NUS Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology celebrated centenary with transformative gifts from staff
Published: 08 Oct 2022
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Three new donations – to set up two scholarships and one professorship – all from the staff of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (O&G) at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine), marked the centennial celebrations of the department this month.
The Obstetrics and Gynaecology Centennial Centennial Bursary, the Sabaratnam Arulkumaran Scholarship and the Kuldip Singh Visiting Professorship in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, have been established by staff and colleagues of the department which celebrated a century of healthcare for mothers and infants this month.
The three new gifts were unveiled during the NUS Obstetrics and Gynaecology Centenary Celebration Conference on women’s health, Women-Health-Life, which was held over two days, which started on Saturday 8 October 2022.
Funded with donations from 26 consultants and senior consultants from the department, the Obstetrics and Gynaecology Centennial Bursary of $750,000 will provide financial support for medical students who are facing financial difficulties.
Besides its focus on grooming competent healthcare professionals, the department is keen to look beyond the shores of Singapore to identify promising researchers to drive medical research and innovation. It aims to do this through a new scholarship that will help lead to further collaboration with other research institutions here in Singapore and overseas. Named after Professor Sir Sabaratnam Arulkumaran, who headed the NUS O&G department from 1995 to 1997, the Sabaratnam Arulkumaran Scholarship will support young academic clinicians and scientists doing research work at the department. Their work will eventually translate to clinical practices that will also benefit marginalised communities and populations in developing countries.
The third donation which was announced by the department, aims to help academic faculty in the department to build and sustain long-term research alliances internationally. A total of $1 million was endowed by one of the department’s own, Professor Kuldip Singh, to establish the Kuldip Singh Visiting Professorship in Obstetrics and Gynaecology that will support Professors from any specialty of O&G to find like-minded research partners of the same specialty and mentor promising academics to enhance the calibre of translational research in O&G. An associated objective for the professorship seeks to uncover new knowledge and advance or develop clinical practices in the area of maternal and children’s health.
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The Guest-of-Honour for the Centenary Celebration Conference was the President of the Republic of Singapore, Madam Halimah Yacob.
The conference focused on a wide range of topics that centre on the health and well-being of women and children, enhancing human potential, which covers pre-conception and pregnancy and extending from cradle to grave. Also included: the discovery of the origins of disease and initiating novel therapies to maximise the healthspan of an individual’s life.
Read more in the press release here.
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