CDHI Welcomes Delegation from Singapore to Discuss Common Research Interests, 15 Nov 2024
Today, we were honored to welcome the following representatives from Nanyang Technological University (NTU), the National Healthcare Group (NHG), the Health Promotion Board (HPB), the Ministry of Health (MOH), and representatives from the Asian Centre for Health Behavioural Insights & Interventions (HABITS):
- Prof. Joseph J Y Sung, Senior Vice President (Health & Life Sciences), NTU; Dean, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine & Distinguished University Professor
- Prof. Ernst Kuipers, Vice President (Research), NTU, Distinguished University Professor; Professor, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine
- Prof. Benjamin Seet, Deputy Group CEO, NHG
- Prof Chong Phui-Nah, Senior Advisor and Senior Consultant, Family Medicine (NHG), and designate Clinical Director, HABITS
- Prof May Oo Lwin, Associate Provost (Faculty Affairs), President’s Chair Professor in Communication Studies, Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Director, Centre for Healthy and Sustainable Cities (CHESS), NTU, and designate Director, HABITS
- Prof K. K. Luke, President’s Chair in Linguistics and Acting Chair, School of Humanities, NTU
- Prof Steve Yim, Assistant Chair (Faculty), The Asian School of the Environment, NTU
- Dr Sharon Quek, Assistant Director, Research Grant Administration, Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, NTU
- Professor Karen Cheong, Director, Research, Evaluation and Monitoring Policy, Research and Surveillance Group, Health Promotion Board
- Ms Rachel Ang, Senior Manager, Population Health Division, Ministry of Health
Prof Florian von Wangenheim and Prof Tobias Kowatsch presented an overview of the research activities at CDHI in the US, Switzerland, and Singapore (e.g., LvL UP). After that, Prof May Oo Lwin presented an overview of her research, followed by discussions, poster presentations, and demonstrations of research prototypes by the CDHI Core directors and researchers from related initiatives:
- Dr. Filipe Barata, CDHI Core Director for AI & Digital Biomarker, Acoustic and Inflammatory Biomarkers
- Dr. Mia Jovanova, CDHI Core Director for Digital Biomarkers in Metabolic Health
- Dr. Rasita Vinay, CDHI Core Director for Digital Ethics and Care for Older Adults
- Helen Galliker, BSc, CDHI Game and Experience Designer, Holographic Physiotherapy Coach Alex
- Dr. Marcia Nißen, CDHI Core Director for Digital Female Health
- Dr. Joseph Ollier, Scientific Director, Mobiliar Lab for Analytics, Frontline Worker Resilience
- Dr. Raphael Waibel, Postdoc ETH Zurich, Digital Stress Intervention
We want to thank everyone for the fruitful discussion and look forward to future collaborations on scalable and effective digital health interventions.