Working across non-governmental, social services and academic sectors Zoe Hildon has specialised in formative studies for intervention design and mixed methods evaluations. Her work leverages implementation science research and application, using theory-based approaches. Her work spans three continents – Europe, Africa and Asia. Zoe has technical expertise in qualitative and mixed methods and related methodological innovation. Her most recent work focuses on research relating to social and behavior change (SBC) and communication programming.

• NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health (SSHSPH)
• Visiting investigator, National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID)

• Social and behaviour change and theory-based approaches – spanning global contexts
• Community development and evaluations
• Implementation science and methodological innovation
• Policy and health services decision-making for infectious diseases outbreak mitigation
• Antimicrobial resistance
• Mental health and adaptation to pandemic related restrictions
• Health services research and human resources for health
• Non-communicable diseases, life course analysis and healthy ageing
• Instrument development and measurement of health outcomes

• Theory-based approaches
• Public health communication in global contexts
• Qualitative and mixed methods
• Research monitoring and evaluations
• Implementation science

• PhD, Imperial College London, UK, 2008
• MA in Critical Theory and Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Reading, UK, 2002
• BA Honors in Sociology and French, University of Reading, UK, 2001
• Chelsea College of Art and Design, London UK, 1998

• Research Assistant, Imperial College London, UK, 2002-2007.
• Research Associate, University College London, UK, 2007-2009.
• Lecturer, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine / Royal College of Surgeons, London, UK, 2009-2011.
• Principal Research Scientist, Ifakara Health Institute / London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Dar es Saalam, Tanzania, 2011-2013.
• Assistant Professor, National University of Singapore / London School of Hygiene and Tropical medicine, Singapore, 2013-2016.
• Senior Research Scientist, Center for Communication Programs Johns Hopkins University (CCP JHU), Baltimore, MD/USA, 2016-2019.

• Co-Director for Health Intervention and Policy Evaluation Research (HIPER), NUS, Singapore, 2023 to present.
• Senior Research Monitoring and Evaluation Advisor, Breakthrough ACTION, Rwanda, for Center for Communication Programs Johns Hopkins University, 2018-2019.
• Head of Unit, Data Analysis Cluster for Ifakara Health Institute, Tanzania, 2011-2013.

• Movements for Health (M4H) evaluation (MOHT and Majurity Trust), Singapore, SSHSPH 2022-2026
• Happy Hearts Movement evaluation (AIC and IDHealth), Singapore, SSHSPH 2022-2024
• Evaluation of the 2017-2023 National Strategic Action Plan against Antimicrobial Resistance in Singapore, (AMRCO), Singapore, SSHSPH 2023-2024
• Evaluation of the face validity of the EQ-5D – a seven country qualitative study (EuroQol Group), Singapore, SSHSPH 2021-2023
• Community for Successful Ageing (ComSA) I Care Management and II Community Development research and evaluations, Tsao Foundation (Tote Board Singapore MoH in partnership with AIC), Singapore, SSHSPH 2014-2017.
• Capacity building participatory method in qualitative research workshop, NUS Communications and New Media (MoE award), Kathmandu Nepal, NUS SSHSPH, 2016.
• Research and evaluation for Tchova Tchova Stop Malaria (President’s Malaria Initiative award), Maputo Mozambique, CCP JHU 2016.
• Research and evaluation sub-award for Neema project / IntraHealth (USAID award, yr.1), Dakar Senegal, CCP JHU 2016-2017.
• Capacity building initiatives with the Rwanda Social Marketing Project (RSMP), Kigali Rwanda, Breakthrough ACTION (USAID award), CCP JHU 2018-2019

