Yvette Van Der Eijk

Assistant Professor (Practice)

VAN DER EIJK Yvette

Dr. Yvette van der Eijk is an Assistant Professor at the NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health. She leads research to support tobacco policies in Singapore. She also works on global tobacco control, commercial determinants of health, and maternal health.

Affiliation

  • NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health

Research Areas

  • Tobacco control
  • Maternal health
  • Commercial determinants of health

Teaching Areas

  • Tobacco control
  • Determinants of health
  • Public health ethics

Academic/Professional Qualifications

  • PhD (2015), National University of Singapore
  • BSc Hons (2009), University of Surrey, UK

Awards/Honours

  • Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of California San Francisco, USA. 2016.
  • Visiting Research Fellowship, Brocher Foundation, Switzerland. 2014.
  • Baden-Württemberg Scholarship, University of Tübingen, Germany. 2013.
  • Visiting Research Fellowship, Hastings Center, New York. 2012.

Career History

  • Senior Research Fellow, Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, 2018-2019.
  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education, University of California, San Francisco, USA. 2016-2018.
  • Public Health Analyst, Public Health Division, Newcastle City Council, UK. 2015-2016.

Professional/Consulting Activities

  • Consultant, Tobacco Control Programme, World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen, Denmark. 2015-2018.

Selected Publications

  • van der Eijk Y, Teo KW, Tan GPP, Chua WM (2021) Tobacco industry strategies for flavour capsule cigarettes: analysis of patents and internal industry documents. Tobacco Control. Doi: tobaccocontrol-2021-056792.
  • van der Eijk Y, Tan GPP (2021) Tobacco industry’s ‘behind the scenes’ tactics in Singapore. Tobacco Control. Doi: tobaccocontrol-2021-056775.
  • van der Eijk Y, Ng XY, Lee JK (2021) Cross-sectional survey of flavoured cigarette use among adult smokers in Singapore. Tobacco Induced Diseases 19:42. Doi: 10.18332/tid/135321.
  • van der Eijk Y, Yang AY (2021) Tobacco industry marketing adaptations to Singapore plain packaging. Tobacco Control. Doi: tobaccocontrol-2020-056324.
  • van der Eijk Y, Tan GPP, Ong SE, Tan GLX, Li D, Zhang D, Loo MS, Chia KS (2021) E-cigarette markets and policy responses in Southeast Asia: a scoping review. International Journal of Health Policy and Management. Doi: 10.34172/ijhpm.2021.25.
  • van der Eijk Y, Chen J (2020) Case for raising the minimum legal age of tobacco sale to 25. Tobacco Control. Doi: tobaccocontrol-2020-055964.
  • Amul GGH, Tan GPP, van der Eijk Y (2020) A systematic review of tobacco industry tactics in Southeast Asia: lessons for other low- and middle-income regions. International Journal of Health Policy and Management. Doi: 10.34172/ijhpm.2020.97.
  • van der Eijk Y, Lee JK, Ling P (2018) How menthol is key to the tobacco industry’s strategy of recruiting and retaining young smokers in Singapore. Journal of Adolescent Health 64:347-354.
  • van der Eijk Y, Bero LA, Malone RE (2018) The Philip Morris International-funded ‘Foundation for a Smoke-Free World’: analyzing its claims of independence. Tobacco Control. Doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2018-054278.
  • van der Eijk Y, Bialous S, Glantz S (2018) The tobacco industry and children’s rights. Pediatrics. 141:e20174106.
  • van der Eijk Y, Petersen AB, Bialous SA (2017) E-cigarette use in pregnancy: a human rights-based approach to policy and practice. Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica. Published online 8 August. Doi: 10.1111/aogs.13198.

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