Our Team
Samantha Wong, PhD
Co-Managing Director
Scientist
(A*STAR EDDC)
Life Sciences Consultant
(Princeton Biopartners)
Jiaqi Liang
Co-Managing Director
PhD Candidate
(NTU, A*STAR SIFBI)
Ivan Seah, MBBS, MBA
Director of
Programmes & Education
PhD Candidate
(NUS, A*STAR IMCB)
MPH Student
(Johns Hopkins University)
John Joson Ng
Director of
Programmes & Education
(Podcast)
MD-PhD Candidate
(Duke-NUS)
Ying Tong Yeo
Director of
Programmes & Education
PhD Student
(NTU)
Damien Chua
Director of
Programmes & Education
PhD Student
(NTU)
Jessie Wong
Director of
Programmes & Education
(Podcast)
PhD Candidate
(Duke-NUS)
Gloria Chan
Director of
Communications
PhD Student
(NUS)
Isha Karnik
Director of
Communications
PhD Student
(NUS, A*STAR IMCB)
Liyana Ayub Ow Yong
Director of
Communications
(Newsletter)
PhD Candidate
(NUS)
Kim Whye Leong
Director of
Communications
(Newsletter)
PhD Candidate
(NUS)
Advisory Board
Professor Gene Yeo
University of California San Diego
National University of Singapore
(Visiting Professor)
EclipseBio (Co-Founder)
Locanabio (Co-Founder)
Orbital Therapeutics (Co-Founder)
Trotana (Co-Founder)
Professor Dean Ho
National University of Singapore
(Provost’s Chair Professor)
N.1 Institute for Health (Director)
The Institute for Digital Medicine (WisDM) (Director)
KYAN Therapeutics (Co-Founder)
Biotic Labs (Co-Founder)
InnovaGem Therapeutics (Co-Founder)
Damian O'Connell, MD, PhD
Experimental Drug Development Centre
(Chief Executive Officer)
University College Cork
(Adjunct Professor)
Singapore Translational Cancer Consortium (Advisor)
Singhealth Investigational Medicine Unit (Advisor)
Yvonne Koh, PhD
ClavystBio
(VP, Investments)