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Zooming In On Socioeconomic Issues

By analysing the impact of anti-poverty policies at fine-grained level, Associate Professor Tomoki Fujii of the SMU School of Economics is uncovering better ways of reaching development goals.

Enabling Leadership From The Ground Up

Through its research, outreach and training programs, SMU’s Institute for Societal Leadership hopes to nurture the next generation of leaders who are dedicated to serving society.

Exposing A Silent Killer: Liver Disease

Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is set to become the number one cause of liver transplants, but innovative imaging modalities are paving the way for much needed new drugs.

Things I Would Tell My Younger Self

It's been said that hindsight is 20/20, and here, three eminent scientists answer the question: What would you tell your younger selves?

Asia’s Rising Scientists: Swaine Chen

Dr. Swaine Chen seeks to uncover the secret lives of bacteria and develop tools to characterize and understand them better.

Evaluating Drug Toxicity On A Chip

Scientists in Japan have invented a ‘body-on-a-chip’ device that can be used for pre-clinical testing of drug side effects.

Innate Lymphoid Cells Suppress Gut Inflammation

Scientists in China have identified a subpopulation of innate lymphoid cells that suppress inflammation in the gut.

Deforestation Linked To Poor Health In Cambodian Children

Research in Cambodia suggests the importance of considering health impacts when assessing tradeoffs in land use planning.

NTU Partners With NNI For Neurology Research

NTU Singapore and NNI are collaborating to bring engineers and clinicians under one roof to conduct research on neurological diseases.