Ms Clara Tan Si Hua
Senior Research Office, Clinical Research Unit, KTPH  

Biography

 

Ms Clara Tan is currently a Senior Research Officer at Clinical Research Unit, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital. She graduated with a Master of Science (MSc) in Genetics of Human Diseases from the University of College London (UK) in 2016. Her research interest includes young-onset diabetes and she has been working on monogenic diabetes for more than 10 years. She and her team members have established the KTPH-NHG Monogenic Diabetes Registry in 2017 for better understanding of the prevalence and spectrum of monogenic diabetes in the local population. She is also working on young-onset type 2 diabetes, by studying the lifestyle, behavioural choices, clinical and molecular profile of affected individuals.

 

Special Interests

  • Young-onset diabetes
  • Monogenic diabetes
  • Monogenic CKD
  • Diabetic complications
 

Team Members

  • Mr Kee Kai Xiang, Research Officer
  • Ms Lovynn Chan Wan Ting, Clinical Research Coordinator
  • Ms Song Yuzhen, Clinical Research Coordinator

 

Collaborations

  • KTPH-NHG Monogenic Diabetes Registry: Tan Tock Seng Hospital, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Changi General Hospital
     

Link to Google Scholar

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Nfh589wAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao   

 

Email

tan.clara.sh@nhghealth.com.sg