Duke-NUS Health Innovator Programme

Training the next generation of health innovators 

The Duke-NUS Health Innovator Programme (D-HIP) is a first-of-its-kind programme in Singapore that assembles a multidisciplinary student team to work on a critical unmet clinical need, while being closely mentored by dedicated industry & clinical mentors. 

Made up of a medical student, an engineering student and an MBA student, each team starts with a validated critical unmet clinical need. With their diverse expertise, each team creates a work-like prototype, under the close mentorship of experienced industry and clinical mentors.  Their innovation journey culminates in a business pitch - "shark-tank style" - to a panel of judges on Dazzle Day, D-HIP's graduating event. All within nine months. 

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Bring diverse young minds to converge and address a critical unmet clinical need - that's where magic happens.

Through our immersive innovation education programme, D-HIP aims to:

Nurture Healthcare Innovators

Encourage innovation with a a problem-solving mindset, to solve healthcare problems.

Foster Venture Creation

Empower students with an entrepreneurial mindset.

Advance Innovation Education

Establish and evolve best practices for immersive innovation education.

A unique journey combining healthcare expertise, innovation mindset and industry experience

A unique problem-driven innovation curriculum to solve future clinical needs in Asia

Developed in-house, our curriculum guides students through the iterative process of innovation, from Discovery, to Design to Develop and lastly, to Dazzle. 

Our curriculum is based on the vast combined experience of our teaching faculty, who come from a background of health start-ups and multinational medtech companies in Asia. 

D-HIP Cohort 4 (Aug 2025 to May 2026)

Clinical Fellows

Danny Lo Ji Ying
Mr Danny Lo
MD Student, Class of 2027,
Duke-NUS Medical School 
Veda Milind Ghorpade
Ms Veda Ghorpade
MD Student, Class of 2027,
Duke-NUS Medical School 
Lim Zhen Ming, Louis
Mr Louis Lim
MD Student, Class of 2027,
Duke-NUS Medical School 
Jovan Hsu Teng Yuan
Mr Jovan Hsu
Medical Student,
NUS YLLSoM
Lin Ming
Ms Lin Ming 
MD Student, Class of 2027,
Duke-NUS Medical School 
Pham Yen Thanh (Thara)
Ms Thara Pham
MD Student, Class of 2027,
Duke-NUS Medical School 
 

Engineering Fellows (NUS College of Design and Engineering)



Jayachandran Deepsri
Ms Jayachandran Deepsri
Final Year Biomedical Engineering Student, 
NUS 
Chew Zing Jen
Mr Chew Zing Jen
Final Year Biomedical Engineering Student, 
NUS 
Gore Kyra Rahul
Ms Kyra Gore
Final Year Biomedical Engineering Student, 
NUS 

Ong Jia Wen Amelia
Ms Amelia Ong
Final Year Biomedical Engineering Student, 
NUS
 
Ooi Jie Min
Ms Ooi Jie Min
Final Year Biomedical Engineering Student, 
NUS
 

Business Fellows 


Debbie Foo
Ms Debbie Foo
MBA Student,
NUS Business School
Lih Tsern Lin (Laura)
Ms Laura Lin
MBA Student,
NUS Business School
Eliot Keith Curtis Read
Dr Eliot Read
MBA Student,
NUS Business School
Zhao Zhang (Joyce)
Ms Joyce Zhang
MBA Student,
NUS Business School
Zhengzhong Qu (James)
Mr James Qu
MBA Student,
NUS Business School


Clinical & Industry Mentors

 

Dr Goh Qing Yuan
Dr Goh Qing Yuan (link)
Consultant,
Surgical Intensive Care, 
SGH
Dr Alvin Lee Yuanming
Dr Alvin Lee Yuanming (link)

Associate Consultant,
Urology, SGH


Dr Lincoln Liow
Dr Lincoln Liow (link)
Consultant, 
Orthopaedic Surgery,
SGH

Dr Luke Tay Hsien Ts'ung
Dr Luke Tay Hsien Ts'ung (link)
Senior Consultant, 
Vascular Surgery, 
SGH
Dr Tan Yu Bin (2)
Dr Tan Yu Bin (link)
Associate Consultant, 
Gastroenterology & Hepatology, 
SGH

Mr John Ong
Mr John Ong
Associate Director, Greater Asia R&D
BD

Dr Amit Garg
Dr Amit Garg
Regional Director, Medical Affairs & Digital Health
Terumo Asia Holdings Pte. Ltd.

Mr Peter Cheng
Mr Peter Cheng
Advisor
ZIG Ventures

Dr Kenneth Goh
Dr Kenneth Goh
Scientific Portfolio Engagement Lead,
JLABS Singapore

Dr Kevin Koh
Dr Kevin Koh
Founder and CEO
Vivo Surgical

Mr Shaun Nguee
Mr Shaun Nguee
Robotic and Digital Lead SEA, Strategic Account Lead Singapore
JNJ MedTech

Teaching Faculty

Rena-2
Dr Rena Dharmawan (link)
Programme Director, D-HIP
Asst Dean & Asst Prof, Duke-NUS;
Consultant Surgeon, NCCS
Bipin-2
Dr Bipin Bhola
Curriculum Lead, D-HIP; 
Asst Prof, Duke-NUS; 
Group CEO, Kaleidoscope Therapy Centre Pte Ltd
Alok-2
Adj Assoc Alok Mishra 
Commercial Discovery Lead, D-HIP;
Adjunct Assoc Prof, Duke-NUS; 
CEO, Value Addition 
Dennis-2
Mr Dennis Ong
Design Lead, D-HIP; 
Senior Staff Mechanical Engineer, Vivance
Ali-2
Dr Ali Asgar Saleem Bhagat (link)
Development Lead, D-HIP; 
Assoc Prof (Practice), NUS; 
Deputy Director, iHealthTech
Mark-2
Dr Mark Chong (link)
Design Lead, D-HIP; 
Senior Lecturer, Biomedical Engineering,
NUS College of Design and Engineering 
Adj Assoc Prof Julian Pan
Adj Assoc Prof Julian Pan (link)
Commercial Discovery;
Strategy and Policy,
NUS Business School

Mr Hugh Mason
Mr Hugh Mason
Dazzle Lead;
Co-founder and CEO,
JFDI.Asia

Mr Christopher Tan
Mr Christopher Tan
Leadership Coach,
Think Progress Pte Ltd

Ms Junie Ong
Ms Junie Ong
Leadership Coach,
Think Progress Pte Ltd

Check out what our Cohort 3 Fellows achieved

Learn more

Get Involved

Interested to know more about D-HIP?

Reach out to us at healthinnovator@duke-nus.edu.sg.

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