Email winston.chin@nus.edu.sg

I am a passionate and driven public health specialist with 15 years of experience in health policy, programme development, strategic planning, research, clinical care, capacity building, and leadership development. In the Ministry of Health Singapore, I successfully led the development of national policies and strategies in palliative care, healthcare financing, and health promotion.

I have been volunteering in Nepal since 2020 as an advisor for a local NGO, the International Nepal Fellowship, where I drive and lead capacity building and leadership development programmes across the organization, and support long-term strategic planning for the organization’s hospital and health services.

I have experience in qualitative research in health and am particularly interested in interdisciplinary approaches to public health. I am currently conducting doctoral research into the lived experience of persons with physical disability in Nepal and their access to rehabilitation services, and I plan to use the results of the research to advocate for better services and policies for persons with disability.

Outside of work, I enjoy travelling, running, hiking, landscape photography, listening to music, and playing the guitar.

• NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health (Adjunct)
• London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (PhD Candidate)
• International Nepal Fellowship, Nepal

• Disability in Nepal: The lived experience of persons with physical disability and their access to rehabilitation services
• Long-Term Care Policy in Singapore
• Psychosocial, behavioural and environmental factors behind frequent hospital admissions in Singapore

• Health Policy
• Healthcare Financing Policy
• Value-Based Care
• Universal Health Coverage
• Majority World Health Systems and NGO Hospitals
• Basic Research Skills
• Leadership and Management Development

• Graduate Diploma in Palliative Medicine, National University of Singapore 2018 – 2019
• MLitt (Bible and Contemporary World), University of St. Andrews, Scotland 2015-2017
• Master of Public Health (MPH), Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore 2011-2013
• Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS), National University of Singapore 2003-2008

• Dean’s List, MLitt (Bible and Contemporary World), University of St. Andrews
• Masters of Public Health Tye Cho Yook Gold Medal for best results, Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health
• Valedictorian, Masters of Public Health, Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health
• President’s Scholarship, Public Service Commission, Singapore

• Advisor (Leadership and Capacity Development), International Nepal Fellowship (INF), Pokhara, Nepal
• Advisor (Medical Services Development), International Nepal Fellowship (INF), Pokhara, Nepal
• Director (Programmes), MOH Office for Healthcare Transformation, Singapore
• Deputy Director (Subvention), Healthcare Finance Division, Ministry of Health Singapore
• Assistant Director, Regional Health System Planning Office and Medical Affairs (Quality Assurance), National University Health System (NUHS)
• Assistant Director (Palliative Care) Ageing Planning Office, Ministry of Health Singapore

• Conduct Leadership Development Programmes and Management Development Programmes for leaders and managers of the International Nepal Fellowship

• Chin W, Phua KH. Long-Term Care Policy: Singapore’s Experience. Journal of Aging & Social Policy. 2016 Apr 2;28(2):113-29.
• Phua KH, Chin W, Loo J, Soontornwipart P. Long-Term Care. In Phua KH, Goh LG, Yap MT, editors. Ageing in Asia: Contemporary Trends and Policy Issues. Singapore: World Scientific; 2019. p. 273-319.
• Phua KH, Ng T, Chin W. Health Care and Long-Term Care: Health and Long-Term Care For The Aging Population In Singapore. In Yahya FB, editor. Inequality in Singapore. Singapore: World Scientific; 2015. p 111-132.

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