MEDICUS 2025 issue 1

Trailblazers at Duke-NUS: Meet seven women who are redefining science

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Beth Frates: Rewriting the prescription for a healthier life

Lifestyle medicine pioneer Beth Frates shares the six pillars essential for a healthy lifestyle.

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In the blood: Catching cancer before it strikes again

Scientist-entrepreneur Debleena Ray shares her mission to make cancer relapse detection more accessible and affordable.

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Beyond the ER: Anuradha Pandey’s path in heartbeats and high altitudes

Dr Anuradha Pandey (Class of 2015) shares how she persevered through challenges and setbacks to realise her childhood dream of becoming a doctor.

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From tiny zebrafish to big vision: Tay Hwee Goon's quest to restore sight

While the structures she works on may be tiny, this translational scientist’s impact is larger than life.

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Ready. Set. Simulate! Duke-NUS team wins medical SIMWars

They trained, they simulated. And they conquered. Meet the Duke-NUS student team that clinched the SIMWars title.

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Turning the sunset years golden: Atiqah Lee’s mission to make ageing a joy, not a burden

This aspiring gerontologist is on a quest to create a community in which she can herself age happily.

Duke Connection

Turning up the heat on climate health research

Five international projects tackling climate change’s impact on human health, backed by Duke and Duke-NUS.

NUS Connection

Marvel-ous science: The self-healing material that could change tech

A new Marvel of engineering? Inspired by nature and the multi-verse, this NUS-led innovation brings self-healing tech one step closer to reality.

SingHealth Connection

How a chance meeting sparked a winning solution

Bound by a passion to improve healthcare, this team emerged victorious at the Asia Pacific Global Health Innovation Hackathon.

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