About the NUHS Research Support Unit
In 2002, then Assistant Professor Chong Yap Seng saw an urgent need to encourage more healthcare professionals and scientists in the National University Hospital (NUH) and the National University of Singapore (NUS) to publish more publications in order to showcase their scientific studies that they have achieved. He noticed there was lack of administrative support and training for these junior staff members to motivate them to write and publish more. As such, he proposed to the senior management of the then Faculty of Medicine, NUS and NUH to create a dedicated unit for this cause. In 2003, the NUS-NUH Medical Publications Support Unit was formed, and later renamed NUHS Medical Publications Support Unit (PSU) with the formation of the National University Health System (NUHS) in 2008. In 2019, the Unit was further renamed NUHS Research Support Unit (RSU).
Since 2003, RSU has assisted over 1,200 medical and scientific manuscripts and conducted over 250 training courses and talks on publications-related topics.
Our Mission and Objectives
- Provide secretarial, editorial and technical assistance and support for healthcare staff and scientists endeavouring to publish in medical and scientific journals.
- Establish a programme for educating healthcare staff and scientists about the skills and requirements of writing for medical and scientific publications.
- Create awareness of the standing of medical and scientific journals, and the various measures of publication importance.
- Encourage junior staff to publish by fostering a conducive and stimulating environment of friendly competition, assistance and mentorship.
Founding Chair
Professor Chong Yap Seng
Secretariat
NUHS Research Support Unit, Dean’s Office, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Block MD11, Clinical Research Centre, #02-03 (c/o CBmE Office), 10 Medical Drive, Singapore 117597
Email: rsu-nuhs@nus.edu.sg