Eugenia Ong Ziying

Dr. Eugenia Ong Ziying is a Principal Research Scientist at the Signature Research Programme in Emerging Infectious Diseases at Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore. She also serves as Laboratory Director of the Viral Research and Experimental Medicine Centre at SingHealth Duke-NUS (ViREMiCS).

Her research focuses on host-virus interactions and the preclinical and clinical development of vaccines and therapeutics. Dr. Ong specializes in molecular correlates for viral infection outcomes and multi-omics profiling of host response to assess safety and effectiveness of vaccines and anti-infective therapeutics. She was recognized as a TOYP Singapore Honoree in 2021 for Medical Innovation, though specific details about this award were not found in the search results.

Dr. Ong has been involved in cutting-edge research on dengue infection, contributing to studies that examine immune responses in skin tissue and blood samples of dengue patients. Her work aims to define immune correlates of protection against dengue disease, which is spreading globally.