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Keynote Speakers

Professor Sir Sam Everington

MBBS, MRCGP, Barrister, OBE
Pioneering GP at the Bromley by Bow Centre
United Kingdom

Professor Cheong Koon Hean

Chairman
Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities
Singapore University of Technology and Design

Professor Thomas Astell-Burt

Professor of Population Health and Environmental Data Science
University of Wollongong, Australia

Plenary Speakers

Professor Teo Yik Ying

Vice President (Global Health) and Dean
Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health
National University of Singapore

Ms Hwang Yu-Ning

Chief Executive Officer, National Parks Board

Professor Laura Arpiainen

Professor of Health and Wellbeing Architecture
Aalto University
Finland

Professor Lee Chien Earn

Deputy Group Chief Executive Officer, Regional Health System
SingHealth

Programme Speakers (Population Health)

Healthy and Active Lifestyles Track

Track Chairs

Associate Professor Joanne Quah

Senior Consultant and Deputy Director, Education, SingHealth Polyclinics

Dr Guo Xiaoxuan

Consultant Family Physician and Clinic Director, Punggol Polyclinic

Speakers

Dr Chew Chu Shan Elaine

Senior Consultant and Head, Adolescent Medicine Service, Department of Paediatrics Medicine
KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital

Dr Lim Chau Sian

Senior Consultant
Department of Psychological Medicine and Sleep Medicine, Surgery and Science
Changi General Hospital

Dr Mandy Zhang

Consultant Sport & Exercise Medicine Physician
Department of Sport & Exercise Medicine
Changi General Hospital

Associate Professor Carol Ma

Head (Gerontology Programmes) and
Senior Fellow (CEL), S R Nathan School of Human Development, Singapore
University of Social Sciences

Professor Teo Hock Hai

Provost’s Chair Professor
Department of Information Systems and Analytics, School of Computing,
National University of Singapore

Population-Based Epidemiological Studies for Improving Health Track

Track Chair

Associate Professor Rahul Malhotra

Associate Professor, Health Services and Systems Research (HSSR) and
SingHealth Duke-NUS Global Health Institute (SDGHI); Deputy Director and
Head of Research, Centre for Ageing Research and Education (CARE),
Duke-NUS Medical School

Speakers

Professor Marco Peres

Deputy Chief Executive Officer (Research & Education), National Dental Centre Singapore

Professor Ecosse Lamoureux

Professor, Health Services and Systems Research (HSSR) Signature Research Programme, Duke-NUS Medical School

Associate Professor Mythily Subramaniam

Assistant Chairman Medical Board (Research), Institute of Mental Health

Dr Abhijit Visaria

Principal Research Scientist, Centre for Ageing Research and Education (CARE), Duke-NUS Medical School.

Professor Tazeen Hasan Jafar

Professor, Health Services and Systems Research Signature Research Programme, Duke-NUS Medical School

Frailty and Intrinsic Capacity Track

Track Chairs

Associate Professor Laura Tay

Head and Senior Consultant, SingHealth Duke-NUS Centre of Memory and
Cognitive Disorders; Head and Senior Consultant, Geriatric Medicine,
Sengkang General Hospital

Speakers

Cl Assistant Professor Chan Pei Yuan

Head, Primary and Community Partnership and Consultant, Restorative Dentistry (Endodontics), National Dental Centre Singapore

Associate Professor Iris Rawtaer

Head of Department, Psychiatry and Deputy Director of Research, Sengkang General Hospital

Dr Justin Chew

Consultant, Department of
Geriatric Medicine and Research and Innovation Lead, Institute of
Geriatrics and Active Ageing, Tan Tock Seng Hospital

Dr Rachel Cheong Chin Yee

Consultant, Department of Geriatric Medicine, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital

Assistant Professor Huso Yi

Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health,
National University of Singapore

Family and Maternal Child Health Track

Track Chair

Associate Professor Chua Mei Chien

Deputy Chairman, Division of Medicine and Head & Senior Consultant, Neonatology, KK Women's and Children's Hospital

Speakers

Assistant Professor Loy See Ling

Principal Investigator, Department of Reproductive Medicine, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital

Ms Fong Ying Yi

Deputy Director, Population Health Division, Ministry of Health

Associate Professor Chan Yoke Hwee

Chair, Medical Board, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital and Clin
Associate Professor and Associate Dean (KKH), Duke-NUS Medical School

Professor Victoria Leong

Professor, School of Social Sciences, Psychology, Nanyang Technological University

Associate Professor Mahesh A Choolani

Head, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore

Innovations in Health and Social Care Delivery for Addressing Population Health Track

Track Chair

Associate Professor Teo Poh Leng

Head of Programme, Bachelor of Social Work, S R Nathan School of Human Development, Singapore University of Social Sciences

Assistant Professor Yoon Sung Won

Programme in Health Services and Systems Research, Duke-NUS Medical School

Speakers

Ms Ang Bee Lian

Senior Advisor, Ministry of Social and Family Development

Dr Sng Hock Lin

Chief, Silver Generation Division, Agency for Integrated Care

Mr Abel Peh

Social Worker, Mental Health Service, Allkin Singapore Ltd

Mr Low Mun Heng

Principal Social Worker, Care and Integration Division, Allkin Singapore Ltd

Adjunct Professor (Dr) Loke Wai Chiong

Programme Lead and Senior Consultant, MOH Office for Healthcare Transformation

Population Health and Built Environment Track

Track Chair

Dr Jowy Seah

Researcher

Dr Belinda Yuen

Professorial Fellow and Research Director, Lee Kuan Yew Centre for
Innovative Cities, Singapore University of Technology and Design

