You are invited to the next CCS+D Research Masterclass Webinar for clinician-researchers. Join us to hear A/Prof Lai Siang Hui demystify the Institutional Review Board (IRB) process and unveil the black box of IRB evaluation. Learn the best practices to follow and red flags to avoid for getting your research approved by the ethics committee.
CCS+D Research Masterclass Webinar: Understanding how IRBs work and what they look for
Date:Thursday 8 January 2026
Time:12.30pm-1.30pm
Speaker:A/Prof Lai Siang Hui, Chair, Centralised Institutional Review Board, SingHealth
Register: scan the QR code in the poster below
Associate Professor Lai Siang Hui is a Senior Consultant in the Department of Anatomical Pathology at the Singapore General Hospital (SGH). He is also the Chair of the Centralised Institutional Review Board of SingHealth and Vice-Chair (Education) of the Pathology Academic Clinical Programme in the SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre. Besides usual work commitments, A/Prof Lai finds time for other professional and social activities, including being the Editor of Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare academic journal. Prior to joining SGH, A/Prof Lai was Consultant Forensic Pathologist at the Health Sciences Authority, Singapore, where he was Head (Research) and later Head (Training & Education).