A team led by Professor Dean Ho from the Department of Pharmacology and Director of the National University of Singapore’s Institute for Digital Medicine has used an artificial intelligence (AI) platform and live virus testing to identify the optimal combination of drugs and doses to treat COVID-19. His research was featured in The Straits Times on 2 August 2021.
Drug Cocktail Effective against Delta Found Read More »
Professor Dean HO has been listed as an Innovation Leader in the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, Inc. (HIMSS) Future50 Class of 2021. HIMSS is a global advisor and thought leader that supports the transformation of the health ecosystem through information and technology.
Professor Dean HO listed as an Innovation Leader of HIMMS Future50 Class of 2021 Read More »
Congratulations to A/Prof TAN Chay Hoon (Department of Pharmacology) on graduating from the Newfield’s Coach Certification Program! A/Prof TAN will be applying her training as an ontological coach in coaching medical students.
Awarded Certificate in Ontological Coaching Read More »
Congratulations to Dr Alan Prem Kumar (Department of Pharmacology) on being awarded the Graduate Mentor of the Year (GRAMAY) 2021.
Graduate Mentor of the Year (GRAMAY) 2021 Read More »
Congratulations to our postgraduate student, Mr. Rubin Yong, on being both the overall Winner in the TechLaunch category and the winner of the Audience Choice Award at the E-HIVE event.
On 17 April 2021, Rubin (PhD student under A/Prof Low Chian Ming) took part in the E-HIVE event organized by the Institute for Engineering Leadership as a part of the module MT5913 TechLaunch – Experiential Entrepreneurship. He represented his team to give a pitch about his project “Supra: Portable Perimetry Device”, to a panel of judges that included directors and CEOs of venture capitalist firms and innovation partners. He and his team were awarded both the Audience Choice Award and the overall Winner for the TechLaunch category.
Double Winner at E-HIVE Event Read More »
Congratulations to our student Cao Lei for receiving the Best Graduate Research Publication Award 2021.
Winner of Best Graduate Research Publication Award 2021 Read More »
Congratulations to our staff Ms CHOU Loi Choo for being the 4th Place in the Women’s Open Public Service Virtual Bowling Competition 2021. Loi Choo is the highest-ranking competitor from NUS.
4th Place in the CSC Virtual Bowling (Singles) Competition 2021 Read More »
Congratulations to Dr. Alan Prem Kumar and A/P Gautam Sethi (from Department of Pharmacology) who have been ranked among the world’s most cited scientists. This is according to the newly unveiled list of Highly Cited Researchers™ 2020 by Clarivate.
The hotly anticipated annual list identifies researchers who demonstrate significant influence in their chosen field by publishing several highly cited papers during the last decade. Their names are drawn from the publications that rank in the top 1 per cent by citations for field and publication year in the Web of Science™ citation index.
25 NUS researchers rank among the world’s most cited scientists Read More »
Congratulations to Jay Migara Kavishka from the Le Lab (Department of Pharmacology) on winning the Global Undergraduate Award in Life Sciences and the RNA Biology Symposium’s Best Oral Presentation Award!
After a rigorous and lengthy judging process led by over 400 expert academics worldwide, UA announced those who have made it to the top in their chosen category! Out of over 4,100 submissions, 25 students have been selected as the highest performing entrants in their category for the 2020 programme. This is an outstanding achievement for some of the world’s brightest students, who are leading the way in top-class undergraduate research all across the world (undergraduateawards.com). Jay is the winner of the Life Sciences category this year.
Jay also presented his research on engineering extracellular vesicles for RNA drug delivery at the RNA Biology symposium organized by the Cancer Science Institute at NUS on October 2nd. He was the only undergraduate speaker and one among 3 speakers who received the best oral presentation awards.
Congratulations to Dr. Inthrani Raja INDRAN and Dr. Alan Prem KUMAR on their new appointments. Dr. INDRAN, a Lecturer and Deputy Education Director (Medicine) at Department of Pharmacology, is appointed as Director of OPA. Dr. KUMAR, a Research Assistant Professor at Department of Pharmacology, is appointed as Deputy Director. Their appointments take retrospective effect from 01 June 2020.
