Jasper Tromp

Assistant Professor

TROMP Jasper

Dr Jasper Tromp is an Assistant Professor at the NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health and Duke-NUS Medical school. He has a strong interest in the quality of care of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in lower- and middle-income countries in Southeast Asia and the interaction of NCDs with tropical infectious diseases. Furthermore, he works in the policy and implementation field of digital health, with a particular interest in interventions that facilitate task shifting of NCD care to primary care or non-physician healthcare workers.

Affiliation

  • NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health (Primary)
  • Yong Loo Ling School of Medicine (Secondary)
  • Duke-NUS Medical School (Secondary)

Research Areas

  • Digital health
  • Non-communicable diseases in LMICs
  • Tropical infectious diseases
  • Healthcare services and systems

Teaching Areas:

  • Epidemiology
  • Medicine

Academic/Professional Qualifications

  • 2022 – Diploma in Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (DTM&H), University of Nagasaki, Japan
  • 2018 – PhD in Medicine, University of Groningen the Netherlands.
  • 2016 – Medical Doctor (MD), University of Groningen, the Netherlands.
  • 2012 – Bachelor of Arts in International Relations and International organizations, University of Groningen, the Netherlands.

Awards/Honours

  • 2021 Inter-Academic Partnership Young Physician Leader
  • 2020 World Heart Federation Emerging Leader
  • 2019 Representative at the Global Young Scientist summit
  • 2018 Paul Dudley White International Scholar at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions.

Career History

  • 2016-2020: Research Fellow National Heart Centre Singapore and Duke-NUS Medical School.
  • 2016-2021: Research Fellow University Medical Centre Groningen, Department of Cardiology, University of Groningen, the Netherlands.

Administrative Leadership

  • Coordinator phase II undergraduate education in medicine and society and information literacy

Professional/Consulting Activities

  • Member of Expert Committee of American Heart Association on quality of care of heart failure in Southeast Asia.

Selected Publications

  • Tromp J, Bamadhaj S, Cleland JGF, Angermann CE, Dahlstrom U, Ouwerkerk W, et al. Post-discharge prognosis of patients admitted to hospital for heart failure by world region, and national level of income and income disparity (REPORT-HF): a cohort study. Lancet Glob Health. 2020 Mar;8(3):e411-e422.
  • Tromp J, Paniagua SMA, Lau ES, Allen NB, Blaha MJ, Gansevoort RT. Age dependent associations of risk factors with heart failure: pooled population based cohort study. BMJ. 2021 Mar 23;372:n461
  • Teng TK, Tay WT, Richards AM, Chew TSM, Anand I, Ouwerkerk W, Chandramouli C, Huang W, Lawson CA, Kadam UT, Yap J, Lim S, Hung CL, MacDonald MR, Loh SY, Shimizu W, Tromp J, Lam CSP; ASIAN-HF investigators. Socioeconomic Status and Outcomes in Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction From Asia. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2021 Mar 24:CIRCOUTCOMES120006962.
  • Tromp J, Tay WT, Ouwerkerk W, Teng THK, Yap JL, MacDonald MR, et al. Multimorbidity in patients with heart failure from 11 Asian regions: A prospective cohort study using the ASIAN-HF registry. Multimorbidity in patients with heart failure from 11 Asian regions: A prospective cohort study using the ASIAN-HF registry
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