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Teh Bin Tean

Professor, Signature Research Programme in Cancer & Stem Cell Biology

Academic Vice Chair (Research), SingHealth Duke-NUS Oncology Academic Clinical Programme

Duke-NUS Medical School

Bio

Dr Bin Tean Teh obtained his MD (1992) from the University of Queensland, Australia and his PhD (1997) from the Karolinska Institute, Sweden. 

Prof Teh's laboratory focuses on genomic studies of cancers common among Asian populations, using tools such as high-throughput genomic platforms and correlation studies with clinicopathological information. 

Following postdoctoral works in multiple endocrine neoplasia 1 at Karolinska Institute, Dr Teh joined the Van Andel Research Institute (VARI) in 2000 as a Senior Scientific Investigator heading the Laboratory of Cancer Genetics. In 2007, Dr Teh was appointed as the founding Director of the National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS)-VARI laboratory, which serves as a bridge between translational research and clinical medicine. In 2010 he received the Singapore Translational Research Investigator Award (STaR) and relocated to Singapore and is currently a full professor in Cancer and Stem Cell Biology (CSCB) Programme at Duke-NUS. He served as the SingHealth Group Director for Translational Research from 2010-2012. 

He holds Adjunct Professorships at several universities worldwide including Baylor College of Medicine, USA, Nanjing University and Sun Yat-Sen University, China and the Karolinska Institute, Sweden.

Education

Doctor of Philosophy

Karolinska Institute, Sweden

Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery

University of Queensland, Australia

Bachelor of Medical Science Hons Class 1

University of Tasmania, Australia

Bachelor of Medical Science

University of Tasmania, Australia

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