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| AWI Public Health Project Meeting, 9-11 Nov 2008 |
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Association of Pacific Rim Universities World Institute (AWI)
has formed a research consortium aimed at bringing the collective
expertise of leading research Universities around the Pacific
Rim to bear on significant Public Health problems confronting
the Asia-Pacific region. The inaugural AWI Public Health Project Meeting convened in Singapore 9-11 November 2008. Participation by Charter members at the inaugural meeting in Singapore was at a high level,comprising mostly Deans of
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Besides agreeing on the working principles governing the consortium, the meeting launched a first-phase, comparative baseline study of the current status of Research, Policies and Programs relating to Chronic, Non-communicable Diseases in the Asia Pacific Region. The project is being spearheaded by AWI’s Public Health Director Meng Kin LIM and Stanford University’s Asia Health Policy Program Director Karen Eggleston. The preliminary findings of this study are expected to be ready when the Steering Committee meets again at Stanford University 24-25 February, to review progress and plans.
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| COFM 60th Anniversary Celebration |
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2008 marks the 60th birthday of COFM. A series of celebration symposium and events such as Open House, Celebratory Dinner and International Symposium were organised
Please click here for COFM 60th Anniversary Celebration Photos
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| Ninth NUS-Johns Hopkins Short Course on Medical and Humanitarian Emergencies |
Thirty-one participants from eight countries - Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Singapore - attended the 9th NUS-Johns Hopkins Short Course on Medical and Humanitarian Emergencies from 1-5 December 2008, conducted at COFM Department. The course is directed by A/Prof Lim Meng Kin, with Prof Gilbert Burnham, Director of the Center for Refugee and Disaster Response at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, as special guest lecturer. It introduces participants to the key concepts of disaster preparedness and response, and equips them with the skills and knowledge to |
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| Visiting Committee (VC), Prof Michelle Riba and Prof Bernard D. Goldstein visited COFM from 10 to 13 Nov 2008. |
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| L-R: Prof Michelle Riba and Prof Bernard D. Goldstein |
VC group photo with the departmental academic staff |
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| VC touring the lab |
VC interacting with MPH students |
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Prof
David Koh and A/Prof Chia Sin Eng together with Lionel Lee,
Director, DMERI-DSO and his staff were in Cambodia from 29
Jun to 2 July 2008. The visit was to explore possible collaborative
projects with the University of Health Sciences, Cambodia
and the Ministry of Health, Cambodia. |
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Prof
Sophal Oum (extreme left), Rector,
University of Health
Sciences, Cambodia
and Prof David Koh & A/Prof Chia
Sin Eng
together with Lionel Lee, Eric Yap and Tan
Boon
Huan visiting the University laboratory
for infectious diseases |
Prof
David Koh, Lionel Lee & A/Prof Chia
Sin Eng with Dr
Touch Sok (right),
Director of Communicable Disease Centre,
Ministry of Health, Cambodia |
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In celebration of the Department's 60th Anniversary, and to showcase the Centre for Molecular Epidemiology's Genome-Wide Association Studies, we invite you to "Genome Wide Association Studies: Now and Beyond" symposium was held on Fri, 21 Nov 2008, 12pm-6pm at CeLS Auditorium. |
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| APRU World Institute Workshop - "Strengthening Public Health Systems in the Pacific Rim : The Role of Research Universities in Responding to Ageing & Chronic Disease, Infectious Disease and Health Security Issues" |
A/Prof Lim Meng Kin was co-chair, together with Professor Kazuhiko Takeuchi (Vice-President for International Relations of the University of Tokyo), of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU) World Institute Public Health Workshop hosted by the University of Tokyo from June 23 to 25, 2008. More details |
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A/Prof Lim Meng Kin with Professor Ichiro Kanazawa, President of the Science Council of Japan, and President Shih Chih Fong |
A/Prof Lim with Dr. Shigeru OMI, Regional Director of the Western Pacific Regional Office, World Health Organization, and Professor Richard Drobnick, Managing Director of the APRU World Institute |
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| Breast Cancer Symposium |
Celebrating COFM's 60th Anniversary, as well as Centre for Molecular Epidemiology's research efforts on breast cancer since January 2003, we warmly invite you to symposium on Monday, 11 August 2008, where 14 speakers from a variety of Singapore biomedical institutions, and from Europe, will present our work and results.
The keynote lecture on "The Changing Epidemiology of Breast Cancer" will be by Prof Per Hall, Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institute, Sweden.
