John Wong#
| Membership Number: | 6063 |
| Membership type: | FOREIGN |
| Section: | CLINICAL & VETERINARY SCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2022 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SINGAPORE |
| Homepage(s): | https://nus.edu.sg/about/management/john-eu-li-wong?msclkid=ec24d832a6a911ec811f945479a0cd09 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2020 - present Senior Vice President (Health Innovation & Translation), National University of Singapore (NUS) & Senior Advisor, National University Health System (NUHS), Singapore
- 2014 - 2019 Senior Vice President (Health Affairs), NUS & Chief Executive, NUHS
- 2012 - 2013 Board Chairman, Health Sciences Authority, Ministry of Health, Singapore
- 2011 - 2013 Vice Provost (Academic Medicine), NUS
- 2008 - 2014 Director, National University Cancer Institute, Singapore (NCIS), NUHS
- 2003 - 2011 Dean, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS
- 2003 - 2008 Chairman, Board of the NUS Graduate School of Integrative Sciences & Engineering, NUS
- 2002 - 2008 Vice-President (Research / Life Sciences), NUS
- 2001 - 2008 Director, The Cancer Institute, National Healthcare Group, Singapore
- 2000 - 2002 Chairman, Medical Board, National University Hospital (NUH), Singapore
Fields of Scholarship
- Comprehensive cancer centres
- Healthy longevity
- National health and biomedical sciences research strategy
- Academic health systems
- Cancer clinical trials
- Global health
- Value-based healthcare
Honours and Awards
- 2020 Medal of Commendation, Singapore May Day Awards
- 2019 International Member, The United States of America National Academy of Medicine
- 2019 Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, KL Chopra Visiting Lectureship in Medicine and Humanities
- 2019 Degree of Doctor Philosophiae Honoris Causa, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- 2016 Public Administration Medal (Gold), Singapore National Day Awards
- 2015 Long Service Medal, Singapore National Day Awards
- 2014 President’s Science & Technology Medal, President’s Science & Technology Awards, Republic of Singapore
- 2013 Outstanding Service Award, National University of Singapore
- 2011 Friend of MedSoc Award 2011, National University of Singapore Medical Society
- 2010 Singapore Medical Association (SMA) Lecture 2010
- 2010 Sass Foundation Award, Sass Foundation for Medical Research, in conjunction with MD Anderson Cancer Center
- 2009 National Outstanding Clinician Award, 2009 National Medical Excellence Awards, Ministry of Health, Singapore
- 2005 Public Administration Medal (Silver), Singapore National Day Awards
- 2008 Fellow, American College of Physicians
- 2005 Fellow, Royal College of Physicians, London
- 1999 Fellow, Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh
- 1996 Fellow, Academy of Medicine, Singapore
- 1983 Special Letter of Commendation, Singapore Armed Forces
