Science, technology and innovation are key to attain sustainable solutionsto global warming, pollution and burgeoning healthcare issues and more that threaten our very existence.
DR. LAKSHMI RAMACHANDRAN, PHD RESEARCH PROGRAM MANAGER, DUKE-NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL
Dr Lakshmi Ramachandran has a PhD in Cell and Microbiology and is a Research Program Manager at the Duke-NUS Medical School.
Her work focuses on the Cancer ImmunoTherapy Imaging (CITI) Programme, a national initiative involving 12 partner organisations across Singapore. She is also a global speaker and coach, and works to encourage women to pursue STEM fields.
Did you know? She has co-authored an award-winning memoir-cookbook, ‘Roomies/Foodies’, written as a witty survival guide for Indian students going abroad and she blogs at lakshmiramachandran.com.
United Women Singapore is a local non-profit organisation that advances women’s empowerment and gender equality. The organisation works towards narrowing the gender equality gap through education and raising awareness and advocacy on issues of anti-violence and women’s empowerment, with the support of partners from the public and private sectors.
