Curriculum Vitae

Honours & Awards

2007	Merit Award, Oral Presentation 4th Asia-Pacific Medical Education Conference, Singapore, 8-11 February 2007 Title: Professional Radiology training in Singapore: A new formal curriculum.
2005	First Prize, Oral Presentation (Chest) European Congress of Radiology, Vienna, Austria Title: Severity assessment and quantification of pulmonary embolism with CT pulmonary angiography as a predictor of patient outcome Investigators: S.K. Venkatesh, S.C. Wang
2005	Paulino J. Garcia Annual Memorial Lecture Philippines Congress of Radiology, Manila, The Philippines Title: Plain Film Diagnosis of Wrist Instability
2004	ASEAN Association of Radiology Visiting Professor, Indonesia I visited Jakarta and Semarang in Java, and gave 2 two-day courses related to imaging of the breast and the musculoskeletal system
1996	Toshiba Medical Prize for Best Presentation Oral Presentation: Pre-operative contrast-enhanced breast MRI: works-in-progress Annual Scientific Meeting of the Royal Australasian College of Radiologists, Perth, WA Australia
1989	Winthrop Prize for Best Presentation on Contrast Media by a Junior Member Oral Presentation: Gd-DTPA-labelled dextran enhanced MRI of myocardial ischemia 40th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Royal Australasian College of Radiologists, Melbourne, VIC Australia.
1987	38th Thomas Baker Memorial Research Fellow Travel and research grant to visit the University of California San Francisco, CA, U.S.A. 38th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Royal Australasian College of Radiologists, Sydney, N.S.W. Australia.
1987	Centenary Foundation Study Grant Travel and research grant ($10,000) to visit the University of California, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A and to perform research into MRI contrast media. Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
1986	DuPont Prize for the Best Oral Presentation by a Junior Member Oral Presentation: Thoracolumbar spine injuries: A re-evaluation of high-resolution CT scanning in the light of two new plain film signs of burst fracture. 37th Annual Meeting of the Royal Australasian College of Radiologists, Singapore.
1984	Schering A.G. Berlin Travel Study Grant Oral Presentation: Localised Pulmonary Oedema 34th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Royal Australasian College of Radiologists, Canberra, A.C.T., Australia.
1977	John Wait Scholarship for a Bachelor of Science (Medical) student Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia
1977	Bachelor of Science (Medical) Scholarship Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia

Research Grants

2007-01 to 2010-03	Singapore Biomedical Imaging Consortium Collaborative Grant A-STAR Title: Segmentation, structural modelling and simulation of the aorta and liver for clinical decision-making and treatment planning Network Coordinator & PI: S.C. Wang Amount: $737,000
2006-01 to 2008-06	Singapore Biomedical Imaging Consortium Collaborative Grant A-STAR 023/2005 Title: Development and Validation of Highly efficient Nanoparticle Contrast Agents for Cellular Labelling and Targeting using MRI Network Coordinator & PI: S.C. Wang Amount: $636,000
2005	NUS Cross Faculty Small Research Grant R-180-000-006-214 Title: Development of automated image reconstruction and segmentation methods for tumour and organ volumetry Investigators: S.C. Wang, A. Kassim Amount: $20,000
2005	Singapore Cancer Syndicate Planning Grant Project: Establishing a multidisciplinary infrastructure for translational correlation between biochemical predictors of response to chemotherapy and in vivo molecular imaging in breast cancer Investigators: S.C. Wang, P. Shazib, V.T.K. Chow, S.H. Ong, L.S. Chin, Y.Y.W. Ho, B. Shuter, T. Putti Amount: SG$20,000
2004	NHG Research Development Grant, Singapore NHGA-STP/04028 Project: Hand-Eye Trainer for US-Guided Breast Biopsy Investigators: S.C Wang, J.K. Rappel Amount: SG$50,000
2003-03 to 2006-12	National Medical Research Council Research Grant, Singapore NMRC/0779/2003 Project: Features of Tumour Aggression in Ductal Carcinoma in situ of the Breast: Correlation between in vivo Magnetic Resonance Imaging, in vitro Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, Histology and Gene Expression Analysis. Investigators: S.C. Wang, C. Mountford, M. Salto-Tellez, T. Putti, E. Koay Amount: SG$139,150
2003-03 to 2007-06	Academic Research Fund Grant, National University of Singapore R-180-000-002-112 Research Project: Development of an Asian Bone Age atlas. Investigators: S.C. Wang, J.P.H. Hui, D.A. Stringer Amount: SG$92,000
2001-01 to 2002-12	Health Services Development Grant, Ministry of Health, Singapore Project: Development of Cardiovascular MRI and MRA in NUH Investigators: S.C. Wang, P.S. Goh Amount: $469,400
1997-1998	Area Health Grant, Royal North Shore Hospital Research Project: MR Imaging and MR Spectroscopic Features of Ductal Carcinoma In Situ of the Breast: Correlation with Angiogenesis Investigators: B.M. Giuffre, S.C. Wang, P. Barry, C. Mountford, J. Philips Amount: $10,000
1994	The Winthrop Research Fellowship 1994 Research Project: Evaluation of the Accuracy, Efficacy and Impact of Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MRI of the Breast on the Pre-operative Assessment of Breast Pathology Investigators: S.C. Wang, M.B. Kossoff, B. Giuffre, J. Philips, S. Blome Amount: $12,000
1994	RACR Research Fund Grant Research Project: The Effects of Total Biliary Obstruction in Guinea Pigs on the Hepatic Uptake of Gd-EOB-DTPA, A New Organ-Specific MRI Contrast Agent Investigators: S.C. Wang, J. Roche, G. Briggs, B. Shuter Amount: $6,000
1986	RACR Junior Member Research Grant To fund study into rabbit brain abscess imaging with MRI and Gd-DTPA contrast enhancement. Investigator: S.C. Wang Amount: $10,000