Global Health Seminar Series
Caring for Persons with Dementia
Angelique Chan, Executive Director, Centre for Ageing Research and Education, and A/Prof, Health Systems & Services Research, Duke-NUS Medical School, and A/Prof, Department of Sociology, NUS
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The pandemic through the lens of data
Taimur Baig, Managing Director and Chief Economist, DBS Bank
COVID-19 Vaccination: The Promised Land?
Prof Ooi Eng Eong, Programme in Emerging Infectious Diseases, Duke-NUS Medical School, and Co-director, Viral Research and Experimental Medicine Centre @SingHealth Duke-NUS (ViREMiCS), and Faculty, SDGHI
A/Prof Low Guek Hong Jenny, Programme in Emerging Infectious Diseases, Duke-NUS Medical School, and Senior Consultant, Department of Infectious Diseases, Singapore General Hospital, and Co-director, Viral Research and Experimental Medicine Centre @SingHealth Duke-NUS (ViREMiCS)
Emerging Infectious Diseases: Implementing a One Health Approach
Dr Benjamin Anderson, Assistant Professor of Science and Global Health, Duke Kunshan University
Beyond Science Webinar Series
Part 2: Operational Challenges and the ground realities of enabling access to essential vaccines in the ASEAN region
Moderator:
Prof Michael Merson, Founding Director, SingHealth Duke-NUS Global Health Institute; Wolfgang Joklik Professor of Global Health, Duke University
Speakers:
Ms Susan Brown, Director of Public Policy Engagement, GAVI
Mr Luc Debruyne, Former CEO, Global Vaccines, GSK and Strategy Advisor to CEO, CEPI
A/Prof Krishna Udayakumar, Founding Director, Duke Global Health Innovation Center and Associate Professor, Global Health and Medicine, Duke University
A/Prof Ren Ee Chee, Senior Principal Investigator, Singapore Immunology Network and Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology, National University of Singapore
Dr Nakorn Premsri, Director, National Vaccine Institute (NVI), Thailand
Dr Erlina Burhan, Department of Pulmonology and Respiratory Medicine and Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia
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Part 1: Challenges to equitable access: a look at legal and equity considerations related to ensuring access to essential vaccines and therapeutics in low and middle income countries (LMICs)
Ms Amina Mahmood Islam, Deputy Director (Programme Development & Business Administration), SingHealth Duke-NUs Global Health Institute
Dr. Leena Menghaney, Regional Head (South Asia) at the Access Campaign, Médecins Sans Frontières
Dr. Chris Vindurampulle, Senior Associate, Patent and Trade Mark Attorney, K&L Gates (Melbourne office)
Professor Mark Findlay, Director, Centre for AI and Data Governance, Singapore Management University
Translating Technology for Paediatric Surgical Diseases in LMICs
Asst Prof Amos Loh Hong Pheng, Senior Consultant, Department of Paediatric Surgery, KKH
Health Innovations Webinar Series
Part 3: Applying research innovations in healthcare from the ASEAN region to test for, prevent and treat COVID-19
Moderator:Prof Gavin Smith, Professor, Emerging Infectious Diseases Programme, Duke-NUS Medical School; and Research Core Lead, SingHealth Duke-NUS Global Health Institute
Speakers:Prof Wang Linfa, Professor, Emerging Infectious Diseases Programme, Duke-NUS Medical School; and Faculty, SingHealth Duke-NUS Global Health Institute
Prof Dean Ho, Provost’s Chair Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Pharmacology; Director, The N.1 Institute for Health (N.1)Director, Institute for Digital Medicine (WisDM); Head, Department of Biomedical Engineering, National University of Singapore
Insights into Paediatric Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (PARDS) through a Regional Research Network
Dr Lee Jan Hau, Senior Consultant, CICU, KK Women's and Children's Hospital
Part 2: Identifying community based healthcare innovations from the ASEAN region in response to COVID-19
Moderator:Dr Yasser Bhatti, Honorary Senior Lecturer, Imperial College London; Senior Lecturer in Innovation and Strategy, Queen Mary University of London; and Director, MSc Entrepreneurship and Innovation; and Associate Scholar, Said Business School, University of Oxford
