About
The One Health Antimicrobial Resistance Research Programme (OHARP) is jointly funded by the Ministry of Health (MOH); National Environment Agency (NEA); National Parks Board, (NParks); PUB, Singapore's National Water Agency; and Singapore Food Agency (SFA). It is administered by the National Centre for Infectious Diseases to support One Health antimicrobial resistance (AMR) research across the human, animal, food and environmental sectors in Singapore.
The objective of the OHARP is to steer the national One Health AMR research agenda; commission multi-disciplinary and multi-sectorial studies that will impact Singapore's AMR policies and interventions; foster partnerships with academia and harness their expertise to find One Health solutions; and promote synergies and opportunities for collaboration between sectors.
The OHARP grant calls have closed. The list of awarded projects from 2021 – 2022 are listed below. Funding has been awarded to the following research studies:
| Principal Investigator | A/Prof Angela Chow |
| Project Title | The VALUE of Companion SteWARdS: Understanding the facilitators and barriers to appropriate antibiotic prescribing in veterinary clinics for companion animals in Singapore |
| Institution | Tan Tock Seng Hospital |
| Year of Award | 2021 |
| Principal Investigator | A/Prof Yann Boucher |
| Project Title | The St-John's Island Resistome (SIR) project: a tractable microcosm of antibiotic resistance transmission across One Health domains in Singapore |
| Institution | National University of Singapore |
| Year of Award | 2021 |
| Principal Investigator | A/Prof Wee Hwee Lin |
| Project Title | The socioeconomic impact of antimicrobial resistance in Singapore: A One Health perspective |
| Institution | National University of Singapore |
| Year of Award | 2022 |
| Principal Investigator | A/Prof Andrea Kwa |
| Project Title | Understanding the transmission of CTXM ESBL genes between different One Health reservoirs |
| Institution | Singapore General Hospital |
| Year of Award | 2022 |
| Principal Investigator | Prof Hu Jiang Yong |
| Project Title | Co-selection and Horizontal Gene Transfer of AMR in Aquaculture and AMR Transmission to Animals |
| Institution | National University of Singapore |
| Year of Award | 2022 |
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OHARP Grant Documents
Terms & Conditions; Policy Documents
Post Award Forms
Claims Forms; Budget Projection Template
Reporting Forms
Contact
For enquiries on OHARP, please email oh_amr_research@ncid.sg.
The
NCID Catalyst Grant, funded by the Ministry of Health, Singapore and administered by
NCID,
aims to encourage inter-institutional collaborative research projects,
workshops and exchanges in the fields of infectious diseases and public health,
between new Principal Investigators and researchers of academic institutions and
hospitals. The NCID Catalyst
Grants are intended to facilitate strategic and innovative clinical and public
health research in infectious diseases within Singapore and the region.
The list of awarded projects from 2018 grant call onwards are provided as below:
NCID Catalyst Grant 2023 Grant Call |
Project Title |
Principal Investigator
| Host Institution
|
Finding the Optimal Regimen for Mycobacterium abscessus
Treatment (FORMaT)
| Dr Stephanie Sutjipto
| National Centre for Infectious Diseases
|
Establishment of a novel human airway organoids and immune
cell co-culture model system to assess human coronavirus infection
| Dr Louisa Chan Lok Yung
| Nanyang Technological University
|
How to train your bacteriophages to combat Pseudomonas
aeruginosa
| Dr Thong Shuhua
| Singapore General Hospital
|
Phylogenetic reconstruction of human seasonal coronaviruses
in Cambodia
| Dr Marcus Gerard
| Duke-NUS Medical School
|
Targeting matrix metalloproteinases in normalising
granuloma-associated vasculature to enhance anti-tuberculous drug distribution
in central nervous system tuberculosis
| Dr Loh Fei Kean
| National University of Singapore
|
Thin film hydrogel coating to prevent and treat prosthetic
joint infections
| Dr Andy Tay
| National University of Singapore
|
Identify persister-forming carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter
baumannii clinical strains from persistent recurrent infection cases
| Dr Zhong Yang
| Singapore General Hospital
|
HIV Cure in Singapore: Evaluation of Nivolumab as a
latency-reversing agent in HIV cure research and readiness for analytic
