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Led by Associate Prof Yeoh Khay Guan
Dean, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine,
National University of Singapore
Abstract
The session will discuss the rising incidence of Type 2 diabetes in Asia and the crippling financial burden it imposes on individuals, societies and health systems; and the threat of emerging infectious diseases (EID)and viral pandemics. Recent research has focused on setting up early warning indicators of EID risk and preparations for outbreaks. Densely populated urban environments have been breeding grounds and also facilitate transmission. |
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Session 1
 29 June 2012 (Friday)
 11:00 – 12:30
 NUS University Town
Education Resource Centre (ERC) Seminar Rooms
 Health: Strategies to Control Diabetes in Urban Asian |
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Chair
Prof Chia Kee Seng
Dean, Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, NUS
A/P Tai E Shyong
Department of Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS |
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Presenters
• Worldwide Trends of Type 2 Diabete
Dr Lim Wei Yen, School of Public Health, NUS
• Interventions to Prevent Type 2 Diabetes
A/Prof Rob van Dam, School of Public Health, NUS
Panel Discussion: Effective national strategies for the control of Diabetes
• Enhancing Health Promotion Practice
Dr Chew Ling, Health Promotion Board, Singapore
• The Limitations of Lifestyle Modification for Management of Type 2
Diabetes
A/P Paulin Tay-Straughan, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts and Social
Sciences, NUS
Panelists
1. Dr Chew Ling, Health Promotion Board, Singapore
2. A/P Paulin Tay Straughan, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts and Social
Sciences, NUS |
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Session 2
29 June 2012 (Friday)
13:30 – 15:00
NUS University Town
Education Resource Centre (ERC) Seminar Rooms
Health: Emerging Infectious Disease Risk in Asia |
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Chair
A/P Dale Fisher
Department of Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS |
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Presenters
• Pandemic preparedness
A/Prof D Fisher, Department of Medicine NUS
• Policy Responses to Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases
Prof Tikki Pang, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, NUS
• From Emergency Response to Prevention of Emerging Disease Threats
at their Source
Prof David Heymann, Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases, London School of
Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
• Early Warning Indicators of Emerging Infectious Disease risk
A/P Peter Horby, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS and Senior Clinical
Research Fellow, Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Vietnam
Panelists
1. Prof Tikki Pang, Visiting Professor, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, NUS
2. Prof David Heyman, Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases, London School of
Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
3. A/P Peter Horby, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS and Senior Clinical
Research Fellow, Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Vietnam |
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