Associate Professor Christine TENG
- Bachelor of Science (Pharmacy), National University of Singapore
- MSc (Clinical Pharmacy) (Distinction), Queen’s University of Belfast, UK
- Master Health Professional Education, Maastricht University, the Netherlands
- Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, National University of Singapore
- 18 Science Drive 4, Singapore 117543
- Tel: +65 6516 1996
- Fax: +65 6779 1554
- Email: phatbcc@nus.edu.sg
Biography
Prof Teng has been a pharmacist for more than 25 years and remains passionate in her roles as a pharmacist, educator and scholar. Prof Teng delights in mentoring students and young pharmacists. After completing her 2-year Clinical Pharmacy Fellowship at the University of Illinois in Chicago, she returned to NUS Pharmacy (her alma mater) in 2008 as Assistant Professor and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2016. She was part of the team which set up the NUS Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) program that enrolled its inaugural class in 2009. Prof Teng assumed Directorship of the PharmD program in 2018 and led the PharmD faculty members to revise the coursework curriculum to its current form (implemented since August 2019) with increased emphasis on developing advanced clinical competency, self-directed learning skills and critical thinking. The revised coursework curriculum adopted flipped-classroom, student-centered teaching-learning formats and is more amenable for part-time studies.
Prof Teng is a registered Specialist Pharmacist (Infectious Diseases). She was part of the team that set up the TTSH Antimicrobial Stewardship Program where she continues to maintain her practice. She was a research scholar at Mayo Clinic (Rochester, Minnesota) in 2013 and assumed a key role in the design and conduct of the first landmark randomised controlled trial on the application of rapid diagnostics and antimicrobial stewardship for the management of bloodstream infections. Prof Teng continues to conduct research to bridge the gaps between knowledge, practice and optimal medication use for quality patient care.
Prof Teng also serves in multiple committees on the national level, including the Singapore Pharmacy Council and the Pharmacy Specialist Accreditation Board. She was President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Singapore (2011 to 2013) and conferred as fellow of PSS in 2023.
She says: “I am fortunate to be part of various teams that worked tirelessly to achieve significant progress in the training, development and practice of pharmacist for a better healthcare. I look forward to working even more closely with our staff members, students, alumni, and partners from Ministry of Health, industry, healthcare and other academic institutions. With strong collaborative network and collective leadership, we will continue to establish new frontiers in research, education and practice.”
Undergraduate:
- PR2150 (Drug Information Skills)
- PR3151 (Clinical Microbiology; Pharmacotherapeutics of UTIs, RTIs, SSTIs, Meningitis, C.Difficile infections; Infection Prevention; Antimicrobial Stewardship)
- PR3150 (Drug Information Skills; Patient Safety; Pharmacy Law; Clinical Case Presentation; Medication Management and Patient Education)
- PR5135 (Drug Information Skills; Quality Improvement; Drug Use Evaluation; Formulary Management)
- PR5130 (Clinical Microbiology; Pharmacotherapeutics of IAIs, CNS infections)
- PR5113 (Clinical Pharmacokinetics and TDM of vancomycin and aminoglycosides)
- PR5131A (Pharmacotherapeutics of infective endocarditis and CRBSIs)
- Impact of Antimicrobial Stewardship Strategies & Antimicrobial Resistance
- Pharmacotherapeutics of infectious diseases
- Impact of innovative teaching-learning formats
- BSc (Pharmacy) (1996), National University of Singapore
- MSc (Clinical Pharmacy) (Distinction) (2002), Queen’s University of Belfast, Belfast, UK
- Accredited Pharmacy Specialist (Infectious Diseases), Ministry of Health Singapore (from 2013)
- Master Health Professional Education (2024), Maastricht University, the Netherlands
- Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist (BCPS), USA (2007-2021)
