Senior Lecturer

TENG Cecilia

Affiliation

  • NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health

Research Areas

  • Public health education
  • Health services research
  • Health promotion
  • Pharmacy practice

Teaching Areas

  • Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases
  • Fundamental Public Health Methods
  • Data Literacy for Healthcare
  • Public Health Practice
  • Health of the Poor in Asia
  • Public Health in Action

Academic Qualifications

  • PhD, National University of Singapore
  • BSc(Pharm)(Hons), National University of Singapore

Professional Qualifications

  • Registered Pharmacist, Singapore Pharmacy Council

Awards/Honours

  • Faculty Teaching Excellence Award (Individual), AY2022/2023
  • NUS Annual Teaching Excellence Award (Individual), 2023
  • Emerald Literati Award for Outstanding Paper in Higher Education, Skills and Work-Based Learning, 2023
  • Faculty Teaching Excellence Award (Individual), AY2021/2022
  • Faculty Teaching Excellence Award (Individual), AY2020/2021
  • Faculty Teaching Assistant (Part-Time) Award, AY2015/2016
  • Faculty Teaching Assistant (Part-Time) Award, AY2014/2015

Administrative Leadership

  • Deputy Programme Director, Undergraduate General Programmes (2024 – current)
  • Deputy Director, Student Life (2023 – current)

Career History

  • Associate Lecturer, La Trobe University
  • Associate Lecturer, Ngee Ann Polytechnic
  • Associate Lecturer, Nanyang Polytechnic
  • Pharmacist, St. Andrew’s Community Hospital
  • Teaching Assistant, Department of Pharmacy, National University of Singapore
  • Pharmacist, Changi General Hospital
  • Pre-Registration Pharmacist, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital

Patent

  • Koh HL, Teng WC, Lee Y, inventors; Leeward Pacific Pte Ltd, assignee. Compound for use in the treatment and/or prevention of parasitic mediated diseases. (PCT/SG2017/050109).

Selected Publications

  • Teng CWC, Tan CGL, Lim RBT. A qualitative analysis of student reflections on public health internships. Education + Training. 2024;66(10):58-74.
  • Teng CWC & Lim RBT. A reflection on reflective practices in public health education. Asian Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. 2024;14(1):74-82.
  • Lim RBT, Tan CGL, Hoe KWB, Teng CWC, Müller AM, Azfar J, Narayanasamy S, Liow CH. Teachers’ perceptions, facilitators, and barriers to the regular use of self-reflection in public health higher education during COVID-19 — a mixed methods approach. Reflective Practice. 2023;24(4):447-463.
  • Teng CWC, Lim RBT, Chow DWS, Narayanasamy S, Liow CH, Lee JJM. Public health internships before and during COVID-19: experiences and perceptions of undergraduate interns and supervisors. Higher Education, Skills and Work-Based Learning. 2022;12(3):459-474.
  • Lim RBT, Tan CGL, Hoe KWB, Teng CWC, Müller AM, Azfar J, Narayanasamy S, Liow CH. Correlates, motivating factors, and barriers of engaging in regular self-reflection among public health students in higher education—A mixed methods approach. Frontiers in Public Health. 2022;10:1023439.
  • Lim RBT, Teng CWC, Azfar J, Bun D, Goh GJ, Lee JJM. An integrative approach to needs assessment and curriculum development of the first public health major in Singapore. Frontiers in Public Health. 2020;8:182.
  • Teng WC, Chan W, Suwanarusk R, Ong A, Ho HK, Russell B, Rénia L, Koh HL. In vitro antimalarial evaluations and cytotoxicity investigations of Carica papaya leaves and carpaine. Natural Product Communications. 2019;14(1):33-36.
  • Teng WC, HK Ho, R Suwanarusk, HL Koh. Medicinal Plants and Malaria: Applications, Trends, and Prospects. 2016. CRC Press; Florida.
  • Ang SB, Teng CWC, Monika TP, Wee HL. Impact of atopic dermatitis on health-related quality of life among infants and children in Singapore: a pilot cross-sectional study. Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare. 2014;23(2):100-107.
  • Teng WC, Oh JW, New LS, Wahlin MD, Nelson SD, Ho HK, Chan ECY Chan. Mechanism-based inactivation of cytochrome P450 3A4 by lapatinib. Molecular Pharmacology. 2010;78:693-703.
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