Scientific Programme

Programme Schedule

Time	Session
8.00 AM	Registration
9.00 AM	Opening Address Dr Jeremy Lim, Chairperson, Organising Committee Presentation of Chapter of Public Health & Occupational Physicians Achievement Award Room: Venus Ballroom
9.30 AM	Plenary Lecture 1 Water Is Life, Water Is Health, And Water Is Wealth: A Case Study On The Singapore Water Success Story Prof. Seetharam Kallidaikurichi E Panel Discussion Prof. Seetharam Kallidaikurichi E and Mr Chan Yoon Kum Room: Venus Ballroom
11.00 AM	Tea Break
11.30 AM	Symposium 1 MENTAL HEALTH Towardes Evidence-Based Mental Health Policy Formulation: The Singapore Mental Health Study Prof. Chong Siow Ann Innovative Mental Health Education: From Necessary Evil to Essential Good Ms. Sng Yan Ling	Symposium 2 HEALTHCARE FINANCING Dollars & Sense: Value based insurance Dr. Michael Chernew Assessing Innovations in Cancer Treatment Dr. Fergus Macbeth	Symposium 3 PSYCHOLOGICAL HAZARDS IN THE WORKPLACE Fatigue Management in the Workplace Prof. David Koh Chronic Complex Post-traumatic Stress Disorder: The Case of ABC Journalist Peter Lyoyd Dr. Ang Yong Guan Shift Work and Fatique Countermeasures in Aviation Dr. Jarnail Singh	FETP Symposium on Disease Surveillance: Session 1 Evaluation of the Drug Resistant Tuberculosis Surveillance System in Singapore Evaluation of Antimicrobial Resistance surveillance for Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE) in a local hospital Evaluation of the Sentinel Surveillance for Influenza (Singapore) Evaluation of measles surveillance system in Singapore Evaluation of Sentinel Surveillance for Human Enterovirus 71-Associated Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease in Singapore
	Room: Jupiter I	Room: Venus Ballroom	Room: Jupiter II	Room: Jupiter III
1.00 PM	Lunch (Mercury II & III, Level 5) Chapter of Public Health & Occupational Physicians Fellows Lunch (Mercury I, Level 5)
2.30 PM	Plenary Lecture 2 Lighting up Lives Through Reverse Innovation Dr. S Aravind Room: Venus Ballroom
3.30 PM	Tea Break
4.00 PM	Symposium 4 UPDATE IN OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES Biomarkers of Acute Kidney Injury Dr. Jimmy Teo Boon Wee Occupational Skin Diseases - An Update Dr Leow Yung Hian Occupational Asthma – An Update Dr. Tan Keng Leong	Symposium 5: METHODS From Genome-wide Association Studies (GWAS) to Public Health Genomics Prof Teo Yik Ying *Cost Effectiveness of HLA-B1502 Screening to Prevent SJS/TEN among At-risk Epilepsy Patients in Asian Populations** Prof Eric Finkelstein Measuring the Value of Public Health Interventions through Health Economic Methods Dr Lotte Steuten	Symposium 6: GLOBAL HEALTH Changing Mindsets:Training Nurses & Clinicians in Patient-Centred, Needs Assessment Techniques (Kunming, China) Ms Elizabeth Jachnke The Potential of Home Healthcare for Developing Countries Dr Soeren Mattke One Health: A New Approach for Public Health Dr Sopon Iamsirithaworn	FETP Symposium on Disease Surveillance: Session 2 Evaluation of a Public Health Surveillance System – Campylobacter enteritis Evaluation of the Diarrhoeal Illnesses Attendances Surveillance System Evaluation of Dengue Serotype Surveillance Programme Evaluation of the Opt Out HIV Screening for Hospital Inpatients A Comprehensive Review of the Surveillance System for Chlamydia Infection in Singapore
	Room: Jupiter I	Room: Jupiter II	Room: Venus Ballroom	Room: Jupiter III
5.30 PM	END OF DAY 1

Time	Session
8.00 AM	Registration
9.00 AM	Plenary Lecture 3 Knowledge is Not Enough – Innovations in Diffusing the Practice of EBM Prof Paul Glasziou Room: Venus Ballroom
10.30 AM	Tea Break
10.30 AM	Symposium 7 WELLNESS AT THE WORKPLACE Integration of Health Promotion & Health Protection in the Workplace Dr Sylvia Teo, Ms Eunice Yong Maintaining a Healthy Workforce in a Healthcare Industry Dr. Michael Wong	Symposium 8 SOCIAL MEDIA Healthcare Communications in the 21st Century: Are You Social Enough? Dr. Hsien-Hsien Lei The Role of Film and Television in Public Health Assoc Prof Gabrielle Kelly	Symposium 9 EDUCATION US Preventive Medicine Residency Training Dr Kurt Hegmann Preventive Medicine Education in Singapore Prof David Koh
	Room: Jupiter I	Room: Jupiter II	Room: Jupiter III
12.00 PM	Lunch (Mercury II & III, Level 5) Lunch Symposium: The Future of Pharmaceutical Access (12.20pm - 2.00pm) Dr Jeremy Lim, Dr Abdulkadir Keskinaslan, Dr Anita Wagner Room: Jupiter III
1.30 PM	Oral Presentation 1 Room: Venus Ballroom	Oral Presentation 2 Room: Jupiter I	Oral Presentation 3 Room: Jupiter II
2.45 PM	Plenary Lecture 4 Prevention of Musculoketal Disorders in the Workplace: Evidence from a Large Cohort Study Dr Kurt Hegmann
3.45 PM	Tea Break
4.15 PM	Symposium 10 DESPERATE TIMES: REVERSING THE DIABETES EPIDEMIC ‘Give Me Convenience Or Give Me Death’ – Fighting Consumer Culture in the Battle of Obesity Mr Vernon Vasu Diet and the Development of Type 2 Diabetes: What is the Evidence and What are Opportunities for Prevention? Assoc Prof Rob M. Van Dam	Symposium 11 COMMUNICABLE DISEASES Newly Established Regional Field Epidemiology Training Network and Control of EIDs Dr Sopon Iamsirithaworn Immunity to Dengue: The Challenging Task of Developing a Dengue Vaccine Dr Ooi Eng Eong Use of Models for Infectious Diseases - Before, During and After Pandemics Dr Mark Chen	Symposium 12 GUIDELINES IN PUBLIC HEALTH & OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE NICE and Quality Standards Dr Fergus Macbeth Guidelines on Occupational and Environmental Medicine Dr Kurt Hegmann
	Room: Jupiter I	Room: Venus Ballroom	Room: Jupiter II
5.45 PM	Prize Presentation and Closing
6.00 PM	END OF CONFERENCE

Special Lunch Symposium on The Future of Pharmaceutical Access

Outline

Discussion on access and pricing trends in Asian healthcare
Strategies to improve access to medicines in both individual households and in the health care system
Learning from benchmark programs with national or regional payers: - Risk Sharing Schemes
Learning from benchmark programs when patient is the payer: - Patient Access Programs

Faculty

Dr Jeremy Lim (Duke-NUS)
Dr Abdulkadir Keskinaslan (Novartis)
Dr Anita Wagner (Harvard Medical School)