Upcoming Events
April 2026
Chikungunya: epidemiology, viral evolution, preparedness and response
Chikungunya is re-emerging across the Asia-Pacific region, presenting renewed challenges for public health systems.
- Webinar
May 2026
Book Launch of “A Long Vigil” & Fireside Chat with Prof Leo Yee Sin
A book launch of “A Long Vigil”, written by Prof Leo Yee Sin, Senior Advisor at NCID and NHG, and Professor at NUS SSHSPH and NTU. The book illustrates Prof Leo’s learning journey and responses to major and minor infectious disease outbreaks, including SARS, H1N1 influenza, dengue fever, and COVID-19.
- Book Launch
Developing a Maximum Containment Laboratory
During this session, Adj A/Prof Gladys Tan, Director of the Biological Defence Programme, DSO National Laboratories, will explain how Singapore has been strengthening its laboratory capability to include a maximum containment laboratory, as well as the biosafety and biosecurity risks that need to be recognised and mitigated.
- Webinar
August 2026
Biosecurity Simulation Exercise (BSX 2026)
This tabletop simulation exercise aims to enhance inter-sectoral and inter-disciplinary preparedness for laboratory biosafety and biosecurity and deliberate biothreat events.
- Course
Past Events
February 2026
Launch of CERM and PHRISM: Modelling the Future of Health Systems
Singapore’s health challenges—from infectious disease outbreaks to the growing burden of non-communicable disease—are becoming increasingly complex.
- Featured
The artificial lines separating health policymaking and clinical decision-making
Health policymakers and care providers ultimately share the same objective: maximizing the population and individuals’ health given limited resources.
- Research Round
Statistical modelling of infectious disease outbreaks: An introduction and two snapshots
Professor Britton has been at the forefront of epidemic modelling, particularly known for his work on stochastic models and his contributions to the COVID-19 response in Sweden.
- Research Seminar
The global threat of dengue and Aedes-borne diseases
The global threat posed by dengue and other arboviruses is intensifying due to rising incidence, expanding geographic spread, and escalating public health impact.
- Webinar
Typhoid control in a resource-limited setting – Leveraging clinical and environmental surveillance to assess the impact of an island-wide typhoid vaccine roll-out in Fiji
- Global Health
January 2026
Global Biorisk Index for AI-Powered Biodesign Tools
Artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled biological design tools (AI-BDTs) have the potential to accelerate discovery and lower technical barriers to achieving impact
- Webinar
