{"id":690,"date":"2021-02-10T16:28:03","date_gmt":"2021-02-10T08:28:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/qat-nus.nus.edu.sg\/nusbulletin\/ay202122\/?page_id=690"},"modified":"2025-05-30T11:42:30","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T03:42:30","slug":"overview","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nus.edu.sg\/nusbulletin\/ay202526\/programmes\/saw-swee-hock-school-of-public-health\/overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2>\n\t\t\tSaw Swee Hock School of Public Health\t<\/h2>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tOverview\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\"  id=\"fl-accordion--label-0\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"fl-accordion--panel-0\">About The School<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" id=\"fl-accordion--icon-0\"  tabindex=\"0\"><i title=\"Expand\">Expand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Building upon decades of experience in research, training and practice in epidemiology and public health, the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health (SSHSPH), under the National University of Singapore, was established in October 2011 as Singapore&#8217;s national school of public health. The School is also a member of the National University Health System (NUHS).<\/p>\n<p>The School aims to continually foster healthier communities in Singapore and the region, and impact public health programmes and policies through its robust educational programmes and translational cross-disciplinary research work on cohort studies and life course epidemiology, infectious disease research, health technology assessments, health promotion, workplace safety and health, health systems evaluation and health services research. An interdisciplinary approach, augmented by rigorous training, applicable research and regional partnerships, places SSHSPH at the forefront of public health knowledge discovery and practice in Asia.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\"  id=\"fl-accordion--label-1\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"fl-accordion--panel-1\">Key Contact Information<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" id=\"fl-accordion--icon-1\"  tabindex=\"0\"><i title=\"Expand\">Expand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Address:<\/strong> Tahir Foundation Building, National University of Singapore, 12 Science Drive 2, #10-01 Singapore 117549<\/p>\n<p><strong>Telephone:<\/strong> +65 6516 4988<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the following education programmes, please contact the respective email addresses:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Undergraduate Programmes (Second Major\u00a0&amp;\u00a0Minor in Public Health)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>URL:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/sph.nus.edu.sg\/education\/ph-2ndmajor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/sph.nus.edu.sg\/education\/ph-2ndmajor\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>URL:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/sph.nus.edu.sg\/education\/ph-minor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/sph.nus.edu.sg\/education\/ph-minor\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Email:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:UGHelp_SPH@nus.edu.sg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UGHelp_SPH@nus.edu.sg<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Graduate Research Programmes [Master of Science (MSc) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) programmes]<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>URL:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/sph.nus.edu.sg\/education\/grp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/sph.nus.edu.sg\/education\/grp\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Email:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:GDR_SPH@nus.edu.sg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GDR_SPH@nus.edu.sg<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Master of Public Health (MPH) and Graduate Diploma of Public Health (GDPH)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>URL: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sph.nus.edu.sg\/education\/mph\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/sph.nus.edu.sg\/education\/mph\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>URL: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sph.nus.edu.sg\/education\/gdph\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/sph.nus.edu.sg\/education\/gdph\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Email:<\/strong> <a href=\"mailto:GDC_SPH@nus.edu.sg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GDC_SPH@nus.edu.sg<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For up-to-date key contact information of Faculty, please visit the School&#8217;s website <a href=\"https:\/\/sph.nus.edu.sg\/faculty-directory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health Overview About The School Expand Building upon decades of experience in research, training and practice in epidemiology and public health, the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health (SSHSPH), under the National University of Singapore, was established in October 2011 as Singapore&#8217;s national school of public health. 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