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CENTRES 13th CLINICAL ETHICS CONFERENCE 2027

28 & 29 January 2027
Shaw Foundation Alumni House, Singapore

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About the Conference

Clinical Ethics Priorities for the Next Decade – Palliative Care, AI & Digital Health, Genomics, Children & Young People

This two-day CENTRES Clinical Ethics Conference is organised around four areas of clinical ethics likely to shape healthcare over the next decade. The programme moves from broad agenda-setting questions to practical challenges, including defining ethical boundaries, managing relationships and trust, responding to exceptional situations, considering contested frontiers, navigating complex systems, and strengthening governance for sustainable care.

Why You Should Attend

Participants will have opportunities to:

  • Explore issues in clinical ethics that are likely to shape the healthcare landscape over the next decade.
  • Engage with leading experts across healthcare, law, ethics, academia, and public policy.
  • Discuss real-world cases based on issues pertaining to end-of-life care, AI and digital health, genomics, and care for children and young people.
  • Exchange ideas and perspectives with colleagues and professionals involved in clinical ethics, healthcare delivery, governance, and policymaking.

Who Should Attend

Clinical Ethics Committee (CEC) chairpersons and members, doctors, nurses, medical social workers, allied health professionals, lawyers, academics, care workers and policy makers.

One Conference, Four Tracks 

Each day begins and ends with plenary sessions that bring all participants together. Between these sessions, participants may choose from parallel sessions across the four tracks, either following one track throughout the conference or moving between tracks according to their interests. The four plenaries frame the conference as a whole by setting the agenda, highlighting cross-cutting issues, and connecting the parallel tracks to wider questions of trust, digital transformation, mental health, and future care.

Tracks

A.  Palliative & End-of-Life Ethics

Palliative care, end-of-life decision-making, assisted dying, later-life mental health, law and policy.

B. AI & Digital Health

AI advice, learning health systems, data access, AI-related harm, monitoring and governance

C. Genomics / Precision Medicine

Genetic information, family communication, consent, the right not to know, innovative therapies and equity.

D. Children & Young People 

Mature minors, adolescent help-seeking, youth mental health, refusal, contested care and transition.

Programme Overview

Conference sessions will be conducted in four venues: Sesame, Saffron, and Sage on Level 1, and the Auditorium on Level 2. Participants are welcome to move between parallel sessions over the two-day programme.

Speakers

Guest of Honour & Plenary Speakers

Adjunct Professor (Dr) Raymond Chua Swee Boon | Health Sciences Authority, Singapore 

Chief Executive Officer, Health Sciences Authority, Singapore; Deputy Director-General of Health, Health Regulation, Ministry of Health (MOH), Singapore

Profile

Raymond Chua Swee Boon is a public health trained physician and presently the Deputy Director-General of Health (Health Regulation) at Singapore’s Ministry of Health (MoH) and the Chief Executive Officer of the Health Sciences Authority (HSA), overseeing the regulations of healthcare services, information and health products respectively. He is currently leading a regulatory transformation review to synergize regulatory operations across healthcare services, information, and products. With over 25 years of experience in both public healthcare and the private pharmaceutical sector, he has driven transformative regulatory initiatives, including the enactment of the Human Biomedical Research Act and the Healthcare Services Act, which modernized Singapore’s healthcare regulatory framework. He pioneered regulatory sandboxes for innovations such as telemedicine, mobile inpatient care-at-home, and clinical genomic services, and introduced governance measures for emerging technologies like precision medicine and AI. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he served as Deputy Commander of the Medical Operations Taskforce, playing a key role in clinical operations, testing infrastructure, and enforcement of control orders. Raymond holds adjunct positions at the NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health and Duke-NUS Centre of Regulatory Excellence, and academic credentials including a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery from NUS, an MSc in Public Health from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and an MBA from the University of Nottingham.

