New Appointment of Vice-Dean (Academic Medicine) at NUS Medicine

Associate Professor Chong Yap Seng has been appointed Vice-Dean (Academic Medicine), Dean’s Office at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine (NUS Medicine).

Assoc Prof Chong is the Executive Director of the Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) and an Associate Professor in the

Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. He is also the Lead Principal Investigator of the National Research Foundation Translational and Clinical Research Flagship Programme on Developmental Origins of Health & Disease, and the founding Director of the A*STAR-NUS Singapore Centre for Nutritional Sciences, Metabolic Diseases, and Human Development.

Assoc Prof Chong heads the NUHS Leadership in Academic Medicine programme and is actively involved in the promotion of academic medicine. He also led the Medical Education Unit from 2004 to 2014 and his contributions to medical education have been recognised by university and national awards.

As Vice-Dean (Academic Medicine), Assoc Prof Chong will support the School on the strategic recruitment of top faculty, development of research collaborations with other Schools and Faculties in NUS and with external partners including A*STAR and other universities, as well as the promotion of academic medicine within the National University Health System.