Ms Susan Tan

President

Passionate about health promotion with over 2 decades of experience, Susan Tan founded ECI Consulting Holdings - a public health focused social enterprise that empowers individuals in uncovering meaning and purpose in life to pursue happier and healthier lives, as well as educating businesses on how to optimise the environment to elevate happiness in the workplace. Susan is a nurse, an educator, a coach, and an author who holds a MA in LifeLong Learning from University of London. She authored two books. Her first book is titled Add MEANINGS To Your Life Every Day – presenting eight strategies on dementia prevention. During the Covid-19 lockdown in Singapore, she wrote her second book DIY Happiness Toolkit – Your Practical Guide for a Happier Life in the New Normal.

An advocate of living well, she started her blog, www.dementiahelp.sg, to share localised tips and resources on living well with dementia. Her latest health and happiness research involves Parkinson's disease, mindfulness and neuroplasticity.

In the last 20 years, she has conducted over 1000 training seminars on health, wellbeing, health coaching, aged care and healthcare and audited hundreds of work training programs for the Work Development Authority Singapore (now Workforce Singapore).

She attributes the increasing incidences of chronic diseases to low health literacy coupled with “knowing does not equate to doing”. To increase commitment to the necessary and sustainable behavioural changes for improving health outcomes, Susan created EASYwithSusan Health Coaching methodology - combining Motivational Interviewing with social learning theories which she teaches to doctors, nurses and pharmacists at HPB, IMH, P&G, etc. She also teaches at Nanyang Technological University of Singapore NTU School of Social Sciences and its Ageing Research Institute for Society and Education, and NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine.

Dr Clive Tan

Vice President

Dr Clive Tan is a Public Health physician with more than 16 years of clinical and leadership experience in the healthcare sector. He is a registered medical practitioner and public health specialist in Singapore and is a Fellow with the Academy of Medicine, Singapore.  He holds an MBBS from Singapore and a Masters in Public Health (MPH) from Johns Hopkins University, along with certificates in Gerontology, Humanitarian Assistance and Health Informatics (AMIA). His work experience include senior managerial roles, business development roles, education and evaluation, and policy and planning roles. He had a series of leadership roles within the Singapore Armed Forces and ended his military career as Group Head of the Force Health Group in the SAF, where he provided enterprise-level leadership in the areas of public health, biodefence & force health protection, health policy and medical informatics.

He currently holds the position of Director for Integrated Care (Population Health) in the National Healthcare Group in Singapore, and is responsible for strategic and operational planning for integrated care and population health efforts for the Central-North region of Singapore, incorporating value-based care and healthcare quality into programmatic developments.

Dr Clive Tan had served as a Technical Officer in the World Health Organization’s Western Pacific Regional Office, covering Quality and Patient Safety, Hospital Management, and Health Service Delivery and Innovation. During his term at WHO, he organized regional meetings and policy roundtables involving senior health officials and policymakers, and provided consultancy advice to ministries of health in China, Fiji, Kiribati, Lao PDR, Macau, Mongolia, and the Solomon Islands.

His research interests are in health systems strengthening, healthcare quality, integrated care, health behaviour change, health promotion, digital health and healthcare informatics.

A/Prof Konstadina Griva

Past President

Konstadina Griva [MSC; PhD (University College London, UK)] is an Associate Professor of Health Psychology and Behavioural Medicine, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University. Prior to this appointment, she has served as an Associate Professor at the Department of Psychology, National University of Singapore (2007-2017).

She is a chartered Health Psychologist and an internationally recognised researcher in the field of Psychonephrology. She has received several research awards including the best research by European Renal Association and European Renal and Dialysis Transplantation (2013); the FASS NUS Excellent Researcher Award (2016) and the 2019 Honorary Fellowship of the European Health Psychology Society, the highest grade of membership in recognition of her contribution to the field of Health Psychology. She is a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers since 2013, delivering training across various sectors. She is invested in sustainable motivational interviewing initiatives within health organizations to improve care, patient engagement and working environment for teams.

Dr Ellie Choi

Secretary

Dr Ellie Choi is a dermatologist currently practising at National University Hospital and Alexandra Hospital. Apart from seeing patients, Dr Choi is actively involved in research, particularly relating to health services and behavioural science. Her main research interest is in understanding why and how patients and physicians come to have different perceptions of the same disease state. Other interests include the phenomenon of topical steroid phobia and delivery of healthcare using teledermatology.

Dr Rayner Kay Jin Tan

Treasurer

Dr Rayner Kay Jin TAN is a sociobehavioral researcher by training. His research interests revolve broadly about the social determinants of health, community engagement, the health of vulnerable populations (e.g., minority populations, sex workers, LGBTQ+ individuals), sexual health, and mental health.

