Inspiring Stories of our Clinician Investigators and Clinical Trialists

Associate Professor Shamira Perera Taking Clinical Trials to the Next Level ​​In 2023, Associate Professor Shamira Perera became one of the recipients of the prestigious Clinical Trialist Development Award (CTDA), which seeks to highlight the role that clinical trialists play in bringing innovation to patient care. Click to Read More

Associate Professor Frederick Koh Doing the Heavy Lifting Beyond Surgery As a Consultant in the Department of Colorectal Surgery at Sengkang General Hospital, Associate Professor Frederick Koh’s duties range from conducting scopes to treating colorectal cancer. Outside of the ‘office’, however, he also possesses a keen interest in creating systems that can improve clinical efficiency and surgical outcomes. Click to Read More

Clinical Assistant Professor Wong Chui Mae Advancing Autism Research When Clinical Assistant Professor Mae Wong moved her paediatric career from the UK to Singapore and joined the KK Women's and Children's Hospital (KKH) in 2011, she had already been involved in research and publishing papers on neonatal medicine. At KKH, the Senior Consultant Paediatrician found herself coming across young patients on the autism spectrum at her clinic regularly. Click to Read More

Assistant Professor Andrew Ho A Unique Vantage Point into Our Healthcare System Assistant Professor Andrew Ho was among the first batch of recipients to be conferred the prestigious Clinician Investigator Advancement (CIVA) Award in 2022. A year in, Asst Prof Ho updates us about his ongoing research, and how CIVA is helping clinician researchers such as himself go further in their research journey. Click to Read More

Clinical Associate Professor Mariko Koh Recognising Our Clinical Trialists On 25 January 2022, SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre (AMC) launched a new Clinical Trialist Development Programme (CTDP), as a prestigious award to recognise the important work that our clinical trialists do and to also support them with much-needed protected time to do clinical trials. Click to Read More

Dr Yvonne Chan Two Hats are Better than One As a recipient of the prestigious Clinical Trialist Development Programme CTDP Award in 2022, Dr Yvonne Chan is able to better pursue her passion to deliver patient care, both as a clinician as well as a researcher. Click to Read More

Associate Professor Rebecca Dent ​Shining A Spotlight On Our Clinical Trialists Associate Professor Rebecca Dent shares about the passion she has as a clinical trialist, and why she is looking forward to the newly launched Clinical Trialist Development Programme (CTDP). Click to Read More

Associate Professor Deidre De Silva Raising the Profile of Our Clinician Investigators Associate Professor Deidre De Silva, Academic Vice Chair, Clinical Services, Neuroscience Academic Clinical Programme, Head and Senior Consultant at the Department of Neurology, NNI (SGH Campus) and Programme Director of the Clinician-Investigator Development Programme (CIVDP), Duke-NUS, has been a clinician-researcher for the better part of her professional career. Click to Read More

Clinical Professor Brian Goh ​Going Beyond As A Clinician We speak to Clinical Professor Brian Goh to find out more about his rewarding journey as a Clinician Investigator (CIV), and how the CIV Advancement Programme seeks to help doctors better achieve their research objectives with protected time and enhanced recognition. Click to Read More