Full Name
Zhi Xiong Chen
Position
Associate Professor / Assistant Dean (Education)
Institution
National University of Singapore Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
Bio
Zhi Xiong is an Associate Professor at the Department of Physiology and the Assistant Dean (Education) of NUS Medicine. He completed his fellowship with Ludwig Cancer Research at Karolinska Institutet and conducts research on pediatric solid tumors at NUS Centre for Cancer Research (N2CR) and KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH). Deeply interested in professional development, he obtained his Master of Health Professions Education from Maastricht University and founded Asia-Pacific Biomedical Science Educators Association (APBSEA). He is also an Associate at the Centre for Medical Education (CenMED) and a Board Member of International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE). Involved in the education of various health professions, Zhi Xiong is passionate about transdisciplinary learning through faculty development, medical education technology and cross-faculty collaborations. As Master of NUS LightHouse, he believes that student development through human communities and connections is essential to a complete university experience that cannot be replaced digitally.
Zhi Xiong Chen