Most of us would have done some kind of donation across the years, but never at this big a scale.
The total donation of $1 million will be used on a programme to bring renowned scientists to Singapore.
Here are the details.
LKCMedicine to Invite Distinguished Scientists Under New Programme for 10th Anniversary
An anonymous person donated $500,000 to Nanyang Technological University’s (NTU) Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine), and the government has matched the donation.
NTU will be using the $1 million on the LKCMedicine 10th Anniversary Distinguished Visitor programme, which will invite Nobel and Lasker holders and other renowned scientists.
FYI, NTU’s 10th anniversary was in 2020, and the Nobel and Lasker awards are only given to those with major contributions in their field. So the people they’re inviting are pretty high-profile figures in the world of science.
These scientists will “engage with the NTU community and address thought-provoking issues in medicine”. They’ll also conduct public lectures, as part of the new James Best Distinguished Lecture Series.
NTU President Subra Suresh thanked the finance-sector donor for his contribution, in an address at the programme’s launch on 19 March, saying that the donation made this programme possible.
Programme Initiated in 2020, Launched 19 March 2022
This programme was initiated in 2020, to celebrate the school’s 10th anniversary and its growth into one of the top 100 medical schools in the world.
Formally launched on 19 March 2022, this programme will nominate two distinguished visitors every year. They will come and interact, network and share their vast knowledge with the university’s faculty, students, and the public too.
This programme saw its first distinguished visitor and lecturer in former dean James Best, who gave his lecture on 19 March 2022. It was about how medical schools have the role of “agents of influence for the future of medicine”.
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Nobel-Winner Barry Marshall To Arrive Next
The next visitor will be Nobel-Prize Winner in Physiology or Medicine, Barry Marshall. He’s a clinical professor and co-director of the Marshall Centre for Infectious Disease Research and Training in Perth.
He, together with Robin Warren, discovered that a certain bacteria is a significant contributor to many peptic ulcers, which challenged previous views that ulcers were caused by stress, spicy foods and acid. This discovery led to a breakthrough in understanding the link between that bacteria and stomach cancer.
Professor Marshall will be arriving later this year.
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