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Author Lim, Arthur Siew Ming

Title SERI : Singapore's world-class research / Arthur Lim
Published Singapore : World Scientific, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (160 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Contents Section 1. History of the Singapore Eye Research Institute (SERI). ch. 1. Letter to Mr Khaw Boon Wan (Executive Director, NUH). Joint venture proposal: National Medical Enterprise & Professor Arthur Lim. Letter from Dr S B Kwa, Permanent Secretary (Health)/Director of Medical Services & Chairman of HCS Pte Ltd. Letter to Dr SB Kwa, Chairman SNEC. Letter to Dr S B Kwa, PS (Health)/DMS. Letter to Mr Yeo Cheow Tong, Minister for Health. SNEC Board Paper -- 20 September 1991. Letter from Dr SB Kwa, PS (Health)/DMS. Report on donations received for the National Eye Research Institute. SNEC Board Paper -- 8 November 1991. ch. 2. Eye research in Singapore: from laboratory to Modern Institute / Assoc Prof Chew Sek Jin. ch. 3. History of the Singapore Eye Research Institute (1997-2006) / Prof Wallace Foulds -- section 2. Singapore's research heroes. ch. 4. Associate Professor Chew Sek Jin. ch. 5. Professor Donald Tan. ch. 6. Professor Wallace Foulds. ch. 7. Dr Kwa Soon Bee. Assoc Prof Vivian Balakrishnan. Dr Khoo Chong Yew. Prof Roger Beuerman. Assoc Prof Saw Seang Mei. Prof Wong Tien Yin -- section 3. Progress of the Singapore Eye Research Institute. ch. 8. First National Eye Research meeting. ch. 9. Chairman's message. Second National Eye Research meeting. Agenda for eye research in the new millennium: the role of ophthalmic research in Singapore / Dr Wong Tien Yin and Cl Prof Donald Tan. ch. 10. Chairman's message. Director's report. Board members. Report on the first SERI International Meeting. ch. 11. Chairman's message. First SERI-ARVO meeting on research in vision and ophthalmology. ch. 12. Chairman's message. Director's report. Board members. Second SERI-ARVO meeting on research in vision and ophthalmology. ch. 13. Chairman's message. ch. 14. Milestones -- section 4. The Singapore National Eye Centre. ch. 15. Singapore National Eye Centre / Ms Charity Wai. At the changeover of Leadership (1999) / Assoc Prof Vivian Balakrishnan. ch. 16. Conclusion -- the best is yet to come / Prof Arthur Lim
Summary Just 10 years ago, ophthalmic research was almost unheard of in Singapore. With little money and no infrastructure, ophthalmologists and scientists expressed scant interest in research. Today, however, ophthalmic research in Singapore is at a high international level, as exemplified by the activities of the Singapore Eye Research Institute (SERI), which is capable of competing with and challenging the world's leading eye research centers. Indeed, the world-class research carried out at SERI has helped to extend Singapore's international reach as the country moves towards its goal of becoming a
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Subject Singapore Eye Research Institute -- History -- Chronology
Singapore Eye Research Institute
Singapore Eye Research Institute
Ophthalmology -- Research -- Singapore -- History -- Chronology
Research.
Ophthalmology -- Singapore -- History
Research -- Singapore
Academies and Institutes -- Singapore -- History
Academies and Institutes -- history
Ophthalmology -- history
Research
research (function)
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Vision.
MEDICAL -- Ophthalmology.
Research
Ophthalmology -- Research
Singapore
Singapore
Genre/Form Chronologies
History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2008339416
ISBN 9812834567
9789812834560
9789812833174
981283317X
Other Titles Singapore Eye Research Institute