To students in the health-care related fields, TRMPC’s US resided volunteers, Dr. Chee Ng, Mr. Allan Lee, and their families, have founded the NewGround Foundation Scholarship in 2011, to encourage current health-care related students to gain further field experiences in medical mission.

The scholarship is open for students studying in Medicine, Dental, Nursing, Pharmacy, Healthcare Education and all other health-care related fields.  If interested, please download the instruction and application form to apply with NewGround Foundation Scholarship directly, and please also CC a copy to TRMPC at haiping@taiwanroot.org for record purpose. 

Instruction and application form can be downloaded here:

http://114.32.72.130/uploads/Scholarship%20application%20English%20v2.doc

Objectives for the Scholarship:

As the saying goes, Health is wealth. Medical professionals are our health’s last defense. By providing the scholarship to the healthcare-related students for the oversea volunteer opportunity, Chee, Allan and their families hope that young students can have the opportunity to develop compassionate bonds with people and their communities before becoming medical professionals. In their future practices, such experiences will hopefully shed some light and give them a broader perspective of life.

Biographies of the supporters:

Chee M. Ng, Pharm.D. Ph.D., FCP

Chee was born in Langkap, a rural village in Malaysia and left home at the age of 17 to study in Canada. He later moved to the U.S. for university and has since resided in the U. S. He entered the university with the aim of becoming an engineer, but instead graduated with a Pharmacy degree and received his Doctor of Pharmacy with high honor in 1995 and Ph.D. and post-doctoral fellowship training in 2003. Chee is currently working as a faculty at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School. 

Chee and his wife, Hillary who was born in Taiwan, believe in living life with compassion and an open mind. Every year, they find opportunities to explore the world through backpacking and volunteer missions. Such experiences give them a sense of humanity and puts things into perspective in their busy lives.

Allan Lee,

Allan was born and raised in Taiwan. After graduating from maritime junior college in Taiwan, he went to U.S. to study computer science. He met his wife June in college who is also from Taiwan. They have two beautiful daughters. Allan is currently working as a senior Analyst at a software company.

While Allan and June both work at software companies, they try to enjoy what nature has to offer. They love hiking and skiing while their daughters especially enjoy biking, camping and rock climbing. They strongly believe that one should never forget his/her roots and culture.