SingHealth Duke-NUS AMC Excels at National Medical Research Council Awards 2019!
The National Medical Research Council (NMRC) awards are presented to clinician scientists and researchers to carry out translational and clinical research in Singapore – to transform patient care with their research.
Our heartiest congratulations to the following NMRC Award recipients from the SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre!
Research teams from NNI and NCCS secured S$35 million funding under the Open Fund - Large Collaborative Grant (OF-LCG), a national competitive research grant that supports teams from public institutions, who advance research for improved human health and wellness.
17 clinician scientists and researchers won talent development awards such as the Singapore Translational Research Investigator Awards, Clinician Scientist Awards and Transition Awards, which are presented to outstanding researchers who do internationally-competitive translational and clinical research. Nine budding clinician scientists were recognised under the NMRC Research Training Fellowship and MOH Healthcare Research Scholarship programmes.
Full listing of award winners as follows:
Open Fund – Large Collaborative Grant (OF-LCG) Winners
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S$25 million grant for Singapore PARKinson’s disease Translational Clinical Programme (SPARK, Phase II) - Prof Tan Eng King (NNI, Duke-NUS)
- Assoc Prof Lim Kah Leong (NUS, NNI, Duke-NUS)
- Prof Ng Huck Hui (A*STAR)
- Assoc Prof Louis Tan (NNI, Duke-NUS)
- Prof Zhang Suchun (Duke-NUS)
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S$10 million grant for The Singapore lYMPHoma translatiONal studY (SYMPHONY)
- Prof Lim Soon Thye (NCCS)
- Prof Chng Wee Joo (NUS)
- Asst Prof Anand Jeyasekharan (NUS)
- Assoc Prof Ng Siok Bian (NUS)
- Olaf Rotzschke (A*STAR)
- Dr Ong Choon Kiat (NCCS)
- Prof Steven Rozen, Duke-NUS
- Dr Tiffany Tang (NCCS)
- Prof Hong Wanjin (A*STAR)
- Asst Prof Navin Kumar Verma (NTU)
- Dr Nicholas Francis Grigoropoulos (SGH)
- Asst Prof Takaomi Sanda (NUS)
- Assoc Prof Tan Soo Yong (NUHS)
- Dr Anita Chan (SNEC)
- Asst Prof Edward Kai-Hua Chow (NUS)
- Dr Jabed Iqbal (SGH)
- Khor Chiea Chuen (A*STAR)
- Asst Prof Owen Rackham (Duke-NUS)
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| Prof Antonio Bertoletti Duke-NUS
| Prof David M. Virshup Duke-NUS
| Prof Karl Tryggvason Duke-NUS
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Clinician Scientist Awards – Senior Investigator (CSA-SI)
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| Assoc Prof Ong Sin Tiong Duke-NUS
| Prof Ooi Eng Eong Duke-NUS, SingHealth
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Clinician Scientist Awards – Investigator (CSA-INV)
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| Asst Prof Melvin Chua NCCS, Duke-NUS
| Asst Prof Iain Tan NCCS, Duke-NUS
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| Asst Prof Calvin Chin NHCS, Duke-NUS
| Assoc Prof Andrea Kwa SGH, Duke-NUS
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| Asst Prof Donny Hoang SNEC, SERI, Duke-NUS
| Asst Prof Angela Koh NHCS, Duke-NUS
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| Asst Prof Dawn Chong NCCS, Duke-NUS
| Asst Prof Tiffany Tang NCCS, Duke-NUS
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Asst Prof Tan Hong Chang SGH, Duke-NUS
| Asst Prof Shweta Singhal SNEC, SERI, Duke-NUS
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| Dr Pua Yong Hao SGH
| Dr Adeline Ng NNI, Duke-NUS
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| Dr Troy Puar Hai Kiat CGH
| Dr Diana Chan SGH, Duke-NUS
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| Asst Prof Liu Yu Chi SNEC, SERI, Duke-NUS
| Dr Nei Wen Long NCCS, Duke-NUS
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MOH Healthcare Research Scholarship – Master of Clinical Investigation (MCI) Programme
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| Dr Wang Fuqiang NCCS, Duke-NUS
| Dr Sue-Ann Ng
SGH, Duke-NUS
| Dr Judith Wong
KKH, Duke-NUS
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Dr Clement Wu
MOH Holdings Pte Ltd (SGH), Duke-NUS
| Dr Vincent Tay
MOH Holdings Pte Ltd (SGH), Duke-NUS
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