National Medical Research Council Awards 2023

SINGHEALTH DUKE-NUS AMC RESEARCHERS WIN NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL AWARDS

Our heartiest congratulations to the SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre's (AMC) latest winners of the National Medical Research Council (NMRC) awards, fellowships and scholarships!

NMRC held an awards ceremony on 27 April 2023, which recognised 46 clinician scientists and researchers in our AMC who received talent development awards under the Singapore Translational Research Investigator Award, Clinician Scientist Award, Transition Award , Health Promotion, Preventive Health, Population Health and Health Services Research (HPHSR) Clinician Scientist Award and Clinician Innovator Award categories. These awards are presented to talented clinician scientists and researchers who do internationally-competitive and cutting-edge translational and clinical research.

In addition, NMRC Research Training Fellowships were given out to 23 clinicians from our AMC. These awards and programmes transform medicine and improve patient care for Singapore and beyond.

Award winners from NMRC’s July 2022 grant cycle are as follows:

SINGAPORE TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH INVESTIGATOR AWARD (STaR)

Prof Chan Kok Yen Jerry

KKH, DUKE-NUS

Prof Ooi Eng Eong

DUKE-NUS, SINGHEALTH

CLINICIAN SCIENTIST AWARD (SENIOR INVESTIGATOR)

Prof Cheng Ching-Yu

SNEC, SERI, Duke-NUS

Prof Ecosse Lamoureux

SERI, Duke-NUS

Assoc Prof Iain Tan Bee Huat

NCCS, Duke-NUS

CLINICIAN SCIENTIST AWARD (INVESTIGATOR)

Assoc Prof Andrea Kwa Lay Hoon

SGH, Duke-NUS

Assoc Prof Lim Chwee Ming

SGH, Duke-NUS

Assoc Prof Monisha Esther Nongpiur

SERI, Duke-NUS

Asst Prof Johnny Ong Chin-Ann

NCCS, Duke-NUS

Asst Prof Teo Wan-Yee

KKH, Duke-NUS

Asst Prof Jacqueline Chua

SERI, Duke-NUS

Asst Prof Yeo Joo Guan

KKH, Duke-NUS

HPHSR CLINICIAN SCIENTIST AWARD (INVESTIGATOR)

Assoc Prof Hairil Rizal Bin Abdullah

SGH, Duke-NUS

Asst Prof Ryan Man

SERI, Duke-NUS

CLINICIAN INNOVATOR AWARD (INVESTIGATOR)

Dr Yong Jin

SGH, Duke-NUS

TRANSITION AWARD

Assoc Prof Iris Rawtaer

SKH, Duke-NUS

Clin Asst Prof Tiew Pei Yee

SGH, Duke-NUS

Asst Prof Xiao Bin

NNI, Duke-NUS

NMRC RESEARCH TRAINING FELLOWSHIP

Dr Chen Hui Lionel Raphael

SGH

Dr Fong Sheng

SGH

Dr Tan Chin Kimg

CGH

Dr Koh Jean Aan Mark

KKH

Click here to view the NMRC winners from the June 2021 and November 2021 grant call cycles, who also received their awards at the NMRC 2023 awards ceremony!