Infectious diseases, epidemiology, and social networks at the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, NUS
1. First prize: Riya Phillips’ team Title: Antibiotic resistant bacteria: what are they and what do they do Synopsis: Antibiotic resistance is the ability of bacteria to resist the effects antibiotics have on it. In this video, we will be diving into the world of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and the threats it may pose if not dealt…
Our paper “Rapid Assessment Zika Virus Knowledge Among Clinical Specialists in Singapore: A Cross-sectional Survey” was published in PLOS Currents Outbreaks this week. This was a collaboration between KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health and Singapore General Hospital. The first case of confirmed Zika virus disease in Singapore…
This is a longer version of a letter we published in The Lancet Global Health (Tam CC, Offeddu V. Preserving dignity and anonymity at scientific conferences. Lancet Global Health 2017;5(4):e398). You can access the published version here. Numerous guidelines exist to encourage the proper conduct and reporting of medical research. The Helsinki Declaration1, on which most…
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…
During my last tutorial, three out of thirteen students were asleep, but that’s ok. Because if we were to question our abilities as teachers every time a student falls asleep, we would be giving up before even trying. Here at SLING, we teach epidemiology and public health, and we are committed to delivering high-quality education…
David Heymann is Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and Head of the Centre on Global Health Security (CGHS) at Chatham House. In this post, compiled from a Chatham House CGHS report drafted by Gemma Buckland, he describes the current status of antibiotic stewardship in animals. The…
Dr. Nicola J Williams is professor of Zoonotic Bacterial Disease at the Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, UK. Her research interests include antibiotic resistance, transmission of food-borne pathogens, and the molecular epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus bacteria in wildlife, livestock and companion animals. MRSA, or methicillin-resistant…
This is a longer version of an article that appeared in The Straits Times on 16 November 2016. To read the article, click here. By Jenő Doby [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons In the 1840s, the Hungarian physician, Ignaz Semmelweis, made a startling observation: women giving birth at his hospital’s maternity clinic were five times…
Dr. Natasha Bagdasarian is the current director of the Antimicrobial Stewardship Programme at the National University Hospital in Singapore. She works as an Infectious Disease Consultant and Hospital Epidemiologist and is also an Assistant Professor at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University Singapore. She has published multiple papers and book chapters in the area…
Today’s World Antibiotic Awareness Week blog post comes from Richard Smith, Professor of Health System Economics at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. His research focuses on how a country’s health system interacts with other parts of the economy. In this post, he talks about the wide-ranging costs of antimicrobial resistance to individuals…