1. Association of Academic Health Centers
Keeping pace with the rapid changes and challenges in research at a new medical school
James Best MD
Dean, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Singapore
A joint Medical School by Nanyang Technological University Singapore and Imperial College London
Association of Academic Health Centers
2017 Global Issues Forum
Washington DC, May 1, 2017

2. Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine
Agreement signed October 2010
First cohort of 54 students commenced August 2013
2017 admission of 120 students, increasing to class size of 150
Senior research faculty predominantly international
Values
Humility
Integrity
Compassion
Continuous learning
Professionalism
Vision
Redefining medicine
Transforming healthcare
Mission
Equipping doctors who advance
the science and practice of medicine
for the good of humanity. The doctors
you and I would like to have caring for us.

3. Singapore Independence in 1965 Land mass 278 square miles
88 miles North of equator
Temperature degrees F
Population 5.8M
Predominantly ethnic Chinese
Average age 40.5 years, cf. 34 in 2000
2015 per capita income USD 52,090

5. External challenges for LKCMedicine
NTU Singapore – strong engineering university that has not had a medical school
Imperial College London – major changes in leadership and focus on MBBS
National Healthcare Group – not research oriented and has not worked with a medical school
Ministry of Health – focussed on producing doctors and has not endorsed as an Academic Health Centre
Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) – established connections with universities and hospitals
National Medical Research Council – hard to break in to established research funding scheme