Professor Chng Wee Joo

Affiliations

Singapore Translational Cancer Consortium

• Executive Director

National University of Singapore

• Yong Loo Lin Professor in Medical Oncology

• Vice President, Office of the Deputy President (Research and Technology)

• Senior Principal Investigator, Cancer Science Institute of Singapore

National University Health System

• Group Chief Scientist

• Senior Consultant, National University Cancer Institute, Singapore

Profile

Professor Chng Wee Joo has been appointed as the Executive Director of the Singapore Translational Cancer Consortium since 2019. He obtained his medical degree from the University of Leeds and did his internal medicine residency in the United Kingdom. He completed his fellowship training in haematology in Singapore before he obtained an A*STAR international fellowship in 2004 to go to the Mayo Clinic for a research fellowship in multiple myeloma genetics. 

Professor Chng is the chair of the Asian Myeloma Network, a member of various leading national and international professional committees, including the International Myeloma Working Group and the American Society of Hematology, and a former president of the Singapore Society of Hematology. In addition, he serves on several advisory boards, steering committees for international clinical trials, grant review panels, and conference organizing committees. He has authored over 400 publications in several reputable journals, actively engages in clinical trials, and has given multiple talks at important conferences and seminars. His impactful research has won him numerous national and global accolades including the NUHS Research Excellence Award, the International Myeloma Foundation’s Brian GM Durie Outstanding Achievement Award, the National Medical Excellence Outstanding Clinician Scientist Award, the National Medical Research Council Senior Translational Research (STaR) Award, the National University of Singapore Young Researcher Award, and the Celgene Future Leaders in Haematology Award.

Professor Chng’s research focuses on the use of global genomics methods (microarray and sequencing platforms) to study the clinical and biological heterogeneity in haematologic malignancies including acute myeloid leukemia, multiple myeloma and lymphoma. Using these methods, he has identified novel prognostic markers and molecular abnormalities in these malignancies, serving as potential targets for therapy and providing insights into disease pathogenesis and biology. He has strong research interest in risk stratification and clinical trials in myeloma.