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July 2020

How do you innovate a laboratory-based teaching session in times of COVID-19 pandemic? A/Prof Ho Han Kiat shares his “cooking-show” approach in an article on Teaching Connections blog by Centre for Development of Teaching & Learning.

Article published on Teaching Connections blog

June 2020

Prof Eric Chan wrote an article on repurposing drugs for the treatment of Covid-19, and the strengths and challenges associated with this approach of drug development. The article was published on Straits Time on 13 June 2020.

Article published on Straits Time

We are pleased to share that in 2 months’ time (August 2020), the first batch of Pharmacy students will commence their studies under the Bachelor of Pharmacy (Honours) programme. This new integrated programme replaces the previous Bachelor of Science (Pharmacy).

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May 2020

Congratulations to the 176 graduates from the NUS’s B.Sc.(Pharm.)(Hons) class of 2019 on becoming registered pharmacists upon successful completion of the pre-registration training!

We are proud to share a video made by our Year 4 Pharmacy students, Jasper Koh and Vanessa Loo, which clinched one of the top two awards among more than 40 entries in a South-East Asia-wide competition as part of the “We are Proud” campaign in Baxter.

April 2020

Congratulations to the lucky winners – Ms Azrina Tan (Class of ’18), Ms Junietta Lim (Class of ’22), Mr Jacob Yeo (Class of ’22) and Mr Sean Ang (Class of ’10) for winning the 1st NUS Pharmacy 115th anniversary #PassionPridePurpose contest!

March 2020

An interview with Dr Yap Kai Zhen on the correct usage of thermometers was featured in Lianhe Zaobao on 17 March 2020.
Article featured on Lianhe Zaobao

An article featuring Dr Wong Li Lian on her views about expiry of toiletries and medications was published on CNA Lifestyle on 15 March 2020.
Article featured on CNA Lifestyle

Our adjunct lecturer, Mr Lam Pin Woon, has recently coordinated the initiative led by Senior Minister of State for Defence, Mr Heng Chee How, and supported by Pharmaceutical Society of Singapore to distribute care kits to PCF kindergartens.

We are pleased to share that National University of Singapore is ranked #1 in Asia and #11 in the world in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2020: Pharmacy & Pharmacology.

February 2020

Congratulations to Lecturer Dr Han Zhe, Professor Paul Gallagher, and Lecturer Dr Chng Hui Ting on receiving the Teaching Enhancement Grant (TEG) for Learning Community Projects!

Congratulations Ms Cui Yan Ting, Assistant Manager, and her group for winning 2nd place in the 7th annual International Ukulele Contest!

January 2020

Prof Eric Chan, A/Prof Ho Han Kiat, A/Prof Victor Yu, A/Prof Matthias Wacker and Prof Paul Ho were featured in the latest issue of “Advances in Science” publication by Faculty of Science for their research on pharmaceutical biology and pharmacokinetics. Click on the link below to read more.

Advances in Science Volume 24 Number 2

Congratulations to the winners of 2019 Faculty Teaching, Research and Service Awards from Pharmacy Department!

Congratulations to Prof Paul Gallagher on his new appointment as Deputy Head (Clinical)!

December 2019

Congratulations Dr Gloryn Chia on being awarded Runner-up in the 11th L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women In Science!

November 2019

We are proud to share that Mr Robert Boon (Pharmaceutical Science Year 2) is representing Singapore in the e-Sports event in SEA Games 2019.
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Congratulations to Mr Toh Yue Feng for winning Best Oral Presentation Award for his Final Year Project (FYP) research work at the Society of Transplantation (Singapore) Annual Scientific Meeting!

Congratulations to Assistant Professor Gloryn Chia Le Bin on receiving the prestigious National Research Foundation Fellowship 2020!

We are proud of our alumnus, Kenneth Leung (Class of ’13), for his passion and innovation in developing Mediview, an online national platform with an extensive library of high quality drug images.

