AsianScientist (Jul 11, 2014) – Consultant medical oncologist Iain Tan has won the Singapore Youth Award 2014. He was recognized for his work as a medical doctor and cancer research scientist, and for his efforts to cultivate an environment conducive for clinical research.
Tan is currently a consultant oncologist leading the colorectal cancer service within the division of medical oncology at the National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS). He is concurrently a clinician scientist at the Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS), A*STAR, where his research focuses on new ways to detect and diagnose colorectal cancers early.
Tan’s research has been recognised with various awards and grants such as the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Young Investigator Award in 2010, the Terry Fox Foundation grant in 2013, and the National Medical Research Council (NMRC) Individual Research Grant in 2014.
“I am honored, humbled and grateful as this award would not have been possible without the institutional support from National Cancer Centre and the Genome Institute of Singapore. This award is not an affirmation of me as an individual but the team of doctors and clinicians that I was a part of and the mission that we are serving,” Tan told Asian Scientist Magazine.
Established in 1975, the Singapore Youth Award honors exceptional young people who enrich the community and bring distinction to the nation. Other awardees this year include filmmaker Anthony Chen, mountaineer Jane Lee; Timbre Group’s co-founder Edward Chia; Kumaran Rasappan, a surgeon who scaled Mount Everest for charity; and two-time Paralympics gold medalist Nurulasyiqah Mohammad Taha.
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