Clinical Associate Professor Tan Ee Shien

Clinical A/Prof Tan Ee Shien is Chief Innovation Officer (CIO) of PRECISE. She is the Head of the clinical genetics service in KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital and leads the SingHealth Duke-NUS Genomic Medicine Centre. In these roles, she leads efforts to improve the care of patients with genetic diseases. She has been the Director of the National Newborn Screening Programme in Singapore from 2011 - 2023. In this role, she has led the expansion of the list of disorders tested in newborns. The Programme has been successful in ensuring that majority of the newborns in Singapore are tested. She is a strong believer in mentoring the next generation and is actively involved in education, previously serving as the Paediatric clerkship director for the Duke NUS Graduate Medical School. She is also a Clinical Associate Professor in Duke-NUS Medical School and Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine. She was awarded Clinician Scientist Award 2009-2011 and remains involved in many genetics research projects.