Profile
Dr Ho is a Senior Consultant with the Department of Pathology and Department of Haematology.
Education
- 1994 National University of Singapore: Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS)
- 2001 Health Manpower Development Program (HMDP) in Hematopathology in
- Sydney, Australia
- 2002 Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia (FRCPA)
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Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships
- Member, Singapore Medical Association
- Member, Singapore Society of Pathology
- Member, Singapore Hematology Society
- 2nd Secretary, Singapore Society of Pathology, 2004
- DRG Representative, Department of Pathology, 2004
- Team Leader, Clinical Practice Improvement Project, 2004
- Clinical Pathway Representative, Department of Pathology, 2004
- Committee Member, Division of ACSS EBM committee, 2006-2007
- Committee Member, Division of ACSS Education/Training Updates committee, 2006-2007
- Clinical Coordinator, Department of Pathology, 2007
- Honorary Treasurer, Organising Committee for 5th APSTH Meeting in 2008
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Research Interests
- Immunotherapy for breast cancer
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Publications
- FVIII gene delivery by muscle electroporation corrects murine hemophilia A, Journal of gene medicine 2004, Vol 7, Issue 4, page 494-505.
- In vivo liver electroporation: Optimisation and demonstration of therapeutic efficacy,
- Journal of Human Gene Therapy 2006, Vol 17, page 1-14.
- Case Report: Induction of Immune Tolerance to Factor VIII Inhibitor during a major operation. (Ann Acad Med Singapore, 2007, 36 page 431-434)
- Studies of Wilms' tumor (WT1) Gene Expression in Adult Acute Leukemias in Singapore. Biomarker Insights, 2007, 3, page 293-298.
Research Project:
- Cytotoxic Potential of Autologous cytokine-induced killers cells (CIK) after priming by AML-blast-derived dendritic cells - Collaborator, DCR Research Grant 20022003
- Cytotoxic Potential of Autologous cytokine-induced killers cells (CIK) after priming by AML-blast-derived dendritic cells - Collaborator, Singhealth Research Grant 2003.
- Feasibility study of large scale expansion of cytokine induced killer (CIK) cells Collaborator, DCR Grant 2003.
- Expansion of tolerogenic thymic dendritic cells -Collaborator, DCR Grant 20042005.
- Non-myeloablative allogenic stem cell transplantation and targeted cellular therapy for leukemias and other cancers - Collaborator, Cancer Syndicate Infrastructure Initiative 2003-2006.
- Bone Marrow Transplant Consortium - Collaborator, Singapore Cancer Syndicate Grant 2006-7.
- Memory T cell- A Short Rest before the Long Journey. Pending Singhealth grant application 2008.
- Memory T cell - A Short Rest before the Long Journey. Pending DCR grant application 2008.
- A study into the impact of immunosuppressive cells on the outcome of patients with hematological and solid organ cancers undergoing chemotherapy. Pending Singhealth grant application 2008.
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