OPEN Events and Workshops

Upcoming Events

OPEN Conversation seminar on 6 May

Dear Friends & Colleagues,

Join us for an engaging OPEN Conversation seminar, "From Subjects to Stakeholders: Rethinking Patient Power in Research," on Tuesday, 6th May 2025. This seminar will explore the evolving role of patients in medical research, focusing on their transition from research subjects to active stakeholders who influence research outcomes.

For a detailed synopsis of the conversation and speaker biography, please refer to the attached PDF.

 Scan the QR code or click on the link to register for the session https://forms.office.com/r/HzRvdqCdhM

An email confirmation will be sent to you after registration.


Past Events

OPEN Conversation on 3 Feb

The Office of Patient Engagement (OPEN) is excited to bring you "Open Conversation," a dynamic seminar series on Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) in medical research and healthcare.  Designed to empower the patient engagement community to shape patient involvement and engagement, OPEN Conversation provide an opportunity for discussion, collaboration and networking.

This year, we kick off with an exclusive in-person seminar, “Patient Partners as Agents of Change”, featuring a Clinician Scientist and  truly inspiring patient partners from the UK and Singapore on the impact of patient involvement in  genomic medicine.  We are pleased to co-organise this seminar with the College of Clinician Scientists, Academy of Medicine, Singapore.

Tea with Kristin on 16 Jan

The Office of Patient Engagement (OPEN) is pleased to invite you to a Tea Session with Kristin Anthony, President of the PTEN (Hematoma Tumour Syndrome) Foundation.

Topic: Patient Advocacy: From Support Group to Foundation and Beyond

At this session, you will learn:

  • How the PTEN Foundation developed from a patient support group to a patient-run research organization.
  • How the foundation is leading PTEN research.
  • How patients and families in the PTEN Community are involved in research for PTEN Syndromes.

Details are as follow:

16 January 2025 (Thursday), 3pm to 5pm

Seminar Room Level 2, HQ Building Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (Novena Campus), 11 Mandalay Road S(308232)

Kindly scan the QR code and register by 14 Jan 2025 if you are keen to attend this tea session.

You may read more about PTEN foundation here.

This session is supported by Precision Health Research, Singapore (PRECISE).

Tea with Vicky on 27 Dec

OPEN Voices Patient Partners had an engaging chat with Vicky Grandon, a patient partner with hospitals and research teams in the UK. Attendees discussed the joys and challenges of being a patient partner and how to collaborate with researchers to enrich medical science. This is the first “Tea with…” series organised by OPEN.