Guest of Honour

Day 1 Opening Plenary

A/Prof Devanand Anantham

Chair, National Medical Ethics Committee, Singapore; Head, SingHealth Duke-NUS Lung Centre; Senior Consultant, Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Singapore General Hospital; Director, SingHealth Duke-NUS Medical Humanities Institute; and Executive Director, Singapore Medical Association Centre for Medical Ethics and Professionalism, Singapore

Profile

Associate Professor Anantham Devanand is a Senior Consultant at Singapore General Hospital and Head of SingHealth Duke-NUS Lung Centre. He has trained in lung endoscopy at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre, Harvard Medical School and Thoraxklinik, University of Heidelberg. His clinical interests include lung cancer, respiratory endoscopy, pleural diseases, smoking cessation, and sarcoidosis. He is the chair of the National Medical Ethics Committee and serves as Director of the SingHealth Duke-NUS Medical Humanities Institute and Executive Director of Centre of Medical Ethics and Professionalism at the Singapore Medical Association. He has a PhD in medical ethics from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine at the National University of Singapore and his dissertation was on medical decision-making in chronic diseases and the regulatory standards of medical advice.

Day 1 Closing Plenary

Prof John McMillan 

Professor, Bioethics Centre, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, New Zealand

Profile

John McMillan will take up his appointment as Professor at the Centre for Biomedical Ethics, National University of Singapore, in December 2026. He is the author of The Methods of Bioethics: An Essay in Metabioethics (OUP, 2018), and his most recent book is Methodological Issues in Neuroethics: The Case of Responsibility (CUP, 2024). He recently completed a seven-year term as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Medical Ethics. He was Chair of New Zealand’s National Ethics Advisory Committee when it produced Finding Balance: Ethical Principles for Epidemics and Pandemics.

Day 2 Opening Plenary

A/Prof Michael Dunn

Associate Professor and Co-Director of Education, Centre for Biomedical Ethics (CBmE), NUS, Singapore

Profile

Dr Michael Dunn is an Associate Professor and the Director of Education at the Centre for Biomedical Ethics (CBmE), NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine. He earned his undergraduate and postgraduate degrees from the University of Cambridge. Prior to joining NUS in 2022, he worked for over a decade at the Ethox Centre, University of Oxford, where he remains an Associate Faculty member. He has also held visiting academic positions in Japan, Hong Kong, the USA, the Netherlands, and Norway. 

Michael’s interdisciplinary research integrates philosophical, legal, and qualitative methods to examine a range of contemporary ethical challenges in health and social care practice, policy, and regulation. A key contributor to shaping the sub-field of empirical bioethics, he has published over 100 journal articles and book chapters as well as 6 books, securing more than S$8 million in competitive grants to support more than 20 research projects.

In education, Dr Dunn leads CBmE’s undergraduate program in health ethics, law, and professionalism for nearly 3,000 healthcare students across NUS. He also teaches postgraduate courses on the foundations and methods of bioethics, ageing, and AI/health data ethics, and has supervised 13 PhD students.

Day 2 Closing Plenary

Dr Giles Tan Ming Yee

Assistant Chairman, Medical Board (Clinical Quality & Safety), and Senior Consultant, Institute of Mental Health; President, College of Psychiatrists, Academy of Medicine; Associate Director, Singapore Medical Association Centre for Medical Ethics & Professionalism, Singapore

Profile

Dr Giles Tan Ming Yee is Assistant Chairman of the Medical Board for Clinical Quality and Safety and Senior Consultant in the Department of Developmental Psychiatry and East Region at the Institute of Mental Health, Singapore. A Fellow of both the Royal College of Psychiatrists and the Academy of Medicine, Singapore, his clinical interests include developmental psychiatry and adult neurodevelopmental conditions.

He is the President of the College of Psychiatrists, Academy of Medicine, Singapore, and Associate Director of the Singapore Medical Association Centre for Medical Ethics and Professionalism, where he contributes to professional education and discourse in medical ethics, mental capacity and the care of vulnerable persons.

He chairs the Institute of Mental Health Clinical Ethics Committee, with interests in mental capacity, confidentiality, ethical decision-making and the care of vulnerable persons.

