The Committee

Bioethics Advisory Committee

Chairman
Emeritus Professor Lee Eng Hin
Emeritus Professor & Emeritus Consultant, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
National University Health System

Deputy Chairs
Professor Kon Oi Lian
Professor (Retired)
Duke-NUS Medical School

Mr Gregory Vijayendran
Senior Counsel and Partner
Rajah and Tann Singapore LLP

Members
Associate Professor Chan Mei Yoke
Senior Consultant, Paediatric Haematology/Oncology
KK Women's and Children's Hospital (KKH);
Adjunct Associate Professor
Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore; and
Clinical Associate Professor
Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School and Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine,
Nanyang Technological University

Dr Chew Wei Leong
Associate Director and Senior Principal Scientist
Genome Institute of Singapore, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR); and
Adjunct Assistant Professor
National University of Singapore

Professor Chin Jing Jih
Deputy Group Chief Executive Officer (Clinical and Academic Development)
NHG Health; and
Senior Consultant Geriatrician
Tan Tock Seng Hospital

Dr Izal Bin Mustafa Kamar
Deputy Mufti
Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (MUIS)
Secretary, MUIS Legal (Fatwa) Committee

Emeritus Professor Roy Joseph
Emeritus Consultant, Department of Neonatology
Khoo Teck Puat-National University Children's Medical Institute, National University Hospital; and Director of the Paediatric Ethics Program,
Centre for Biomedical Ethics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore

Ms Kuah Boon Theng
Senior Counsel and Managing Director
Legal Clinic LLC

Associate Professor Adrian Kwek Sui-Kion
Associate Professor, Core Learning
Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS)

Associate Professor Lai Poh San
Associate Professor, Department of Paediatrics
Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore

Mr Charles Lim Aeng Cheng
Principal Senior State Counsel, Legislation Division
Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC)

Associate Professor Lim Tit Meng
Chief Executive
Science Centre Board

Adjunct Professor Ngiam Kee Yuan
Head, Artificial Intelligence Office
National University Health System; and
Head, Division of Biomedical Informatics
Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore

Professor Vineeta Sinha
Professor, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
National University of Singapore

Professor Patrick Tan Boon Ooi
Dean (Designate) and Provost’s Chair, Cancer and Stem Cell Biology
Duke-NUS Medical School; and
Executive Director
Precision Health Research Singapore (PRECISE)

Mr Tan Sze Yao
Director (Legal), Legal Office
Ministry of Health, Singapore

Ms Joyce Teo
Senior Health Correspondent
The Straits Times

Dr Voo Teck Chuan
Head, Office of Ethics in Healthcare, SingHealth; and
Advisor, SingHealth Duke-NUS Medical Humanities Institute

International Panel of Experts

Prof Timothy B. Curry
Consultant & Vice Chair, Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic

Prof Curry holds a joint appointment as Consultant in the Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota and is also the Center of Individualised Medicine’s Associate Director of clinical implementation and is the William O. Lund, Jr. and Natalie C. Lund Program Director for Clinomics.

Prof Curry’s current research is focused on implementation of genomic medicine, genomic education, and clinical practice improvement. His work has been funded by the Department of Defense and the National Institutes of Health, among others. He is frequently invited to give presentations on his research both nationally and internationally and has authored numerous journal articles, abstracts and book chapters. He serves on the Mayo Clinic Proceedings editorial board and holds reviewer responsibilities for prominent scientific publications.