Speakers:Professor Wong Tien Yin, Professor & Vice Dean, Duke-NUS Medical School; Deputy Group CEO (Research & Education), SingHealth; Medical Director & Senior Consultant Ophthalmologist, Singapore National Eye Centre; and Faculty, SingHealth Duke-NUS Global Health Institute
Dr Fazilah Allaudin, Senior Deputy Director (Planning Division), Ministry of Health Malaysia
Mr Tuan Doan, Chief Strategy Officer, Bot Ban Hang (Chatbot Vietnam)
Ms Siriphone Sally Sakulku, SRH Programme Coordinator, UNFPA Lao PDR
Part 1: Exploring hospital based healthcare innovations from the ASEAN region to tackle COVID-19
Moderator: Ms Lee Chen Ee, Group Director, Organisational Transformation, SingHealth
Speakers:A/Prof Derrick Chan, Research Director, KK Research Centre, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH); Programme Director, Clinician-Innovator Development Programme (CINDP); Vice Chair, Research, Paediatrics Academic Clinical Programme; and Deputy Director (Education), SingHealth MedTech Office (MTO)
Mr Lim Sangva, Director, Arrowdot., Co Ltd
A/Prof Ngiam Kee Yuan, Group Chief Technology Officer, NUHS Corporate Office; Deputy Chief Medical Informatics Officer, National University Hospital; Senior Consultant, Division of General Surgery (Thyroid & Endocrine Surgery), Department of Surgery, National University Hospital
Dr Rena Dharmawan, Clinical entrepreneur-in-residence, Centre of Technology & Development (CTeD), Duke-NUS Medical School; andAssociate Consultant, National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS), Singapore General Hospital (SGH)
Dr Daniel Ting, Consultant, Surgical Retina Department, Singapore National Eye Centre (SNEC)
The APPROACH Study (Asian Patient Perspectives Regarding Oncology Awareness, Care and Health)
Prof Eric Finkelstein, Professor, Programme in Health Services & Systems Research and Executive Director, Lien Centre for Palliative Care, Duke-NUS Medical School, Faculty, SDGHI
Asst Prof Semra Ozdemir, Assistant Professor, Programme in Health Services & Systems Research and Lien Centre for Palliative Care, Duke-NUS Medical School; Affiliate, SDGHI
Asst Prof Chetna Malhotra, Assistant Professor, Lien Centre for Palliative Care, Duke-NUS Medical School
Asst Prof Irene Teo, Assistant Professor, Lien Centre for Palliative Care, Duke-NUS Medical School
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UCAN-A (Understand Childhood (Chronic) Ailments Network - Asia) as a tool for advancement of global translational medicine
Prof Salvatore Albani, Professor, Duke-NUS Medical School; Director, SingHealth Duke-NUS Translational Immunology Institute (TII); Senior Clinical Scientist, Paediatrics Academic Clinical Programme; and SDGHI Faculty
The Impact of COVID-19 on Health and Health Equity in the ASEAN Region
Part 5: How has COVID-19 impacted Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) Programmes in the ASEAN region?
Moderator: Prof Carolyn Lam, Senior Consultant, Department of Cardiology, National Heart Centre Singapore (NHCS), Professor of Duke-NUS Cardiovascular Academic Clinical Program, and Faculty, SDGHI
Speakers:Ms Deborah Gildea, Head of Novartis Social Business, Asia
Prof Tan Wei Chieh Jack, Deputy Head of Cardiology and Director of the Coronary Care Unit, National Heart Centre Singapore and Head of Cardiology, Sengkang General Hospital
Dr Feisul Idzwan Mustapha, Consultant Public Health Physician and Deputy Director, Non-Communicable Disease (NCD) Section, Disease Control Division, Ministry of Health, Malaysia
Prof Borwornsom Ack Leerapan, Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine and Deputy Director of the Center for Health Policy and Management, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Universal Health Coverage: What does it mean for Singapore and our neighbours?
Dr Orlanda Goh, Senior Resident in Advanced Internal Medicine
Part 4: How has COVID-19 Impacted HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria Programme in the ASEAN Region?
