Soo Yong TAN

Soo Yong Tan is a Research Director at the Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), covering the Advanced Molecular Pathology Laboratory and BioPharma Innovation Solutions (BPIS). He is also concurrently Group Chief of Pathology, National University Health Systems (NUHS) and Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Pathology, National University of Singapore (NUS). His other concurrent appointments include Visiting Consultant to National Skin Centre,  Advisor to the Ministry of Health Singapore,  Chairman, National Pathology Clinical Governance and Performance Workgroup, Chief Examiner in Pathology and Chair of the Residency Advisory Committee for Pathology. 

Soo Yong obtained his medical qualifications from the National University of Singapore and qualified in both forensic and histopathology. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists (UK) and a Diplomate of the Society of Apothecaries of London. He obtained his PhD from Oxford University and is a member of the International Lymphoma Study Group (ILSG) and a contributing author to the WHO Classifications of haematolymphoid neoplasms, tumours of the skin and tumours of the digestive tract. Soo Yong also sits on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Hematopathology and is Chair of the Biobanking Subcommittee, Asian Network of Research Resource Centers. 

An educator at heart, Soo Yong was the founding Course Director at Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School and had Visiting Professorships at University Malaya (Malaysia), Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences (China) and Universitas Padjadjaran (Indonesia). For many years, He was also the International Advisor (West Pacific) of the Royal College of Pathologists and initiated a postgraduate pathology training program in Myanmar. His current research interests include the cellular origins of intestinal T-cell lymphoma and the use of novel technologies in lymphoma diagnosis.

RESEARCH

Diagnostic Histopathology, Veterinary Pathology, Toxicologic Pathology, Drug and Biomarker Discovery and Validation, Food Safety.

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