Symposium 4

Prof Tan Eng King

Deputy Chief Executive Officer (Academic Affairs)

Office of Academic Affairs

Senior Consultant

Department of Neurology

National Neuroscience Institute

Professor Tan Eng King is the Deputy Chief Executive Officer (Academic Affairs), and Senior Consultant with the Department of Neurology, National Neuroscience Institute (NNI). He is also a Professor at the Duke-NUS Medical School and Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine.

An influential figure in the field of research, Dr Tan has authored more than 500 peer-reviewed papers and book chapters on clinical and neuroimaging studies, functional genomics and experimental therapeutics in Movement Disorders.

He has served as an editor in Parkinsonism related disorders, European Journal of Neurology and Journal of Parkinson’s disease, among several others. He has received various national and international accolades including the David Marsden lectureship and Yoshi Mizuno lectureship awards.

Dr Tan has broad research interest including epidemiology, neuroimaging, clinical and functional genomics and experimental therapeutics in Parkinson’s disease, essential tremor and other movement disorders.

Session:

Beyond the Lab (Translational Efforts and Clinical Applications)
12 April 2024, 1315 - 1445, L1-S3

Presenting Title:

Translating Genetic Discoveries in Neurodegenerative Diseases

The relative contribution of genes and environmental factors in complex neurodegenerative disorders has been debated.

Recent genetic discoveries have facilitated the diagnosis and classification of various neurological disorders with overlapping phenotypes.

A summary of some of the genetic discoveries in neurodegenerative disorders and how these have led to a better understanding of the pathophysiology, improvement in genetic testing programmes and development of novel therapeutics will be provided. In addition, there will be highlights of the challenges and promises of the various therapeutic approaches.

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