Speakers

Dr Rakhi Manohar Mepparambath

Senior Scientist, Institute of High Performance Computing (IHPC), A*STAR

Dr Tan Weng Mooi

Director/Lead in Health Programme, MOH Office for Healthcare Transformation

Associate Professor Sam Conrad Joyce

Associate Professor, Singapore University of Technology and Design

Dr Ad Maulod

Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Ageing Research & Education, Duke-NUS Medical School

Assistant Professor Borame L Dickens

Assistant Professor, Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore

Revolutionising Population Health: The Role of Innovation and Technology Track

Track Chair

Associate Professor Cheung Ngai-Man

Associate Professor & Associate Head of Pillar (Education),
Information Systems Technology and Design, Singapore University of
Technology and Design

Dr Hong Wei Wei

Director, Innovation Strategy, Office for Service Transformation, SingHealth

Speakers

Cl Assistant Professor Charlene Liew

Deputy Chief Medical Informatics Officer, Changi General Hospital

Dr Kenny Choo

Assistant Professor, Design and Artificial Intelligence / Information Systems Technology and Design,
Singapore University of Technology and Design

Dr Onno Kampman

Manager, MOH Office for Healthcare Transformation

Mr Caleb Tan

Senior Manager, Mental Health Innovation, MOH Office for Healthcare Transformation

Dr Liu Yong

Deputy Department Director, Computing & Intelligence Department, Institute of High Performance Computing, A*STAR

From Population Health Policies to Patient Care: Connecting the Dots Track

Track Chair

Dr Samuel Chng Chong Wei

Senior Research Fellow, Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities, Singapore University of Technology and Design

Associate Professor Carol Ma

Head (Gerontology Programmes) and Senior Fellow (CEL), S R Nathan School
of Human Development, Singapore University of Social Sciences

Professor Ng Chirk Jen

Deputy
Director, Research, SingHealth Polyclincs; Director, Digital Health
Research in the SingHealth Duke-NUS Family Medicine Academic Clinical
Programme (FM ACP)

Speakers

Professor (Dr) Gerald Koh

Head & Clinical Director (Future Primary Care), MOH Office for Healthcare Transformation

Associate Professor Paul Ong

Deputy CEO and Chief Strategy Officer, Tsao Foundation

Mr Daniel Lim

Co-Founder, EnableAsia and Wellbeing Champions Network™

Ms Kathryn Ng Chew Kuan

Deputy Group Chief Communications
Officer (Marketing Communications) and Chief Communications Officer,
Future & Digital Communications, SingHealth

Dr Leonora Liu

Senior Preventive Medicine Resident, SingHealth Office of Regional Health

Advancing End-of-Life Care Through Population Health Approaches Track

Track Chair

Dr Ke Yu

Research Fellow
Supportive and Palliative Care – Research, National Cancer Centre Singapore

Speakers

Ms Sim Bee Hia

Executive Director, Singapore Hospice Council

Ms Tan Ming Li

Life and Death Educator, The Life Review

Dr Victoria Wong

Consultant, Division of
Supportive and Palliative Care, National Cancer Centre Singapore;
Clinical Assistant Professor, Duke-NUS Medical School

Mr Christopher Gee

Deputy Director, Institute of
Policy Studies and Senior Research Fellow, Governance and Economy,
National University of Singapore

Dr Lee Yee Mei

Deputy Director of Nursing and Advanced Practice Nurse, National University Cancer Institute Singapore

Dr Chiam Zi Yan

Consultant, Department of Palliative Medicine, Tan Tock Seng Hospital

Mr Gerald Tan

Managing Director and Director of Business Development, Timeliss

Mental Health and Wellbeing Track

Track Chair

Associate Professor Timothy Sim

Head of Programme, Master of Counselling, Singapore University of Social Sciences

Assistant Professor Sharon Sung

Assistant Professor
Programme in Health Services and Systems Research
Duke-NUS Medical School

Professor Yow Wei Quin

Head of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Singapore University of Technology and Design

Speakers

Dr Angelina Ang

Senior Consultant, Paediatric Emergency Medicine, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital

Ms Yik Chow Meng

Senior Clinical Counsellor, Department of Psychological Medicine, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital

Ms Flora Yong

Clinical Counsellor, Department of Psychological Medicine, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital

Associate Professor William Tov

Associate Professor of Psychology
and Deputy Director, Centre for Research on Successful Ageing (ROSA),
Singapore Management University

Ms Geraldine Wong

REACH North Team Leader, Principal Medical Social Worker, Institute of Mental Health

Dr Chua Wei Bin

Executive Director, Counselling and Care Centre

Building Healthy Communities Through Collaborations and Population Health Engagements Track

Track Chairs

Associate Professor Chong Keng Hua

Associate Professor, Architecture and Sustainable Design and Director,
Positive City Lab, Design Z and Social Urban Lab (SOULab), Singapore
University of Technology and Design