• Chen, A. T. H., Koh, G. C. H., Fong, N. P., Lim, J. F. Y., & Hildon, Z. J. L. (2023). Evaluating the effects of capacity building initiatives and primary care networks in Singapore: outcome harvesting of system changes to chronic disease care delivery. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(3). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20032192
• Hildon, Z. J. L., Panchapakesan, C., Hasan, M.T., Khaled, N., Chan, A. Y., Tripathi, S. Wong, M. C. P., Lwin, M. O., Chen, M. I. C., Afsana, K. (2022). Exploring theory-based behavioral interventions for the promotion of prevention and healthcare-seeking for COVID-19 in migrant worker communities: a qualitative study, BMC Public Health,22, 2113 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-14488-9
• Guo, H., Hildon, Z. J. L, & Chow, A. (2022). “Antibiotics are for everyone, our past and our future generations, right? If antibiotics are dead, we will be in big trouble”: A mixed methods analysis building on community values to inform public engagement on appropriate use of antibiotics. Frontiers in Public Health, 10:1001282. http://doi.org /10.3389/fpubh.2022.1001282.
• Lo, J. J., Graves^. , Chee, J.H., & Hildon, Z. J. L. (2022). A systematic review defining non-beneficial and inappropriate end-of-life treatment in patients with non-cancer diagnoses: theoretical development for multi-stakeholder intervention design in acute care settings. BMC Palliative Care,21, 195 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-022-01071-7
• Ting, C., Chan, A. Y., Chan, L. G., & Hildon, Z. J. L. (2022). “Well, I Signed Up to Be a Soldier; I Have Been Trained and Equipped Well”: Exploring Healthcare Workers’ Experiences during COVID-19 Organizational Changes in Singapore, from the First Wave to the Path towards Endemicity. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(4). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19042477
• Chan, A. Y., Ting, C., Chan, L. G., & Hildon, Z. J.-L. (2022). “The emotions were like a roller-coaster”: a qualitative analysis of e-diary data on healthcare worker resilience and adaptation during the COVID-19 outbreak in Singapore. Human Resources for Health, 20(1), 60. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12960-022-00756-7
• Hildon, Z. J. L., Panchapakesan, C., Hasan, M. T., Khaled, N., Chan, A. Y., Tripathi, S., Wong, M. C. P., Lwin, M. O., I-Cheng, M. C., & Afsana, K. (2022). Exploring theory-based behavioral interventions promoting COVID-19 prevention and healthcare-seeking for migrant worker men in Singapore: a qualitative study. BMC Public Health, 22(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-14488-9
• Wong, M. C. P., Tan, C. S., Chan, A. Y., Khaled, N., Hasan, M., Panchapakesan, C., Tripathi, S., Afsana, K., Lwin, M. O., Chen, M. I. C., & Hildon, Z. J. L. (2022). Exploring COVID-19 circuit breaker (CB) restrictions at a migrant worker dormitory in Singapore: a case study and nested mixed-method analysis of stress management and mental health. BMJ Open, 12(8). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-060163
• Aw, S., Koh, G. C., Oh, Y. J., Wong, M. L., Vrijhoef, H. J., Harding, S. C., … Hildon, Z. J. L. (2021). Interacting with place and mapping community needs to context: Comparing and triangulating multiple geospatial-qualitative methods using the Focus–Expand–Compare approach. Methodological Innovations, 14(1), 205979912098777. https://doi.org/10.1177/2059799120987772
• Guo, H., Hildon, Z. J. L., Loh, V. W. K., Sundram, M., Ibrahim, M. A. bin, Tang, W. E., & Chow, A. (2021). Exploring antibiotic prescribing in public and private primary care settings in Singapore: a qualitative analysis informing theory and evidence-based planning for value-driven intervention design. BMC Family Practice, 22(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-021-01556-z
• Aw, S., Koh, G. C. H., Tan, C. S., Wong, M. L., Vrijhoef, H. J. M., Harding, S. C., … Hildon, Z. J. L. (2020). Promoting BioPsychoSocial health of older adults using a Community for Successful Ageing program (ComSA) in Singapore: A mixed-methods evaluation. Social Science & Medicine, 258(June). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113104
• Hildon, Z. J. L., Escorcio-Ymayo, M., Zulliger, R., Arias De Aramburú, R., Lewicky, N., Harig, H., … Figueroa, M. E. (2020). “We have this, with my husband, we live in harmony”: Exploring the gendered decision-making matrix for malaria prevention and treatment in Nampula Province, Mozambique. Malaria Journal, 19(1), 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-020-03198-5
• Hildon, Z. J.-L., Tan, C. S., Shiraz, F., Ng, W. C., Deng, X., Koh, G. C. H., … Vrijhoef, H. J. M. (2018). The theoretical and empirical basis of a BioPsychoSocial (BPS) risk screener for detection of older people’s health related needs, planning of community programs, and targeted care interventions. BMC Geriatrics, 18(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-018-0739-x
• Singh, S. R., Coker, R., Vrijhoef, H. J.-M., Leo, Y. S., Chow, A., Lim, P. L., … Hildon, Z. J.-L. (2017). Mapping infectious disease hospital surge threats to lessons learnt in Singapore: A systems analysis and development of a framework to inform how to DECIDE on planning and response strategies. BMC Health Services Research, 17(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-017-2552-1
• Aw, S., Koh, G., Oh, Y. J., Wong, M. L., Vrijhoef, H. J. M., Harding, S. C., … Hildon, Z. J. L. (2017). Explaining the continuum of social participation among older adults in Singapore: from ‘closed doors’ to active ageing in multi-ethnic community settings. Journal of Aging Studies, 42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaging.2017.07.002
• Shemdoe, A., Mbaruku, G., Dillip, A., Bradley, S., William, J. J., Wason, D., & Hildon, Z. J.-L. (2016). Explaining retention of healthcare workers in Tanzania: Moving on, coming to “look, see and go”, or stay? Human Resources for Health, 14(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12960-016-0098-7
• Davis, R., Campbell, R., Hildon, Z., Hobbs, L., & Michie, S. (2015). Theories of behaviour and behaviour change across the social and behavioural sciences: a scoping review. Health Psychology Review, 9(3). https://doi.org/10.1080/17437199.2014.941722

• NCID, NUS and NTU Studies Highlight Role of Socio-Behavioural Factors in Managing COVID-19, Mirage News, 21 May 2020
• Why some healthcare workers in Singapore’s hospitals have quit — and others soldier on, CNA, 28 April 2022