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In the first scientific study ranking countries based on human capital, Singapore came in 13th in the world out of 195 countries and territories in 2016, up from 43rd place in 1990. Recently published in The Lancet, the study by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation looked at expected human capital: the number of years of peakRead more

For incoming students from AY2019/2020 onwards, there will be a reduction of tuition fees by up to 75% for Singaporean Citizens, 75% for Singaporean Permanent Residents and 65% for International Students, if deemed eligible for the Ministry of Education subsidy. Tuition fees for AY2019/2020 will be released by the NUS Registrar’s Office in due course. More information may

On 15 September 2018, at the 50th Asia-Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health (APACPH) Conference in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, Ms Tan Sok Teng, Research Associate, was conferred the Young Investigator Traveller’s Award and Dr Andre Matthias Müller, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, received the Best Oral Presentation Award. Congratulations, Ms Tan and Dr Müller! The Young Investigator Traveller’s

The MOH pilot National Population Health Survey 2016/17 shows more men are overweight, with more of them also suffering from chronic conditions. The survey of more than 3,000 people found that 43 per cent of men aged between 18 and 69 were either obese or overweight, compared with 29 per cent of women. Compared to

Free healthcare screenings for residents in the Neighbourhood Health Service will be expanded to include health checks for depression and hearing tests. This is in addition to screenings for chronic diseases, cancer, and dental and vision issues. The programme was started by medical students from the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine in 2007 to

The School is proud to share that Professor David Koh’s “Textbook of Occupational Medicine Practice 4th Edition” was Highly Commended in the Primary Health Care category for the 2018 British Medical Association (BMA) Medical Book Awards. Our heartiest congratulations, Prof Koh! “This is such a pleasant surprise and indeed a great honour. It is wonderful to know

The NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health has been re-designated as a World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre for Occupational Health for a period of four years, effective 22 June 2018 to 22 June 2022, under the leadership of Associate Professor Norbert Wagner and Associate Professor Chia Sin Eng. As a WHO Collaborating

On 12 August, Assistant Professor Vincent Pang Junxiong was named one of the Singapore Honorees (Humanitarian and/or Voluntary Leadership) at the Ten Outstanding Young Persons (TOYP) Awards Ceremony in recognition of his outstanding achievements in his field of work and contributions to the community. The TOYP Awards are given out by Junior Chamber International (JCI), a non-profit

One Health is an emerging platform that emphasises the interconnectedness of the health of people, animals and our shared environment. The One Health approach encourages disparate professionals across sectors to collaborate and tackle emerging infectious diseases through research, biosurveillance, detection and containment. Held on 13 July at NUS University Town, the One Health and Outbreak

Professor Teo Yik Ying, Dean, wrote that our personal choices are often the results of carefully studied, researched and engineered campaigns by people who design the living environment around us. Besides the food environment that encourages excessive consumption of nutrient-poor and high-caloric food, modern architectural and urban planning designs have resulted in a physical environment