Moderator:Prof Tang Shenglan, Deputy Director, Duke Global Health Institute, and Faculty, SDGHI
Speakers:Dr Marijke Wijnroks, Chief of Staff, The Global Fund to Fight AIDs, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Ms Amita Chebbi, Senior Director, Asia Pacific Malaria Elimination Network (APMEN)
Dr Esty Febriani, TB Technical Advisor Lembaga Kesehatan Nahdlatul Ulama (LKNU), Lecturer of public health program STIKES Kuningan, West Java, and Member of TB community task force, WHO
Part 3: Applying a Health Inequity Lens to the Impact of COVID-19 on Food Security and Nutritional Status in the ASEAN Region
Prof Martin Bloem, Inaugural Robert S. Lawrence Professor and Director, Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future (CLF) in the Department of Environmental Health and Engineering, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Dr David Dawe, Senior Economist, Regional Office of Asia Pacific, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Prof Emorn Udomkesmalee, Senior Advisor and Former Director of the Institute of Nutrition of the Mahidol University, Thailand & Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of International Health, John Hopkins University
Dr Chandavone Phoxay, Deputy Permanent Secretary, Cabinet. Ministry of Health
Mr Axton Salim, Director, PT Indofood Sukses Makmur Tbk
Part 2: Analysing the Impact of COVID-19 on Maternal and Child Health in the ASEAN Region
Prof Courtney Davis, Education Core Co-Lead, SDGHI & Staff Physician, KK Women's and Children's Hospital (KKH)
Mr Björn Andersson, Regional Director, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Bangkok
Ms Mariam Khan, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Representative, Lao PDR
Dr Paul Pronyk, Chief, Child Survival and Development, UNICEF Indonesia
Dr Katherine Ann V. Reyes, Assistant Professor & Associate Dean for Research, Department of Health Policy and Administration, College of Public Health, University of the Philippines, Manila
Dr Maria Asuncion Silvestre, President, Kalusugan ng Mag-Ina, Inc (KMI; Translation: Health of Mother and Child), Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Part 1: Examining the Impact of COVID-19 on Health and Health Inequities in the ASEAN Region
Moderator:Prof John Lim, Policy Lead, SingHealth Duke-NUS Global Health Institute (SDGHI), and Executive Director, Centre of Regulatory Excellence (CoRE), Duke-NUS
Speakers:Dr Tran Thi Mai Oanh, Director, Health Strategy and Policy Institute (HSPI), Vietnam
Dr Piya Hanvoravongchai, Program Director, The Equity Initiative, Bangkok, Thailand, and Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University
Dr Swee Kheng Khor, Senior Visiting Fellow, United Nations University International Institute of Global Health, Malaysia
Dr Kumanan Rasanathan, Coordinator, Health Systems, World Health Organization (WHO), Cambodia Office
CoRE Webinar Series (an event supported by SDGHI)
COVID-19's Impact on Patient Engagement in East Asia
Panellists & Facilitators:Prof John Lim, Executive Director, Centre of Regulatory Excellence (CoRE), Duke-NUS and Policy Core Lead, SDGHI
Mr Rajakanth R, Executive Director, Rainbow Across Borders and Principal Consultant, Manifeste
Mr Nicholas Brooke, Executive Director, Patient Focused Medicines Development and The Synergist
Ms Kristin Schneeman, Director, Programs, FasterCures, A Center of the Milken Institute
Speakers: Mr Ellil Mathiyan, President, Ostomy Association of Singapore
Mr Kenneth Mah, Co-Founder and Vice President, Rare Disorders Society (Singapore)
Ms Fatima "Girlie" Lorenzo, President, Philippine Alliance of Patient Organisations (PAPO)
Mr Ekawat Suwantaroj, Vice President, Thai Hemophilia Patient Club
Ms Peni Utami, Chairman, Indonesia Rare Disease Foundation (Yayasan MPS dan Penyakit Langka Indonesia)
Heart Failure in Asia: Urgent Unmet Needs
Prof Carolyn Lam, Senior Consultant, National Heart Centre Singapore and Faculty, SingHealth Duke-NUS Global Health Institute
COVID-19: Looking Back and Looking Foward
Part 3: Fast Foward: How to prevent future pandemics?
Prof Wang Linfa, Director, Emerging Infectious Diseases Programme, Duke-NUS and Faculty, SingHealth Duke-NUS Global Health Institute
Speakers:Prof Stuart Blacksell, Senior Research Scientist, Biorisk and Zoonosis group leader, Health & Safety team leader, Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU), Bangkok, Thailand
Dr Mark Stafford Smith, Chief Coordinating Scientist – Adaptation, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Canberra, Australi;a and Chair, Science Committee, Future Earth
Dr Katinka de Balogh, Senior Animal Health and Production Officer, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok, Thailand
COVID-19: Looking Back and Looking Forward
Part 2: Employing a One Health framework to examine emerging infectious diseases in the context of Global Health
Dr Erik Karlsson, Director, National Influenza Center for Cambodia and H5 Reference Laboratory Institut Pasteur, Cambodia
Dr Ian Mendenhall, Faculty, SingHealth Duke-NUS Global Health Institute and Principal Research Scientist, Emerging Infectious Diseases Programme, Duke-NUS
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Lessons from the Field: Asian Emergency Medical Response to COVID-19
Part 1: The role of evolutionary and ecological factors in pandemics like COVID-19
Dr James Rudge, Assistant Professor, Infectious Diseases Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Communicable Diseases Policy Research Group (CDPRG Bangkok Office)
Prof Gavin Smith, Research Core Lead, SDGHI; Professor, Emerging Infectious Diseases Programme, Duke-NUS
Global Health Seminar Series
CHIP: The Childhood Infections & Pollution Consortium
Dr Logan Manikam, Founder & Co-Director of The Childhood Infections & Pollution (CHIP) Consortium; NIHR-UCL Advanced Fellow; and Honorary Consultant in Public Health Medicine in PHE Immunisations and Countermeasures Division
Webinar Series: The Science and Business of COVID-19
Part 4: A Post-COVID-19 World: What Will Be Our New Normal?
