Research and Innovation

RIE At CGH

The Research, Innovation and Enterprise (RIE) team at Changi General Hospital (CGH) seeks to advance the hospital’s efforts through a “one-door” seamless support structure by:

Strengthening support for RIE-related projects from conceptualisation to actualisation
Facilitating CGH's development and growth in RIE capabilities
Aligning RIE activities with the overall strategic direction of CGH

Centre for Healthcare Assistive & Robotics Technology (CHART)

CHART supports clinical innovators and their potential partners in test bedding innovative healthcare solutions in assistive technologies and robotics, with facilitation of grants such as Smart Nursing Ward (SNW) and Singapore Healthcare Assistive & Robotics Programme (SHARP).

Health Services Research

The Health Services Research (HSR) team seeks to enable evidence-based decision-making through multi-disciplinary methodologies. The team works closely with partners and collaborators to enable translation of research findings into healthcare delivery improvement and/or better patient outcomes.

Find a Researcher

Find out more about our CGH researchers.

Clinical Trial & Research Unit (CTRU)

The Clinical Trials & Research Unit (CTRU) was established to centralise resources and efficiently provide support to research activities in the hospital. The team supports researchers in grant applications, ethics and regulatory submissions, study initiation to completion, as well as publication. CTRU also has a well-equipped research lab which provides bench-work support for investigator-led studies and sponsored trials.

Office of Innovation

The Office of Innovation (OOI) supports clinician innovators in their projects from ideation, to prototyping, and implementation, co-creating and delivering user-centric solutions to our patients, healthcare providers and CGH.

SingHealth Research

Learn more about how SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre (AMC) draws on the collective strengths of SingHealth and Duke-NUS Medical School to drive the transformation of healthcare.

Research News

Research Landmark CGH surgical trial explores new treatment approach for persons living with Alzheimer’s disease and their families CGH is the first public hospital to research neurolymphatic surgery to manage the progression of Alzheimer’s disease.

07 Apr 2026 Read Story

Patient Care Changi General Hospital partners Respiree to advance patient care through smart remote monitoring of vital signs

08 Nov 2022 Read Story

Research Local Study Demonstrates Synergies of Using Blood-based Liquid Biopsies to Complement Tissue Biopsies for Lung Cancer Diagnosis

29 Jul 2022 Read Story

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