Mary Jeanette Ignacio

Associate Professor Mary Jeanette Ignacio is a faculty member at the Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS), where she has served since 2008. She currently serves as the Undergraduate Programmes Director for Year 1 and specializes in simulation-based pedagogy.

• Doctor of Philosophy (Health Professions Education), Maastricht University
• Bachelor of Science (Nursing), St Dominic Savio College, Philippines
• Doctor of Medicine (MD), University of Santo Tomas, Philippines
• Bachelor of Science (Psychology), University of the Philippines Diliman

Her research focuses on stress management, cognitive integration, collaborative learning, and human factors in healthcare education. She has pioneered simulation-based teaching strategies across undergraduate and postgraduate nursing curricula and developed innovative approaches to link pathophysiology with clinical practice.

Recent publications highlight her work in virtual reality simulations, systematic reviews on gender discrimination in nursing, and interprofessional educational interventions. She has received multiple teaching excellence awards and secured grants for simulation-based learning projects.

• NUS Teaching Excellence Award (Individual) 2023
• NUS Long Service Award 2023
• National University of Singapore Teaching Excellence Award 2017

Her funded projects include grants from the Centre for Development of Teaching and Learning (NUS), Singapore Millennium Foundation, and Sigma Theta Tau International Honors Society of Nursing Research. She actively contributes to advancing simulation pedagogy, virtual hospital design, and affective fidelity in simulations to improve clinical learning outcomes.