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| Hong Kong Health Reforms |
A/Prof Lim Meng Kin was in Hong Kong SAR on April 5, 2008 as keynote speaker at the International Symposium on Hong Kong's Health Financing Reform organized by the Medical and Health Research Network of the University of Hong Kong. The Symposium provided an opportunity for exchange of views among health professionals, policy makers & the community at large regarding the Hong Kong government's recent consultation paper on reforming Hong Kong 's health system. A/Prof Lim also gave a lecture at the Chinese University of Hong Kong on 3 April 2008, on Public Health and the Life Sciences. |
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A/Prof Lim (right) with Ms. Sandra Lee, Permanent Secretary for Health, Hong Hong SAR, and Professor William Hsiao of the Harvard School of Public Health at the University of Hong Kong |
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A/Prof Lim being introduced by Prof Sian Griffiths, Dean of the School of Public Health , Chinese University of Hong Kong |
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Prof David Koh led a COFM team to Kunming Medical College in Yunnan from March 26-28, to conduct a seminar in Occupational Health for staff and graduate students in the School of Public Health.<More Details>
L-R: Dr Lee SM; Prof David Koh ; Prof Liu Ping, Dean of the School of Public Health ; Dr Judy Sng |
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Professor
Harvey Fineberg, the President of the Institute of Medicine,
USA, and LKY Distinguished Visitor, met with staff of our department
on 26 Feb 2008. L-R:
Prof Chia KS, A/Prof Chia SE, A/Prof Saw SM, A/Prof PA Tambyah,
Dr Koh WP, Dr Luo Nan , Prof David Koh, Prof Harvey Fineberg,
Prof Ong CN, A/Prof Adeline Seow , Dr Wong TY, A/Prof Lim
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Dendrobium
COFM, a new orchid hybrid was bred to commemorate the 60th Anniversary
of COFM. The Orchid was launched by our Dean, Prof John Wong
on 22 January 2008.
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| Achievements |
| A/Prof
Shen Han Ming was awarded the Free Radical & Biology Medicine
Most Cited Paper 2005-2007 Award from the Society of Free
Radical and Biology Medicine, USA on November 2008. |
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| Lee Teck Ngee and his team won the Outstanding Suggestion of the Month Award - October 2008 for their VOICE suggestion. |
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Dr
Huang Qing(Research Fellow) was awarded as Winner for the
category of Best Poster Presentation Award - Basic Science
at the NHG Annual Scientific Congress, 7 to 8 November 2008.
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paper was entitled "A Novel Function of Poly(ADP-Ribose) Polymerase-1
in Modulation of Autophagy and Necrosis under Oxidative Stress". |
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Dr
Judy Sng was awarded the Young Asian Scientist Award, and
the prize for the best paper presented at the 19th Asian Conference on Occupational Health, Singapore , 17-19
September 2008.
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paper was entitled "Concerns and Infection Control Knowledge
of Healthcare Workers during SARS and for an Impending Avian
Influenza Outbreak" |
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Dr Judy Sng, Dr Lee Lay Tin, President of ACOH |
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Congratulations to Dr Koh Woon Puay, who was awarded the Faculty Research Excellence Award 2006-2007(Young Researcher Category) on 26 Aug 2008. |
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Congratulations to A/Prof Adeline Seow, who was awarded the Faculty Teaching Excellence Award 2006-2007 on 26 Aug 2008. This award recognizes staff members who have achieved excellence as teachers in the Yong Loo Lin of Medicine in the last academic year. |
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Congratulations to Prof Ong Choon Nam , who was awarded the Faculty Research Excellence Award 2006-2007 on 26 Aug 2008. |
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| COFM-DSC Team Awarded the Wilf Howe Memorial Prize – 2008 |
Prof David Koh , A/Prof Wong Mee Lian (project leader) and Adj A/Prof Roy Chan (Department of STI Control (DSC)) were awarded the 2008 Wilf Howe Memorial Prize for their work on "Condom Promotion and Prevention of Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Brothel-based Sex Workers in Singapore" by the Faculty of Occupational Medicine, Royal College of Physicians, London in May 2008. The Wilf Howe Memorial Prize recognizes an outstanding innovation, initiative or intervention which has delivered a demonstrable health benefit for a defined working population. A Panel, chaired by the Registrar of the Faculty, assessed applications based on the following criteria :
(1)Successful implementation of an initiative/intervention
(2)Clearly defined working population
(3)Clear, demonstrable health benefits.
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L-R: Professor David Koh, A/Prof Wong Mee Lian, A/Prof Roy Chan |
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Wilf Howe Memorial Prize, 2008
Faculty of Occupational Medicine
Royal College of Physicians |
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Congratulations to Dr Gerald Koh who was awarded "Service to Education Award" by MOE on 17 May 2008, for his contribution to Anderson Junior College's School Advisory Board. |
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Dr Judy Sng receiving the Best Poster Award for her poster - "Environmental health issues of village communities in the vicinity of a pulp and paper mill" - from Dr HR Guo, President of International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (East Asian Chapter) at the 2nd East Asia Conference of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology, Korea, 17-19 April 2008. A total of 265 posters were presented at the meeting |
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| The NUS Annual Safety and Health Performance Award (ASHPA) 11 March 2008. |
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COFM was awarded the prestigious ASHPA Excellence Award in 2008, in recognition of its 4th consecutive Gold ASHPA award!