Our former PhD students, Dr Goh Wei Jiang and Dr Lim Seng Han have founded Craft Health, which is a personalized supplements & medicines platform, leveraging on 3D printing technologies.

October 2019

Congratulations to Dr Brandon Morinaka on receiving the NUS Early Career Research Award 2019!

September 2019

Congratulations to a team of scientists from NUS Department of Pharmacy and Department of Chemistry, co-led by A/Prof Giorgia Pastorin for developing a new anti-cancer drug with reduced side-effects! To read more about this new drug development, go to:

Article featured on Channel News Asia

NUS Research News

August 2019

Congratulations to A/Prof Lita Chew for winning the 2019 Singapore National Day Award under the category “The Public Administration Medal (Silver)”!

Congratulations to Mr Lum Zheng Kang, NUS Pharmacy postgraduate student (Supervisor: A/Prof Joyce Lee) for winning the 2019 Best Graduate Researcher Award!

June 2019

A commentary written by A/Prof Alex Chan entitled ‘Fighting cancer and the ‘fog’ it brings’ was featured in The Straits Times on 1 June 2019. Beyond the clinical conundrum of chemobrain, A/Prof Chan has discussed the ongoing scientific research as well as the socioeconomic issues associated with this complication of cancer treatment. A copy of this article is now available on the NUS News website:

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May 2019

A study led by A/Prof Koh Hwee Ling and her research team found that leaf extracts taken from medicinal herbs used in South-east Asian folk medicine were effective in stopping the growth of seven types of cancer. For more information, please visit:

Article featured on Straits Times

Video clip featured on Lianhe Zaobao

NUS Research News

Congratulations to 2 of our academic staff and their PhD students for mentoring the winning school projects at the Singapore Science and Engineering Fair (SSEF) 2019!

The graduation ceremony for our inaugural cohort of National collaborative prescribing practitioners was held on 2 July 2018. Congratulations to all graduates! For more information, please visit:

News article from Straits Times

News article from Channel 8 News

Photos at graduation ceremony

June 2018

Congratulations to our PhD students, Tan Chia Jie and Toh Yi Long (Supervisor: A/Prof Alex Chan), for winning the awards at MASCC/ISOO Annual Meeting 2018!

May 2018

A team led by Assoc Prof Alexandre Chan from the Department of Pharmacy at NUS Faculty of Science has found that measuring the amount of mitochondria in the blood could help doctors identify patients who are suffering from cancer-related fatigue, and develop strategies to better manage this side effect in patients. For more information, please visit:

NUS News Reports

Article from Lianhe Zaobao

NUS Press Releases

Congratulations to Prof Christina Chai and her team from NUS Pharmacy for the important breakthrough in stem cell technology! For more information, please visit:

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April 2018

Two studies led by A/Prof Joyce Lee revealed that pharmacist-managed care, in addition to routine check-ups with physicians, help improve the management of diabetes and the associated chronic diseases.

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NUS News – Press release

Article from Lianhe Zaobao

Congratulations to A/P Alex Chan for receiving the International Society of Oncology Pharmacy Practitioners (ISOPP) Fellowship Award at ISOPP 2018 Symposium in Shanghai!

A/Prof Alex Chan shares about the study he led on the effect of chemotherapy based on a target group of 131 female patients with Stages I to III breast cancer

March 2018

Congratulations to our PhD student, Ms Sybil Obuobi who has been selected for the Arctic MSCA-IF program 2018 at UiT The Arctic University of Norway

February 2018

NUS Pharmacy is pleased to announce that a new B.Sc. (Hons) in Pharmaceutical Science Programme will be offered from Academic Year 2018/2019.

