The opportunity to be a part of and contribute in a small way to the pursuit of excellence
in patient-oriented research in Singapore has been an extraordinary and most valuable experience for me.
”
Prof Augustus John RUSH
MD (Columbia College of Physicians & Surgeons);
AB (Princeton University)
Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore
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Scientific Achievements
- An internationally renowned clinician-scientist accomplished in the development and testing of innovative treatments for mood disorders, including medications, medical combinations, somatic treatments and psychotherapy, and disease management protocols for depression and bipolar disorder
- Directed over three decades clinical investigations of biological and psychosocial issues in mood disorders in adults, children and adolescents, and promoted the application of clinical research findings to practice, to improve diagnoses and treatments
- Authored some 600 papers in high-impact journals such as New England Journal of Medicine and American Journal of Psychiatry as well as 100 book chapters and books, and serves on the editorial boards of over a dozen psychiatry journals
Academic And Service Achievements
- Highly and positively impacted Singapore's healthcare landscape through leadership roles at NUS medical schools and national healthcare entities, fostering opportunities for cross-organisational collaborations, kickstarting schemes enabling research and support as well as establishing programmes for talent development
- Helped elevate Singapore's clinical research capabilities as Singapore Clinical Research Institute's Chief Executive Officer by developing core capabilities, infrastructure and scientific leadership for clinical research in Singapore
- Designed, founded and served as Executive Director of the Academic Medicine Research Institute, a collaboration between Duke-NUS and Singapore Health Services (SingHealth), created to advance the research careers of clinician scientists by offering programmes, pilot grants and seminars
- Led the growth of education, training and career development programmes at Duke-NUS as its Vice Dean of Clinical Sciences, boosting the career opportunities and expertise of students aspiring to become clinician-scientists
- Crafted and put in place Duke-NUS' Khoo Clinical Scholars Programme introduced to engage, support and propel clinicians towards their first competitive grant application
- Helped formulate, establish and refine the operations of Duke-NUS' Centre for Quantitative Medicine, which delivers research design, biostatistical and epidemiological expertise to collaborating clinicians and scientists
- Devised, implemented and participated in a research seminar programme for Duke-NUS' third-year students to connect them with experts and mentors for their patient-oriented research projects
- Aided in the construction of Duke-NUS' Voice Annotated Presentation Training Programme that forms the basis for a Duke-NUS online certificate course and which has been widely adopted by NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine for its Masters in Clinical Investigators Programme
- Executive Director, Academic Medicine Research Institute, Singapore (2012 – 2013)
- Chief Executive Officer, Singapore Clinical Research Institute (2008 – 2013)
- Vice Dean, Clinical Sciences and Professor, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore (2008 – 2013)
- Member of
- Clinician Career Workgroup (Research) Committee, SingHealth (2010 – 2013)
- Advisory Board, Proposed Centre for Immunological Disease Research and Therapy, Singapore General Hospital (2009 – 2011)
- Biomedical Research Council's Translational Research Local Review Panel for Extramural Grants, Singapore (2009 – 2010)
- Investigational Medicine Unit Executive Committee, SingHealth (2008 – 2010)
- Ad hoc H1N1 Local Review Panel, National Medical Research Council, Singapore (2009)
- Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine (2010 – 2013)
- Member, Appointments, Promotions and Tenure Committee, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore (2008 – 2013)
- Professor and Vice Dean, Office of Clinical Sciences, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore (2008 – 2012)
- Faculty Appreciation Award – Outstanding Faculty for Clinical Sciences, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore (2012)
- Top 100 Health Professionals, International Biographical Centre (2008)
- Lifetime Research Award in Psychiatry, American Psychiatric Association (2007)
- Mind of America Scientific Research Award, US National Alliance on Mental Illness (2007)
- Gold Medal Award, Society of Biological Psychiatry (2006)
- John P. McGovern Medal, American Medical Writers Association (2006)
- International Health Professional of the Year, International Biographical Centre of Cambridge, England (2006)
" To provoke, promote and support the passion for curiosity and the desire to challenge conventional wisdom in the next generation of clinician-scientists."