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SSHSPH Faculty Co-Designs COVID-19 Game For A Good Cause

When Singapore went into lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Associate Professor Yann Boucher from the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health wanted a stimulating educational tool to entertain his five-year old daughter. Tapping on his experience in developing basic games to teach microbiology concepts, Associate Professor Boucher decided to design a game to educate his daughter and his upcoming classes in public health about COVID-19. Inspired by the board and card games that he played when he was growing up, Associate Professor Boucher took reference from variousRead more

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Let’s Talk Public Health With Saima Hilal

Saima in Switzerland After completing my medical training in Pakistan, I came to Singapore to undertake a Master’s in Public Health and subsequently completed a PhD in medicine. I have also undertaken post-doc studies at the Erasmus University Medical Centre in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. My work focuses on improving our understanding of dementia and cognitive impairment through analysis of biomarkers (like blood, MRI brain scans, and genetic analysis). Through analysis of biomarkers, we can work towards developing tools to try and identify people at risk of dementia. Why is dementia

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18 SSHSPH Faculty Members Amongst Top 2% Scientists Worldwide

We are proud to share that 18 faculty members from the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health (SSHSPH) were recently recognised among the Top 2% of Scientists Worldwide, in a study by Stanford University: Adjunct Associate Professor Chew Suok Kai Professor Chia Kee Seng Associate Professor Chia Sin Eng Adjunct Professor Chong Siow Ann Assistant Professor Hannah Clapham Adjunct Associate Professor Jeffery Cutter Professor Eric Andrew Finkelstein Associate Professor Gao Xiaoli Adjunct Professor Goh Kee Tai Adjunct Professor Heng Mok Kwee Derrick Professor Koh Choon Huat Gerald Emeritus Professor

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Strengthening Our Field Epidemiology Capacity to Combat Emerging Diseases and Pandemic Threats

Around the world, field epidemiology training constitutes an important line of public health defence against emerging infectious diseases. The National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID) has partnered NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health (SPH) to develop the Singapore Field Epidemiology Training Programme (S-FETP) with the Ministry of Health. This programme offers stepwise training to medical and public health officers under the One Health Framework to meet growing field epidemiology needs. The programme is modelled after the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Epidemic Intelligence Service and

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Let’s Talk Public Health With Timothy Liu

Timothy Liu is currently undertaking a Master’s in Public Health at the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, in addition to his role as Chief Executive Officer of Dover Park Hospice. For the past two years, he has also been handling and managing the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. Since 2016, I’ve helmed Dover Park Hospice and I come from an engineering and business background. I wanted to gain further insights into health and healthcare and learn public health concepts and tools that I could bring back to Dover

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SSHSPH Alumna, Professor Leo Yee Sin (Public Health ’13), Awarded NUS Distinguished Alumni Service Award

Our heartiest congratulations to alumna, Professor Leo Yee Sin (Public Health ’13), Executive Director of the National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID), for receiving the Distinguished Alumni Service Award in recognition of her dedication to fighting at the frontline against infectious diseases and her leadership in effecting change for the community! The Distinguished Alumni Service Award recognises National University of Singapore (NUS) alumni who have made an impact in their respective fields as well as rendered excellent and sustained service to NUS, its predecessor institutions and the community. Over the

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SSHSPH Vice Dean Global Health Dr Hsu Li Yang Appointed to Board of Directors of the Asia Pacific Leaders Malaria Alliance (APLMA)

Congratulations to Dr Hsu Li Yang for being appointed to the Board of Directors of the Asia Pacific Leaders Malaria Alliance (APLMA). The APLMA unites 22 governments in Asia-Pacific who have committed to eliminating malaria in the region by 2030. APLMA translates evidence to advocate for policy change at the highest levels of government and supports leadership collaboration across the region. “I am honoured to join APLMA at this critical juncture. Addressing both last mile challenges and issues of drug-resistance malaria are both essential to push the region towards malaria

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Let’s Talk Public Health With Assistant Professor Dr Jasper Tromp

Assistant Professor Dr Jasper Tromp has lived and worked in the Netherlands, Germany, Japan, and Singapore over the past seven years. These experiences have given him insights into the impact of different health systems and cultural differences on health and healthcare, particularly in the area of his research expertise in cardiovascular disease. He has been working in Singapore for the last five years, with a focus on identifying differences in quality of care or cardiovascular disease between countries and Digital Health interventions to improve care.

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SSHSPH Assistant Professor Awarded US$2million Grant From The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Can a mobile application support and boost maternal and child health care in rural communities? This is the aim of a three-year project led by Assistant Professor Siyan Yi from the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health under a US$2million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. With support from the University of Health Sciences and the National Maternal and Child Health Centre, Phnom Penh, and other local partners in Cambodia, Siyan’s team will test, implement and evaluate the applicability and efficacy of a mobile and web-based health

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SSHSPH Alumna Awarded Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Healthy Women, Healthy Economics Research Prize

Congratulations to Master of Public Health alumna, Ms Nurliyana Binte Daros (Master of Public Health ’18), who is one of the runners up for this year’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Healthy Women, Healthy Economies (HWHE) Research Prize. This prestigious international award aims to spotlight and spur the creation of gender-specific data and is supported by the multinational pharmaceutical company, Merck. The Healthy Women, Healthy Economies initiative aims to improve women’s health and economic empowerment through public-private partnerships. The winners were officially announced on 24 September after rigorous evaluation and judging.

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