Congratulations to Professor Peter Wong and Associate Professor Gavin Dawe for winning Singapore Neuroscience Association (SNA) Awards and Associate Professor Gautam Sethi for winning the Pharmacological Society of Singapore (PSS) Award.
Prof Wong was awarded the SNA Lifetime Achievement Award. A/Prof Gavin S. Dawe won the SNA Distinguished Neuroscientist Award. The awards were presented on 5th July 2017 at the SNA Symposium 2017 by the Guest of Honour, Professor Lawrence Ho Khek-Yu, Vice Dean (Research), Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore. The SNA Lifetime Achievement Award recognises Prof Peter Wong’s exceptional and sustained record of significant contributions to neuroscience. The SNA Distinguished Neuroscientist Award recognises A/Prof Dawe’s outstanding contribution to neuroscience research.
A/Prof Gautam Sethi won the inaugural PSS Award. The award was presented during the closing ceremony of the International Conference on Scientific Frontiers in Natural Product Based Drugs 2017 (SFNPBD 2017) on 7 July 2017. The award was presented by Professor Michael Spedding, Secretary General of the International Union of Basic and Clincial Pharmacology (IUPHAR). A/Prof Sethi was honoured with the inaugural PSS Award for excellence in pharmacology research for his prolific and outstanding contributions to the field of cancer pharmacology.