A/Prof Liaw joined NUS Nursing in 2006, where she was part of the pioneer faculty. She obtained her Bachelor of Health Science (Nursing) from the University of Sydney and her PhD from Maastricht University. A keen advocate of nursing education and in particular, the use of simulation, A/Prof Liaw leverages high-fidelity simulation, virtual reality and artificial intelligence to advance the education and teaching pedagogy at NUS Nursing. She has received several Teaching Excellence Awards, including the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine Digital Education Award (Team) 2021 and the NUS Annual Digital Education Award (Team) 2022.

Announcing A/Prof Liaw’s appointment, NUS Medicine Dean Prof Chong Yap Seng highlighted her prime research focus on patient safety with emphasis on recognising and responding to clinical deterioration, interprofessional collaboration and education, nursing workforce manpower and development and experiential learning using simulation. She is also an associate editor for the Clinical Simulation in Nursing journal.

At the height of the coronavirus pandemic from April to July 2020, A/Prof Liaw answered the call from the Ministry of Health—returning to full-time clinical service to serve as a frontline nurse at the pandemic intensive care unit of the National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID).

Thanking Professor Emily Ang Neo Kim for her dedicated leadership at NUS Nursing from 1 June 2014 to 30 June 2023, Prof Chong described her as an exemplary nursing professional who has made immense progress in NUS Nursing’s education and research missions. “Embracing a servitude leadership style, Prof Ang has created positive energy and enthusiasm amongst the people she interacts and works with. Her vast experience as a nursing leader in clinical services, education and management, has enabled her to contribute significantly to the fields of nursing education and research and management and operations of the department. Under her leadership, there is an enhanced focus in developing students’ clinical competencies and training them to become future-ready nursing graduates, who are ready and equipped to assume new challenges as registered nurses.”