Wong Hock Boon Society

The Wong Hock Boon Society is an undergraduate student research society which was set up within the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine in November 2010. This Society has been named after the late Emeritus Professor Wong Hock Boon who is also known as the Father of Paediatrics in Singapore. He was a remarkable pediatrician and Head of the Department of Paediatrics from 1962 until his retirement in 1988. Prof Wong has made landmark contributions in several areas in improving the health of children in Singapore and worldwide. Prof Wong has reduced the incidence of kernicterus and associated cerebral palsy in Singapore and the region through the discovery of glucose 6 phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency in newborns and the local use of mothballs on infant clothing. He has launched campaigns to highlight and overcome local childhood nutrition affecting 20% of children under the age of 2 years. Prof Wong was an outstanding research mentor to medical students, junior doctors and pediatricians.

The Wong Hock Boon Society aims to:
 

• Attract, nurture and sustain early interest in research amongst medical undergraduate students.
  
• Encourage, recognize and incentivize the medical students with active research projects
  
• Train potential clinician-scientists/clinical investigators for the future.

Eligibility Guidelines

Applications for membership in the Wong Hock Boon Society is open to all M1-M5 Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine (YLL SOM) undergraduate students and entry guidelines are as follows:
 

Application as 1^st year members of Wong Hock Boon Society -
 

• Undergraduate YLL SOM student (M1-M5) with good academic standing OR
  Undergraduate student of YLL SOM AND involvement in a supervised research project with outstanding performance or published paper in scientific journal
  
• Applicants to apply with a proposed research area/project and supervisor. If necessary, the NUHS Research Office, working with the departmental Research Directors, will assist with linking the students to appropriate supervisors.
   

2^nd year or continued membership after the 1^st year in the Wong Hock Boon Society-
 

• Continued confirmed membership will be awarded if the student is involved in a research project with a supervisor.

 Application is opened throughout the year.

 Forms

Please submit the Membership Form to Emma Liew by email at liew_po_wah_emma@nuhs.edu.sg.

Alternatively, please drop it in the WHB Soc Mailbox (Level 11, NUHS Tower Block) - in front of the Dean's Office Reception Counter.

For New Members	For Confirmed Membership
WHB Registration Form	WHB Confirmed membership

(Please click here to view the past activities & highlights)

• Informal Networking sessions with leading researchers
• Talks focusing on areas to improve research skills such as Biostatistics and Evidence based medicine
• Sponsorship of start up funds for project work and oral presentations or posters at scientific conferences as first author. Funding will not be provided if the student is not the first and presenting author of the poster or oral presentation. Students are encouraged to attend local or conferences in ASEAN countries as a start because of limited funding.
• Assistance in linking up with supervisors for research projects.
• For Conference Funding Application (for Confirmed WHB Society Members only) [Note: Applications for conference funding (for local and ASEAN conferences) must be submitted at least 1.5 months before the date of conference. Retrospective conference funding applications will not be accepted.]

•  The WHB Society Review Committee meets once in 2 months to review the applications.

1. Conference Application for Funding from WHB Society (up to $700)
2. Indemnity Form
3. Students' Overseas Trip Safety Guidelines
4. Risk Assessment Form (For ASEAN conferences)
5. Conference/Workshop Report Form - to be submitted when you submit your reimbursement claims when your application for funding is approved)
    

Members of the Wong Hock Boon Society are encouraged to register their research projects under the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme (UROP).

Those who have achieved excellence in their research projects will be able to submit them for consideration for student research prizes such as the Outstanding Undergraduate Research Prize.

For further enquiries about the Wong Hock Boon Society, please contact Ms Geetha Baskaran at email: medgb@nus.edu.sg.