Bio-Grace-Yang

Dr Grace YANG

Associate Professor

Qualifications: MBBCh, MA (Cantab), MRCP (UK), FAMS, MPH, PhD

Email: gmsymg@nus.edu.sg

Brief Biography:

Dr Grace Yang is Senior Consultant in the Division of Supportive and Palliative Care, National Cancer Centre Singapore and Associate Professor in the Lien Centre for Palliative Care (LCPC) and Programme in Health Services and Systems Research (HSSR), Duke-NUS Medical School. Alongside clinical work, she is actively pursuing health services research in developing and evaluating models of palliative care. She was the first palliative care physician in Singapore to be awarded the NMRC Transition Award in 2020 and the NMRC HPHSR Clinician Scientist Award in 2023.

Affiliations:

• Senior Consultant, Division of Supportive and Palliative Care, National Cancer Centre Singapore
• Associate Professor, Lien Centre for Palliative Care and Programme for Health Services and Systems Research, Duke-NUS Medical School

Research Areas:

• Palliative care
• Spirituality
• Quality of Life
• Health services research

Academic/Professional Qualifications:

• B.A. (Pharmacology), University of Cambridge, UK, 2002
• MBBChir, University of Cambridge, UK, 2005
• M.A., University of Cambridge, UK, 2006
• MRCP (UK), Royal College of Physicians (UK), 2008
• MPH (Clinical effectiveness), Harvard University, 2017
• PhD (Medical Sciences), University of Cambridge, UK