Social Sciences x Medicine: Ageing, Health, and Policy in Singapore

The Singapore Research Nexus at the NUS FASS Research Division presents 'Ageing, Health, and Policy', an outreach event for policymakers and academics that features two researchers from FASS and two researchers from YLL SoM, discussing their new projects on ageing, health, and implications for policymaking in Singapore.

Directions: To get to the Research Division Seminar Room, go to Level 6 of the AS7 Shaw Foundation Building and turn right after exiting the lift, going around the corridor past the washrooms. Turn left and you will see the Research Division Seminar Room directly ahead.

This event, organised by the Singapore Research Nexus at NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Research Division, spotlights NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine academics' research and insights on health, ageing, and policy in Singapore.

The panelists will speak about projects tied to ageing, health, and healthcare, matters of increased importance given heightened risks to older Singaporeans from a variety of diseases, the challenges of a growing population of senior citizens, and how these issues could potentially be addressed through policy.

This hybrid event features four presentations:

1. ‘Social Norms and eHealth Use Among Older Adults: A Cross-Country Comparative Study’ by Dr Shaohai JIANG, Assistant Professor, NUS Communications and New Media

2. ‘How Measurement Matters in Ageing and Health Studies' by Dr Qiushi FENG, Associate Professor, NUS Sociology and Anthropology; NUS Centre for Family and Population Research

3. ‘Integrating Science & Community: Early detection and multidomain interventions for dementia prevention’ by Dr Kwong Hsia YAP, Research Fellow, Department of Pharmacology, NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine

4. ‘Nurturing Community Metamorphosis – an Empirical Approach’ by David ALLEN, Associate Professor, NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine; Senior Consultant, NUH; Deputy Executive Director, NUS Centre for Population Health

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Research Division Seminar Room (06-42), 5 Arts Link, Singapore, Singapore