I believe strongly in the strength of
multicentre and multidisciplinary collaboration in research; alone we
can each do a little, together we can do so much.
”
Prof AUNG Tin
PhD (University College London); FAMS;
FRCS (Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh);
FRCOphth (Royal College of Ophthalmologists);
MMed, MBBS (NUS)
Department of Ophthalmology
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- Angle Closure Glaucoma
- Ophthalmic genetics, in particular glaucoma
- Set up and directed a leading research programme on glaucoma — specifically,
glaucoma genetics and angle closure glaucoma — bringing international prominence to NUS
- Established and leads multicentre international consortia on glaucoma
genetics that have identified genes underlying the major forms
- His team was the first in the world to discover the SLC4A11 gene responsible for
congenital hereditary endothelial dystrophy
- Awarded more than $25 million in peer-reviewed grant funding
- Outstanding ability to lead and bring
together collaborators and investigators
from many countries, forming international
research consortia on a global level
- Interrogates clinical research problems via a
multidisciplinary approach with the help of
basic scientists and engineers
- Published more than 450 original papers
including 15 papers in Nature Genetics and
two papers in The Journal of the American
Medical Association
- Achieved a Hirsch Index of 53, signifying
high quality of research and impact
- President and Member of the Board of
Governors, World Glaucoma Association
- Board member, Asia-Pacific Glaucoma
Society
- Executive committee member, Asian
Angle-Closure Glaucoma Club
- Editorial board member for more than
10 leading journals, including
Ophthalmology, Graefe’s Archive for
Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology,
Eye and Journal of Glaucoma
- Reviewer for leading peer-reviewed
ophthalmology journals such as
Ophthalmology, American Journal of
Ophthalmology, JAMA Ophthalmology,
British Journal of Ophthalmology, Journal
of Glaucoma, Acta Ophthalmologica
Scandinavica, PLOS-One and Eye
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Presented more than 100 keynote,
plenary and invited talks at prestigious
international conferences worldwide
- Identified by The Ophthalmologist, a British
professional journal, as one of 100 most
influential people in ophthalmology (2014)
- Singapore Translational Research
Investigator Award, National Medical
Research Council, Singapore (2014)
- Alcon Research Institute Award, Alcon Research Institute (2013)
- De Campo Lecture Award, Asia Pacific
Academy of Ophthalmology (2013)
- Faculty Outstanding Researcher Award,
NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
(2012)
- President’s Science Award, Singapore
(2009)
" To solve clinical problems with research in order to prevent blindness and visual loss. "