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
April 2025
Metagenomic Sequencing in Acute Febrile Illness in Cambodia
Since 2019, the NIH IDSEQ study (NCT04034264) has enrolled participants with acute febrile illness in Cambodian public hospitals and applied in-country metagenomic sequencing to detect and characterize infectious agents in clinical samples.
- Global Health
March 2025
The interplay of climate, vectors, and arboviral infections
The Regional Arbovirus Network Webinar Series launches with this inaugural session, exploring the intersection of climate, vector ecology, and arboviral infections.
- Webinar
Health of migrants – a life course perspective
Immigrants experience health risks and develop health needs that may differ from the risks and needs of the majority population in a receiving country
- Research Round
Shaping the Future: Advancing Leadership Pedagogy for a Stronger Public Health Impact
Participants described leadership in public health as the ability to influence change in population health while nurturing the development of future professionals.
- Research Round
January 2025
Protecing children from second-hand tobacco smoke-successes, challenges, and future priorities
Many children are still exposed to secondhand tobacco smoke (SHS) at home. In this talk, Dr Rachel O’Donnell will describe her research on measuring SHS in the home, providing personalised feedback on indoor air quality to promote smokefree homes, and the development of interventions in Scotland, Malaysia and Indonesia.
- Research Round
From local to global, establishing the Borneo disease surveillance hub through SIDC