treatment interruption in Singaporean HIV-infected individuals
| Dr Choy Chiaw Yee
| National Centre for Infectious Diseases
|
| 2022 Grant Call |
Project Title
| Principal Investigator | Host Institution |
Factors
involved in the Prescription of Antimicrobials Amongst Primary Practitioners
for Urinary Tract Infections
| Dr
Wilnard Tan Yeong Tze
| National
Centre for Infectious Diseases
|
A mobile app based
serious game to increase public awareness of appropriate antibiotic use in the
community
| Dr Huang Zhilian
| National Centre for Infectious Diseases
|
Identification and
characterisation of drug resistant SARS-CoV-2 isolates from COVID patients on
antiviral therapy
| Dr Conrad Chan En Zuo
| National Centre for Infectious Diseases
|
Comparative
phylogenomics to understand diversity, population structure and antimicrobial
resistance in the Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC)
| Dr Jeanette Teo
| National
University Hospital
|
Investigating the
ability of rifabutin to address inducible macrolide resistance in clinical
isolates of Mycobacterium abscessus
| Dr Dinah binte Aziz
| National
University of Singapore
|
Prevalence and impact
of antibiotic resistance among preterm infants with sepsis: a population-based
cohort study
| Dr Goh Guan Lin
| KK
Women’s & Children’s Hospital
|
Breaking down the
bacterial cell wall to identify new antibiotic targets
| Dr Qiao Yuan
| Nanyang
Technological University
|
Characterizing a
hypothetical protein involved in the programmed cell death of human malaria
Plasmodium falciparum
| Dr Su Tran To Chinh
| Bioinformatics
Institute, A*STAR
|
2021 Grant Call |
Project Title
| Principal Investigator
| Host Institution
|
Investigation of etiology and immunopathology of persistent inflammatory
tissue damage in patients with previous COVID-19 infection (post mortem study)
| Dr Chan Yu Kit
| Tan Tock Seng Hospital
|
Sex worker risks and vulnerabilities in Singapore: A natural experiment
to establish frameworks for HIV/STIs prevention in a post-COVID-19 era
| Dr Lee Pei Hua
| Tan Tock Seng Hospital
|
A demonstration study to assess feasibility and acceptability of
pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) delivery, PrEP telehealth, and effectiveness of
a sexually transmitted infections counselling service for young men who have
sex with men in Singapore
| Dr Wong Chen Seong
| Tan Tock Seng Hospital
|
Serology Response following COVID 19 vaccination amongst inflammatory
bowel disease patients on immunomodulator and/or biologic
| Dr Ennaliza Salazar
| Singapore
General Hospital
|
Integrated next-generation sequencing and typing pipeline for
carbapenemase-encoding plasmids in real-time (PlasmidSeq-RT)
| Dr Karrie Ko
| Singapore
General Hospital
|
Polymyxin B Therapeutic Drug Monitoring in Singapore
| Dr Kelvin Goh
| Singapore
General Hospital
|
Evaluation of Spiral Microfluidic (SM) for Early Identification of
Bloodstream Infection (BSI) Pathogens with MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry (MS)
| Dr Ngow Yeen Shian
| Singapore
General Hospital
|
2020 Grant Call
|
Project Title
| Principal Investigator
| Host Institution
|
The truth about antibiotic-taking behaviours
| Dr Elaine Lum
| DUKE-NUS Medical School
|
Airborne transmission of seasonal coronaviruses
| Dr Martin Linster
| DUKE-NUS Medical School
|
Barriers and corridors of gene flow in mosquito-borne disease
transmission
| Dr Nalini Puniamoorthy
| National University of Singapore
|
Prevalence and profile of carbapenem-resistant hypervirulent Klebsiella
pneumoniae in Singapore public hospitals from 2015 to 2018
| Dr Vanessa Koh
| Tan Tock Seng Hospital
|
The roles of citrullinated Histones H3 and peptidylarginine deiminase 4
on cardiac dysfunction in Dengue virus infection
| Dr Andrew Teo
| Nanyang Technological University
|
Stigma and discrimination as factors in late diagnosis and treatment
presentation for people living with HIV
| Dr Ritu Jain
| Nanyang Technological University
|
Environmental contamination with drug-resistant Candida spp. and its
role in occult hospital transmission
| Dr Chew Ka Lip
| National University Hospital
|
2018 Grant Call
|
Project Title
| Principal Investigator
| Host Institution
|
A prospective study on the transmission dynamics of E coli ST131 in the
community
| Dr Mo Yin
| National University Hospital
|
Tweaking everyday objects to prevent the spread of AMR
| Dr Jean Sim Xiang Ying
| Singapore
General Hospital
|
For
enquiries on NCID Catalyst Grant, please email rco_grants@ncid.sg.
