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The NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health congratulates Prof Saw Seang Mei, Dr Pan Chenwei and Dr Dharani Ramamurthy on receiving the Bernard Gilmartin OPO Award! Presented by the College of Optometrists, the Bernard Gilmartin OPO Award honours the most highly regarded paper published in Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics during the last 5 years. The researchRead more

As Singapore moves towards becoming a Smart Nation, the tele-rehabilitation project led by Associate Professor Gerald Koh enhances the use of technology to supervise the recovery of stroke patients in the comfort of their own home. The tele-rehab system will be able to perform supervised rehabilitation exercises from home which potentially alleviates stress and inconvenience suffered by caregivers and

It’s becoming an increasingly common sight to see young children glued to iPads, smartphones or other handheld devices, so is increased screen exposure among young children an issue we should be concerned about? A recent interview of the parents of 800 children found that nine out of 10 children in the 18 to 24 months age

Dr Eugene Ho Wanxing, a Research Fellow and recent PhD graduate from the NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, was part of a team led by A/Prof Fred Wong from the Department of Pharmacology at the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, who discovered that artesunate, a common herbal-based anti-malaria drug, can be

It was joyous and memorable occasion for the SSHSPH graduating class of 2014 as they marked a significant milestone in their lives and Public Health journeys at the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health (SSHSPH) Commencement ceremony, held on 12 July 2014 at the University Cultural Centre. This year, there were 42 Master of

The Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health warmly congratulates our distinguished alumnus and eminent philanthropist Professor Saw Swee Hock on being listed as one of the 48 Heroes of Philanthropy by Forbes Asia. Currently in its eighth year running, the Heroes of Philanthropy honour roll lists notable philanthropists in the Asia-Pacific region, calling attention

Big data and the immense potential from these vast information sources is fast becoming one of the most talked-about topics today. Professor Chia Kee Seng, Dean of the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health speaks to BFM89.9’s The Bigger Picture about the role big data plays in predicting population health trends, especially its growing potential in

The Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health is pleased to announce that the School has been re-designated as a WHO Collaborating Centre for Occupational Health for another 4 years, as from 22 June 2014 till 22 June 2018, by the World Health Organization (WHO). This Collaborating Centre will continue to be headed by Associate Professor Chia

It was three long months ago when Associate Professors Mikael Hartman from the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health and Philip Iau from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine set off on an extraordinary adventure. The two trauma and breast cancer surgeons would journey 20,000km by motorcycle across 17 countries in Asia and Europe for The

Poor eyesight may cause a poorer quality of life than suffering from chronic diseases like diabetes, obesity and hypertension, according to a study conducted by researchers from the National University of Singapore and the Singapore Eye Research Institute. The study combined data from three population-based eye studies and found that for every 100,000 people in