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National Medical Excellence Award Winner 2009 - Interview with Prof John Wong
An inspiring mentor and passionate champion for research, Prof John Wong was awarded the National Outstanding Clinician Award in July 2009, in recognition of his contributions to medicine and clinical research. Prof Wong is a medical oncologisthaematologist, Dean of the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine and Director of the National University Cancer Institute, Singapore. He is also Deputy Chief Executive, National University Health System. SMA News is honoured to be able to ask him a few questions. To read more, click here. YLL School of Medicine students are winners of the 23rd Asian Students' Conference 2010: Men's Health – "Defining the Past, Refining the Future" in KL Congratulations to Sia Ching Hui, Li Xinyi, Ang Mu Liang, Lim Ai Ling (Irene), Liew Qi En (Lydia) and Liang Zhen Chang. This team of year 3 and year 4 medical students emerged winners at the 23rd Asian Students' Conference 2010 held from 14 to 18 Jan 2010 in Kuala Lumpur. Competing against participants of medical schools from various countries at this conference, the SoM team had impressed the judges with their excellent performance and advanced to the final. The conference aims to allow medical students from various countries to establish friendship and collaboration among medical students in Asian countries as well as to promote knowledge and cultural exchange. The programme comprises of paper and poster presentations, group discussions, seminars and field visits. Our students overcame tough competition and clinched the first place in the Paper Presentation Competition and Scientific Poster Competition respectively. NUS Medical and Nursing Students Launch Free Health Screening for Taman Jurong Residents in Association with Taman Jurong Citizens’ Consultative Committee (CCC) 23 January 2010 Medical and nursing students from the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine (NUS YLLSoM) and the NUS Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies respectively, will be screening the health of elderly residents of a Taman Jurong neighbourhood this weekend. To read more, click here. NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine's Assistant Professor is among four clinician-scientists to receive the latest Clinician Scientist Award Congratulation to Assistant Professor Jerry Chan who was recently awarded the latest Clinician Scientist Award (CSA) by the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*Star) and the Ministry of Health. He is among the four clinician-scientists to receive the CSA and will be given $225,000 to $350,000 annually for three to five years. CSA encourages and allows doctors to spend time between clinical practice and research. To read more, click here. ST Interview - Training doctors for 'best in the world' care NUS medical dean, Professor John Wong, is passionate about nurturing a new generation of specialists. To read more, click here. Researchers from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine conduct the CHIP trial to investigate a simple drug to prevent flu The CHIP trial – "CHloroquine for Influenza Prevention" – is a research study that is investigating whether chloroquine, a simple and well-known medication, might prevent flu. To read more, click here. Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine wins awards at the NHG 8th ASC Scientific Competition 2009 19 Oct 2009 (Mon) SoM staff and students win awards at the NHG 8th Annual Scientific Congress (ASC) held on the 16 and 17 October 2009 at the Suntec Singapore International Convention & Exhibition Centre. To read more, click here. YLL School of Medicine students are winners of the Inter-Medical School Physiology Quiz Congratulations to Chan Ng Poh Lin (Pauline), Chen Qingyan, Chua Hui Xin (Melissa), Lau Jian Fa (Linus) and Thng Zheng Xian. This team of year 2 and year 3 medical students has clinched the championship at the 2009 Inter-Medical School Physiology Quiz held from 1 to 3 Oct 2009 in Kuala Lumpur. With participation from top contenders of more than 30 medical schools spanning 11 countries participating in this Quiz, the SoM team faced tough competition and performed exceptionally well to progress through to the final round. The Quiz comprised of an individual written quiz and a team oral quiz. In the written quiz, three of our medical students - Melissa, Pauline and Qingyan took 1st, 9th and 10th positions respectively among 200 students or more who participated. In the main section of the competition comprising the team oral quiz, our students did us proud and came in first after a nail biting final with Chulalongkorn University which required a tie-breaking round. 
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