Bio
Professor John CW Lim is founding Executive Director of the Duke-NUS Centre of Regulatory Excellence (CoRE), inaugural Chairman of the Consortium for Clinical Research & Innovation Singapore (CRIS), Senior Advisor at Singapore’s Ministry of Health (MOH), and Policy Core Lead at the SingHealth Duke-NUS Global Health Institute. He graduated in medicine from NUS and has postgraduate degrees in public health from NUS and health policy and management from Harvard University. Professor Lim has joint academic appointments at Duke-NUS and the NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health. His expertise and interests focus on Asia-Pacific regulatory harmonisation and innovation initiatives, regulatory agility, and the converging of health products and health services regulation that impacts trending areas including AI/digital health, precision public health, advanced therapies and patient engagement.
Formerly Chief Executive Officer of Singapore’s Health Sciences Authority and Deputy Director of Medical Services in MOH, Professor Lim has also held other senior positions in Singapore’s Health and Education ministries. He is a member of the Singapore Food Agency Board, Singapore Medical Council, US Pharmacopoeia Council of the Convention as Asia-Pacific Regional Chapter Chair, Davos Alzheimer’s Collaborative Leadership Group, APEC Harmonization Center Advisory Board, and St Andrew’s Mission Hospital Board, among others. Professor Lim has been awarded the DIA Global Connector Inspire Award and the Regulatory Affairs Professional Society’s Founder’s Award for leadership in promoting global collaboration and shaping regulatory practice and policy throughout his career.
Education
Master of Science in Health Policy and Management
Harvard Univ, Singapore
Master of Science (Public Health)
National University of Singapore, Singapore
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery
National University of Singapore, Singapore