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Assistant Professor

Pauline Soh

PhD (Medical Imaging and Radiation Science), University of Sydney, Australia
Cluster:
Health and Social Sciences
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Education

  • PhD (Medical Imaging and Radiation Science)
    University of Sydney , Australia
  • BAppSc (Medical Radiation Science; 1st Class Honours)
    University of Sydney , Australia

Achievements

  • Singapore General Hospital Research Grant (Co-I) for project "Pilot Animal Study On The Feasibility And Biosafety Of A Novel Biodegradable Post-Biopsy Breast Marker"
  • Singhealth Publish! Award
  • Singhealth DUKE-NUS Radiological Sciences Academic Clinical Programme Fund Award
  • SingHealth Talent Development Research Sponsorship
  • Sydney Southeast Asia Centre (SSEAC) Regional Mobility Grant
  • Singhealth Publish! Award
  • University of Sydney International Scholarship Award (PhD), Australia
    –
  • University of Sydney Dean Scholar Award, Australia
  • Medical Image Perception Society Student Scholarship, USA
  • Ministry of Health, Health Science Scholarship, Singapore
    –

Professional Memberships

  • Singapore Society of Radiographers (SSR)
    – Present
  • Allied Health Professions Council (AHPC), Singapore
    – Present

Research Interests

  • Medical image perception and interpretation
  • Novel technologies and techniques in Medical Imaging
  • Breast Imaging
  • Cancer detection (with a focus on breast imaging)
  • Osteoporosis
  • Sarcopenia
  • Body composition
  • Population health

Journal Papers

  • Jackson RL, Double CR, Munro HJ, Lynch J, Tapia K, Trieu PD, Alakhras M, Ganesan A, Do TD, Soh BP, Brennan PC, Puslednik L. Breast cancer diagnostic efficacy in a developing South-East Asian country. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev 2019; 727‒731.

  • Gupta P, Lanca C, Gan A, Soh P, Thakur S, Tao Y, Kumari N, Man R, Fenwick E, Lamoureux E. The Association between Body Composition using Dual energy X-ray Absorptiometry and Type-2 Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Observational studies. Sci Rep 2019; 9:12634.

  • Soh BP, Lee WB, Wong J, Sim L, Hillis SL, Tapia KA, Brennan PC. Varying performance in mammographic interpretation across two countries:  Do results indicate reader or population variances? Proc SPIE 2016; 9787‒32.

  • Soh BP, Lee WB, Mello-Thoms C, Tapia K, Ryan J, Hung WT, Thompson G, Heard R, Brennan P. Certain performance values arising from mammographic test set readings correlate well with clinical audit. J Med Imaging Radiat Oncol 2015;59(4):403‒410.

  • Soh BP, Lee W, Mello-Thoms C, Tapia K, Ryan J, Hung W, Thompson G, Heard R, Brennan PC. Does sensitivity measured from screening test-sets predict clinical performance? Proc SPIE 2014; 90370R.

  • Soh BP, Lee W, McEntee MF, Kench PL, Reed WM, Heard R, Chakraborty DP, Brennan PC. Mammography test sets: reading location and prior images do not impact upon group performance. Clin Radiol 2014;69(4):397‒402.

  • Soh BP, Lee W, McEntee MF, Kench PL, Reed WM, Heard R, Chakraborty DP, Brennan PC. Screening Mammography: Test Set Data Can Reasonably Describe Actual Clinical Reporting. Radiology 2013;268(1):46‒53.

  • Soh BP, Reed W, Poulos A, Brennan PC. E-tutorial Improves Students’ Ability to Detect Lesions. Radiol Technol 2013;85(1):17‒26.

  • Soh BP, Lee W, Diffey JL, McEntee MF, Kench PL, Reed WM, Brennan PC. Breast Screen New South Wales Generally Demonstrates Good Radiologic Viewing Conditions. J Digit Imaging 2013;26(4):759–67.

  • Soh BP, Lee WM, Kench PL, Reed WM, McEntee MF, Brennan PC. Test set readings predict clinical performance to a limited extent: preliminary findings. Proc SPIE 2013;8673:86730R1‒7.

