ONG Twee Hee Rick

Dr. ONG Twee Hee Rick is an Assistant Professor at the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore. His research focuses on Molecular Epidemiology, Pathogen Genomics, and Bioinformatics, with applications in public health surveillance and infectious disease dynamics.

• Education: B.Eng (Computer Engineering, NUS 2001), MSc (Computer Science, NUS 2002), MSc (Bioinformatics, NTU 2008), PhD (NUS 2013)

His work spans Antimicrobial Resistance mechanisms in tuberculosis, One Health transmission dynamics, and Genomic Surveillance systems development. Notable contributions include creating SpoTyping for Mycobacterium spoligotyping and analyzing resistance mutations in carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales. Current research explores bacterial colonization patterns in clinical environments and transnational TB transmission networks.

Dr. Ong's methodological expertise includes Whole Genome Sequence Analysis, Bioinformatics Pipeline Development, and Population Genetics modeling, with applications in Southeast Asian epidemiology. He bridges computational methods with public health policy through projects like the Singapore Tuberculosis Clinical Management Guidelines adaptation.