Let’s Talk Public Health

Associate Professor Natasha Howard moved to Singapore to join the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health in early 2020 from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), where she continues to supervise doctoral students and lead on several research projects.

As the pandemic unfolds it is timely to talk with Associate Professor Mythily Subramaniam and reflect on the phases of the pandemic in relation to mental well-being. Mythily has worked in mental health research for over 15 years and is also Director of the Research Division and Lead Investigator of the Programme of Mental Health Policy Studies at the Institute of Mental Health. She also teaches and mentors students at the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health.

Each year, the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health hosts a number of students enrolled in its undergraduate internship module, providing an opportunity for those interested to experience public health in practice. The School encourages a cross-disciplinary approach, bringing together different perspectives to address the public health challenges of today and tomorrow. Our interns come from a diverse range of undergraduate programmes: from Life Sciences, Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering, to Political Science, Sociology and even Linguistics. “Internships here are a helpful opportunity to experience the development of research and

At the start of the year, prestigious journal Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) welcomed PhD student Mr Rayner Tan on its editorial board, as part of the editorial team of its new series — Perspectives. The second issue was published on 17 April 2020, with Rayner as one of the co-authors. Today we have the pleasure to speak with him about his research and the difference he hopes to make in public health.

Ros McDermott is a Geography Major from the University of Birmingham who is in Singapore for a year. In addition to taking up public health modules for her exchange programme, she is also doing an internship with the School’s Public Health Translational Team (PHTT). Today we talk to her to find out more about what she has learned here so far.

The Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health often hosts interns and elective students from Singapore and internationally. These placements offer a great opportunity to understand more about public health and contribute to some of our research and translational efforts. These students often stay in contact throughout their careers and become part of the School’s extended family, or indeed, faculty. This week we talk to Tan Hao Yi who for the last four weeks has been working with our Public Health Translational Team. With his medical background, positive can-do attitude and

Dr Leung recently retired from his role as the longest-serving Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Hospital Authority (HK HA). He studied Medicine at the University of New South Wales, Australia and took the Master of Science (Occupational Medicine) programme here in NUS. The fundamentals of public health and occupational medicine that he learnt during this time led to a lifelong appreciation that medicine is more than just treating patients. More importantly, it is about taking care of communities and the whole of society. This inspired Dr Leung’s career, setting

The NUS-NUHS-MIT Healthcare AI Datathon and Expo 2019 will be held this week from 17 to 21 July 2019. Assistant Professor ‘Mornin’ Feng Mengling is leading the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Datathon segment for the third year now. He talks to us about some of the successes of the past two years and more broadly about his work at the School. Pictured above is Mornin (1st from right) at last year’s Datathon Tell us more about the AI Datathon. To be successful in healthcare computer science, there needs to be close

As we celebrate our graduating students at today’s Commencement Ceremony, we spoke to Associate Professor Jeannette Lee, Vice Dean (Education), about the School’s education programmes and the future direction of education here. Pictured above is A/Prof Jeannette Lee with Prof Tan Eng Chye, NUS President (2nd from left) and Prof Ho Teck Hua, NUS Senior Deputy President and Provost (1st from right) at the SSHSPH Booth at NUS Open Day 2019. Tell us about the School’s education programmes. Public health is everyone’s business and we need people with a diverse

There is now irrefutable evidence of the devastating health impacts of smoking, as well as a long list of health consequences and diseases caused by smoking and second-hand smoke. Tobacco is now linked to 25 different diseases, and is the major cause of lung cancer, bronchitis and emphysema. The World Health Organization (WHO) World No Tobacco Day falls on 31 May. It is a call to action, advocating for effective policies to reduce tobacco consumption and engaging stakeholders across multiple sectors in the fight for tobacco control.Today we publish the event report on