  • Ooi CC, Lee SH, Soh BP. A survey on the research awareness and readiness among radiographers in Singapore General Hospital (SGH). Radiography 2012;18(4):264‒9.

  • Soh BP, Lee W, Kench PL, Reed WM, McEntee MF, Poulos A, Brennan PC. Assessing reader performance in radiology, an imperfect science: lessons from breast screening. Clin Radiol 2012;67(7):623‒8.

  • Brennan PC, Soh BP. The challenge of assessing reader performance in mammography. Clin Radiol 2012; 67:192.

Conferences

  • Hormone replacement therapy (HRT): Utilisation rates, determinants and impact on health-related quality of life in a multi-ethnic Asian population. Singapore General Hospital 23rd Annual Scientific Meeting, Singapore, April 2019. (Poster Presentation)

  • Assessing the impact of vision loss on quality of life: Does acuity classification using binocular or monocular vision states matter? DUKE NUS Scientific Congress Conference, Academia, Singapore, 2018. (Poster Presentation; Co-I)

  • Association of volumetric breast density with demographic, reproductive and lifestyle features. European Congress of Radiology (ECR), Vienna, Austria, March 2018. (Poster Presentation)

  • The Prevalence and Factors of Non-Adherence to Post-Ophthalmic Screening Tertiary Referrals in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes. DUKE NUS Scientific Congress Conference, Academia, Singapore, 2018. (Oral Presentation; Co-I)

  • Association of Alcohol Intake and Frequency with the Incidence and Progression of Diabetic Retinopathy. DUKE NUS Scientific Congress Conference, Academia, Singapore, 2018. (Poster Presentation; Co-I)

  • Radiologist Performance in Mammographic Interpretation - a tale of two cities. 11th General Breast Imaging Meeting, Queenstown, New Zealand, April 2017. (Poster Presentation)

  • Mammographic Breast Density Assessment: Certain Quantra outputs correlate better with visual classification by expert breast radiologists. European Congress of Radiology (ECR), Vienna, Austria, March 2017. (Poster Presentation)

  • Varying performance in mammographic interpretation across two countries:  Do results indicate reader or population variances? Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE)― Image Perception, Observer Performance, and Technology Assessment, California, United State of America, March 2016. (Oral Presentation)

  • Reliability of the dose displayed by digital full-field mammography units against the actual dose that patients received using PMMA phantoms. Asian Breast Diseases Association (ABDA) Meeting and Symposium, Fukuoka, Japan, September 2016. (Poster Presentation; Co-I)

  • The relevance of test sets in breast cancer screening. RadiologyAsia, Singapore Expo, May 2015. (Oral Presentation)

  • Perception of radiation safety in mobile radiography amongst ward nurses at Singapore General Hospital. RadiologyAsia, Singapore Expo, May 2015. (Oral Presentation; Co-I)

  • Can radiologists’ clinical performance in breast screening be predicted using test sets? DUKE NUS Scientific Congress Conference, DUKE NUS, Singapore, 2014. (Poster Presentation)

  • Test set readings predict clinical performance to a limited extent: preliminary findings. Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE)― Image Perception, Observer Performance, and Technology Assessment, Florida, United State of America, February 2013. (Oral Presentation)

  • Can Radiologists' clinical performance be predicted in the laboratory?  Breast Interest Group of the Royal Australian & New Zealand College of Radiology (RANZCR), Darwin Convention Centre, Australia, June 2013. (Oral Presentation)

  • Identifying clinical performance in breast cancer imaging: the test set dilemma. Sydney Cancer Conference, The University of Sydney, Australia, September 2012. (Oral Presentation)

  • Visual search strategy of naive readers interpreting mammograms before and after an e-learning tutorial. DUKE NUS Scientific Congress Conference, DUKE NUS, Singapore, 2010. (Oral Presentation)

  • Visual search strategy of naive readers interpreting mammograms before and after an e-learning tutorial. DUKE NUS Scientific Congress Conference, DUKE NUS, Singapore, 2010. (Poster Presentation)

  • An e-learning tutorial demonstrates significant improvements in performance amongst naive observers in breast image interpretation. Medical Image Perception Society (MIPS) conference, Santa Barbara, CA, USA, 2009. (Oral Presentation)