BIGHEART (Biomedical Institute for Global Health Research and Technology) is a new institute within the National University of Singapore (NUS) with an aim to transform research and education and shape the future of healthcare by the creative convergence of science, engineering, medicine and the arts for humanity. The talk will discuss collaborative interdisciplinary research to address the technical barriers preventing distributed healthcare solutions in developed and developing countries. The speaker will also focus on the up and coming area of Quantum Nanobiology with the aim of answering fundamental and basic physics and biological questions at nanoscale through the application of the principles and methods of physical sciences to achieve novel and innovative solutions in biology and biophysics.