The Asian Scientist 100
Stuart Cook
Institution
Duke-NUS Medical School
Country
Singapore
Field
Biomedical Sciences
Cook won the President’s Technology Award 2018 for advancing research in human genetics and cardiovascular disease. (Photo: Duke-NUS Medical School)
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