The Sim Foundation has pledged a gift of S$15 million to Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), which will bolster the University’s efforts in delivering transformative healthcare through education and research.
For a start, the gift will strengthen NTU’s Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine’s (LKCMedicine) capacity to deliver exceptional medical education and advance its research enterprise, by leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) in medicine and technology to deliver better healthcare outcomes and develop meaningful medical innovations for patients.
The gift advances LKCMedicine’s translational research in two areas: applying AI in medicine and leveraging technology to care for patients in hospitals and at home. The latter provides equitable healthcare service to elderly and underprivileged individuals, ensuring they receive better clinical service while reducing hospital workload. The endowed gift will also be used to further integrate inter-cultural and global dimensions into medical education at LKCMedicine. It will augment the variety of overseas opportunities currently provided to medical students, such as a six-week overseas elective in Year 5, Scholarly Projects in Year 4, Overseas Community Involvement Projects or international research competitions.
