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SingHealth Duke-NUS AMC Excels at National Medical Research Council Awards 2019! 

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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
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)
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)
Singapore Translational Research Investigator Awards (STaR)
​Prof Antonio Bertoletti
Duke-NUS
​Prof David M. Virshup
Duke-NUS
​Prof Karl Tryggvason
Duke-NUS
Clinician Scientist Awards – Senior Investigator (CSA-SI)
​Assoc Prof Ong Sin Tiong
Duke-NUS
​Prof Ooi Eng Eong
Duke-NUS, SingHealth
Clinician Scientist Awards – Investigator (CSA-INV)
​Asst Prof Melvin Chua 
NCCS, Duke-NUS
Asst Prof Iain Tan
NCCS, Duke-NUS
Asst Prof Calvin Chin
NHCS, Duke-NUS
​Assoc Prof Andrea Kwa
SGH, Duke-NUS
​Asst Prof Donny Hoang
SNEC, SERI, Duke-NUS 
​Asst Prof Angela Koh
NHCS, Duke-NUS
Transition Awards (TA)
​Asst Prof Dawn Chong 
NCCS, Duke-NUS
​Asst Prof Tiffany Tang 
NCCS, Duke-NUS
Asst Prof Tan Hong Chang                    
SGH, Duke-NUS
​Asst Prof Shweta Singhal 
SNEC, SERI, Duke-NUS
​Dr Pua Yong Hao                      
SGH
Dr Adeline Ng 
NNI, Duke-NUS
NMRC Research Training Fellowship
​Dr Troy Puar Hai Kiat
CGH
​Dr Diana Chan
SGH, Duke-NUS
​Asst Prof Liu Yu Chi
SNEC, SERI, Duke-NUS
Dr Nei Wen Long
NCCS, Duke-NUS
MOH Healthcare Research Scholarship – Master of Clinical Investigation (MCI) Programme
Dr Wang Fuqiang

NCCS, Duke-NUS

​Dr Sue-Ann Ng

SGH, Duke-NUS

​Dr Judith Wong
KKH, Duke-NUS
​Dr Clement Wu

MOH Holdings Pte Ltd (SGH), Duke-NUS

​Dr Vincent Tay
MOH Holdings Pte Ltd (SGH), Duke-NUS




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Last updated on  4/3/2019 1:08 PM