Dr Ching Ann-Hui, from Class of 2022, wins prestigious Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford
Published: 02 Dec 2022
Dr Ching Ann-Hui, from the Class of 2022 at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine), has won the Rhodes Scholarship this year.
Dr Ching will be joining a cohort of 100 scholars hailing from around the world to undertake fully-sponsored post-graduate studies at the University of Oxford in October 2023.
The Rhodes Scholarship is the world’s pre-eminent and oldest graduate fellowship. Established in 1903, it is offered to one outstanding applicant each year in Singapore.
Scholars are selected based on their proven academic excellence who also show exceptional character, leadership, the energy to use their talents for the greater good and are committed to solving humanity’s challenges.
Explaining this year’s choice, Professor Simon Chesterman, who chaired the Selection Committee, said, “The Rhodes Scholarship seeks to identify individuals who will fight “the world’s fight”. Ann Hui has demonstrated through her medical education a commitment to helping not just her patients, but also looking to the wider social and political context of the challenges that they face. From migrant workers to underprivileged communities within Singapore, she has applied herself in theory and in practice. A prize-winning student at NUS Medicine, she has also engaged in outreach to share about these issues to the wider community, including through the podcast she launched three years ago with fellow medical students.”
Read more about Dr Ching’s accomplishments and aspirations here.
