NCO Governance
Strategic Datasets Governing Committee (SDGC)
The SDGC provides strategic oversight of the RIE2030 Strategic HHP Datasets Funding Initiative (FI), administered by the National Cohorts Office (NCO) under the Research, Innovation and Enterprise (RIE) 2030. The committee is responsible for guiding NCO’s strategic direction and workplans, overseeing funding allocations, and shaping future grant calls. The SDGC will also review projects funded under RIE2025, providing recommendations to ensure effective delivery and alignment with programme and national objectives.
Professor
TEO Yik Ying
(SC Chair)
Dean,
Saw Swee Hock School
of Public Health
Vice President
(Global Health),
National University of
Singapore (NUS)
Professor
AUNG Tin
Group Director,
Research (Scientific),
SingHealth
Professor
CHIA Kee Seng
Saw Swee Hock School
of Public Health,
National University of
Singapore (NUS)
Mr CHEONG Wei Yang
Vice Provost
(Strategic Research Partnerships),
Singapore Management University (SMU)
Professor
CHONG Yap Seng
Dean,
Yong Loo Lin School of
Medicine, National
University of Singapore
(NUS)
Deputy Chief Executive
(Education & Research),
National University
Health System
Associate Professor
Sanjay Haresh CHOTIRMALL
Vice Dean (Research),
Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technology University (NTU)
Mr Ralph GRAICHEN
Executive Director,
Population Health, Biomedical Research Council, Agency for Science, Technology Research (A*STAR)
Professor
Benjamin SEET
Group Chairman Medical Board (Research),
National Healthcare Group (NHG)
Professor
Patrick TAN Boon Ooi
Dean,
Duke-NUS Medical School
Executive Director,
Precision Health Research, Singapore (PRECISE)
Professor
TAN Say Beng
Executive Director,
National Medical Research Council (NMRC)
Scientific Advisory Board (SAB)
The SAB offers strategic direction and expert advice to the Strategic Datasets Governing Committee (SDGC) and the National Cohorts Office (NCO).
Professor
Andrew MORRIS
(SAB Chair)
Director,
Health Data Research
UK (HDRUK), UK
President,
Academy of Medical
Sciences, UK
Dr Joe MCNAMARA
Former Head of Cohort
Strategy, Medical
Research Council, UK
Professor
Per HALL
Department of Medical
Epidemiology and Biostatistics,
Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
Professor
Alissa GOODMAN
Professor of Economics, University College London
Co-Director,
Population Research UK