Patient and public partnership through Action, Collaboration and Trust
Bringing lived experience, academic rigour and health-system action together to improve healthcare research and services.
A joint initiative of the Centre for Biomedical Ethics, NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, and the Patient Advocacy and Support Office, National University Health System.
Patients, families, caregivers and the public
Your experience can guide what is studied, how it is done, and what changes in practice. You do not need any previous experience of research or of patient and public participation.
Researchers, clinicians and service teams
PACT Lab will connect you with patients, families, caregivers and members of the public, and provide practical guidance, methods and training for working together well.
PACT Lab
We are building an ecosystem where patients, families, caregivers, and members of the public can participate meaningfully and systematically in healthcare research and service transformation.
PACT Lab will connect lived experience with academic expertise and real-world health-system practice. Through this partnership, we aim to strengthen the relevance, accessibility and impact of research and healthcare improvement.
Why PACT Lab?
Patients, families, caregivers and members of the public bring knowledge grounded in lived experience. Their perspectives can guide teams to:
PACT Lab is being established to provide a shared platform for meaningful and sustainable partnership, supported by common standards, practical methods, appropriate remuneration, capability-building and evaluation.
What PACT Lab will do
Connect patients, families, caregivers and members of the public with research and service-transformation teams.
Create practical guidance covering participation, accessibility, remuneration, project support and evaluation.
Equip patient and public partners, researchers, clinicians and service-transformation teams with the knowledge and skills to work together effectively.
Work intensively with selected healthcare research and service-transformation projects to test and improve the PACT Lab model.
Evaluate how partnership influences decisions, participant experiences, research, healthcare services and organisational practice.
Where are we now?
PACT Lab is currently establishing the infrastructure needed to support meaningful, inclusive and sustainable patient and public partnership. Our initial work includes:
Upcoming event
Tuesday 13 October 2026 · 9:30am-3:30pm
Lucy Frith, Angela Ballantyne, Sebastian Porsdam Mann, Alessandro Sparacio
Medicine+Science Library, 11 Lower Kent Ridge Rd, Singapore 119083
Foundations in patient & public involvement and engagement, and a critical look at how Al is reshaping who gets to participate in research - for clinicians, researchers, and clinician-scientists.
Indicate your interest
We welcome interest from patients, family members, caregivers, members of the public, researchers, clinicians, educators, service-transformation teams and community partners. You do not need previous experience in patient and public participation. Where possible, PACT Lab will provide clear roles, preparation and appropriate support. As the model develops, we will share opportunities to participate, collaborate and learn with us.
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Leadership
Associate Professor, Centre for Biomedical Ethics, NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine.
Group Chief Patient Officer, National University Health System; Director, Patient Advocacy and Support Office.
The Co-Directors will be supported by a Steering Committee comprising representatives from NUS Medicine, NUHS, and patient and public partners, and by a Patient and Public Leadership Network that will help shape PACT Lab's strategy and contribute to selected research and service-transformation projects.