- BCPS with Added Qualification in Infectious Diseases, USA (2011-2021)
- Fellow of the Pharmaceutical Society of Singapore [2023]
- NHG Outstanding Education Partners Award [2018]
- National Medical Research Council (NMRC) Research Fellowship Award [2013-2014]
- Health Manpower Development Programme, Singapore Ministry of Health [2009]
- Overseas Clinical Pharmacy Faculty Training/Fellowship Award, National University of Singapore [2006-2008]
- Full sponsorship for MSc (Clinical Pharmacy), Tan Tock Seng Hospital [2000-2002]
- Health Manpower Development Programme, Singapore Ministry of Health [2004]
National University of Singapore, Faculty of Science Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Associate Professor [Jul 2016 to present], key appointments include:
– Director, NUS Doctor of Pharmacy Program [from Jan 2018]
– Co-Chairperson, NUS Interprofessional Education Steering Committee [2015 – 2022]
– Faculty Advisor, Office of Residency Training [fr Feb 2020]
– Year 3 Lead, NUS Bachelor of Pharmacy Program [from 2021]
– Deputy Head of Department [from Jul 2024] - Assistant Professor, National University of Singapore (2008-Jun 2016)
- Instructor [May 2006 to Jun 2008]
- Senior Project Administrator (Pharmacy) [Aug 2015 to Jun 2017]
- Visiting Scientist [Aug 2013 to Jun 2014]
- Visiting Scholar/ Pharmacy Fellow [Jun 2006 to Jun 2008]
- Principal Pharmacist (Specialist) as Joint Staff [from Aug 2023]
- Principal Clinical Pharmacist as Associate Staff [Jul 2008 to Jun 2023]
- Pharmacist-in-charge of Drug Information Service & Senior Pharmacist [Jun 1998 to Apr 2006]
- Pharmacist, Inpatient/Satellite Pharmacy [Jun 1997 to Jun 1998]
- Pre-registration Pharmacist [Jun 1996 to Jun 1997]
- Member, Singapore Pharmacy Council, MOH [from Sept 2020]
- Chief Examiner, Board of examiners, MOH Pharmacist competency examination [from Jan 2019]
- Secretary [from Feb 2020], member [Feb 2017- Jan 2020], MOH Pharmacy Specialist Accreditation Board
- Chairperson [Apr 2017 – Feb 2020], member [2015 – Mar 2017, Mar – Dec 2020], MOH Pharmacy Residency Accreditation Committee
- Member, MOH Pharmacy Residency Examination Committee [2016-2024]
- Pharmacist member, Singapore Pharmacy Council Complaints Panel [from 2015]
- Member, MOH Pharmacy Specialist Accreditation Committee (Infectious Diseases) [2012 – 2021]
- Member, MOH Workgroup on National Standards for Pharmacy Services [2010 to 2013]
- Supporting Expert, Nursing Home Standard Workgroup [2012 to Jun 2013]
- Member, Singapore MOH Antibiotic Utilization and Stewardship [2009 to Jun 2013]
- President [Apr 2011 – Mar 2013]; Council Member [Apr 2015 to Mar 2018]; Vice-President [2010 – 2011]; Honorary Treasurer [2009 – 2010], Pharmaceutical Society of Singapore
- Core faculty, Singapore Antimicrobial Stewardship Training Course [from 2016]
- Member, TTSH Antimicrobial Stewardship Programme Committee [from 2009]
- Member, NUHS Polyclinic Antimicrobial Stewardship Programme Committee [from 2009]
- Mok HT, Teng CB, Bergin S, Hon PY, Lye DC, De PP, Vasoo S. Treatment outcomes with benzylpenicillin and non-benzylpenicillin antibiotics, and the performance of the penicillin zone-edge test versus molecular detection of blaZ in penicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (PSSA) bacteraemia. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 2023 Oct;78(10):2515-23.
- Ng TM, Heng ST, Chua BH, Ang LW, Tan SH, Tay HL, Yap MY, Quek J, Teng CB, Young BE, Lin R. Sustaining Antimicrobial Stewardship in a High–Antibiotic Resistance Setting. JAMA Network Open. 2022 May 2;5(5):e2210180
- Ong SW, Hon PY, Wee SS, Chia JW, Mendis S, Izharuddin E, Lin RJ, Chia PY, Sim RC, Chen MI, Chow A, Yoong J, Lye DC, Teng CB, Tambyah PA, Banerjee R, Patel R, De PP, Vasoo S. Accuracy of a Rapid Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction Plus a Chromogenic Phenotypic Test Algorithm for Detection of Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase and Carbapenemase-Producing Gram-Negative Bacilli in Positive Blood Culture Bottles. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2022 May 15;74(10):1850-4.
