The programme organises regular journal clubs and research meetings to foster knowledge exchange and collaboration, and to strengthen research capacity in epidemiology, data analytics, health economics, and qualitative research.
Focus Topics: The Last 24 Months
Applying Target Trial Emulation to compare cancer interventions
Time toxicities experienced by patients with advanced cancer
Sharing of findings from the health disparities studies
Data science in epidemiology and joint models for longitudinal and survival data
Research funding opportunities
Standards for high-value secondary and real-world data analysis in oncology setting
TRUST, NCCS ANCHOR and SPHS data
Understanding cancer burden: interpretation of cancer statistics and generalizability of SEER
Expanding Cancer Epidemiology and Scaling Community Navigation in Cancer Care
Financial and mental health impacts and the interaction between a cancer diagnosis with other NCDs on outcomes.
Conference Presentations & Publications
Programme members have actively disseminated their work through presentations at international conferences and publications in high–impact journals.
International Conference
Association between allostatic load and incident colorectal cancer – a prospective study in a multiethnic Asian population. Oral presentation at American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2025.
Trends in cancer incidence in Singapore over the last two decades. Poster presentation at American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting 2025.
Publications
Trends in Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer in Singapore: Epidemiological Study of a Multiethnic Population. Chen HLR, Chong QD, Tay B, Zhou S, Wong EYT, Seow-En I, Tan KK, Wang Y, Seow A, Tan KE, Tan BHI, Tan SH. JMIR Public Health Surveill. 2025 Feb 14.
Adolescent Dietary Intake and Breast Cancer in Adulthood: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Lim GH, Tan YCRS, Lee E, Loo CKY, Kumar N, Chong MF, Chia A. Adv Nutr. 2025 Oct;16(10):100503.
Public Preferences for Emerging Cancer Screening Modalities: A Systematic Review of Discrete Choice Experiments. Har CE, Gao Q, Chen W, Wang Y. Patient. 2025 Oct 2.
Rising Early-Onset Lung Cancer and Narrowing Gaps Between Men and Women in Singapore: Insights from Joinpoint Regression Analysis. Juang YR, Hu M, Miao H, Seow A, Tan BHI, Chong QD, Chee CE; Seow WJ. Lancet Reg Health West Pac. 2025 Dec 19:66:101779.