Clin Prof Ng Chirk Jenn

Prof Ng Chirk Jenn is a Clinical Professor at Duke-NUS and a Senior Consultant at SingHealth Polyclinics, Singapore. His research expertise is in the field of shared decision making, implementation science, digital health and men’s health. He has published 200 ISI-indexed papers in peer-reviewed journals, which received more than 2,978 citations. He was awarded AGAPE Professorship in Population Health in 2024 by SingHealth Duke NUS.  

• ​PhD (University of Sheffield, UK)
• MMed Family Medicine (National University of Singapore)
• MBBS (National University of Singapore)

Clinical

• Senior Consultant, Family Medicine, SingHealth Polyclinics, 2021 – Present

Academic

• Clinical Professor, Duke-NUS Medical School, 2022 – Present
• Honorary Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 2013 – Present  
• Editorial Board, Public Health in Practice, 2020 – Present  
• Advisor, Malaysian Family Physician 2016 – Present  
• Advisor to PRAGMATIC, SingHealth Duke NUS Academic Medical Centre, Family Medicine, 2022 

Committee

•  Subject Matter Expert for the review of Innovation Grant Proposals, Academic Medicine Innovation Institute, SingHealth Duke-NUS, 2024 
• Scientific Committee, World Organisation of Family Doctors (WONCA) APR Conference, 2024 
• Member, Healthier SG Outcome Workgroup, Chapter of Family Medicine Physicians, Academy of Medicine Singapore, 2023. 
• Member, ODySSEy Steering Committee, SingHealth Health Services Pte Ltd, 2023 
• Member, SingHealth Registries Shortlisting Committee, SingHealth Health Services Pte Ltd, 2023 

• AGAPE Professorship in Population Health, SingHealth Duke NUS Medical School, (2024)

• Developing and implementing a Chest X-Ray artificial intelligence (CXR-AI) system in a Singapore primary care setting: A mixed-methods study. 2024-2025 
• Prevalence of hypertension phenotypes in patients with hypertension attending public primary care clinics in Singapore; A cross-sectional study. 2024 - 2026 
• Evaluation of the implementation of the Integrated Maternal & Child Wellness Hub (IMCWH) programme in SingHealth Polyclinics, Singapore: A mixed-methods study. 2023 - 2025 
• Assessing the feasibility and acceptability of using ambulatory blood pressure monitoring wearable devices to diagnose and monitor hypertension in primary care: a mixed-method study. 2023 -2025 
• Implementation of a team-based care model in SingHealth Polyclinics: A process and outcome evaluation study. 2023-2024. 
• Evaluation of a person-centred intervention to improve care for patients with complex health and social needs: The Primary Care based Integrated Community Care Team Intervention (PACE-It) Programme. 2023-2024 