Speakers

A/Prof Chan Mei Yoke

Senior Consultant, Haematology/Oncology Service, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Singapore

Profile

Associate Professor Chan Mei Yoke MBBS, MMed (Paeds), MRCP, FRCPCH, MBE 
graduated from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery. She trained in Paediatrics in Singapore and subspecialised in Paediatric Haematology/Oncology in Royal Marsden Hospital and Great Ormond Street Hospital in London, United Kingdom. She has an interest in Paediatric Palliative Care and helped set up a comprehensive paediatric palliative care service in KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH) in Singapore in 2004. She also has a keen interest in medical ethics due to the nature of her work and obtained a Masters in Bioethics from Harvard University, USA in 2022. 

She is currently a Senior Consultant in Paediatric Haematology/Oncology and is the Chair of the Hospital Clinical Ethics Committee in KKH. 

Asst Prof Peter Chow Chiu Leung 

Senior Consultant, Geriatric Medicine Chairperson, Changi General Hospital Clinical Ethics Committee Co-Lead, Bioethics, Singhealth Duke- NUS Medical Humanities Institute

Profile

Dr Peter Chow is a Senior Consultant with the Department of Geriatric Medicine at Changi General Hospital (CGH). Raised in Hong Kong*, Dr Chow studied medicine at the Chinese University of Hong Kong* before completing his specialist training in Singapore. He further undertook medical humanities studies in London and obtained a Master in Medical Law and Ethics (LLM) from the University of Edinburgh. 

As the Chairperson of the Clinical Ethics Committee in CGH, Dr Chow is actively involved in this field. He was appointed Deputy Academic Advisor and Lecturer at the Centre of Medical Ethics and Professionalism (CMEP) of the Singapore Medical Association, as well as the Co-Lead for Bioethics at the SingHealth Duke-NUS Medical Humanities Institute. 

Dr Chow focuses on cognitive disorders in geriatric medicine at CGH’s Memory Clinic – managing dementia, the behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia, as well as nutrition and swallowing conditions in elderly patients. Beyond his clinical role at CGH, Dr Chow is also an educator, serving as Adjunct Lecturer at the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, and Education Lead for Year 4 medical students on attachment to the Department of Geriatric Medicine in CGH.

Prof Insoo Hyun

Professor, Centre for Biomedical Ethics, NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine; Senior Researcher, The Hastings Center for Bioethics, USA; Affiliate, Center for Bioethics, Harvard Medical School, USA

Profile

Professor Insoo Hyun is a Senior Researcher at The Hastings Center and an Affiliate of the Center for Bioethics at Harvard Medical School. He is the former Director of Research Ethics at Harvard Medical School and previously taught as a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine. Prior to his appointments at Harvard, Professor Hyun was Professor of Bioethics and Philosophy at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, where he taught undergraduate, graduate and medical students for more than 18 years.

Professor Hyun’s research interests include stem cell ethics and policy, the clinical translation and ethical implementation of emerging technologies such as bio- and tissue-engineering, and medical AI. In recent years, he was Principal Investigator of an NIH BRAIN Initiative-funded project exploring the scientific and ethical issues surrounding human brain organoid research, in collaboration with labs headed by Harvard’s Paola Arlotta and George Church and Stanford’s Sergiu Pasca. He was also Principal Investigator on a Greenwall Foundation grant exploring ethics.

Prof Lalit Kumar Radha Krishna 

Chairman, Clinical Ethics Committee, National Cancer Centre Singapore; Senior Consultant, Division of Supportive and Palliative Care, National Cancer Centre Singapore; Clinical Professor, Duke-NUS Medical School  

Profile

Professor Lalit Krishna is a Senior Consultant at the Division of Supportive and Palliative Care, National Cancer Centre Singapore. He holds a Master’s in Medical Ethics and Medical Education, an MD in Palliative Medicine, a PhD in Medical Ethics, and a PhD in Medical Education. 

