| News & Events |
 Profs David Koh, Chia Sin Eng and Lee Hock Siang together with 2 other hygienists from the Occupational Health Department, Ministry of Manpower, Singapore were involved in a teaching mission with the Centre of Occupational & Environmental Health, Ministry of Industry, Vietnam supported by the Singapore International Foundation from 10 -14 January 2005 in Hanoi.
The objectives of the Course were:
• To train the participants how to identify, evaluate and control hazards at the workplace.
• To familiarize the participants on the use of a checklist to evaluate the workplace
• To teach participants how to use simple hygiene monitoring equipment and interpret the results of the monitoring
A total of 49 participants consisting mainly of doctors and other health professionals attended.
In addition to introductory lectures, there were practical hands on sessions where all present actively participated. There were two field visits to a textile and garment manufacturing plant and a factory manufacturing rubber tyres. These visits presented opportunities for the actual practice of workplace assessment and hygiene monitoring. |
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| Prof David Koh lecturing at the training course in Hanoi, Vietnam |
Profs Lee Hock Siang, David Koh & Chia Sin Eng thoroughly enjoying the Course |
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Department Fire Drill Exercise  More details |
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| International Seminar on Occupational Health Services for Health Care Workers. More details |
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| Celebration of National Day 2005 More details |
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| Visit to Christian Medical College, Vellore 4-7 July 2005 More details |
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| Training Course at School of Public Health, Kunming Medical College More details |
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| Achievements |
| Congratulations to A/Prof. Chia Sin Eng, who received the NUS Annual Teaching Excellence Awards 2004/2005 |
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NUS-NMRC Young Scientist Award
Shi Ranxin, one of our graduate research students, has just received the NUS-NMRC Young Scientist Award in the recent Combined Scientific Meeting 2005 (Nov 4-6, 2005). He was short-listed from total of 240 submissions in NUS-NUH for an oral presentation and defeated other three as the only winner of this award. Congratulations, Ranxin! |
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National Day Awards 2005
Congratulations to Prof Lee Hin Peng who was a recipient of the Public Service Star, 2005 National Day Awards.
Congratulations to Ms Soh Gim Choo, Ms Julie Chew & Ms Lim Poh Choo who received the Long Service medal, National Day Awards |
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| COFM achieves NUS Annual Safety Performance (Gold) Award More details |