The NCID Short Term Fellowship encourages infectious disease
researchers who have demonstrated current active research, to either host potential
international collaborators/experts in Singapore, or be hosted on a research
training attachment, at a leading infectious diseases institution overseas.
NCID Short Term Fellowship FY2023
OUTGOING FELLOWSHIPS
| Applicant, Institution | A/Prof Barnaby Young, NCID |
| Overseas Institution | Imperial College London, UK |
| Applicant, Institution | Dr Donald Tay, NTU |
| Overseas Institution | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA |
| Applicant, Institution | Dr Dorothy Cheong, NUS |
| Overseas Institution | Monash University & University of Newcastle, USA |
| Applicant, Institution | Dr Thong Shuhua, SGH |
| Overseas Institution | Westmead Institute for Medical Research, Australia |
Applicant, Institution | Ms
Chong Hai Tarng, NUS |
Overseas Institution | University
of Southampton, UK |
Overseas Mentor | Prof
Paul Elkington, Respiratory Medicine |
Applicant, Institution | Ms
Thong Pei Min, NUS |
Overseas Institution | University
of Southampton, UK |
Overseas Mentor | Prof
Paul Elkington, Respiratory Medicine |
Applicant, Institution | Dr
Dinesh Kumar Kesavan, NTU |
Overseas Institution | Karolinska
Institute, Sweden |
Overseas Mentor | Prof
Birgitta Henriques Normark, Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology |
Applicant, Institution | Dr
Wong Chen Seong, NCID |
Overseas Institution | The
Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Australia |
Overseas Mentor | Prof
Sharon Lewin |
Applicant, Institution | Dr
Choy Chiaw Yee, NCID |
Overseas Institution | The
Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Australia |
Overseas Mentor | Prof
Sharon Lewin |
INCOMING FELLOWSHIPS
Host & Institution | Dr
Shawn Vasoo, NCID |
Visitor & Institution |
Dr Robin Patel,
Elisabeth P and Robert E Allen Professor of
Individualised Medicine and a Professor of Microbiology and Medicine at the
Mayo Clinic, USA |
Host & Institution | Asst
Prof Qu Kun, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS |
Visitor & Institution | Assoc Prof Liu Sheng, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology,
Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
|
Host & Institution | Asst Prof Benoit Malleret, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine,
NUS
|
Host & Institution | Asst Prof Sham Lok To, Chris, Yong Loo Lin School of
Medicine, NUS
|
Visitor & Institution | Asst Adj Prof Adam M. Deutschbauer, Lawrence Berkeley
National Laboratory; University of California Berkeley, USA
|
NCID Short Term Fellowship FY2022
OUTGOING FELLOWSHIPS
Applicant, Institution | Dr Candice Chan Yuen Yue & Dr Yvonne Chan Fu
Zi, SGH |
Overseas Institution | Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, (OUCRU-Vietnam) Ho Chi Minh
City, Vietnam |
Overseas Mentor | Sophie Yacoub, Honorary Consultant Dengue Research Group |
Applicant, Institution | Dr Alvin Chew
Bing Liang, NTU |
Overseas Institution | Imperial College London, MRC Centre for Molecular Bacteriology &
Infection, UK |
Overseas Mentor | Dr Andrew M. Edwards. Senior Lecturer, Section of Microbiology. |
Applicant, Institution | Dr Andy Tay, NUS |
Overseas Institution | University of Sydney/The Westmead Institute for Medical Research. Australia |
Overseas Mentor | Professor Jonathan Iredell. Faculty of Medicine and Health. |
Applicant, Institution | Chang Kai Chirng, NUS |
Overseas Institution | Visiting Research Scholar in the Department of Food Science and
Technology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. USA |
