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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 beenRead more

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Field work in Cambodia

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

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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

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Scientist with a Petri dish (photo by Drew Hays @drew_hays on Unsplash)

Asian Clinical Research Network established to tackle drug-resistant infections in the region

Wellcome Trust has provided a grant of S$2.5 million to the National University of Singapore (NUS) to establish the Asian Clinical Research Network (ACRN) to conduct antimicrobial clinical research to develop the most effective ways to treat and prevent life-threatening drug-resistant infections. This will be the first clinical trial network established in Asia focusing on drug-resistant

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From top left, clockwise: Asst Prof Hannah Clapham, Assoc Prof Hsu Li Yang, Assoc Prof Steven Ooi, and Dr Chan Siew Luen from RCS who moderated the discussion

Addressing vaccine hesitancy by tackling misinformation

With support from the Rotary Club of Singapore (RCS), the School organised a virtual public forum on 5 June 2021 to address COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy, titled ‘Why Hesitate? All You Want to Know about the COVID-19 Vaccination’. In view of circulating misinformation and recent community transmission, including among fully vaccinated individuals, the forum aimed to

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A Future with COVID-19?

In their latest comic on COVID-19, award-winning cartoonist Sonny Liew and Associate Professor Hsu Li Yang explain why vaccinations are key even as new variants emerge, and the possibility of a future with the coronavirus. The comic was published in The Straits Times on 31 May 2021 (From Pandemic to Endemic?) and is also available

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SSHSPH Faculty Awards AY2019/20

The School is pleased to announce the recipients of the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health Faculty Awards for the Academic Year 2019/20. Mr Julian Azfar, Dr Liow Chee Hsiang and Asst Prof Kavita Venkataraman received the Teaching Excellence Award, which recognises faculty members who have excelled in teaching and have shown a high

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