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Dr Wee Wee Kien Han Andrew

Specialty: Family Medicine

Dr Andrew Wee is a Family Physician and a Clinician Researcher at SingHealth Polyclinics.

SingHealth Committee on Sustainability (CoS) wef 14 Nov 2023
PACE committee (Environmental sustainability workgroup) SingHealth Polyclinics (SHP) wef 01 Apr 2023
ASPIRE Research Group – SingHealth Polyclinics (SHP) – 2011-present
Preventive Care Workgroup – SingHealth Polyclinics 2015–present

COVID-19 resilience medal (01 June 2023) Singapore 2023
The Long Service Medal - National Day Awards 2022
Singapore Health Quality Service Award 2020
DukeNUS Centre for Clinician-Scientist Development (CCSD) Khoo Scholars Program (KSP) – Mar 2018 – Jul 2019
NMRC Clinician Investigator Salary Support Programme (CISSP) 2015
ExxonMobil-NUS Research Fellowship for Clinicians – 01 Sep 2014- 30 Aug 2015
SAF National Service Medal (2014) [Singapore Armed Forces]
Eastern Health Alliance Caring Awards – Star Award (April 2012 to Mar 2013) – [EHA]
Singapore Health Quality Service Award – Star Award (April 2012 to Mar 2013) [SingHealth]
Eastern Health Alliance Caring Awards – Gold Award (April 2011 to Mar 2012) – [EHA]
Singapore Health Quality Service Award – Gold Award (April 2011 to Mar 2012) [SingHealth]
Singapore Health Quality Service Award – Silver Award (April 2010 to Mar 2011) [SingHealth]
Awarded NRF-MOH Healthcare Research Scholarship (NMRC-NUS MCI) 2011 [NRF-MOH]
HMDP Award in Community Psychiatry 2008 [SingHealth]
Star Award for Excellent Service Award (EXSA) 2008 [SPRING Singapore-SingHealth]
Gold Award for Excellent Service Award (EXSA) 2007 [SPRING Singapore-SingHealth]
SHP - Long Service Award (10 years) 2007 [SingHealth Polyclinics]
SAF Good Service Medal (Mar 2007) [Singapore Armed Forces]
Silver Award for Excellent Service Award (EXSA) 2005

Micronutrient imbalance in the aetiology of aging, chronic diseases and cancer in primary care
Mycotoxins and other environmental toxins in the aetiology of aging, chronic diseases and cancer in primary care
Chronic diseases (diabetes mellitus, hypertension, dyslipidaemia, nephrology, obesity neurodegenerative diseases, sarcopenia)
Pharmacology and pharmacognosy
Zoology, botany, veterinary science especially in relation to nutrition and ageing

Wee, A.K.H., Sultana, R. Determinants of vitamin B12 deficiency in patients with type-2 diabetes mellitus — A primary-care retrospective cohort study. BMC Prim. Care 24, 102 (2023). PubMed PMID: 37081390. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-023-02057-x
A.K.H. Wee, COVID-19’s toll on the elderly and those with diabetes mellitus – Is vitamin B12 deficiency an accomplice?, Med. Hypotheses 146 (2021), p. 110374.
Wee AKH. Serum folate predicts muscle strength: a pilot cross-sectional study of the association between serum vitamin levels and muscle strength and gait measures in patients >65 years old with diabetes mellitus in a primary care setting. Nutrition Journal. 2016;15(1):89. doi:10.1186/s12937-016-0208-3.
Justine JL, Winsor L, Barrière P, Fanai C, Gey D, Han AW, La Quay-Velázquez G, Lee BP, Lefevre JM, Meyer JY, Philippart D, Robinson DG, Thévenot J, Tsatsia F. The invasive land planarian Platydemus manokwari (Platyhelminthes, Geoplanidae): records from six new localities, including the first in the USA. PeerJ. 2015 Jun 23;3:e1037. doi: 10.7717/peerj.1037. eCollection 2015. PubMed PMID: 26131377; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4485254.

CO-I (SITE PI) NMRC IRG Grant for Clinical Trial (CIRB 2013/101/E) (CIRG12may033), HSA reference: HPRG/CTB 78:10/13-119, Application No 1378775T. [Insulin Resistance and Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) in Older Adults with Pre-Diabetes and Diabetes: Cognitive Effects of Lifestyle Intervention and Metformin Treatment in a Randomized Controlled Trial]. ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02409238.
PI in Steadfast Study with Novartis (CIRB 2012/912/C) [A double blind, double dummy, randomised, multi-centre study to assess the tolerability and efficacy profile of vildagliptin compared to gliclazide as dual therapy with metformin in Muslim patients with type 2 diabetes fasting during Ramadan] - Multinational Clinical Trial. Status: Completed in end 2013.