National Cohorts Office (NCO)

About Us

We are a national initiative set up to advocate for and facilitate competency building among population cohorts to enhance the long-term biomedical research ecosystem in Singapore. Population cohorts are versatile in health outcomes and provide a powerful infrastructure for research and translation. We aim to build a community of cohort creators and users to maximise the utility, value and impact of population cohorts.

Roles and Responsibilities

NCO has the following roles and responsibilities:

  • Ecosystem Facilitator: Connect across cohorts and other stakeholders to build a collaborative ecosystem.
  • Cohort Advocator: Highlight needs of cohorts at the national level.
  • Competency Building: Establish and encourage best practices.
  • Methodological Innovation: Promote development, evaluation, and dissemination of relevant methods.
  • Funding Administrator: Launch and administer grant calls.

For more information, please contact the National Cohorts Office at cohorts@nus.edu.sg.