- Lim ZC, Hoo GS, Ang JH, Teng CB, Ang LW, Lee CC, Leo YS, Law HL, Ng OT, Wong CS. Safety and effectiveness of switching to Abacavir/Lamivudine plus rilpivirine for maintenance therapy in virologically suppressed HIV-1 individuals in Singapore (SEALS). AIDS research and therapy. 2021 Dec;18(1):1-9.
- Ng TM, Tan SH, Heng ST, Tay HL, Yap MY, Chua BH, Teng CB, Lye DC, Lee TH. Effects of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on antimicrobial prevalence and prescribing in a tertiary hospital in Singapore. Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control. 2021 Dec;10(1):1-8.
- Tan SH, Ng TM, Tay HL, Yap MY, Heng ST, Loo AYX, Teng CB, Lee TH. A point prevalence survey to assess antibiotic prescribing in patients hospitalized with confirmed and suspected coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). J Glob Antimicrob Resist. 2021 Mar;24:45-47. doi: 10.1016/j.jgar.2020.11.025.
- Heng ST, Wong J, Young B, Tay HL, Tan SH, Yap MY, Teng CB, Ang B, Lee TH, Tan HL, Lew TW. Effective Antimicrobial StewaRdship StrategIES (ARIES): Cluster Randomized Trial of Computerized Decision Support System and Prospective Review and Feedback. Open forum infectious diseases 2020 Jul (Vol. 7, No. 7, p. ofaa254).
- Tat Ming Ng, Chong Junn Teo, Shi Thong Heng, Yi Rong Chen, Wan Peng Lim, Christine B Teng. Impact of round-the-clock pharmacist inpatient medication chart review on medication errors. Journal of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy. 2020;1-7. https://doi.org/10.1002/jac5.1257
- Ang F, Pau JE, Koh EW, Loh NK, Yeoh W, Liang JW, Teng CB, Yap KZ. Drug-related problems associated with community-dwelling older persons living alone in Singapore. International journal of clinical pharmacy. 2019 Jun 15;41(3):719-27.
- Selcuk A, Yap KZ, Wong CL, Yang JX, Yong PC, Chan SY, Teng CB. A Point Prevalence Study of Antimicrobial Use and Practice Among Nursing Homes in Singapore. Drugs & Aging. 2019 Jun 1;36(6):559-70.
- Quek WM, Teng CB, Tan YZ, Chong K, Lye DC, Ng TM. Outcomes of Fosfomycin Use in Ceftriaxone-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae Urinary Tract Infection in the Elderly. International journal of antimicrobial agents. 2019 Feb;53(2):195.
- Mendis SM, Vasoo S, Johnston BD, Porter SB, Cunningham SA, Menon SR, Teng CB, De PP, Patel R, Johnson JR, Banerjee R. Clinical and molecular correlates of Escherichia coli bloodstream infection from two geographically diverse centers in Rochester, Minnesota, and Singapore. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy. 2018 Oct 1;62(10):e00937-18
- Selcuk A, Teng CB, Chan SY, Yap KZ. Antimicrobial use and drug-drug interactions among nursing home residents in Singapore: A multicentre prevalence study. Int J Clin Pharm. 2018;40(5):1044-50.
- Jumah MTB, Vasoo S, Menon SR, De PP, Neely M, Teng CB. 2018. Pharmacokinetic/ pharmacodynamic determinants of vancomycin efficacy in enterococcal bacteremia. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 62:e01602-17. https://doi.org/10.1128/AAC.01602-17
- Tat Ming Ng, Vanessa Y Phang, Barnaby Young,Sock Hoon Tan, Hui Lin Tay, Michelle W Tan, Li Min Ling, Brenda S Ang, Christine B Teng, David C Lye. Clinical impact of non-antibiotics recommendations by a multi-disciplinary antimicrobial stewardship team. Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2017 (published online) DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2017.01.046
- Chow AL, Ang A, Chow CZ, Ng TM, Teng C, Ling LM, Ang BS, Lye DC. Implementation hurdles of an interactive, integrated, point-of-care computerised decision support system for hospital antibiotic prescription. Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2016 Feb;47(2):132-9.
