RGR: Beyond the Surface: Understanding Chronic Wounds and Vascular Risk Through Registry Data and Community-based Research

About the Speakers

Ms Fazila Aloweni is the Assistant Director, Nursing Research & Innovation Unit, Singapore General Hospital (SGH) and Associate Research Scientist, Centre for Population Health Research and Implementation (CPHRI). She leads and coordinates nursing research activities that support evidence-based practice and advance nursing knowledge across SGH and actively facilitating collaboration between nurses and other healthcare professionals. Her research interests include informal caregiving and skin care research, particularly in the areas of chronic wounds and pressure injuries.  She has published over 60 peer-reviewed journals and conference papers and is a co-inventor on granted patents. 

Ms Nanthakumahrie Gunasegaran is a Nurse Clinician, Nursing Research & Innovation Unit at SGH. She also holds an appointment as a Lead Education Associate with Duke-NUS. She is highly passionate about nursing research and evidence-based practice, with strong expertise in wound care and clinical guideline development. She completed her Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing certification in 2017 and is a certified Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurse. Her research interests include wound care, pressure injuries, peripheral arterial disease, venous leg ulcers, and the development of innovative, evidence-based interventions to improve patient outcomes. She actively contributes to national and international clinical guideline development and holds leadership and membership roles in professional wound care organisations. 

About the Facilitator

Dr Juriyah Yatim is the Assistant Director Nursing (APN) at SGH. As an APN, she does her clinical practice in SGH Pelvic Floor Disorder Service, which is a unique, multi-disciplinary service that provides clinical management for patients who have functional problems of the pelvic floor of urologic, gynaecologic or colorectal pathology. She is also the SingHealth Lead Clinical Preceptor for Graduate Diploma in Clinical Nursing for Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing (in collaboration with Curtin University), and a Lead Education Associate at Duke-NUS Medical School. She is a passionate research advocate who led the implementation of the nurse-driven HOUDINI protocol and has presented and published widely across regional and international platforms.