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Assoc Prof Allen Yeoh, PI with the Cancer Programme was recently awarded the Clinician Scientist Award. He was among the nine researchers from Duke-NUS Medical School (Duke-NUS) and NUS who were recognized for pushing the frontiers of translational research.
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Other winners of the Clinician Scientist Award were Assoc Prof Aung Tin, Singapore National Eye Centre; Assoc Prof Ong Sin Tiong, Duke-NUS; Assoc Prof Tan Eng King, National Neuroscience Institute; and NUS Assoc Prof Chng Wee Joo, NUH.
Recipients of the Singapore Translational Research Investigator Award (STaR) were Prof Michael Chee and Prof David M Virshup both from Duke-NUS; Prof Daniel G Tenen, Director of the newly established Cancer Research Centre of Excellence at NUS and NUS Prof Wong Tien Yin, Singapore Eye Research Institute.
The awards were initiated by the Ministry of Health and A*STAR to build up a talent pool to bridge the gap between basic research and clinical applications.
Assoc Prof Tan Tin Wee, was conferred the 8th ASEAN Science and Technology Meritorious Service Award for his decade of effort and significant contributions towards the promotion and development of regional cooperation in the scientific and technological fields, and the upgrading of the regional, scientific and technological capabilities in Singapore.
Assoc Prof Tan is a Deputy Head (Department of Biochemistry), member of the LSI Bioinformatics & Computational Biology Programme, member on the A*STAR-appointed Singapore Focal Point SubCommittee on Biotechnology and ASEAN COST (Committee on Science and Technology).