Lalit’s research centres on holistic approaches to palliative care, professional identity formation (PIF), and ethical frameworks in healthcare. Through extensive publications in peer-reviewed journals, he has contributed to new understandings of personhood at the end of life, the ethics of continuous sedation, and mentorship and professional identity in medical education. He has also presented internationally and co-authored position statements that shape palliative care policy and practice, particularly within multi-ethnic contexts. 

Asst Prof Vengadasalam Murugam 

Co-Chair, Clinical Ethics Committee, National Cancer Centre Singapore; Senior Consultant, Supportive & Palliative Care Centre, National Cancer Centre Singapore

Profile

Dr Vengadasalam Murugam is Senior Consultant, Supportive and Palliative Care Centre, National Cancer Centre Singapore, and Senior Consultant, SingHealth Duke-NUS Supportive & Palliative Care Centre. Trained in medicine at St George’s, University of London, he completed specialist training in Internal Medicine and Palliative Medicine in Singapore. His interests span palliative care, end-of-life ethics, and professional education. Dr Venga has published on ethical issues in palliative medicine, including end-of-life decision-making and terminal discharge, and is actively involved in the training of future healthcare professionals.

Dr Kumudhini Rajasegaran 

Senior Consultant, Adolescent Medicine Service, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Duke-NUS Medical School

Profile

Dr. Kumudhini Rajasegaran is a paediatrician and Senior Consultant in the Adolescent Medicine Service at KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH). Dr. Kumu is also a member of the Clinical Ethics Committee at KKH, one of the lead clinicians of the Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect Team, and an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Duke-NUS Medical School and the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, NTU. 

She received her medical training at University College Dublin, Ireland. Dr. Kumu successfully developed Adolescent Medicine as a distinct subspecialty and multidisciplinary service. She also played a key role in the development and growth of specialised obesity and eating disorder programmes within KKH. 

She has been involved in projects aimed at strengthening communication and collaboration across community resources and government agencies to improve care for children and adolescents. She currently serves as Vice Chair of the Clinical Ethics Committee at KKH.

Asst Prof G. Owen Schaefer

Research Director for Centre for Biomedical Ethics (CBmE) in the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS) and co-lead of the Professional Practice 2 course of NUS Medicine’s Common Curriculum 

Profile

Assistant Professor G. Owen Schaefer G. Owen Schaefer was appointed Assistant Professor at the Centre for Biomedical Ethics in 2020. He is currently Director of the Phase II Health ethics, Law and Professionalism (HeLP) curriculum. Owen’s research interests cover ethical issues raised by the development of novel biotechnologies. 

Before beginning his graduate work, Owen spent two years at the Department of Bioethics at the National Institutes of Health in the US as a pre-doctoral fellow. There, he received training in research ethics, was involved in the department’s ethics consultation service, and published several academic articles. He then went on to read for BPhil and DPhil degrees in philosophy at Oxford, writing a dissertation on moral enhancement. Immediately prior to joining the CBmE, he spent a year as a post-doc at the Oxford Centre for Neuroethics researching the implications of various novel biotechnologies. 

Prof Tai E Shyong

Professor, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine and Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore; Senior Consultant, Division of Endocrinology, National University Hospital; Chief Medical Officer, Precision Health Research, Singapore (PRECISE)

Profile

Professor Tai E Shyong is Senior Consultant in the Division of Endocrinology at the National University Hospital, Joint Professor at the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, and Honorary Joint Professor at the Centre for Biomedical Ethics. 

His major research interests include diabetes mellitus, dyslipidaemia, and their relationship with atherosclerotic disease. He is involved in several large studies examining the role of genetic and environmental factors, and their interactions, in the pathogenesis of these chronic disorders. He has also contributed significantly to traditional epidemiology, including work defining the burden of disease associated with diabetes and related traits in the Asia-Pacific region. 

Professor Tai is involved in clinical trials examining the effects of various treatments on cardiovascular risk factors. He also contributes to efforts to bring genomics into healthcare as part of the National Precision Medicine Program and collaborates with CBmE on the ethical and regulatory aspects of precision genomics. He has published more than 80 articles in peer-reviewed journals.

