in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus : Potential Pathogenetic
Mechanisms in Neuropsychiatric Lupus
NMRC (0840/2004) PI : Fong KY $108,081 (2004 – 2007)
Brain Reactive antibodies in systemic lupus erythematosus
: Characterisation of neuronal membrane antigens and correlation
with neuropsychiatric manifestations.
Khoo Investigator Award PI : Fong KY $750,000 (2008
– 2011)
Genome-wide gene expression profiles as neuropsychiatric
diagnostic markers in systemic lupus erythematosus patients
with neurological and cognitive manifestations
NKF Research Fund PI : Fong KY $150,000 (2009 –
2012)
Urinary Biomarkers in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients
with Active and Inactive Nephritis
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