ONG Twee Hee Rick
Affiliation
- NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health
Research Areas
- Molecular epidemiology
- Pathogen genomics
- Bioinformatics
- Population genetics
Teaching Areas
- Bioinformatics
- Biostatistics
Academic/Professional Qualifications
- B.Eng (Computer Engineering), National University of Singapore, 2001
- Msc (Computer Science), National University of Singapore, 2002
- Msc (Bioinformatics), Nanyang Technological University of Singapore, 2008
- PhD, National University of Singapore, 2013
Career History
- Consultant, National Computer Systems Pte Ltd, 2002 – 2003
- Bioinformatics Specialist, Genome Institute of Singapore, 2003-2006 (Scientific/Research Computing), 2007-2009 (Human Genetics)
- Engineer (Software Development), Applied Biosystems, 2006-2007
- Research Associate/Fellow/Senior Fellow, Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, NUS, 2011-2013,2013-2015,2016-2017
Major Publications
- Xia, E., Teo, Y. Y., & Ong, R. T. H. (2016). SpoTyping: Fast and accurate in silico Mycobacterium spoligotyping from sequence reads. Genome Medicine, 8(1). doi:10.1186/s13073-016-0270-7
- Lim, T. P.*, Ong, R. T. H.*, et al.(2015). Multiple genetic mutations associated with polymyxin resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii. AAC, 59(12), 7899-7902. (Joint First)
- Cheng, A. Y., Teo, Y. Y., & Ong, R. T. H. (2014). Assessing single nucleotide variant detection and genotype calling on wholegenome sequenced individuals. Bioinformatics, 30(12), 1707-1713.