Academic Profile : Faculty
Assoc Prof Sunny Wong
Associate Professor of Nutrition, Digestion and Metabolism and Assistant Dean, Academic Medicine, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine
Associate Professor, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine
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Dr Sunny Wong is a clinician-scientist and an Associate Professor at the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University Singapore. He received his MBChB with Honors at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and his DPhil in University of Oxford on human genetics and infectious diseases. He completed his clinical training in gastroenterology and endoscopy in the Prince of Wales Hospital Hong Kong. His main research interest is on gut microbiome, investigating the host-microbe interaction in digestive and metabolic diseases, and exploring this for discovery of novel biomarkers and therapeutics. He has won several awards, including the Asia Pacific Digestive Week Emerging Leaders Lectureship (2021), the Sir David Todd Lectureship (2020), the Lo Ying Shek Chi Wai Foundation Meritorious Research Award (2020), and the Croucher Foundation Award (2014). He has published over 160 peer-reviewed articles including papers in Nature Genetics, Nature Communications, Gastroenterology and Gut. He is currently an Associate Editor for the Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology.
Microbiome; Nutrition; Digestive Diseases; Metabolic Syndrome; Obesity
- AntiMicrobial resistance Research & Intervention Alliance Singapore (AMRITAS)
- Development of a Wearable Sound-Detecting Patch for Bowel Sound Monitoring for Gastrointestinal Health
- Air microbiomes and inhalable microplastics as novel pollutants in respiratory health
- Identifying protective mechanisms of butyrate-producing gut bacteria against atherosclerosis
- Environmental Health at LKCMedicine
- Centre for Microbiome Medicine (CMM)
- Investigating effects of Roseburia intestinalis on colorectal carcinogenesis and its dietary modulation for cancer prevention
- Investigating intestinal epithelial damage and the blood-and-gut microbial signatures in dengue
- Developing a multi-chamber microfluidic chip to model probiotic transit through the human gastrointestinal tract
- Characterization of The Role of Gut Microbiota and Immune System in Cancer Immunity of N-WASP Knockout Mice
- Gut microbiota communication with bone marrow in cardiometabolic disease
Awards
Asia Pacific Digestive Week Emerging Leaders Lectureship (2021)
Sir David Todd Lectureship (2020)
Lo Ying Shek Chi Wai Foundation Meritorious Research Award (2020)
Croucher Foundation Award (2014)
Sir David Todd Lectureship (2020)
Lo Ying Shek Chi Wai Foundation Meritorious Research Award (2020)
Croucher Foundation Award (2014)
Fellowships & Other Recognition
Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians (London, Edinburgh)
Fellowship of the Royal College of Pathologists
Fellowship of the Hong Kong College of Physicians
Fellowship of the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine
Fellowship of the Royal College of Pathologists
Fellowship of the Hong Kong College of Physicians
Fellowship of the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine