Speakers

Eng Eong is a Professor in the Programme in Emerging Infectious Diseases and serves as the Associate Dean for Early Research Career Development, both at Duke-NUS Medical School. He trained in medicine at the University of Nottingham and completed his PhD in the Department of Microbiology at the National University of Singapore. He has, for more than 25 years, been conducting research on dengue, starting with epidemiology of dengue in Singapore before focusing on dengue virology and human immune response to infection. He is a three-time recipient of the Clinician-Scientist (Senior Investigator) Award and currently holds the Singapore Translational Research Award, all from the National Medical Research Council. He has served in advisory capacities to the pharmaceutical and vaccine industries. He is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of Science Translational Medicine and an Editorial Board member of PLoS Biology.