The department's 3 submissions for the Safety and Health Improvement Program (SHIP) award were also winners, viz:
"Integrated Virtual Safety and Health Orientation Program" by team X-Zard (led by Mr Ong Yeong Bing ) - Gold Award
"Enhancing safety level of the working environment with the Vaplock TM closed solvent system for HPLC Laboratory" by team SWET (led by Ms Lee Bee Lan) - Silver Award
"Establishment of a noise and solvent free working environment for Gas and Liquid Chromatographic Laboratory." by team FIRM (led by Ms Lee Bee Lan) - Certificate of Improvement |
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Congratulations
to our PhD student, Ms Wong Hwee Bee who was awarded the Association
for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) 2008 Sek-Jin
Chew Travel Grant on 13 February 2008. Her main supervisor is
A/Prof Saw Seang Mei , and the co-supervisors are A/Prof Tan
Say Beng and Prof David Machin. |
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Professor
David Koh was the first person to be conferred Honorary Fellowship
of the Academy of Occupational and Environmental Medicine Malaysia
(AOEMM) on 26 January 2008 in Kuala Lumpur. On that occasion,
he was also invited to deliver the Inaugural AOEMM Oration. |
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COFM received the Commitment to Service Excellence Award at the NUS Quality Service Day held on 24 January 2008. Mr Lee Teck Ngee and his team were also awarded Outstanding Voice Suggestion of the Year during the ceremony. |
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| Student Achievements |
Congratulations
to Mr Dave Ong Qi Rong, who has won second prize for student
oral presentation at the NHG Conference, 7 to 8 November 08,
for project entitled "Knowledge and Practice of Household
Mosquito Breeding Control Measures between a Dengue Hotspot
and Non-Hotspot in Singapore". This is a COFM Community Health
Project supervised by Dr Gerald Koh, A/Prof Adeline Seow and
Dr Kenneth Lee. |
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| Appointments |
| A/Prof Shen Han Ming was invited to join NUS Graduate School for Integrative Sciences and Engineering as a Faculty Member in December 2008. |
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| Prof
Lee Hin Peng has been appointed as the Director, Centre of Excellence
for Health Services Research from 1 October 2008 for a period
of two years. |
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| Prof Chia Kee Seng has been appointed the Member, Advisory Committee on Health Databases and repositories from 1 July 2008 for a period of one year |
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| Prof Chia Kee Seng has been appointed Member of the Pharmacogenetics Advisory Committee in Singapore's Health Sciences Authority for a two year period from 1 June 2008 |
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| Dr Gerald Koh Choon Huat has been appointed Member of the Tribunal for the Maintenance of Parents in the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports for three years from Jun 2008 |
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| Dr Luo Nan has been appointed a Research Fellow at the Institute of Mental Health for one year from 22 Jun 2008 |
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| A/Prof Lim Meng Kin (Community, Occupational and Family Medicine) has been appointed Vice-Chairman of the Singapore Red Cross for a 3-year term from 2 Jun 2008 |
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| Prof David Koh appointed as an International Advisory Panel member for the East West Center (EWC) http://www.eastwestcenter.org/home/ in Hawaii from 2008 to 2011. Five IAP members - Ambassador Wu JiaMin from China, Ambassador Sarasin Viraphol from Thailand, Deputy Vice-Chancellor Prof Stephanie Fahey from Monash Univeristy, Dr Kyung-Tae Lee, President of the Korea Institute of International Economic Policy, and Prof David Koh visited the EWC from 8-10 July 2008. |
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| Prof Lee Hin Peng was appointed as Member, Duke-NUS GMS Expanded Collaborations Taskforce. |
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Prof David Koh was appointed Visiting Professor in Community Medicine to the Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University from 17-22 June 2008.
L-R: A/Prof Naesinee Chaiear (Department of Community Medicine) and Professor Wiroon Laupattarakasem (Dean, Faculty of Medicine) welcoming Professor David Koh as Visiting Professor to Khon Kaen University. |
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| Prof Lee Hin Peng was appointed as |
 Chairman, Organizing Committee, 10th World Congress of Bioethics, Singapore 2010, effective from Jan 08. |
Chairman, Workgroup on Clinical Practice Guidelines on Cancer Screening, MOH, effective from Jan 08. |
Member, Task Force on Guidelines for Clinical Translation of Stem Cells, International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR), effective from Jan 08. |
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| A/Prof Lim Meng Kin was appointed as |
External examiner for MBA Programme in Heath Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong School of Public Health 01 Sep 2008 to 30 June 2009. |
Member of Workplace Safety and Health Council, and Chairman of Workplace Safety and Health (Healthcare) Committee from 01 April 2008 to 31 March 2010. |
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| A/Prof Goh Lee Gan was appointed as |
Chairman, Medical Commission, Singapore Red Cross Society, with effect from 1995. |
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Chairman, National First Aid Council, Singapore , with effect from 1995. |
| Council Member, Singapore Red Cross Society, with effect from 1995. |
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Dr Gerald Koh was appointed as |
Member, Tribunal for the Maintenance of Parents of Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports , with effect from June 2008 for a period of three years. |
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| Dr Daniel Ng was appointed as |
| Adjunct Research Fellow, Singapore Eye Research Institute, with effect from Jan 2007 for a period of three years. |
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Dr Luo Nan was appointed as |
| Research Fellow, Institute of Mental Health , with effect from 01 June 2008 for a period of one year. |
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| Staff Promotions |
| Congratulations to A/Prof Koh Woon Puay who was promoted to Associate Professor with effect from 1st July 2008. |
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