Wong Tien Yin, vice provost of Tsinghua University and senior vice chancellor of Tsinghua Medicine, has been honored with the 2023 College of Clinician Scientists (CCS) Medal for Outstanding Contribution & Achievement in Translational Research at a launch & award ceremony held in Singapore on August 11. This event marks the first time the award has been established and conferred.

As one of Singapore's early clinician scientists and a leading pioneer in the field of translational research, Professor Wong was invited to deliver a keynote speech titled "The Clinician-Scientists Journey: Reflections in Four Countries". He shared his insight on the evolving role of clinician scientists and how they will shape the future landscape of healthcare in Singapore and across Asia.

Wong Tien Yin is also an academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Singapore and a foreign academician of the National Academy of Medicine. He graduated from the National University of Singapore with a bachelor’s degree in medicine and received a presidential scholarship, later receiving a doctorate degree in public health from Johns Hopkins University.

His clinical work primarily focuses on macular degeneration and retinal diseases, and he is dedicated to research and innovation in retinal diseases and ocular imaging (including artificial intelligence). He is a renowned clinical scientist and international expert in the field of retinal diseases, who has made groundbreaking contributions in the epidemiology, translational research, and clinical investigation of retinal diseases and ocular imaging.

Professor Wong has published more than 1,500 peer-reviewed papers, been invited to more than 500 international lectures, and has an h-index of 214. He was featured on Clarivate’s global list of “highly cited scientists” in 2018, 2020, 2021 and 2022, ranking first in the global ophthalmology field.

Editor: Li Han