Many of you know that I've moved to Singapore. A well kept secret is that
the training provided by PBC (Wade Watson, Marvin Tallent, Peo
Halvarsson), Testa (Steve Testa, Ponch Billingsley, Michael Hebb,
Jackie Foley, Richie Bagan) and Cashman (Ken Canty, Joe Duffy)
is being put to use
here in Singapore. Simply said, Duke, which managed to unretire me,
jointly with the National University of Singapore, is building the
first graduate medical school in
Asia - training clinician-scientists that will be the translators between
Singapore's growing investment in biomedical research and health care.
What an opportunity to be part of the economic engine that is driving Singapore.
I came as faculty member #3, part of the start-up team. We are starting
from scratch - and admitting our first students in the fall of 2007. We
are currently leasing 5 buildings to house our learning and research
laboratories and I am building an enabling IT infrastructure - promoting
learning and curiosity while avoiding the forgetting curve. I am moving
Gene Stead's dream into reality
Our new building will be completed by the spring of 2009. In short,
Duke, the National University of Singapore and Singapore are building for
tomorrow. A new building, physician-scientists and energy for tomorrow
Here is our dream
Duke Dean Sandy Williams (who's lab was 2 doors down my the lab Gus
and I used in the Sands building) speaks