Faculty

Faculty

The Centre for Clinician-Scientist+ Development supports the research pillar of academic medicine in our SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre (AMC). Our team of expert faculty members provides support to aspiring clinician-scientists/investigators/innovators through:

1) Personalised guidance for research career and grants pathway strategies

2) Grantsmanship advisory to improve the quality of grant applications such as NMRC talent development grants (CSA, HPHSR CSA, CIA, TA, research training fellowship) and competitive research grants for new investigators (CS-IRG-NIG, PHRG-NIG)

3) Knowledge and experience sharing at CCS⁺D organised workshops and webinars

Principal Lead Mentors

Derrick Chan ❖ Associate Professor ❖ Principal Lead Mentor – Clinician Innovator Development Programme, CCS+D, Duke-NUS Medical School ❖ Director, Singhealth MedTech Office and Senior Consultant, Neurology Service, KK Women's and Children's Hospital

Lim Wan-Teck Darren ❖ Professor ❖ Interim Director and Principal Lead Mentor – Clinician Scientist Development Programme, CCS+D, Duke-NUS Medical School ❖ Senior Consultant, Division of Medical Oncology, National Cancer Centre Singapore

Deidre Anne De Silva ❖ Associate Professor ❖ Principal Lead Mentor – Clinician Investigator Development Programme, CCS+D, Duke-NUS Medical School ❖ Head & Senior Consultant, Department of Neurology, National Neuroscience Institute (SGH Campus)

Lead Mentors - CCS+D Clinician Scientist Development Programme

Low Guek Hong Jenny ❖ Professor ❖ Vice Chair, Research, Medicine ACP and Senior Consultant, Infectious Diseases, Singapore General Hospital

Kwa Lay Hoon, Andrea ❖ Associate Professor ❖ Deputy Director, Pharmacy (Research & Innovation), Singapore General Hospital

Chua Lee Kiang, Melvin ❖ Associate Professor ❖ Head and Senior Consultant, Head and Neck and Thoracic Cancers, Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Centre Singapore

Tan Bee Huat Iain ❖ Professor ❖ Senior Consultant, Medical Oncology, National Cancer Centre Singapore

Ong Chin-Ann Johnny ❖ Associate Professor ❖ Senior Consultant, Surgery & Surgical Oncology, Sarcoma, Peritoneal and Rare Tumours (SPRinT), National Cancer Centre Singapore

Lead Mentors - CCS+D Clinician Investigator Development Programme

Cheung Chui Ming Gemmy ❖ Professor ❖ Head and Senior Consultant, Medical Retina Department, Singapore National Eye Centre

Lee Jan Hau ❖ Associate Professor ❖ Dy Vice Chair, Research, Paediatrics ACP and Senior Consultant, Children's ICU, KK Women's and Children's Hospital

Lead Mentors - CCS+D Clinician Investigator Development Programme (Population Health and Health Services Research)

Yang Meijuan, Grace ❖ Associate Professor ❖ Director, Research, SingHealth Duke-NUS Supportive & Palliative Care Centre and Senior Consultant, Supportive & Palliative Care, National Cancer Centre Singapore

Pua Yong Hao ❖ Snr Principal Physiotherapist, Physiotherapy, Singapore General Hospital

Laura Tay ❖ Associate Professor ❖ Head & Senior Consultant, SingHealth Duke-NUS Centre of Memory & Cognitive Disorders and Geriatric Medicine, Sengkang General Hospital

Lead Mentors - CCS+D Clinician Innovator Development Programme

Sng Ban Leong ❖ Professor ❖ Vice Chair, Research, Anaesthesiology & Perioperative Sciences ACP ❖ Head & Senior Consultant, Women's Anaesthesia, KK Women's and Children's Hospital ❖ Chief Data and Digital Officer (CDDO), KKH

Shamira Asith Perera ❖ Associate Professor ❖ Senior Consultant, Glaucoma, Cataract & Comprehensive Opthalmology, Singapore National Eye Centre

CCS+D Programme Anchor for Khoo Pilot Award

Balram Chowbay ❖ Professor ❖ Principal Investigator & Principal Clinical Pharmacologist, National Cancer Centre Singapore