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Our warmest congratulations to our current Master Of Public Health student, Celine Tan, for her publication in the Lancet Regional Health Western Pacific. The significance of her team’s findings in the research paper titled, “Comparative effectiveness of 3 or 4...

The annual Singapore Healthcare and Artificial Intelligence Expo and Datathon (SHADE’22) concluded its fifth run at the National University of Singapore Cultural Centre. Assistant Professor Feng Mengling served as the co-chairperson of this event. SHADE’22...

Fellows from ASEAN convened in Singapore for the final session of the ALPHA Fellowship Programme 2022 from 30 Nov to 2 Dec 2022. This programme was funded by Temasek Foundation and led by Assoc Prof Jeremy Lim and the Leadership...

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a major threat to humans, animals, plants, and the environment today. Misuse and overuse of antimicrobials have accelerated the development and spread of AMR worldwide, resulting in an estimated 1.27 million human...

With the increasing attention on physical activity in recent years and the lack of comprehensive assessments of current activity levels among children and adolescents, the PANDA team joined the Global Matrix 4.0. Joining this global initiative was also an...

Globally, an estimated 58 million people have chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection with far-reaching socio-economic consequences. The World Health Organization has called for the elimination of viral hepatitis by 2030. In view of this, healthcare experts from...

It has been two years since the World Health Organization (WHO) characterised COVID-19 as a pandemic. Singapore has often been lauded for its effective management of the pandemic situation with one of the world’s lowest fatality rates. What insights can other...

Youths seem to believe vaping is harmless. However, the stark reality is far from the truth. Although vaping is banned in Singapore, the sight of youngsters vaping in public is getting increasingly common, especially with borders reopening after the...

On October 4th, the Leadership Insititute for Global Health Transformation (LIGHT) at the NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health hosted the esteemed Dr. Joanne Liu (former International President of Médecins Sans Frontières) for a...

The SSHSPH Graduate Student Teaching Award was established by the School to recognize the contributions of our graduate students as Teaching Assistants (TA) in the school’s education programmes. Awardees are selected based on the feedback gathered from...

2022 marks the 11th anniversary of the NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health. Since its inception in October 2011 as Singapore’s first national public health tertiary education institution, the School has gained recognition for its expertise in and commitment to...

A delegation of 13 academic staff and undergraduate students from the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) visited the School on 18 October 2022. The...