Overseas Mentor | Assistant Professor Jennifer Auchtung. Food Science and Technology
Department. |
Applicant, Institution | Dr Hu Ting Huey, NUS |
Overseas Institution | University of Adelaide. South Australian Immunogenomics Cancer Institute
(SAIGENCI). Australia |
Overseas Mentor | Dr Andres F. Vallejo. Senior Bioinformatician |
Applicant, Institution | Dr Loh Fei Kean, NUS |
Overseas Institution | University of Adelaide. South Australian Immunogenomics Cancer Institute
(SAIGENCI). Australia |
Overseas Mentor | Dr Andres F. Vallejo. Senior Bioinformatician. |
INCOMING FELLOWSHIPS
Host & Institution | Professor David Paterson, National University of Singapore |
Visitor & Institution | A/P Juan Pablo Horcajada Gallego , Head Department of Infectious
Diseases. Hospital del Mar, Medical Research Institute IMIM, Barcelona,
Spain .(currently on sabbatical at University of Queensland Centre for
Clinical Research (UQCCR) in Brisbane, Australia) |
Host & Institution | Dr Mark Chen I-Cheng, NCID |
Visitor & Institution | A/P Arul Earnest , Deputy Head, Reporting and Research, Clinical
Outcomes data Reporting and Research Program (CORRP), Department of
Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine Monash University |
NCID Short Term Fellowship FY2019
OUTGOING FELLOWSHIPS
Applicant, Institution | Dr Anand K. Andiappan, SIgN, A*Star |
Overseas Institution |
Division of
Tropical Health & Medicine
James Cook University, Australia |
Overseas Mentor | Professor Andreas Lopata Head and Personal Chair, College of Public
Health, Medical & Vet Sciences |
Applicant, Institution | Dr Cai Yiying, SGH |
Overseas Institution | Australian Centre for Health Services Innovation (AusHSI), Queensland
University of Technology, Brisbane & Centre for Health Economics Research
and Evaluation (CHERE), University of Technology, Sydney |
Overseas Mentor | Prof Adrian Barnett and Dr Katie Page |
Applicant, Institution | Dr Andrew Teo, NTU |
Overseas Institution | Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of
Melbourne, Australia |
Overseas Mentor | Professor Stephen Rogerson |
Applicant, Institution | Dr Somani Jyoti, NUH |
Overseas Institution | IPC and ASP projects at icddr, b Dhaka, Bangladesh Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Shahid Suhrawardy Medical Hospital, Holy Family Hospital, Kurmitola General Hospital and United Hospital |
NCID Short Term Fellowship FY2018
INCOMING FELLOWSHIPS
Host & Institution | A/Prof Hsu Li Yang, Saw Swee Hock, School of Public Health, NUS |
Visitor & Institution |
Professor Matthew
Holden
School of Medicine
University of St Andrew’s |
Host & Institution | A/Prof Raymond Lin, NUH |
Visitor & Institution | A/Prof Vitali
Sintchenko
Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology
(CIDM) Public Health. Westmead Hospital |
Host & Institution | A/Prof Raymond Lin, NUH |
Visitor & Institution | Dr Hein Min Tun
School of Public
Health, Faculty of Medicine,
University of Hong Kong |
Host & Institution | Dr Ian Mendenhall, DUKE- NUS |
Visitor & Institution | Mr. Thomas Mehoke Applied
Physics Laboratory,
The Johns Hopkins University |
Host & Institution | Dr Shawn Vasoo, NCID |
Visitor & Institution | A/P Ritu Banerjee
Vanderbilt University |
OUTGOING FELLOWSHIPS
Applicant, Institution | Dr Jean Sim Xiang Ying, SGH |
Overseas Institution | National Taiwan University Hospital |
Overseas Mentor | Prof Chen Yee-Chun |
Applicant, Institution |
Dr Danielle
Anderson & Ms Lim Xiao Fang
DUKE-NUS |
Overseas Institution | Institute of
Virology
Chinese Academy of Sciences, China |
Overseas mentor | Prof Zhou Peng |