Adj A/Prof Wu Huei Yaw 

Senior Consultant, Palliative & Supportive Care, Woodlands Health; Adjunct Associate Professor, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University 

Profile

Adjunct Associate Professor Wu Huei Yaw is Senior Consultant in Palliative & Supportive Care at Woodlands Health. He graduated from the National University of Singapore in 1993 and completed specialist training in Geriatric Medicine before switching to Palliative Medicine in 2007. 

Adj A/Prof Wu has extensive experience in the care of older persons and individuals with serious illness. He is the clinician lead for the Leaving Well Working Committee in NHG Health and sits in the Clinical Ethics Committee of Woodlands Hospital. In addition to his clinical leadership roles, he serves as an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, contributing to the education and development of future healthcare professionals. 

Panellist

A/Prof Brian David Earp

Associate Professor and Director of the Oxford-NUS Centre for Neuroethics and Society (OCNS) and the Experimental Bioethics, Artificial Intelligence, and Relational Moral Psychology (EARP) Lab, CBmE, NUS, Singapore

Profile

Brian D. Earp is Associate Professor of Biomedical Ethics and, by courtesy, Associate Professor of Philosophy and of Psychology at NUS, where he directs the EARP Lab (Experimental Bioethics, Artificial Intelligence, and Relational Moral Psychology Lab). He also directs the Oxford-NUS Centre for Neuroethics, AI and Society (OCNAS) and is Co-Editor-in-Chief of the BMJ Journal of Medical Ethics. Brian’s research integrates experimental methods from cognitive science and experimental social psychology with normative questions from philosophy and ethics, spanning moral psychology, AI ethics, and bioethics. He holds a dual Ph.D. in philosophy and psychology from Yale University, where he co-developed the relational norms model with Molly Crockett and Margaret Clark. His work has appeared in Nature Communications, Psychological Review, Cognition, Nature Machine Intelligence, and other venues, and he is a co-recipient of the 2018 Daniel M. Wegner Theoretical Innovation Prize from the Society for Personality and Social Psychology.

Dr Muhammad Faisal Bin Johandi 

Associate Consultant, Department of Geriatric Medicine, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Singapore; Clinical Lecturer, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, and Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Profile

Dr Faisal Johandi is an Associate Consultant in the Department of Geriatric Medicine at Khoo Teck Puat Hospital. He also serves as an Ethics Consultant and is a member of the hospital’s Clinical Ethics Committee. 

Dr Faisal Johandi completed his Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) at the National University of Singapore in 2015. Thereafter, he completed his junior residency training in Internal Medicine, before pursing further specialist training in Geriatric Medicine. In 2022, he completed his Master of Medicine (Internal Medicine) at the National University of Singapore. Dr Faisal also attained post-graduate diplomas and memberships to both the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland and the Royal College of Physicians in the United Kingdom. 

Dr Faisal contributes actively to medical education. He is a clinical lecturer at both NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine and NTU Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine. He was co-editor of a book on successful ageing titled “Hikmah Senja: A Collection of Advice and Stories to Age Gracefully”. 

Dr Faisal’s commitment to healthcare extends beyond clinical practice; he plays an active role in the community as District Councillor and member of Healthy Living Sub-committee of Northwest CDC, and Chairman of M3+ @ Marsiling-Yew Tee. He also holds other leadership positions in various grassroots committees. His dedication to improving the health and wellbeing of older adults underscores his commitment to both medicine and community. 

Dr Kumudhini Rajasegaran 

Senior Consultant, Adolescent Medicine Service, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Duke-NUS Medical School

Profile

Dr. Kumudhini Rajasegaran is a paediatrician and Senior Consultant in the Adolescent Medicine Service at KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH). Dr. Kumu is also a member of the Clinical Ethics Committee at KKH, one of the lead clinicians of the Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect Team, and an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Duke-NUS Medical School and the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, NTU. 

She received her medical training at University College Dublin, Ireland. Dr. Kumu successfully developed Adolescent Medicine as a distinct subspecialty and multidisciplinary service. She also played a key role in the development and growth of specialised obesity and eating disorder programmes within KKH. 

