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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:
The Future of Global Health During Turbulent TimesProfessor Michael Merson Duke University
Concurrent Session 1Enabling 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 ApproachDr Cheryl Seah Centre for Evidence and Implementation
Leveraging Big Data to Improve Cardiovascular Care– The SingCLOUD JourneyClinical Professor Yeo Khung Keong National Heart Centre Singapore
Bridging Research and Communities: Advancing Mental Health Policy Through Epidemiological StudiesAssociate Professor Mythily SubramaniamInstitute of Mental Health, Singapore
Concurrent Session 2Journey 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-HoeNational Cancer Centre Singapore and Singapore General Hospital
The Best Advice from my Mentors Professor Wong Tien Yin Tsinghua Medicine, Tsinghua University
Concurrent Session 3Advancing 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 PerspectivesAdjunct Professor Derrick Heng Ministry of Health
Shifting the Patient Paradigm: Involving Family Caregivers for Healthy SocietiesDr Chan Ee Yuee Tan Tock Seng Hospital
The Power of Cohorts – in Population HealthProfessor Johan Gunnar Eriksson Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore
Concurrent Session 4Innovative Technologies and Medical Entrepreneurship
Innovations in Surgical Imaging – From Mixed Reality to Spatial AIAdjunct Assistant Professor Gao Yujia National University Hospital
Redefining Endoscopes as Surgical Robots: A New Clinical ParadigmDr Kevin Koh Vivo Surgical