We would like to congratulate the promising young clinician Dr Mayank Dalakoti for being awarded the NUHS Clinician Scientist Programme (NCSP v2.0), which supports young talents with funding to embark on their research and build their research portfolio to eventually compete and clinch a national-level competitive research grant or talent award. His Project title is ‘Multidisciplinary and international phenotyping of subclinical cardio-metabolic-hepatic-neurovascular disease and exploration of heart health coaching in delivery of lifestyle intervention’.