She has been involved in projects aimed at strengthening communication and collaboration across community resources and government agencies to improve care for children and adolescents. She currently serves as Vice Chair of the Clinical Ethics Committee at KKH.

Dr Neeta Satkunanantham

Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Centre for Biomedical Ethics (CBmE), NUS, Singapore

Profile

Dr Neeta Satkunanantham is an adjunct senior lecturer in the Centre for Biomedical Ethics. She holds a MBBS from the National University of Singapore and a Masters in Bioethics from Monash University, Australia.  

Dr Neeta has been teaching in the Health Ethics, Law and Professionalism programme for medical undergraduates of the NUS YLLSOM since 2015. Prior to this, she was a Resident Physician in the Department of Anaesthesiology, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, where she also served on the hospital’s Clinical Ethics Committee. 

Chairpersons

To be confirmed.

Speakers

Prof Gary Chan

Professor of Law, Yong Pung How School of Law, Singapore Management University; specialising in Tort law, Health Law, Ethics, and the Singapore Legal System

Profile

Gary Chan is Professor of Law, Yong Pung How School of Law, Singapore Management University. His main research areas are Tort Law, Health Law, Ethics, and the Singapore Legal System. His publications have appeared in Cambridge Law Journal, Computer & Security Law Review, Journal of Business Ethics, Law Quarterly Review, Legal Studies, Melbourne University of Law Review, Singapore Academy of Law Journal, Singapore Journal of Legal Studies, and Torts Law Journal. Gary’s work has been cited by the Singapore Court of Appeal and the Federal Court of Malaysia. Recent publications have focused largely on torts, mental health law as well as AI in healthcare and employment. He serves as a civilian panel member of the Singapore Military Court of Appeal and is involved in committee work and panels for external agencies such as the Ministry of Health and the Singapore Academy of Law. Gary has also taught various postgraduate and undergraduate courses including those relating to the law of torts, business defamation, health law and medical ethics. 

Mr Ivan Koh

Director (Regulatory Policy and Legislation), Ministry of Health, Singapore

Profile

Mr Ivan Koh is Director of Regulatory Policy & Legislation in the Health Regulation Group at the Ministry of Health, Singapore. He leads work on healthcare regulatory and legislative policy, including the recently passed Health Information Act, and the proposed Genetic Information Bill.

Before joining MOH, he held leadership roles at the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), where he contributed to Singapore’s digital economy and technology governance initiatives. Trained as a lawyer, Ivan previously practised technology, media and telecommunications law at Baker McKenzie. His interests include healthcare regulation, digital policy, and the responsible use of emerging technologies, including AI.

Asst Prof Harisan Unais Nasir

Research Assistant Professor, Centre for Biomedical Ethics, NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore 

Profile

Research Assistant Professor Harisan completed his PhD in Public Health at Rutgers University followed by a post-doc at the National Institutes of Health (U.S.A) where his work focused on population-level bioethics. His research interests lies in the intersection of health economics, ethics and policy. In particular, he is interested in the fair distribution of health risk across society. 

Dr Ng Liang Wei

Executive Director, Indigo & Co; Director, Sexual Wholeness Services, Lakeside Family Services

Profile

Dr Ng Liang Wei is Executive Director of Indigo & Co and Director of Sexual Wholeness Services at Lakeside Family Services. Trained as a medical doctor, he has worked across healthcare, community, faith-based, and non-profit sectors. His work focuses on sexuality, gender identity, relationships, and family wellbeing, drawing on experience in both clinical and community settings. 

