Leon Yong Jie Oh

Detail-oriented Medical Intern collaborating with professionals to execute safe and effective health care. Skilled at completing patient-facing and office-based tasks by applying strong organizational abilities. Articulate communicator skillfully handling sensitive issues with patients from various backgrounds.

AHPRA: 

Registration Number: MED0002789474

Registration Type: Provisional 

• Paper: Soh, Q.R., Oh, L.Y., Chow, E.P., Johnson, C.C., Jamil, M.S. and Ong, J.J., 2022. HIV testing uptake according to opt-in, opt-out or risk-based testing approaches: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Current HIV/AIDS Reports, 19(5), pp.375-383. • Equal first co-authors • Extensive involvement in literature search, screening and data analysis
• Paper: “Neurocognitive and Neuropsychiatric Effects in Patients with Primary Aldosteronism: A Systematic Review” → PROSPERO registration: CRD42021268932 • Authors: Leon Oh, Poeter Li, Christopher Chua, Heather Morris, Jun Yang, Suresh Sundram• Extensive involvement with all aspects of review under advisement from chief investigators, including study formulation, literature search, screening • Manuscript drafting in progress
• Research Project: “microRNA concentrations as a biomarker of liver injury in paracetamol overdose: informing treatment paradigms” • Supervisors: Dr Anselm Wong, Professor Michael Gantier; Hudson Institute of Medical Research • microRNA extraction and cDNA synthesis of liver samples from human patients • q-PCR and quantification of biomarker amplification
• Research Project: “Bitter Taste Receptors (T2Rs) in the heart” • Supervisors: Prof Walter Thomas; Dr Brooke Purdue; Dr Melissa Reichelt; University of Queensland • Honours research student • Induced clinically relevant single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), and transfection into HEK293 cells • Characterised G protein signal transduction pathways of T2Rs through ligand stimulation, quantifying calcium and nitric oxide responses via high throughout assays
• Presentation: Presentation at Queensland Cardiovascular Network on “Bitter Taste Receptors (T2Rs) in the heart” • Presented on Oct 2017
• Research Project: “Effect of inflammatory mediators on the myostatin signalling pathway in amnion” • Supervisors: Prof Murray Mitchell; Dr Hassendrini Peiris; University of Queensland Centre of Clinical Research • Student research scholar • Preparation and stimulation of human amnion samples with inflammatory mediators • Quantification of gene expression changes within myostatin signalling pathway via DNA microarray assays
• Research Project: “Expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of a ribokinase from Halothermothrix orenii” • Supervisors: Prof Bharat Patel; Dr Lokesh Kori; Griffith University • Overexpression, extraction and purification of ribokinase enzyme from cultivated Halothermothrix orenii• Subjected ribokinase enzymes to hundreds of crystallisation conditions • Elucidation of ribokinase structure via X-ray crystallography
• Research Project: “Isolation and Purification of Anti-Microbial compounds from fungal extracts” • Supervisors: Dr Guo Xu Ming, Dr Subramanium Gurusamy; Nanyang Polytechnic • Fractional distillation of crude fungal extracts to obtain anti-microbial compounds • Assessed potency of anti-microbial compounds via microbial assays

• UQ Dean’s Commendation for Academic Excellence, University of Queensland: 2017
• UQ Summer Research Program Scholarship, University of Queensland, Centre of Clinical Research: 2016
• UQ Winter Research Program Scholarship, University of Queensland, Centre of Clinical Research: 2015

• Dr Julie Lustig: Consultant Geriatrician - julie.lustig@monashhealth.org
• Dr Walter Gee: Consultant Geriatrician - walter.gee@monashhealth.org

The curriculum vitae is true and correct as at 18/01/2025