Rayner was a recipient of the Fulbright Visiting Research Scholarship for the academic year 2022/2023 and is receiving training in implementation sciences as a fellow of the HIV, Infectious Diseases, and Global Health Implementation Research Institute (HIGH-IRI) of the Washington University in St. Louis. He is currently deputy editor of a leading HIV scientific journal, the Journal of the International AIDS Society, associate editor at BMC Public Health, and a perspectives editor at the BMJ journal, Sexually Transmitted Infections.

He actively contributes to community-based organizations in the region as well. He currently is the president of Project X Society serving the health and social needs of sex workers, and the Chairman and Director of Research at The Greenhouse Community Services Limited, a registered charity providing substance use recovery services for vulnerable and marginalized groups in Singapore. He also currently serves as the Treasurer for the Society of Behavioural Health, Singapore, Adviser to Rainbow+, and a co-lead at SG Mental Health Matters.

Ms Nurliyana Daros

Executive Committee Member

Nurliyana Daros holds a Master’s degree in Public Health from the National University of Singapore, Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health. She is a lecturer at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, specializing in the teaching of interdisciplinary and collaborative core courses in the area of healthy living and wellbeing.

In her sociological and public health research, as well as in her policy work and community engagement, she focuses on designing a more inclusive future, especially for youths, women and vulnerable populations. Certified in The Sphere Standards for Humanitarian Response and trained in Project Evaluation, Nurliyana was involved as a United Nations Volunteer Analyst for the Global Information Management, Assessment & Analysis Cell on COVID-19.

Nurliyana is a recipient of NUS Dean's Medal and Prize and the 2021 APEC Healthy Women, Healthy Economies Research Prize for her Master's research, titled "Qualitative Study on Diabetes Management among Low-Income Women in Singapore”. She has also presented her findings as a Raffles Fellow at the Raffles Dialogue on the Future of Human Wellbeing and Security (2018) and the 19th International Conference on Integrated Care (2019), San Sebastian, Spain.

DR CHRYSTAL FONG

Executive Committee Member

Dr Chrystal Fong is a Family Physician with over 15 years of experience in clinical practice with a special interest in preventative health care, wellness, and chronic disease management. She holds a Fellowship in Family Medicine from The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners and is a member of the College of Family Physicians Singapore. Other certifications include a Certificate in Skin Cancer from The University of Queensland, Certificate in Aesthetic Medicine from the American Academy of Aesthetic Medicine and a Certificate in Personal Training.

Dr Fong has worked in various medical settings across Australia and Singapore, including hospitals, rural health, metropolitan clinics and health screening clinics. She has a strong understanding of the clinical needs of diverse populations and a keen sense of innovation and leadership in primary health care. Dr Fong was involved in the planning and execution of the Chronic Disease General Practice Decantment Program of the Primary Care Network in Singapore in 2019-2022 and was the deputy lead of the Pilot Paediatric Decantment Program at a polyclinic branch of the National Healthcare Group (NHGP) from 2020-2022. The decantment projects are a collaboration between public and private health sectors to improve the quality and accessibility of chronic care and managing of health care resources.
She served as a front liner at one of the busiest polyclinics in Singapore during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Dr Fong is an active sports person and holds a certificate in Personal Training. She has keen interests in lifestyle medicine, medical technology and longevity themed medical care. She takes personal pride in living the lifestyle medicine pillars herself and advocating healthy behavioural change through her social media platforms.

Her personal mantra is 'The world is changed by your example, not your opinion'. She would like to contribute and make an impact towards better health outcomes for individuals and for generations.

MR CHUA ZI YANG

Executive Committee Member

Zi Yang is a senior research coordinator at National Cancer Centre Singapore, trained in psychology and a current Masters student at Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health at National University of Singapore. He specialises in health service research, utilising a mixture of qualitative and quantitative methodologies to assess health service and improve patient outcomes.

 An active and emerging researcher in health service research, Zi Yang has published journal articles on a wide spectrum of health issues, ranging from cancer genetics services, chronic kidney disease management to medical reconciliation service. He was part of the research responses during when COVID-19 hit Singapore, where the team studied the psychological impact of COVID-19 on over 1000 patients with cancer, caregivers and their healthcare providers over 17 days during the lockdown.

 Beyond research, Zi Yang is active in advocacy for patients tested positive for hereditary cancer. The cancer genetics team he is in organise multiple patient support events annually, titled "Living With" series, to raise awareness and bring together patients with various hereditary conditions, such as HBOC Syndrome, Lynch Syndrome, NF, FAP and LFS. Iconic events have emerged from the series, such as "Shine a Light on NF", where a walk is done with buildings around Singapore lighted up in blue and green to raise awareness on NF.

MS SOH LAI YEE

Executive Committee Member