News: LKCMedicine Wraps Up Milestone Year with Dean’s Awards and Appreciation Day 2024

By Retna Devi, Senior Assistant Manager, Media and Publications

“This is a very special year for LKCMedicine. It is the year we launched our enhanced NTU MBBS programme, welcomed the biggest cohort of students, and established Singapore’s first Academic Health System together with our primary partner National Healthcare Group. We also made remarkable research achievements including the significant Large Collaborative Grant awarded to Associate Professor Sanjay Chotirmall and his team, and the launch of OPEN Voices to engage patients in our research,” highlighted LKCMedicine Dean Professor Joseph Sung in his opening remarks, setting the tone for the School’s fifth Dean’s Awards and Appreciation Day.

Held on 3 December 2024 at the Ong Tiong Tat and Irene Tan Liang Kheng Auditorium, the highly anticipated annual event celebrated the commitment and outstanding achievements of staff and faculty who made it possible for LKCMedicine to grow from strength to strength in the past year and embark on its new chapter as an NTU medical school.

To kick-start the event, 130 LKCMedicine senior leaders, faculty and staff were treated to a lively performance by Strawberry Story, a duo from ART:DIS, a non-profit organisation that champions learning and livelihood opportunities for persons with disabilities in and through the arts. The attendees sang along to the performers’ renditions of Keala Settle’s “This is Me” and Bruno Mars’ “Count on Me”. 

This was followed with a video by the School’s Senior Management commending the award winners and reflecting on LKCMedicine’s progress for the year. Award recipients were then invited on stage to receive their trophies from the Dean. During this staff appreciation segment, 55 LKCMedicine researchers and staff were recognised for their years of service to LKCMedicine and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU).

With much to be proud of, attendees’ buoyant spirits could be felt as they participated in the exciting fringe activities at the auditorium foyer. In addition to enjoying scrumptious finger food, many flexed their creative muscle by designing their very own thermos flasks or gathered their colleagues to strike their best poses at the 360-camera booth.

The Dean’s Awards and Appreciation Day was a meaningful way to take stock of the year and strengthen collegial ties as the LKCMedicine community gears up for an eventful 2025.

The list of awardees is as follows:

Research

Assistant Professor Lim Jue Tao

Professor Melvin Leow

Education

Dr Tay Zheng Huan

Associate Professor Christine Cheung

Associate Professor Tay Wey Tut Noel Stanley

Service

Associate Professor Sunny Wong

Administration

Growth Champion: Ms Ting Tow Hwa

Enabler: Mr Ken Wong

Innovation with Impact (Team): Elentra Project

Digital Learning

Ms Otrysia
Ms Yu Jian Yin
Mr Nelton Tan
Ms Yuhanaa Binte Izam
Mr Muhammad Bin Mohamed Ali
Ms Ong Jia Ying
Ms Natasa Siripornleart
Ms Hazel Tan Jia Xin
Mr Wong Zi Xing
Ms Theophilia Yong
Ms Fatin Farihah Binte Miswan

Dr Ng Kian Bee

Education Management

Ms Ruth Choe

Ms Tricia Tan

Ms Jowe Chu

Ms Ivis Wee

Office of Medical Education

Dr Olivia Ng

Faculty

Dr Alex Lee Zheng-Wei

IT Systems & Services

Mr Ken Thong

Mr Samuel Chua

Mr Joshua Liew

Innovation with Impact (Team) Special Mention: Research Achievements, Impact & Strategic Enhancement (RAISE)

Research Administration and Support Services

Ms Koh Ee Kheng

Mr Cavin Ng

Ms Celine Lee

Ms Eileen Chew

Innovation with Impact (Team) Special Mention: LKCMedicine MedCamp 2024

Communications & Outreach

Mdm Siti Rohanah Koid

Ms Siti Mariam Binte Rahman

Mr Edwin Ong

Mr Sanjay Devaraja

Ms Retna Devi

Mr Kelvin Nick Yap Shi Han

Ms Siti Nur Iman Binte Razali

Education Management

Ms Jowe Chu          

Mr Samuel Lim Wichen

Office of Medical Education

Mrs Ramani Saravanan

Faculty

Dr Vivek Perumal

Assistant Professor Bernett Lee

Dr Han Siew Ping

Associate Professor Nagaendran Kandiah

Professor John Chambers

Assistant Professor Lee Eng Sing

Assistant Professor Xia Yun

Assistant Professor Christine Wong

International Relations

Associate Professor Yusuf Ali

Long Service Awards*

20 years of service

Mdm Chitra Devi D/O Subramaniam

15 years of service

Mr Darren Lim Meng Shun

Mr Ken Wong

10 years of service

Mr Sufian Bin Suderman

Mr Low Guo Liang

Mr Paul Gamboa Pineda

Ms Nurlilah Binte Ab Rahman

Ms Ang Yang Huey, Jessica

Mr Fu Xianwang

Ms Nur Faizah Suriani Binte Aniza

Mr Leigh Edward Madden

Ms Yee Shiran

Mr Emmanuel Tan Chee Peng

Associate Professor Sreenivasulu Reddy Mogali

Associate Professor Kevin Pethe

Associate Professor Yap Peng Huat Eric

Associate Professor Tom James Carney

*38 staff received commendation for five years of service