Infectious Diseases

HUANG Jingyan

Research Fellow Email  jy.huang@nus.edu.sg HUANG Jingyan Jingyan is interested in infectious disease modelling with Bayesian modelling and Renewal Processes. Her PhD research focused on change-point detection, sequential testing and high-dimensional time-series analysis. Affiliation NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health Research Areas Infectious disease modelling Bayesian modelling Renewal processes Change-point detection Sequential testing Academic/Professional Qualifications BSc in Statistics, Hong Kong Baptist University PhD in Statistics, National University of Singapore Career History Research Fellow, National University of Singapore. 2023 - Present Selected Publications Hu, S., Huang, J., Chen, H., Chan, H.Read more

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Mayfong Mayxay

Visiting Professor Email mayfong@tropmedres.ac Mayfong Mayxay Professor Mayfong Mayxay is the Vice-Rector and a Professor in Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease at University of Health Sciences (UHS), Ministry of Health, Lao PDR; a Visiting Professor in Tropical Medicine at University of Oxford and a Visiting Professor in Public Health at the National University of Singapore. He is also a member of parliament (MP) of the Lao National Assembly (9th legislation). He initiated many important academic entities in Laos, including a clinical research unit called “Lao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospital-Wellcome Trust Research Unit or

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NG Lee Ching

Associate Professor (Adjunct) Tel (65) 6771 9106 Email ng_lee_ching@nea.com.sg NG Lee Ching Assoc Prof Ng Lee Ching is the Group Director of Environmental Health Institute (EHI) at the National Environment Agency in Singapore. She has spent more than 20 years building scientific capabilities for Singapore’s environmental public health, conducting research to understand disease risk and transmission, and developing tools and strategies for mitigation of risks. She has co-authored more than 210 scientific papers and book chapters, in the area of vector borne diseases, COVID-19, food borne diseases, anti-microbial resistance, indoor

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Djaafara, Bimandra Adiputra

Research Fellow Email  bimandra.djaafara@nus.edu.sg Djaafara, Bimandra Adiputra I am an infectious disease epidemiologist and modeller with a strong interest in applying and developing statistical and mathematical models to understand the dynamics of infectious diseases through various data sources. My research focuses on developing and applying models (statistical and mathematical) to help inform public health policies and interventions aimed at controlling and preventing the spread of infectious diseases. I have no particular disease of interest, but I have been involved in multiple projects related to malaria, COVID-19, and diphtheria. My current

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CHUNG The Hao

Visiting Senior Research Fellow Email haoct@nus.edu.sg CHUNG The Hao Dr. Hao is a trained microbiologist fascinated at how microbes evolve and interact with human. His research seeks to combine high-resolution genomic data and clinical studies to answer relevant public health questions on infectious diseases epidemiology and evolution, and to translate understandings on bacterial evolution and ecology into better approaches in healthcare. Affiliation NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford Research

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PHUNG, Khanh Lam

Senior Research Fellow Email lampk@nus.edu.sg PHUNG, Khanh Lam I am a general medical doctor by training but then obtained a Ph.D. with a quantitative focus on developing clinical prediction models in dengue and have spent most of my research career working as a biostatistician. With colleagues at the Oxford University Clinical Research Unit in Vietnam, I conducted various collaborative works on dengue infection, ranging from observational studies to randomized clinical trials, to improve our understanding of the pathophysiology of dengue and the efficacy of different potential therapeutic options for dengue

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ROY Mousumi

Research fellow Email mou.roy@nus.edu.sg ROY Mousumi My research falls within the intersection of infectious disease modeling, human mobility, and Bayesian statistics. I am working with complex pattern of disease transmission by analyzing various factors involving the transmission. Affiliation NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health Research Areas Infectious disease modelling Human mobility pattern Network science Academic/Professional Qualifications M.Sc. (Applied Mathematics), University of Calcutta, 2014 Ph.D. (Applied Mathematics), University of Calcutta, 2022 Selected Publications M Roy, S Mandal, C Hens, A Prasad, NV Kuznetsov, M Dev Shrimali. Model-free prediction of

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SARASWATI, Kartika

Research Fellow Email kartika@nus.edu.sg SARASWATI, Kartika I am a clinician by training with experience in tropical medicine and global health research. I am interested in addressing research questions that can generate impactful knowledge for resource limited settings. My research interests include neglected tropical diseases e.g. rickettsial diseases (scrub typhus, murine typhus, spotted fever group rickettsia) and arboviral diseases (dengue, Japanese encephalitis). At NUS, my research focuses on applying mathematical modelling techniques to analyse serology data of tropical diseases, including scrub typhus and murine typhus. Additionally, I aim to evaluate the

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SINGH Shweta Rajkumar

Research Fellow Email ephshwe@nus.edu.sg SINGH Shweta Rajkumar Shweta completed her doctoral studies, focusing on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) within communities in the Greater Mekong Subregion. Her primary interest lies in the epidemiology of infectious diseases, including molecular epidemiology. She has co-authored numerous peer-reviewed articles covering topics such as antimicrobial resistance, pandemic preparedness, and Tuberculosis. Shweta employs a diverse range of research methodologies, including systematic reviews, qualitative methods, quantitative methods, and bioinformatics. She has actively collaborated with the University for Health Sciences in Phnom Penh and Angkor Hospital for Children in Siem

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Jane Lim

Research Fellow (Adjunct) Email jane_lim@nus.edu.sg LIM Jane Jane is interested in the behavioural aspects of cross-sector antibiotic resistance, and in the development of appropriate One Health research and solutions to address AMR and other zoonotic diseases. Affiliation NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health (Adjunct) Manager, Healthcare Intelligence, Changi General Hospital Research Areas Antibiotic use in human and animal health sectors Community-based participatory research Global/Public Health ethics Social determinants of health Teaching Areas Research methods Mixed-methods research Academic/Professional Qualifications PhD (Infectious Diseases Epidemiology), Saw Swee Hock School of Public

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