PhD Student
University of Toronto, Canada
Dr Sean Ong, MBBS, PhD Student (University of Toronto / University of Melbourne), is an infectious diseases physician who completed his specialist training in Singapore in 2022. He was actively involved in clinical research throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, spearheading several local observational studies and played a key role as site investigator in several large international multicentre RCTs. After completing his specialty training, he enrolled in a unique joint PhD program with the University of Toronto in Canada and the University of Melbourne in Australia, working with the BALANCE and SNAP trial networks, which are the two largest RCTs in bloodstream infections to date. His PhD research focuses on investigating different approaches to optimising the design, delivery, and analysis of clinical trials, with a focus on bloodstream infections.