Mikael Hartman

Dr. Mikael Hartman is an Associate Professor at the National University of Singapore (NUS), holding joint appointments in the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health and the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine. He is also a Senior Consultant in Breast and Trauma Surgery at the National University Hospital. His primary research focuses on breast cancer etiology, prognostication, and the genetic and environmental factors influencing cancer outcomes.

Dr. Hartman completed his MD at the Karolinska Institutet (1997), board certification in General Surgery in Sweden (2005), and a PhD in Epidemiology (2007). He leads the Singapore Breast Cancer Cohort and the Breast Cancer Prevention Programme, coordinating multi-institutional research efforts across Asia. His clinical expertise includes breast cancer surgery and trauma management.

Research Interests: His work spans breast cancer genetics, pharmacogenomics, and public health interventions to improve screening and risk stratification. He pioneered initiatives like the Asian Breast Cancer Research Fund and led high-impact studies on mammographic density and polygenic risk scores.

Key Achievements:

• Recipient of the NMRC Clinician Scientist Award (Senior Investigator, 2017)
• Recipient of the Digital Mammographic DREAM Challenge awards (2017)
• Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine Special Recognition Awards (2017, 2015)

Labs/Teams: Head of the Breast Cancer Prevention Programme and the Singapore-Malaysia Breast Cancer Working Group. Active in global collaborations, including the BRIDGES sequencing project and international breast cancer consortia.