Dr Sharon Pek Li Ting
Principal Research Officer, Clinical Research Unit, KTPH

Biography

 

Dr Sharon Pek graduated with a PhD and has been a research scientist at Khoo Teck Puat Hospital since 2010.  As a molecular biologist by training, she has been working on elucidating molecular mechanisms of metabolic diseases. She is interested in deploying next generation sequencing data to inform clinicians and patients on the heritable risk for lipid disorders. She enjoys sharing project findings with the research participants especially when results are actionable and can improve scientific knowledge.  Dr Pek is also a passionate educator, and has mentored pre-university and undergraduates on internship at the Clinical Research Unit. She is currently the project manager of both Familial Hypercholesterolemia and Diabetic Foot research projects.     

 

Research Interests

  • Lipidology - Variant detection in cardiometabolic diseases (Familial Hypercholesterolemia, Familial Hypertriglyceridemia, monogenic disease in cardiology)
  • Type 2 Diabetes - Vascular measurements in patients with Type 2 diabetes and complications
  • Plasma Biomarkers in Lipid disorders and Type 2 Diabetes
 

Team Members

  • Chen Hoe Meng (Research Officer), Mr Nike Pui You Qi (Research Assistant)
  • Clinical Research Coordinators: Ms Atiqa Binte Zulkifli, Ms Madhuumetaa D/O Selvakumar, Ms Sharmaine Low
  • Assistant Manager: Mr Nicholas Foo

 

Collaborations

  • Lipid disorders: Changi General Hospital, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, National Heart Centre of Singapore, National Healthcare Group Polyclinics, National University Hospital, National University Polyclinics, Ng Teng Fong General Hospital, Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, Seng Kang Hospital, Singapore General Hospital, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore Heart Foundation
  • Diabetic Foot: National Neuroscience Institute, Duke-NUS, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine
     

Link to Google Scholar

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=18qvroMAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao 

 

Email

pek.sharon.lt@nhghealth.com.sg