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28 May 2025 - 29 May 2025

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The NMRC Office, Division of Research and Innovation under MOH Holdings Pte Ltd, organises the NMRC Awards Ceremony and Research Symposium annually. The event aims to recognise outstanding clinician scientists, and to provide a networking platform for the clinical and research communities as well as industries to interact, facilitate knowledge exchange and foster collaborations. 

The 2025 event was held on 28 and 29 May 2025 (1.5 days) at the PARKROYAL COLLECTION Marina Bay, Singapore. It attracted more than 450 participants, including awardees, speakers, exhibitors, and delegates. 

Day 1 featured the NMRC Talent Awards presentation ceremony, attended by Ms Lai Wei Lin, the Ministry of Health's Permanent Secretary (Policy and Development) as Guest-of-Honour. The programme continued with engaging plenary and concurrent sessions, where distinguished speakers shared insights from their biomedical and healthcare research endeavours. There was also booth showcase by the Consortium for Clinical Research and Innovation, Singapore (CRIS), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Centre for Biomedical Ethics and more. 

Download the e-programme booklet for the full programme, including the award recipients, speakers’ and exhibitors’ profiles.

The slides for the presentations below are available in the links:

Plenary Session

The Future of Global Health During Turbulent Times
Professor Michael Merson
 
Duke University 

Concurrent Session 1
Enabling Research Translation for Better Health

 

Making it Easier to Learn from Others Around the World: The Evidence Synthesis Infrastructure Collaborative 
Professor John Lavis 
McMaster University 

Participatory Design of a Youth Mental Health Intervention: Use of the Common Elements Approach
Dr Cheryl Seah
 
Centre for Evidence and Implementation  

Leveraging Big Data to Improve Cardiovascular Care– The SingCLOUD Journey
Clinical Professor Yeo Khung Keong 
National Heart Centre Singapore 

Bridging Research and Communities: Advancing Mental Health Policy Through Epidemiological Studies
Associate Professor Mythily Subramaniam
Institute of Mental Health, Singapore  

Concurrent Session 2
Journey of Clinician Scientists, Investigators and Innovators

Comparison of Clinician Scientist Pathways: Singapore versus UK and Australia
Professor Sir John Savill 
Melbourne Academic Centre for Health 

The Evolution of an (accidental) Surgeon Scientist
Professor Pierce Chow Kah-Hoe

National Cancer Centre Singapore and Singapore General Hospital  

The Best Advice from my Mentors
Professor Wong Tien Yin
 
Tsinghua Medicine, Tsinghua University 

Concurrent Session 3
Advancing Population Health Research

Addressing Systemic Disconnects in Musculoskeletal Health Across the Care Continuum: The Role of Population and Health Services Research
Assistant Professor Bryan Tan Yijia
 
Woodlands Health 

Population Health Research and Translation: Policy Perspectives
Adjunct Professor Derrick Heng
 
Ministry of Health 

Shifting the Patient Paradigm: Involving Family Caregivers for Healthy Societies
Dr Chan Ee Yuee
 
Tan Tock Seng Hospital 

The Power of Cohorts – in Population Health
Professor Johan Gunnar Eriksson
 
Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore 

Concurrent Session 4
Innovative Technologies and Medical Entrepreneurship

Innovations in Surgical Imaging – From Mixed Reality to Spatial AI
Adjunct Assistant Professor Gao Yujia
 
National University Hospital 

Redefining Endoscopes as Surgical Robots: A New Clinical Paradigm
Dr Kevin Koh
 
Vivo Surgical