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2024/01/25
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Dr Shawn Lee

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Designations:

  • Consultant, Division of Paediatric Haematology and Oncology, Department of Paediatrics, Khoo Teck Puat - National University Children's Medical Institute, National University Hospital
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Paediatrics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore

Qualifications:

MBBS (S'pore), MMed(Paeds), MRCPCH (UK), MCI, PhD

Specialties/Sub-specialties:

Paediatric Haematology & Oncology, Paediatric Medicine

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Dr Shawn Lee graduated with MBBS from Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS in 2011 where he was awarded the Wong Poi Kwong Medal for Clinical Medicine. He went on to obtain his Master of Medicine (Paeds) and MRCPCH (UK) in 2015. In 2017, he was awarded the Exxon-Mobil Fellowship for Clinicians, and also received the MOH Healthcare Scholarship for his Master of Clinical Investigation (MCI), which he obtained in 2019. Subsequently, he was awarded the NMRC Research Training Fellowship in 2019 where he embarked on a 2.5 year fellowship in leukemia genomics under Dr Yang Jun in St Jude Children’s Hospital in Memphis, USA, for which he obtained his PhD in 2024. From 2021-2024, he was awarded the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Scholar-In-Training Award and Society of Hematologic Oncology Young Investigator Award for his work on genomic diversity of childhood leukemia. He was also awarded two consecutive National University of Singapore Best Graduate Publication Awards in 2023 and 2024 and the Singapore College of Clinician Scientist INEX-Oscar Awards in 2023. He is currently a Physician-Scientist with dual roles as Consultant Pediatric Oncologist National University Hospital Singapore, and Adj Asst Professor in the National University of Singapore. His clinical and research interests lie in pharmacogenomics and immunogenomics for precision therapy in childhood leukemia.

Awards

  • 2024 - NUS Medicine Best Graduate Student Publication 
  • 2023 - Singapore College of Clinician Scientists INEX-Oscar Award 
  • 2023 - NUHKids Junior Researcher of the Year Award 
  • 2023 - NUS Medicine Best Graduate Student Publication 
  • 2022 - ASH Abstract Achievement Award 
  • 2022 - SOHO (Society of Hematology-Oncology) Young Investigator Award 
  • 2021 - ASH Abstract Achievement Award 
  • 2021 - NUHkids Junior Researcher Award 
  • 2021 - American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Scholar-in-Training Award 
  • 2021 - SOHO (Society of Hematology-Oncology) Young Investigator Award 

Journals & Publications

  1. Fratricide-resistant CD7-CAR T cells in T-ALL. Bernice L Z Oh, Noriko Shimasaki, Elaine Coustan-Smith, Esther Chan, Limei Poon, Shawn H R Lee.. Dario Campana. Nat Med. 2024 Sep 3. doi: 10.1038/s41591-024-03228-8.
  2. Impact of Age on Pharmacogenomics and Treatment Outcomes of B-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Satoshi Yoshimura, Zhenhua Li, Yoshihiro Gocho, Wenjian Yang, Kristine R. Crews, Shawn Lee… Jun J Yang.  J Clin Oncol. 2024 2024 Aug 5:JCO2400500. doi: 10.1200/JCO.24.00500. 
  3. Prognostic and Pharmacotypic Heterogeneity of Hyperdiploidy in Childhood ALL. Shawn Lee, Ashcraft E, Yang W… Yang JJ, Pui CH. J Clin Oncol. 2023 Sep 20:JCO2300880. doi: 10.1200/JCO.23.00880.
  4. Anthracycline-Free Protocol for Favorable-Risk Childhood ALL: A Noninferiority Comparison Between Malaysia-Singapore ALL 2003 and ALL 2010 Studies. Ariffin H, Chiew EKH, Oh BLZ, Shawn Lee …Tan AM, Yeoh AEJ. J Clin Oncol. 2023 Jul 10;41(20):3642-3651. doi: 10.1200/JCO.22.02347.
  5. Associations of T-cell Receptor Repertoire with L-asparaginase Allergy in Children with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Shawn Lee, Zhenhua Li, …. Allen Yeoh. Cancers 2023, 15, 1829. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15061829
  6. Pharmacotyping across the genomic landscape of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia and impact on treatment response. Shawn Lee, Yang Wenjian, …. William E Evans, Jun J Yang. Nat Med. 29, 170–179 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-022-02112-7
  7. Association of Genetic Ancestry with the Molecular Subtypes and and Prognosis of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Shawn Lee, Federico Antillon, Deqing Pei, et al. JAMA Oncol 2022 Jan 27;e216826. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2021.6826.
  8. The Impact of T cell Immunity on Chemotherapy Response in Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.  Li Y, Yang X, Sun Y, Li Z, Yang W, Ju B, Easton J, Pei D, Cheng C, Shawn Lee, … Yang JJ. Blood. 2022 Jun 8:blood.2021014495. doi: 10.1182/blood.2021014495.
  9. Distinct clinical characteristics of DUX4 and PAX5 altered childhood B-lymphoblastic leukemia. Zhenhua Li, Shawn Lee, Winnie Chin, et al.  Blood Adv. 2021 Dec 14;5(23):5226-5238. doi: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2021004895.

Professional Memberships

  • Scientific Co-Chairman and Executive Committee Member, St Jude Viva Forum 
  • Council, NUHS Clinician-Scientist Academy
  • Faculty, Adapted Resource and Implementation Application (ARIA) for Childhood Leukemia
  • Faculty, Vietnam Pediatric Oncology Fellowship Program
  • Member, Pediatric Oncology Group Singapore
  • Member/Scholar-in-Training, American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) 
  • Member/Scholar-in-Training, Society of Hematology Oncology
  • Member, American Society of Hematology
  • Member, Children’s Oncology Group (COG)
  • Member, Pharmacogenomics Global Research Network (PGRN)

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