Bio
Dr. Wan-Yee Teo, a clinician-scientist, is Head and Principal Investigator of the Pediatric Brain Tumor Research Office at SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Medical Center, Singapore. She is Vice President of the College of Clinician Scientists, Academy of Medicine Singapore. Her group conducts their laboratory research at the Laboratory of Pediatric Brain Tumor Research Office at Duke-NUS AMC. The research focus of her group is in the brain tumor microenvironment, particularly in pediatric brain tumors, and translating research findings in tumor biology, genomics and preclinical testing to bedside benefits for children with brain tumors. She completed her clinical training in Pediatrics and Pediatric NeuroOncology in the USA, and is board certified with the American Board of Pediatrics, and the Royal College of Pediatrics and Child Health in the UK. Her research training was completed in the Cancer Genomics Program at Baylor College of Medicine, USA. Her research combines genomic methodologies and mouse models to study the complex regulation in the developmental biology of brain tumors. An area of emphasis is the preclinical development of therapeutics for brain tumors using patient-derived orthotopic brain tumor xenograft modelling.
Education
Fellow, American Academy of Pediatrics
American Academy of Pediatrics, United States
Not Applicable
American Board of Paediatrics, United States
Doctor of Philosophy
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Postgraduate Diploma in Oncology
Baylor College of Medicine, United States
Member, Royal Coll of Paediatrics & Child Health
Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, United Kingdom
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery
National University of Singapore, Singapore