Ms Kristie Lu Stout, Anchor and Correspondent, CNN
Panellists:
Prof David Heymann, Professor, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Prof Gabriel Leung, Dean, LKS Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong
Prof Michael Merson, Director, SingHealth Duke-NUS Global Health Institute
Ms Reshmi Khurana, Managing Director and Head, Kroll Southeast Asia
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Part 3: The Economic Shock of COVID-19: How Can Businesses and Communities Remain Resilient?
Dr Lei Hsien-Hsien, Chief Executive Officer, American Chamber of Commerce in Singapore
Prof Bert Hofman, Professor of Practice, NUS Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
Mr Gareth Mcllroy, Managing Director, Korn Ferry
Dr Taimur Baig, Managing Director & Chief Economist, DBS Bank
Part 2: Preventing and Treating COVID-19: When Will We Get a Vaccine? Are There Any Effective Treatments?
Prof John Lim, Executive Director, Centre of Regulatory Excellence, Duke-NUS Medical School
Dr Amgad Gamil, Senior Director, Medical & Scientific Affairs Emerging Markets, Vaccines, Pfizer
Asst Prof Ashley St John, Emerging Infectious Diseases Programme, Duke-NUS Medical School
Prof Leo Yee Sin, Executive Director, National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID)
Prof Ooi Eng Eong, Professor and Deputy Director, Emerging Infectious Diseases Programme, Duke-NUS Medical School
Part 1: A COVID-19 World: What We Know? How Are Governments Responding
Prof Teo Yik Ying, Dean, Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore
Dr Shawn Vasoo, Clinical Director, National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID)
Dr Kiesha Prem, Visiting Research Fellow, Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore
Ms Caitlin Asjes, Senior Director, Government and Public Affairs, Becton Dickinson
Examining COVID-19 through a Multi-Dimensional Lens
Moderator:Professor Wang Linfa, Director and Professor, Programme in Emerging Infectious Disease, Duke-NUS Medical School and SDGHI Faculty
Speakers & Panellists:Assistant Professor John Ansah, Assistant Professor, Programme in Health Services and Systems Research, Duke-NUS Medical School
Professor Wong Tien Yin, Professor & Vice Dean, Duke-NUS Medical School & Deputy Group CEO (Research & Education), SingHealth
Professor John Lim, Policy Core Lead, SDGHI & Executive Director and Executive Director, Centre for Regulatory Excellence, Duke-NUS Medical School
Dr Taimur Baig, Managing Director and Chief Economist, DBS Bank
Technology for Pandemic Preparedness & Response
Mr Chang Liu, Regional Director for ACCESS Health International
Asst Prof Danielle Anderson, Assistant Professor of Emerging Infectious Diseases Research Programme, Duke-NUS Medical School
Ms Melissa Teoh, Director of Marketing, MyDoc
A/Prof Alex Cook, Associate Professor, Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health
Patient Engagement: Landscape & Key Issues in the Asia-Pacific Region
Mr R. Rajakanth, Executive Director, Rainbow Across Borders & Principal Consultant, Manifeste
MALNUTRITION - A Journey from the early 1980s to Today
Dr Regina Moench-Pfanner, CEO, ibn360
Treatment & Prognosis of Dengue: A Global Health Challenge
Global Oncology - Dream or Reality
Dr Daniela Cristina Stefan, Oncology Leader, Clinical Decision Support Regional Business Development, Asia Pacific Roche Diagnostics, APAC
Human Infection Studies - An overview of the regulatory and ethical challenges
Ms Shobana Balasingam, Programme Officer, Human Infection Studies, Vaccines, Wellcome Trust
Innovative Approaches to Solving Global Health Challenges in Low and Middle Income Countries
Dr Chris Elias, President, Global Development Program, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
The Success of the Hepatitis B Vaccine Project: 34 Years Later
Dr Gabriel Oon, Principal Investigator, Hepatitis B Vaccine (International Agency for Research in Cancer, WHO and Ministry of Trade and Industry)
Measuring Population Health: 25 years of Global Burden of Disease Study
Prof Christopher J.L. Murray, Director and Co-founder, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
