Infectious diseases, epidemiology, and social networks at the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, NUS
Whoever said research is boring mustn’t have been in the field! I must say almost nothing beats conducting surveys at Singapore hawker centres. You get to meet the chefs of Singapore who would gladly whip up famous local dishes to satisfy all your cravings! Let’s hear from our wonderful students on their experience with conducting…
Taking a nice hot bowl of prawn noodle has become my ritual every time I return to Singapore. Who doesn’t savor the sweetness of the fresh prawn and the earthy broth brought on by the long simmering of prawn heads and pork bones? I’m sure many people love it, miss it and crave for it…
Back in January 2015 I was asked to work on the Hawker Trade Network project. With all the ideas being created for me already, all I had to do was getting everything prepared for the field work. For this project, we want to understand the business relationship between hawkers and suppliers. We conducted surveys with…
While on a trip to Hong Kong, I’ve been reading A Cartoon Introduction to Economics, Volume 1: Microeconomics, by Grady Klein and Yoram Bauman. Economics permeates many areas of public health, even for those of us who are not economists. Cost effectiveness analysis, which focuses on whether the gain achieved by introducing a new drug,…
We are conducting this study to help better understand the food supply network to hawker centres in Singapore. Food distribution networks are becoming increasingly complex. Even within Singapore, the wide range of importers, manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers means that local food distribution takes place in a very complex network. In this pilot study, we are conducting surveys…