• Using a virtual patient system to improve medical students’ confidence in clinical diagnosis: a controlled study. Lee YK, Lee PY, Lau YL, Ng CJ, Ng WL, Chiew TK, Abdullah A, Vadivelu J, Amir A, Tan CPL and Chin CKL. Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education. DOI.org/10.1108/JARHE-01-2024-0005 
• Defining Malaysia's health research ethics system through a stakeholder driven approach. Dev World Bioeth. Tackett S, Ng CJ, Sugarman J, Daniel EGS, Gopalan N, Tivyashinee T, Kamarulzaman A, Ali J. 2024 Jun;24(2):74-83. doi: 10.1111/dewb.12396. Epub 2023 Mar 2. PMID: 36861660; PMCID: PMC10474241. 
• Physical Activity with Sports Scientist (PASS) programme to promote physical activity among patients with non-communicable diseases: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial protocol. BMJ Open Sport Exerc Med. Wattanapisit A, Hemarachatanon P, Somrak K, Manunyanon S, Wattanapisit S, Amornsriwatanakul A, Katewongsa P, Sangkaew S, Vichitkunakorn P, Lee PY, Ramdzan SN, Salim H, Ng CJ, Stoutenberg M. 2024 Apr 5;10(2):e001985. doi: 10.1136/bmjsem-2024-001985. PMID: 38601124; PMCID: PMC11002402. 
• Empowering patients in primary care: a qualitative exploration of the usability and utility of an online diabetes self-management tool. BMC Prim Care. Choo JWS, Moosa AS, Koh JWM, Ng CJ, Tan NC. 2024 Apr 11;25(1):111. doi: 10.1186/s12875-024-02358-9. PMID: 38605357; PMCID: PMC11010383. 
• Communication barriers faced by pharmacists when managing patients with hypertension in a primary care team: a qualitative study. BMC Prim Care. Tan R, Kawaja A, Ooi SP, Ng CJ. 2024 Mar 27;25(1):100. doi: 10.1186/s12875-024-02349-w. PMID: 38539081; PMCID: PMC10967190. 
• Exploring primary care physicians’ challenges in using home blood pressure monitoring to manage hypertension in Singapore: a qualitative study. Front. Med. Moosa AS, Oka P and Ng CJ. 2024 11:1343387. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2024.1343387. 
• Online health information behaviour and its association with statin adherence in patients with high cardiovascular risk: A prospective cohort study. Digit Health.Lim HM, Ng CJ, Abdullah A, Danee M, Raubenheimer J, Dunn AG. 2024 Mar 21;10:20552076241241250. doi: 10.1177/20552076241241250. PMID: 38515614; PMCID: PMC10956144. 
• Prevalence Trend and Clinical Profile of Leprosy Among the Indigenous Penan Community in Rural Baram, Sarawak, Malaysia: A Retrospective Study. Asia Pac J Public Health. Utap MS, Ng CJ, Lee YK, Kiyu A. 2024 Jan 23:10105395241227507. doi: 10.1177/10105395241227507. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38258742. 
• Implementing HLA-B*58:01 testing prior to allopurinol initiation in Malaysian primary care setting: A qualitative study from doctors' and patients' perspective. PLoS One. Ng WL, Hussein N, Ng CJ, Qureshi N, Lee YK, Kwan Z, Kee BP, Then SM, Abdul Malik TF, Mohd Zaidan FZ, Azmi SUF. 2024 Jan 11;19(1):e0296498. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0296498. PMID: 38206925; PMCID: PMC10783771. 
• How do patients with high cardiovascular risk evaluate online health information? A qualitative study. BMC Prim Care. Lim HM, Ng CJ, Abdullah A, Dunn AG. 2023 Nov 15;24(1):240. doi: 10.1186/s12875-023-02182-7. PMID: 37964208; PMCID: PMC10647114. 
• Prevalence and healthcare utilization in managing herpes zoster in primary care: a retrospective study in an Asian urban population. Front Public Health. Chan XV, Tan NC, Ng MCW, Ng DX, Koh YLE, Aau WK, Ng CJ. 2023 Sep 15;11:1213736. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1213736. PMID: 37780417; PMCID: PMC10540814. 
• Design process knowledge for crisis-driven information systems solutions: Insights on building digital resilience from an action design research study. Information Systems Journal. Tim, Y., Chiew, T. K., Lim, H. M., Teo, C. H., & Ng, C. J. 2023; 1– 27 (2023). 
• Developing A Clinical Evidence Retrieval Service in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic. International Journal of Medical Students. Chew, W. Z., Liew, S. M., Engkasan, J. P., Hairi, N. N., Ng, K. T., CL, T., Shunmugam, R. H., Yuen, C. W., & Ng, C. J. (2023) 11(2), 154–157. https://doi.org/10.5195/ijms.2023.1905 
• Evaluation of an electronic clinical decision support system (DeSSBack) to improve low back pain management: a pilot cluster randomized controlled trial. Fam Pract. Tun Firzara AM, Teo CH, Teh SY, Su JY, Mohd Zaini HS, Suhaimi A, Ng WL, Danaee M, Stevenson K, Mallen CD, Ng CJ. 2023 May 27:cmad044. doi: 10.1093/fampra/cmad044. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37237425. 
• Utility and usability evaluation of an information diary tool to measure health information access and exposure among patients with high cardiovascular risk. Front. Public Health. Lim HM, Ng CJ, Abdullah A, Dalmazzo J, Lim WX, Lee KH and Dunn AG. 2023 May 9;11:1132397. doi:10.3389/fpubh.2023.1132397. 
• Self-care practices and health-seeking behaviours in patients with dengue fever: A qualitative study from patients’ and physicians’ perspectives. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. Ng WL, Toh JY, Ng CJ, Teo CH, Lee YK, Loo KK, et al. 2023 Apr 27;17(4): e0011302. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011302 
• Experiences and influences of online health information-seeking about statin use in patients with high cardiovascular risk: a qualitative study. Fam Pract. Lim HM, Ng CJ, Dunn AG, Abdullah A. 2023 Mar 30:cmad034. doi: 10.1093/fampra/cmad034. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36994973. 
• Defining Malaysia's health research ethics system through a stakeholder driven approach. Dev World Bioeth. Tackett S, Ng CJ, Sugarman J, Daniel EGS, Gopalan N, Tivyashinee T, Kamarulzaman A, Ali J. 2023 Mar 2. doi: 10.1111/dewb.12396. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36861660.