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Head of Academic Services / Lecturer and Program Coordinator (Bio Medical Science)

College of Health, Medicine and Wellbeing / School of Health Sciences

Biography

Dr Lisa Ho completed her PhD studies at the Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB), National University of Singapore in 1994. Her research was on Human Papillomavirus Type-16 (the viral type that causes cancer of the cervix), in Prof Hans-Ulrich Bernard’s lab. This culminated in publications that opened a field of research into the evolution of the viral strain, tracing its co-evolution with human populations around the world. Upon completing PhD, she started her teaching career in Ngee Ann Polytechnic.

Over the years, Dr Ho has held various roles in science and research – teaching, working in technology transfer (in the Singapore subsidiary of Cancer Research UK), setting up collaborations with other scientists, liaising with big pharma and medical device corporations to commercialise works by scientists.

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Publications

Peer-Reviewed Articles
YearCitation
1993Lisa Ho et al (1993) The Genetic Drift of Human Papillomavirus type-16 is a means of reconstructing prehistoric viral spread and the movement of ancient human populations. J. Virology. Vol. 67, No. 11 pp 6413 – 6423.
1993Lisa Ho et al (1993) Sequence variants of Human Papillomavirus type-16 from couples suggest sexual transmission with low infectivity and polyclonality in genital neoplasia. J. Infectious Disease. Vol. 168, pp 803 – 809.
1992S.Y. Chan, Lisa Ho et al (1992) Molecular Variants of Human Papillomavirus type-16 from four continents suggest ancient pandemic spread of the virus and its coevolution with humankind. J. Virology. Vol. 66. No. 4. pp 2057 – 2066.
1991Lisa Ho et al (1991) Sequence variants of Human Papillomavirus type-16 in clinical samples permit verification and extension of epidemiological studies and construction of a phylogenetic tree. J. Clinical Microbiology. Vol. 29. No. 9. pp 1765 – 1772.
Conference Presentations
YearCitation
1992The 11th International Papillomavirus Conference (Edinburgh, UK) – Molecular Variants of Human Papillomavirus type-16 from four continents suggest ancient pandemic spread of the virus and its coevolution with humankind.
1991The 10th International Papillomavirus Conference (Seattle, Washinton, USA) – Sequence Variations in Human Papillomavirus type-16 in local population samples.