NMRC Awards Ceremony and Research Symposium 2025

29 May 2025

Learn more about the NMRC Awards Ceremony and Research Symposium.

28 May 2025 - 29 May 2025

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The NMRC Office, Division of Research and Innovation under MOH Holdings Pte Ltd, organises the NMRC Awards Ceremony and Research Symposium annually. The event aims to recognise outstanding clinician scientists, and to provide a networking platform for the clinical and research communities as well as industries to interact, facilitate knowledge exchange and foster collaborations.

The 2025 event was held on 28 and 29 May 2025 (1.5 days) at the PARKROYAL COLLECTION Marina Bay, Singapore. It attracted more than 450 participants, including awardees, speakers, exhibitors, and delegates.

Day 1 featured the NMRC Talent Awards presentation ceremony, attended by Ms Lai Wei Lin, the Ministry of Health's Permanent Secretary (Policy and Development) as Guest-of-Honour. The programme continued with engaging plenary and concurrent sessions, where distinguished speakers shared insights from their biomedical and healthcare research endeavours. There was also booth showcase by the Consortium for Clinical Research and Innovation, Singapore (CRIS), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Centre for Biomedical Ethics and more.

Download the e-programme booklet [PDF, 4.7 MB] for the full programme, including the award recipients, speakers’ and exhibitors’ profiles.

The slides for the presentations below are available in the links:

Plenary Session	The Future of Global Health During Turbulent Times [PDF, 5.5 MB] Professor Michael Merson Duke University
Concurrent Session 1 Enabling Research Translation for Better Health	Making it Easier to Learn from Others Around the World: The Evidence Synthesis Infrastructure Collaborative [PDF, 2.1 MB] Professor John Lavis McMaster University Participatory Design of a Youth Mental Health Intervention: Use of the Common Elements Approach [PDF, 2.5 MB] Dr Cheryl Seah Centre for Evidence and Implementation Leveraging Big Data to Improve Cardiovascular Care - The SingCLOUD Journey [PDF, 1.9 MB] Clinical Professor Yeo Khung Keong National Heart Centre Singapore Bridging Research and Communities: Advancing Mental Health Policy Through Epidemiological Studies [PDF, 6.4 MB] Associate Professor Mythily Subramaniam Institute of Mental Health, Singapore
Concurrent Session 2 Journey of Clinician Scientists, Investigators and Innovators	Comparison of Clinician Scientist Pathways: Singapore versus UK and Australia [PDF, 3.1 MB] Professor Sir John Savill Melbourne Academic Centre for Health The Evolution of an (accidental) Surgeon Scientist [PDF, 11 MB] Professor Pierce Chow Kah-Hoe National Cancer Centre Singapore and Singapore General Hospital The Best Advice from my Mentors [PDF 11.4 MB] Professor Wong Tien Yin Tsinghua Medicine, Tsinghua University
Concurrent Session 3 Advancing Population Health Research	Addressing Systemic Disconnects in Musculoskeletal Health Across the Care Continuum: The Role of Population and Health Services Research [PDF, 12.5 MB] Assistant Professor Bryan Tan Yijia Woodlands Health Population Health Research and Translation: Policy Perspectives [PDF, 193 KB] Adjunct Professor Derrick Heng Ministry of Health Shifting the Patient Paradigm: Involving Family Caregivers for Healthy Societies [PDF, 3.4 MB] Dr Chan Ee Yuee Tan Tock Seng Hospital The Power of Cohorts – in Population Health [PDF, 6.0 MB] Professor Johan Gunnar Eriksson Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore
Concurrent Session 4 Innovative Technologies and Medical Entrepreneurship	Innovations in Surgical Imaging – From Mixed Reality to Spatial AI [PDF, 7.3 MB] Adjunct Assistant Professor Gao Yujia National University Hospital Redefining Endoscopes as Surgical Robots: A New Clinical Paradigm [PDF, 2.3 MB] Dr Kevin Koh Vivo Surgical