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 andRead more
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
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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
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
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
The School warmly congratulates all graduates from the SSHSPH Class of 2020 and Class of 2021, who were conferred their degrees during NUS’ first online graduation ceremony on 26 June 2021. Madam Halimah Yacob, President of the Republic of Singapore and NUS Chancellor, presided over the ceremony. In her congratulatory message to the graduating class,
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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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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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Shopping malls like JEM and Westgate were ordered by the Ministry of Health to close for two weeks to curb the spread of COVID-19 after several shoppers there had tested positive. In an interview with Channel 8, Asst Prof Vincent Pang, Director, Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology & Research, looks at how we can avoid
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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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