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Our Council

(Updated as at 1 March 2025)

Chairman

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Prof Ranga Krishnan

Executive Committee (EXCO)


Prof Tan Say Beng Executive Director, National Medical Research Council	Prof Kenneth Mak Director-General Health, Ministry of Health	Prof Ng Wai Hoe Group Chief Executive Officer, SingHealth	Prof Yeoh Khay Guan Chief Executive, National University Health System

Council Members

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Prof Chong Yap Seng Dean, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS	Prof Thomas Coffman Dean, Duke-NUS Medical School	Dr Lisa Ooi Assistant Chief Executive, Biomedical Research Council, A*STAR	Prof Joseph Sung Dean, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine NTU

Prof Edward Holmes Honorary ASTAR Senior Fellow, ASTAR	Prof John Lavis Professor and Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Evidence-Support Systems, McMaster University	Prof Leo Yee-Sin Senior Advisor, National Healthcare Group	Prof Michael Merson Wolfgang Joklik Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Global Health, Duke University

Prof Wong Tien Yin Chair Professor & Senior Vice-Chancellor, Tsinghua Medicine, Tsinghua University	Ms Amy Schulman Managing Partner, Polaris Partners	Prof Teo Yik Ying Dean, Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, NUS	Prof Benjamin Seet Group Chairman Medical Board (Research), National Healthcare Group

Prof Sir John Savill Executive Director Melbourne Academic Centre for Health