Dr Soong is a specialist pharmacist at Singapore General Hospital. She is trained in critical care medicine, where she makes daily rounds with Intensive Care Unit (ICU) intensivists to provide optimal pharmaceutical care to the critically ill. She believes that pharmacists can play a major role in optimising medication regimens and improving the quality of care for patients. She contributes to multiple efforts to improve medication reconciliation processes and raise awareness of polypharmacy issues and the role of deprescribing within the hospital. She is also a Lecturer at the Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at NUS.

Dr Chng is a Senior Lecturer with the Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, NUS and a registered pharmacist with the Singapore Pharmacy Council since 2009. She is a dynamic and passionate educator, with the expertise to bridge the teaching of cross-disciplinary pharmacy practice and pharmaceutical sciences, and interdisciplinary arts and sciences. She is a strong advocate for active and collaborative learning pedagogies, interdisciplinary learning and holistic education which encompasses student activities, experiential learning and mentorship.

Assoc Prof Priscilla How is an educator and a pharmacy clinician specialising in the area of nephrology pharmacotherapy. In addition to teaching undergraduate and postgraduate pharmacy students in NUS, she runs ambulatory care clinics in National University Hospital for patients with chronic kidney disease. She is a passionate educator who imparts clinical knowledge and pharmacy practice skills to her students and brings lessons to life using real-life case scenarios based on her clinical experience. She is also a compassionate and dedicated clinician who cares for her patients.

Assoc Prof Doreen Tan is a cardiology specialist pharmacist who has spent over 20 years in geriatrics and cardiology-related work. She purposefully designed the undergraduate integrated Cardiovascular Science and Therapeutics course, introducing changes to the undergraduate syllabus by bringing in blood pressure taking and electrocardiogram hands-on practicals in a bid to cement application and learning. She also led the design of the new NUS Pharmacy undergraduate Pre-Employment Clinical Training Programme for Year 1 to 3 undergraduates. Assoc Prof Tan previously headed Khoo Teck Puat Hospital’s Pharmacy Department, and crossed over to corporate development as Assistant Director (Value Office) before joining the Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Science.

Mr Tan is currently working at the Asia Pacific commercial strategy office for Johnson & Johnson. He works with a diverse team across the region to bring the latest innovative cancer therapies to patients. He has spent more than 10 years in the pharmaceutical industry across various functions and is currently a mentor for undergraduate interns.

Prof Christina Chai obtained her BSc (Hons) from the University of Canterbury and her PhD in synthetic organic chemistry from the Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University, Australia. Following her PhD, she was awarded a Violette and Samuel Glasstone Research Fellowship at the University of Oxford, United Kingdom, where she studied bioorganic reaction mechanisms. This was followed by faculty positions at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand (1991 to 1993) and the Australian National University (1994 to 2004). Prof Chai was a Principal Scientist at the Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) (2004 to 2011) and was co-appointed Director of Graduate Affairs at A*STAR’s Science and Engineering Research Council (2008 to 2011). Prof Chai joined NUS in 2011 and is currently Head of NUS’ Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences.

Assoc Prof Lita Chew received her pharmacy degree from NUS and obtained her postgraduate degree in medical science (clinical oncology) at the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom. She completed her fellowship training in pharmacy practice at the University Illinois Chicago, United States. Her contributions to pharmacy impact professional development in Singapore. These include setting up a register for specialist pharmacists, a training and development framework for pharmacist specialists, national pharmacy residency training and a review of pharmacist and pharmacy technician career paths. She is instrumental in the development and implementation of the National Pharmacy Strategy, a 10-year plan to transform the pharmaceutical landscape in Singapore. Assoc Prof Chew is an inspiring leader who is passionate in workforce development to improve safety and quality of care, and she continues her leadership journey to transform the practice landscape for the allied health and pharmacy communities.