Congratulations to Prof Tai E Shyong for receiving the mid-career achievement award
in the Nature Awards for Mentoring in Science 2022.
Prof Tai was recognised for his outstanding work in supporting and guiding early career
researchers. The award is a testament to his dedication and commitment to develop the
next generation of scientists.
Now in its 18th year, the Nature Awards for Mentoring in Science are awarded for
outstanding scientific mentorship, recognising scientists that have supported early
career researchers.
Our heartfelt congratulations to the PRECISE Management Team for being
conferred the prestigious STaR and CSA-SI awards at the National Medical
Research Council (NMRC) 2023 Awards Ceremony.
NMRC annually awards grants to researchers and institutions for medical and
health research. These grants support projects in various areas such as basic
and translational research, clinical research, public health, and medical
technology development.
Findings of NPM Phase I, provide opportunities for deeper understanding of
genomic diversity in Asian populations, for more accurate diagnosis and treatment.
PRECISE funded BREATHE programme to transform breast cancer
screening from age-based to risk-based approach
Singapore has valuable research and real-world data managed by different research institutions and public sector agencies. Such data range from genomic to behavioural to socio-economic data. These data, when brought together securely and used in an anonymised manner, have immense potential to enable understanding in health conditions, develop new medical treatments, plan health programmes, and improve public health policy.
SG10K_Health is the headline project of the Singapore National Precision Medicine programme (NPM Phase I). Comprising 10,000 whole-genome sequences from healthy Chinese, Indian, and Malay consented volunteers. SG10K_Health involved a research collaboration across multiple institutions in Singapore, enabling the country to develop the necessary infrastructure and deep capabilities to process, store, and analyse genetic data at the population scale in a safe, secure, and rapid manner. Learn more >
Instead of treating all patients the same way, precision medicine takes individual variations in genetics, environmental and lifestyle factors into account, allowing doctors to more accurately predict which treatment and prevention strategies will work in different groups of people. Enabled by tools to analyse data on a large scale and with DNA sequencing becoming more affordable, precision medicine can improve healthcare by giving doctors a more detailed understanding of each patient.