Sng Li-hwei FRCPA, FAMS

Dr Sng Li-Hwei is a pathologist specializing in medical microbiology, and a Senior Consultant, at SGH since 2003. She graduated from the National University of Singapore, received microbiology training at the SGH Department of Pathology and the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, USA; and Mycobacteriology specialist training at the Centres of Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA.

Sng Li-Hwei is actively involved in various workgroups for mycobacterial diagnosis and control, and laboratory biosafety. Her interests involve novel diagnostic methods and the integration of advanced technology and testing platforms in clinical diagnostic laboratories, antimicrobial resistance, and epidemiological studies, especially mycobacteria. The CTBL serves as the national reference laboratory for tuberculosis (TB) and has collaborated with local and international scientists and researchers in developing TB diagnostics, fingerprinting assays, and studies involving whole genome sequencing and evolutionary biology.