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NCCS Research Committee
Members of the NCCS Research Committee – 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2026
| Core Members | |
Professor Teh Bin Tean |
Deputy Chief Executive Officer (Research), NCCS Principal Investigator, Laboratory of Cancer Epigenome |
| Professor Lim Soon Thye |
Chief Executive Officer, NCCS |
| Professor N.Gopalakrishna Iyer | Head, Medical Sciences |
| A/Prof Ong Choon Kiat |
Head, Cellular & Molecular Research |
| Professor Daniel Tan | Head, Clinical Trials & Epidemiological Sciences |
| A/Prof Nicholas Tolwinski | Interim Program Director, CSCB, Duke-NUS |
A/Professor Henry Ho (wef 1 Apr 2022) Alternate: A/Prof Johnny Ong |
Div Chair, Surgery and Surgical Oncology, SGH & NCCS |
Professor Ravindran Kanesvaran Alternate: Asst Prof Jason Chan |
Div Chair, Medical Oncology, NCCS |
Clin Asst Professor Michael Wang Alternate: Clin Asst Prof Jeffrey Tuan |
Div Chair, Radiation Oncology, NCCS |
Clin Asst Prof Tiffany Hennedige Alternate: Clin Asst Prof Chan Wan Ying |
HOD, Oncologic Imaging, NCCS |
Clin Asst Prof Shirlynn Ho (wef 1 July 2024) Alternate: A/Prof Grace Yang |
HOD, Supportive and Palliative Care, NCCS |
| Professor Ng Heng Joo (wef 1 Feb 2025) Alternate: Clin Assoc Prof Chandramouli Nagarajan |
HOD, Haematology |
| Non-Voting Ex Officio Members | |
| Mr Chong Pang Boon | Chief Operating Officer, NCCS |
| Ms Geraldine Ong | Chief Financial Officer, NCCS |
| Professor Rebecca Dent |
Deputy Chief Executive Officer (Clinical), NCCS |
| Dr Elaine Lim (wed 1 May 2019) |
Director, Division of Community Outreach and Philanthropy, NCCS |
| Professor Toh Han Chong | Deputy Chief Executive Officer (Strategic Partnerships), NCCS |
| Professor Ong Sin Tiong | Professor, CSCB, Duke-NUS |
| Professor Balram Chowbay | Principal Pharmacologist, Clinical Pharmacology Lab, NCCS |
| Mr Martin Tan | Director, Research Administration, NCCS |
| In Attendance | |
| Ms Cheryl Tan | Assistant Manager, Division of Medical Sciences |
| Ms Samantha Wong | Senior Manager, Research Administration |
| Mr Koh Liang Kai | Senior Scientific Administrator |
NCCS Scientific Advisory Board
| Professor Webster K. Cavenee Emeritus Professor, Medicine, University of California San Diego |
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| Professor Michael B. Kastan Executive Director, Duke Cancer Institute William and Jane Shingleton Distinguished Professor, Pharmacology and Cancer Biology Professor of Pediatrics Duke University School of Medicine |
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| Professor Patrick Maxwell Regius Professor of Physic and Head of the School of Clinical Medicine University of Cambridge |
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| Professor Timothy A. Yap Ransom Horne, Jr. Endowed Professor for Cancer Research Head of Clinical Development, Vice President, Therapeutics Discovery Division Professor, Investigational Cancer Therapeutics (Phase I Program), Division of Cancer Medicine The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center |
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