The Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine) trains doctors who put patients at the centre of their exemplary care. The School, which offers both undergraduate and graduate programmes, is named after local philanthropist Tan Sri Dato Lee Kong Chian. Established in 2010 by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, in partnership with Imperial College London, LKCMedicine aims to be a model for innovative medical education and a centre for transformative research. The School's primary clinical partner is the National Healthcare Group, a leader in public healthcare recognised for the quality of its medical expertise, facilities and teaching.

At the LKCMedicine's Centre for Geroscience and Geromedicine (CGG), we are developing a timely multi-disciplinary platform to allow nature-inspired knowledge to be transferred for the benefit of healthy ageing in humans. While past research is yet to provide effective solutions for healthy aging, importantly, nature appears to have...