Dr Wee Kien Han Andrew

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

• FAMS - 2014
• MCI (NUS) - 2012
• FCFPS - 2011
• MMED (Family Medicine) - 2002
• MBBS (Singapore) - 1996

• SingHealth Committee on Sustainability (CoS), 14 Nov 2023 to Present
• PACE committee (Environmental sustainability workgroup)  SingHealth Polyclinics (SHP), 01 Apr 2023 to Present
• ASPIRE Research Group – SingHealth Polyclinics (SHP), 2011 to Present 
• Preventive Care Workgroup – SingHealth Polyclinics (SHP), 2015 to 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. 

• 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.  
  

• 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 (JIF 2.634) 

• 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.