Sabaratnam Arulkumaran Scholarship

Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

The Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology celebrates 100^th anniversary this year, from its beginnings in 1922 as the Department of Midwifery and Diseases at the King Edward VII College of Medicine, under the headship of Dr A L Hoops (1922-1923), to its present-day status as proud member of the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine at NUS with Associate Professor Mahesh Choolani at the helm. The Department has had many illustrious Heads, the third of whom was Professor Benjamin Henry Sheares (1941-1958), and continues to pursue excellence in teaching, clinical service and research.

Professor Sir Arulkumaran Sabaratnam

Professor Sir Arulkumaran Sabaratnam, Professor Emeritus of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of the St George’s University of London, Past President of the British Medical Association and International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics, and long-time advocate of women’s health, was the Head of the NUS Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology from 1995 to 1997. His impact has been felt by generations of patients, clinicians, researchers and students in Singapore and globally, through his teaching of medicine, mentorship, pursuit of impactful research and championship of the human right to healthcare.

Sabaratnam Arulkumaran Scholarship

In honour of Professor Sir Arulkumaran’s academic legacy at the NUS Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, we have initiated the Sabaratnam Arulkumaran Scholarship to support promising clinician researchers and translational scientists to pursue research in Global Women’s Health, with the mission of building up research talent and capacity, elevating academic research in NUS and partner institutions, and expanding our global academic network. We envision an academic scholarship that will promote the development of early- to mid-career academic scholars committed to developing research capacity at NUS.