Congratulations to NUS Pharmaceutical Society (NUSPS) on winning numerous awards at the NUS Student Achievement Award 2018

Congratulations to Dr Ong Pei Shi for being awarded the Teaching Enhancement Grant (TEG) AY2017/2018

January 2018

Congratulations to all award winners from NUS Pharmacy for Faculty Awards 2017

Congratulations to A/Prof Alex Chan who has won the Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD) International Neighbour of Choice (INOC) grant

December 2017

Pharmacy Virtual Game by Dr. Kevin Yap and Dr. Yap Kai Zhen wins 3 awards at Reimagine Education Conference and Awards 2017 (hosted by Wharton School and QS Rankings organization, in Philadelphia, PA, USA):
• Discipline Awards: Life-sciences & Medicine, GOLD
• Regional Awards: Asia-Pacific, SILVER
• Category Awards: Vritual/Augmented Reality, SILVER

November 2017

Dr. Wee Hwee Lin and A/Prof. Alexandre Chan were invited speakers for the European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) Asia 2017 annual conference

Congratulations to Tze Ning for winning the IPEC Foundation Graduate Student Award 2017

October 2017

Congratulations to Aneesh who won first prize for his poster presentation under the postgraduate category at SSX-2017 held in India

Hope for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease – Dr Lin Haishu’s PhD student, Samuel’s work has been featured as an Editor’s Choice in the British Journal of Pharmacology

Dr. Yau Wai Ping and her research team have reported the potential benefits of SSRIs post-stroke in their systematic review and meta-analysis published in the latest issue of Clinical Drug Investigation

September 2017

Our PhD student, Ms Sybil Obuobi (Supervisor: A/P Rachel Ee) has received the prestigious “Otto Bayer Scholarship” for research attachment in Max-Planck-Institut, Mainz, Germany

NUS Pharmacy Virtual Game wins the Mrs Tan Shook Fong – PSS Innovation and Scientific Research Award 2017 Singapore Pharmacy Congress 2017!

Third year Pharmacy student, Marcus Wong Xiu Ren, is the first recipient of the Leong Mun Sum Scholarship

MPRG scientists discovered the influence of host liver-gut microbiota axis in modulating idiosyncratic drug-induced liver toxicity (DILI)

August 2017

Congratulations to A/P Joyce Lee for being elected a Fellow of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP)

Ms Sybil Obuobi, PhD candidate (Supervisor: A/P Rachel Ee), received the “Best Graduate Researcher Award” on 08 Aug 2017

July 2017

A group of 5 postgraduate students from NUS attended a Summer School in Bandung Institute of Technology from July 24 to Aug 5

Congratulations to A/Prof Alexandre Chan who received a 1.3 million dollars grant from the NMRC clinical scientist-Individual Research Grant (CS-IRG)

A/Prof Eric Chan has assembled a multi-institutional team with the aim to predict the risk profile for early intervention of a urological disease

June 2017

Congratulations to Dr. Jung-Woo Chae for receiving a Young Investigator Award from MASCC in Washington D.C. on 23 June 2017

Dr. Wong Li Lian was one of the expert panellist for the 2017 GSK Global Pain Index launch and panel discussion.
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Four Year 1 Pharmacy students and four Year 1 Nursing students won the presentation video at CAIPE AGM 2017

Asst. Prof Wee Hwee Lin and her students have shown that having pharmacist-managed clinics can provide effective healthcare services at a lower cost

Congratulations to Dr. Jung-Woo Chae and Mr. Terence Ng for receiving the 2017 ASCO Annual Meeting Merit Award

May 2017

Congratulations to A/Prof Joyce Lee who has won the Annual Teaching Excellence Award based on AY2015/16

March 2017

A/P Alexandre Chan and his PhD student Sreemanee Raaj Dorajoo has developed an online “calculator” to predict risk of early hospital readmission. To read more about this new predictive tool, click on the links below:
NUS Newsletter May-Jun 2017 Issue | Research & Innovation, p.13

Highlights on NUS News

Press release

Congratulations to Dr Yap Kai Zhen and her team of students for their great efforts in the Community Health Angels Mentoring Programme (CHAMP)

Congratulations to Mr Andrew Lim from Hwa Chong Junior College, for winning the bronze medal at the Singapore Science and Engineering Fair (SSEF) 2017