DRAGoN Members
Meet the team behind this research network, spanning investigators, scientists, pathologists, and collaborators across Asia and beyond.
Principal investigator
Dr Ng Kar Hui (Email: kar_hui_ng@nuhs.edu.sg)
Co-Investigators
Prof Yap Hui Kim
Dr Liu Desheng, Isaac
Research Support Staff and Database Managers
Ms Ng Jun Li (email: paenjl@nus.edu.sg)
Dr U Mya Than (email: mya_than@nuhs.edu.sg)
Scientists
Dr Khor Chiea Chuen
Genome Institute of Singapore
Dr Sonia Davila
SingHealth Duke-NUS Institute of Precision Medicine (PRISM)
Dr Bruno Reversade
A*STAR Institute of Medical Biology
Dr Beata S. Lipska
Universität Heidelberg
Alvin Ng Yu Jin, Poon Kok Siong and Karen ML Tan
Molecular Diagnosis Centre
Department of Laboratory Medicine
National University Hospital
Pathologists
A/Prof Tan Puay Hoon
Head and Senior Consultant
Department of Pathology
Singapore General Hospital
Dr Alwin Hwai-Liang Loh
Senior Consultant
Department of Pathology
Singapore General Hospital
Dr Ahmed Syed Salahuddin
Consultant
Department of Pathology
Singapore General Hospital
Biostatistician
Rajesh Babu Moorakonda Biostatistician Singapore Clinical Research Institute
Scientific Collaborators
Dr Lisa Guay-Woodford Children's National Medical Center Washington DC, USA
Committees Members
Members by sub-committee:
Sub committee | Members |
Glomerular disease | Dr Ng Kar Hui (Singapore) Dr Suprita Kalra (India) Dr Yap Yok Chin (Malaysia) Dr Cho Cho San (Myanmar) Dr Withanage Dona Vindya Nandani Gunasekara (Sri Lanka) Dr Iftikhar Ijaz (Pakistan) Dr Sadaf Asim (Pakistan) |
Cystic disease | Dr Isaac Liu (Singapore) Assoc Prof Syed Saimul Huque (Bangladesh) Dr Kiran P. Sathe (India) Dr.Vaishali B. More (India) Dr Yap Yok Chin (Malaysia) |
Networking | Assoc Prof Syed Saimul Huque (Bangladesh) Dr Suprita Kalra (India) Dr Sadaf Asim (Pakistan) |
Advisors | Professor Franz Schaefer (Germany) Professor Yap Hui Kim (Singapore) |
Network Investigator and their Study Sites
List of DRAGoN Member countries/region and participating institutions/sites:
Country | Institution | Investigators |
Bangladesh | Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University | Assoc Prof Syed Saimul Huque |
India | 1) Mehta Children's Hospitals, Chennai | Dr Ekambaram Sudha |
2) Sir H.N Reliance Foundation Hospital & Research Center, Mumbai, India | Dr Kiran P Sathe | |
3) KLE University's JN Medical College, Belgaum and KLE; Dr.Prabhakar Kore Hospital & MRC, Belgaum | Dr Mahantesh V. Patil Dr Preeti Inamder | |
4) Armed Force Medical College, Pune | Dr Suprita Kalra | |
5) SRCC Children's Hospital S.L.Raheja Fortis Hospital | Dr.Vaishali B. More | |
Malaysia | 1) Women and Children Hospital Kuala Lumpur | Dr Yap Yok Chin Dr Mirunalini Appadurai Dr Yap Suet Li Dr Tengku Hasnita Tengku Hussain Dr Tham Jia Yi Dr Yiaw Kian Mun Dr Tan Hai Liang Dr Chuah Ming Jie |
2) Hospital Selayang | Dr Wan Jazilah Wan Ismail | |
3) Hospital Sultan Ismail, Johor | Dr Susan Pee | |
4) Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan, Kuantan | Dr Selva Kumar Sivapunniam | |
5) Hospital Tuanku Jaafar Seremban | Dr Lee Ming Lee Dr Caroline Eng Siew Ying | |
6) Hospital Pulau Pinang | Dr Lynster Liaw Chiew Tung Dr Sangeet Kaur Sidhu | |
7) Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, | Assoc Prof Datin Dr Kanaheswari a/p P. Yoganathan Dr Kong Wei Yen Dr. S. Ravih Subramaniam | |
Myanmar | 1) Yangon children Hospital, Yangon | Dr Cho Cho San Dr Khin Le Le Shein |
2) Renal Unit, 300 hundred bedded & 500 bedded children hospital, Mandalay | Dr Chaw Su Khine Dr Kyaw Thuya | |
3) Children Ward, Women & Children Hospital, Taungyi | Dr Khin Moh Moh | |
4) Yankin Children Hospital, Yangon | Dr Khin Myat Lwin Nyein | |
Singapore | 1) National University Health System; National University of Singapore | Dr Ng Kar Hui Professor Yap Hui Kim Dr David Lu Dr Lau Yew Weng Perry Dr Jimmy Teo |
2) KK Women's & Children's Hospital (KKH) | Dr Ng Yong Hong A/Prof Sing Ming Chao Dr Indra Ganesan Dr Siew Le Chong | |
Sri Lanka | Lady Ridgeway Hospital For Children, Colombo, Sri Lanka | Dr Withanage Dona Vindya Nandani Gunasekara |
Pakistan | 1) National Institute of Child Health, Karachi | Dr Khemchand N Moorani Dr Sadaf Asim Dr Bilqis Naeem |
2) The Kidney Center, Post-Graduate Training Institute | Dr Khemchand N Moorani Dr. Harnam Hotchandani | |
3) King Edward Medical University | Dr Iftikhar Ijaz | |
4) The Children Hospital and The Institute of Child Health, Multan | Dr Muhammad Imran Dr Khuram Rashid Dr Hashim Raza | |
Philippines | 1) University of Santo Tomas Hospital | Dr Maria Rosario Cabansag |
2) National Kidney and Transplant Institute | Dr Ma. Angeles G. Marbella | |
3) University of the Philippines- Philippine General Hospital | Dr Lourdes Paula Resontoc | |
4) The Philippine Children's Medical Center, Philippines | Dr Alona Briones | |
Vietnam | 1) Children’s Hospital 1 | Dr Nguyen Duc Quang |
2) Children’s Hospital 2 | Dr Tan M Nguyen Dr Diem Thuy Dr Trong Thi Nguyen Huynh Dr Dien Duong MD Huynh Ngoc Linh | |
3) National Hospital of Pediatrics | Dr Chị Hương Dr Kien Nguyen |