May 18, 2016

Diabetes in Singapore is on the rise, and younger Singaporeans are becoming diabetic at a younger age. Research studies conducted by the NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health have found that 34% of the young adults aged 24 to 35 would be susceptible to diabetes by the age of 65. “Usually, the peak of diabetes occurs from around 50 to 60 years of age,” says Professor Chia Kee Seng, Dean of the NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health. Although most patients still tend to be generally older,Read more

Professor John Ioannidis, C. F. Rehnborg Professor in Disease Prevention at Stanford University and Director of the Stanford Prevention Research Centre, delivered a talk as part of the School’s Public Health Thought Leadership Dialogue on Capturing the Value of Prevention on 18 May 2016. Professor Chia Kee Seng, Dean of the NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, commenced the session with an introduction of the School’s Public Health Thought Leadership Dialogue and Prof Ioannidis, a renown mathematician and scientist who has been described as “one of the most influential scientists