Social Prescribing Speakers

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Keynote Speakers

Prof Sir Sam Everington
MBBS, MRCGP, Barrister, OBE
Pioneering GP at the Bromley by Bow Centre
United Kingdom

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Prof Cheong Koon Hean
Chairman
Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities
Singapore University of Technology and Design

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Prof Thomas Astell-Burt

Professor of Cities and Planetary Health,

School of Architecture, Design and Planning

University of Sydney, Australia

Programme Speakers (Social Prescribing)

Roles of Clinicians in Social Prescribing


Prof Sir Sam Everington MBBS, MRCGP, Barrister, OBE Pioneering GP at the Bromley by Bow Centre United Kingdom Read more	Dr Ng Wai Chong Head, Clinical Development, Home Nursing Foundation (HNF) Read more	Dr Gilbert Tan Choon Seng Director of Regional Clinical Services (South East), Family Physician and Senior Consultant of SingHealth Polyclinic Read more	Dr Valerie Teo Hui Ying Family Physician, Senior Consultant; Head, Kallang Polyclinic, National Healthcare Group Polyclinics Read more

Dr Bogdan Chiva Giurca Clinical and Global Director for Social Prescribing National Academy for Social Prescribing Harvard Global Health Institute Collaborator Honorary Lecturer, University College London Read more	Dr Adrian Hayter GP and National Clinical Leader, Medical Director for Clinical Policy at the Royal College of General Practioners Read More

Education and Workforce Development

Ms Pearline Lee Deputy Director, Health & Social Integration, SingHealth Office of Regional Health (SORH) Read more	Ms Sonia Hsiung Director, Community Health and the Candian Institute for Social Prescribing, Canadian Red Cross Read more	Dr Bogdan Chiva Giurca Clinical and Global Director for Social Prescribing National Academy for Social Prescribing Harvard Global Health Institute Collaborator Honorary Lecturer, University College London Read more	Asst Prof Suzanne Goh Associate Dean, Student Affairs, Duke-NUS Medical School Read more

Prof Xiaoqi Feng Professor of Urban Health and Environment University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia Read more

Social Prescribing in Asia Pacific

Dr Michael Wong Group Director Regional Health System Singhealth Read more	Prof Naoki Kondo Professor and Chair Department of Social Epidemiology Graduate School of Medicine and School of Public Health, Kyoto University Read more	Prof Tan Maw Pin Professor Of Geriatric Medicine, Department Of Medicine - Faculty Of Medicine, Universiti Malaya & President, Malaysian Society Of Geriatric Medicine Read more	Dr Elsa Lee Executive Director Wong Tai Sin District Health Centre, Sheng Kung Hui Welfare Council Hong Kong Read more

Mr Sean Tan Director, Health and Senior Care, AWWA Ltd Read more	Dr Mikiko Kanda Technical Lead, WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific Read more

Arts for Wellbeing

Prof Daisy Fancourt Professor of Psychobiology and Epidemiology, UCL & Director, WHO Collaborating Centre on Arts & Health Read more	Dr Michael Tan Koon Boon Dean of Research and Knowledge Exchange, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, University of the Arts Singapore Read more

Evaluation of Social Prescribing

Dr Caroline Lim Head of Organisation and Leadership for Non-Profits Programme, S R Nathan School of Human Development, SUSS Read more	Prof Marcello Bertotti Professor of Public Health at the Institute of Connected Communities, University of East London, UK Read more	Prof Mary Lynch Executive Vice Dean for Research, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Read more	Prof Xiaoqi Feng Professor of Urban Health and Environment University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia Read more

Lunch Time Talk by Julia Hortz

Julia Hotz Journalist Read more

Person-Centered Care

Ms Esther Lim Chief Allied Health Professional, Singapore General Hospital Group Chief Allied Health Professional (Workforce Planning), SingHealth Director of Centre for Person-Centred Care, SingHealth Read more	Ms Ng Tzer Wee Trainer, Clinical Supervisor, Consultant, Social Worker Read more	Ms Sim Yu Xuan Medical Social Worker, National Heart Centre Singapore, SingHealth Read more	Dr Wendy Lawrence PhD, CPsychol, AFBPsS, Associate Professor of Health Psychology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, UK Global Lead and Co-Developer of Healthy Conversation Skills Read more