http://www.nuhs.edu.sg/wbn/rss/nuhs_news.xml NUHS News and Announcements en-us Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:35:00 +0800 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:35:00 +0800 http://www.nuhs.edu.sg/html/news/view_cid1_22.html NUHS staff and students win 34 awards at the NHG 8th Annual Scientific Congress (ASC) held on the 16 and 17 October 2009 at the Suntec Singapore International Convention & Exhibition Centre. This year, over 500 scientific abstracts were submitted... Tue, 20 Oct 2009 08:35:00 GMT 22 http://www.nuhs.edu.sg/html/news/view_cid1_21.html Ministry of Health (MOH) has announced that from May 2010, postgraduate medical education will be enhanced to allow them to choose a medical specialty right after graduation. The current 5th year medicine students at the NUS Yong Loo Lin School... Mon, 19 Oct 2009 06:50:00 GMT 21 http://www.nuhs.edu.sg/html/news/view_cid1_8.html NUS MEDICAL STUDENTS CYCLE TO RAISE FUNDS FOR NEEDY PATIENTS AND CONDUCT FREE PUBLIC HEALTH SCREENING Ride for Hope 2009 Two groups of medical students from the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine took time away from their undergraduate... Mon, 14 Sep 2009 03:45:00 GMT 8 http://www.nuhs.edu.sg/html/news/view_cid1_17.html Dean of NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine Professor John Wong and Associate Professor Vincent Chow, Department of Microbiology, together with Ministry of Health's Director of Medical Services Prof K Satku will lead a national team of scientists, clinicians... Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:12:00 GMT 17 http://www.nuhs.edu.sg/html/news/view_cid1_13.html The National Research Foundation (NRF), on the recommendation of an expert evaluation panel, announced today the award of the Proof-of-Concept (POC) grant to 16 projects from the institutes of higher learning (IHLs). S$75 million has been set aside for this... Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:12:00 GMT 13 http://www.nuhs.edu.sg/html/news/view_cid1_7.html NUHS congratulates its staff members who have been acknowledged for their dedicated service and contribution to the nation at Singapore's 44th National Day celebrations. The list of the National Day Awards recipients from the NUHS are: Public Administration Medal (Silver)... Mon, 14 Sep 2009 03:42:00 GMT 7 http://www.nuhs.edu.sg/html/news/view_cid1_6.html Mr Joe Sim, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of National University Hospital (NUH) has been appointed an Adjunct Associate Professor in the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine and the NUS Business School with effect from 1 August 2009. ... Mon, 14 Sep 2009 03:30:00 GMT 6 http://www.nuhs.edu.sg/html/news/view_cid1_18.html "A new pandemic of H1N1 Influenza - Its origins, likely course and the global response" by Sir Roy Anderson, Rector, Imperial College The number of human cases of pandemic (H1N1) influenza continues to increase in many countries. Against this background,... Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:12:00 GMT 18 http://www.nuhs.edu.sg/html/news/view_cid1_14.html Understanding the Mind of a Virus Anthropomorphising is the process of making something that is not human behave like a human. We do that all the time. We describe our cars as being temperamental, our pets as being kind... Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:12:00 GMT 14 http://www.nuhs.edu.sg/html/news/view_cid1_15.html NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine is proud to share with all that Professor Wong Tien Yin, Department of Ophthalmology has received the Outstanding Researcher Award, while Associate Professor Markus Wenk, Department of Biochemistry has received the Young Researcher... Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:12:00 GMT 15 http://www.nuhs.edu.sg/html/news/view_cid1_19.html A*STAR's Biomedical Research Council (BMRC) and its consortia, namely Singapore Bioimaging Consortium (SBIC), Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN), Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences (SICS) and Singapore Stem Cell Consortium (SSCC), have issued more than 50 grants amounting to $36 million to... Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:12:00 GMT 19 http://www.nuhs.edu.sg/html/news/view_cid1_16.html The Cancer Research Centre of Excellence (RCE) at the National University of Singapore (NUS) will conduct a multifaceted and coordinated approach to cancer research, extending from basic cancer studies all the way to experimental therapeutics. The vision is to make... Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:12:00 GMT 16