A/Prof Tan Ee Shien 

Chief Innovation Officer, PRECISE; Head, Clinical Genetics Service, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital; Head, SingHealth Duke-NUS Genomic Medicine Centre; Clinical Associate Professor, Duke-NUS Medical School and Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore 

Profile

Clinical A/Prof Tan Ee Shien is Chief Innovation Officer (CIO) of PRECISE. She is the Head of the clinical genetics service in KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital and leads the SingHealth Duke-NUS Genomic Medicine Centre. In these roles, she leads efforts to improve the care of patients with genetic diseases. She has been the Director of the National Newborn Screening Programme in Singapore from 2011 – 2023. In this role, she has led the expansion of the list of disorders tested in newborns. The Programme has been successful in ensuring that majority of the newborns in Singapore are tested. She is a strong believer in mentoring the next generation and is actively involved in education, previously serving as the Paediatric clerkship director for the Duke NUS Graduate Medical School. She is also a Clinical Associate Professor in Duke-NUS Medical School and Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine. She was awarded Clinician Scientist Award 2009-2011 and remains involved in many genetics research projects. 

Panellist

Dr Evelyn Boon Swee Kim 

Senior Principal Psychologist, Psychology, Singapore General Hospital

Profile

Dr Evelyn Boon (PhD) is a Senior Principal Psychologist in Singapore General Hospital Department of Psychology where she is also the department Education Lead. Dr Boon was one of the pioneers and founding team members of Singapore General Hospital Eating Disorders Programme and has been working with individuals with eating disorders since 2003. She served as Head of SGH Department of Psychology from 2018 – 2024 and had served as the Deputy Director of the SGH Eating Disorders Programme from 2008 – 2017. She is currently a member of SGH and SingHealth Staff Well Being Councils and the Peer Support Lead with SingHealth HQ. Dr Boon also chairs SGH Mental Health Committee since Aug 2023. Some of the things she is passionate about are staff mental well- being and staff experience at work, training and mental health advocacy. Her passion for the advocacy of mental well-being extends to those in the region as well in her collaboration with ASEAN Regional Mine Action Centre to conduct capacity building training on psychosocial support and mental health literacy in ASEAN member states. She is psychology lead with the Singapore Emergency Medical Team which was recently deployed to Myanmar for humanitarian work.

Asst Prof G. Owen Schaefer

Research Director for Centre for Biomedical Ethics (CBmE) in the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS) and co-lead of the Professional Practice 2 course of NUS Medicine’s Common Curriculum

Profile

Assistant Professor G. Owen Schaefer was appointed Assistant Professor at the Centre for Biomedical Ethics in 2020. He is currently Director of the Phase II Health ethics, Law and Professionalism (HeLP) curriculum. Owen’s research interests cover ethical issues raised by the development of novel biotechnologies. 

Before beginning his graduate work, Owen spent two years at the Department of Bioethics at the National Institutes of Health in the US as a pre-doctoral fellow. There, he received training in research ethics, was involved in the department’s ethics consultation service, and published several academic articles. He then went on to read for BPhil and DPhil degrees in philosophy at Oxford, writing a dissertation on moral enhancement. Immediately prior to joining the CBmE, he spent a year as a post-doc at the Oxford Centre for Neuroethics researching the implications of various novel biotechnologies. 

Chairpersons

To be confirmed.

Continuing Professional Education

All participating doctors, nurses, and pharmacists are eligible for MME CME/CPE points. Approval is currently pending. 

Conference Venue

Shaw Foundation Alumni House (SFAH)
11 Kent Ridge Dr
Singapore 119244 (Map)

Public Transport Information 

Nearest MRT Station: Kent Ridge (CC24)
Take Exit B
→ Take Bus 200 from Kent Ridge Stn Exit B bus stop

→ Opp Heng Mui Keng Terrace

→ short 5-minute walk to Shaw Foundation Alumni House

Visitor Parking Available

Guests arriving by car can park directly opposite the road at Car Park 15.

Limited complimentary carpark coupons are available.

Registration is now closed. Thank you for your interest in the CENTRES 13th Clinical Ethics Conference 2027.

Contact Persons

Ms Sabikun Nahar Luna

  sn.luna@nus.edu.sg
  +65 6601 5891

Ms Fion Lai

  fion.lai@nus.edu.sg
  +65 6516 1395

Ms Gayathriy

  gayathriy@nus.edu.sg
  +65 6601 5515