Academic Staff

Associate Professor
VOON Chee Tet, Francis

(PhD; MBBS)


Tel: +65 6516 3208
Email: antvoon@nus.edu.sg


Research Interests
  • Information Technology in Medical Education
  • Interactive Technology in Health Care
  • Computer-Evolved Cognition
  • The Virtual University
  • Cell-tissue Interactions in Morphogenesis
  • Memory, Learning and Dementia in Ageing
Selected Publications

International Refereed Journals

  • Osmond, MK, Butler, AJ, Voon, FCT and Bellairs, R. The effects of retinoic acid on heart formation in the early chick embryo. Development 113 (1991): 1405-1417.
  • Voon, FCT, Lucas, PW, Chew, KL and Luke, DA. A simulation approach to understanding the masticatory process. Journal of Theoretical Biology 119 (1986): 251-262 (USA).
  • Ireland, GW and Voon FCT. Polygonal networks in living chick embryonic cells. Journal of Cell Science 52 (1981): 55-69 (UK).

Conference Papers

  • Voon, FCT and Marks, SC, Jr. Market forces in Business (Commerce, Education and Medicine) and the implication for Medical Education (Abstract). In 15th International Annual Conference of the American Association of Clinical Anatomists, pp. 70. United States, 1998. (Paper presented at 15th International Annual Conference of the American Association of Clinical Anatomists, 9-12 June 1998, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States).
  • Voon, FCT. C-space – the vital frontier: Virtual enterprises for education. In Making New Connections: Proceedings of the 13th Annual Conference of Ascilite, edited by A Christie, P James and B Vaughan, pp. 35-48. Adelaide: University of South Australia, December 1996. (Paper presented at Ascilite ’96 Conference – The 13th Annual Conference of the Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education, The University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia). (This is the opening keynote lecture for the Ascilite ’96 Conference).
Honours & Awards
  • Faculty Teaching Excellence Award, 2007/2008
  • Annual Teaching Excellence Award, 2004/2005
  • 100 Best Teachers List, NUS , 2002-2003
  • Teaching Excellence Award, NUS Faculty of Medicine, 1999-2000