- Ng TM, Teng CB, Lew EL, Ling LM, Ang B, Lye DC. Potential for Cefazolin as De-escalation Therapy for Klebsiella Pneumoniae Bacteraemia. Ann Acad Med Singapore. 2015 Dec;44(12):571-4.
- R Banerjee, CB Teng#, SA Cunningham, S Ihde, J Steckelberg, JP Moriarty, ND Shah, J Mandrekar, R Patel. Randomized Trial of Rapid Multiplex PCR-Based Blood Culture Identification and Susceptibility Testing. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2015; 61(7): 1071-1080 #co-first author
- CB Teng, TM Ng, MW Tan, SH Tan, M Tay, SF Lim, LM Ling, B Ang, DC Lye. Safety and effectiveness of improving carbapenem use via prospective review and feedback in a multidisciplinary antimicrobial stewardship programme. Ann Acad Med Singapore 2015;44:19-25
- SH Tan, CB Teng, TM Ng, DC Lye. Antibiotic therapy and clinical outcomes of Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteremia. Ann Acad Med Singapore 2014 Nov; 43(11): 526-534
- Lew KY, Ng TM, Tan M, Tan SH, Lew EL, Ling LM, Ang B, Lye D, Teng CB. Safety and clinical outcomes of carbapenem de-escalation as part of an antimicrobial stewardship programme in an ESBL-endemic setting. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2015 Apr;70(4):1219-25
- TM Ng, YX Liew, C Teng, LM Ling, B Ang, HY Tai, YS Leo, DC Lye. An interactive, point-of-care computerised antibiotic prescription decision support improved quality of antibiotic prescription. Journal Global Antimicrobial Resistance 2014 Jun; 2 (2): 127-128
- Madigan T, Teng CB, Koshaish J, Johnson KR, Graner KK, Banerjee R. Optimization of Vancomycin dosing in very low-birth-weight preterm neonates. Am J Perinatol. 2015 Jan;32(1):83-86
- Seah J, Lye DC, Ng TM, Krishnan P, Choudhury S, Teng CB. Vancomycin monotherapy vs. combination therapy for the treatment of persistent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia. Virulence 2013; 4: 734–739
- Ng TM, Teng CB, Lye DC, Apisarnthanarak A. A multicenter case-case control study for risk factors and outcomes of extensively drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii bacteremia. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2014 Jan;35(1):49-55
- K Marimuthu, TM Ng, CB Teng, J Teo, TP Lim, TY Tan, P Krishnan, DC Lye. Risk factors and treatment outcome of ertapenem non-susceptible enterobacteriaceae bacteremia. J Infect 2013;66:294-296
- CB Teng, K Rezai, GS Itokazu, RC Xamplas, RC Glowacki, KA Roldvold, RA Weinstein, DN Schwartz. Continuation of high-dose Vancomycin despite nephrotoxicity. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2012, 56(6):3470
- Grim SA, Berger K, Teng C, Gupta S, Layden JE, Janda WM, Clark NM. Timing of susceptibility-based antifungal drug administration in patients with Candida bloodstream infection: correlation with outcomes. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2012 Mar; 67(3):707-714
- Teng CB, Lee W, Yeo CL, Lee SY, Ng TM, Yeoh SF, Lim WH, Kwa AL, Thoon KC, Ooi ST, Tan TY, Hsu LY, Lye DC, Chlebicki MP. Guidelines for antimicrobial stewardship training and practice. Ann Acad Med Singapore. 2012 Jan;41(1):29-36
- Young B, Ng TM, Teng C, Ang B, Tai HY, Lye DC. Nonconcordance with surgical site infection prevention guidelines and rates of surgical site infections for general surgical, neurological, and orthopedic procedures. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2011 Oct;55(10):4659-4663
- Teng CB, Koh PT, Lye DC, Ang BS. Continuous vs. intermittent infusion of Polymyxin B in the treatment of infections caused by multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria. Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2008 Jan; 31(1):80-82