Programme - Day 1

Registration 
The Ngee Ann Kongsi (NAK) Auditorium, Academia

Welcome Address
Dr Ong Eng Koon
(Co-organising Chairperson, Singapore Medical Humanities Conference 2025)

Opening Address By Guest-Of-Honour
Mr Low Eng Teong
(Chief Executive Office, National Arts Council Singapore)

Plenary Session 1: The Value Of Anecdotes And Medically Anecdotal Information In Healthcare
Prof Brian Hurwitz
(Professor, King’s College London)

Theme: Bioethics

Patients As Partners: Reimaging Healthcare Relationship

Assoc Prof Anantham Devanand
(Director, SingHealth Duke-NUS Medical Humanities Institute)

Dr Shizuko Takahashi
(Research Fellow, CBmE, YLLSoM, NUS)

Assoc Prof Brian Earp
(Associate Professor, YLLSoM, NUS)

Theme: Med Education

Art And Music Therapy In Singapore - Education And Practice

Prof Emylia Safian
(Lecturer, Lasalle College of the Arts)

Prof Eta Lauw
(Lecturer, Lasalle College of the Arts)

Ms Phylaine Toh
(Arts and Narratives-based Faculty Educator, SingHealth Duke-NUS Medical Humanities Institute)

Ms Stephanie Chan
(Senior Music Therapist, SGH)

Theme: Social determinants, Patients' centered

Poverty And Health

Dr Prassanna Raman
(Impact Evaluation Lead, AWWA Ltd)

Ms Karen Kwa
(Senior Principal Medical Social Worker, TTSH)

Theme: Med Education

Hong Kong Public Health Posters 1950s To Present: Learning Through Visual Media

Dr Ria Sinha
(Lecturer, Medical Ethics and Humanities Unit, The University of Hong Kong)
 

Symposium Session 1 - The Role Of Creative Art In Teaching Critical Medical Humanities
Assoc Prof Harry Wu
(Associate Professor, National Cheng Kung University)

Dr Michael Thaddeus Tan
(Dean, Research & Knowledge Exchange, NAFA-UAS)

Mr Samson Wong
(Assistant Lecturer, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong)

Ground Up Humanities Initiatives In SingHealth: From Ideas To Impact

Dr Gillian Hendriks
(Associate Consultant, KKH)

Dr Joanne Ngeow
(Senior Consultant, NCCS)

Dr Michael Thaddeus Tan
(Dean, Research & Knowledge Exchange, NAFA-UAS)

Theme: Well-being

Mindful Practice In Medicine

Dr Tanya Tierney
(Assistant Dean, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, NTU)

Dr Pauline Luk
(Lecturer, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong)

Assoc Prof Mabel Yap
(Director, Professional Training and Assessment Standards Division, MOH)

Theme: Bioethics

Bioethics And Humanities Through Different Media

Prof Angus Dawson
(Professor, CBmE, YLLSoM, NUS)

Dr Shizuko Takahashi
(Research Fellow, CBmE, YLLSoM, NUS)

Dr Wee Teck Young (also known as Hakim Young) 

Theme: Med Hum in Practice

First Person Narratives, Mental Health, And The Work Of Story With Tapestry Project SG

Ms Nicole K.
(Executive Director, The Tapestry Project Limited)

Mr Daniel Kong
(PhD Candidate, School of Humanities English, NTU)