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Wednesday, 09 Nov, 2011
Professor Soo Khee Chee awarded the President's Science & Technology Medal 2011
The President’s Science and Technology Awards (PSTA) 2011 recognized eight outstanding research scientists and engineers in Singapore, four of whom are from NUS.
Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School’s Vice Dean of Clinical and Faculty Affairs Prof Soo Khee Chee received the most prestigious President’s Science and Technology Medal (PSTM) 2011, the top honours among these national awards. He is the first clinician-scientist to be awarded the PSTM. Past winners included Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine Dr Sydney Brenner, former Chief Defence Scientist Prof Lui Pao Chuen, and NUS President Prof Tan Chorh Chuan. Said Prof Soo: “I am honored to receive the award. It is a recognition of the importance of both multidisciplinary team effort in science and also the role of clinician scientists in our biomedical sciences initiatives.”
Singapore President Dr Tony Tan Keng Yam conferred the awards to the eight PSTA winners at a grand ceremony held on 8 November 2011.
The event also saw the presentation of the Young Scientist Award (YSA) to three promising research scientists and engineers aged 35 years and below, two of whom are from NUS.
Article extracted from NUS Newshub, Nov 9, 2011