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Department of Pharmacy made a splash at the recently concluded International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) 7th Asia Pacific Conference held in Suntec City , Singapore, from 3 to 6 Sep 2016. This meeting was attended by more than 1,300 participants from 50 countries and 750 abstracts were received. A/P Chui Wai Keung was the event co-chair.

A/P Koh Hwee Ling was an invited speaker at a forum titled “Integrating Evidence-Based and Cost-Effective Complementary and Alternative Medicine into the Health Care Systems in Asia” while Dr Wee Hwee Lin was an invited speaker at a forum titled “Big Data in Asia-Pacific – A Valuable Resource for Better Health Care Decisions: Experiences and Lessons Learned in Australia, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan”. In addition, Dr Wee conducted a pre-conference Short Course, participated to speak at an issue panel, and organized two workshops. Our PhD students under the supervision of A/P Alexandre Chan, Dr Ong Pei Shi and Dr Wee Hwee Lin were also actively involved in the conference, giving a total of 5 oral presentations and 7 poster presentations.

It was awards galore for our department. A/P Chui Wai Keung received the ISPOR Distinguished Service Award for his contributions to the successful organization of the conference. Our students and alumni swept 4 out of 6 podium research presentation awards.

The three winners were current PhD, former PhD and former Final Year Project students in Dr Wee Hwee Lin’s research group. While one of the winners is current PhD student under A/P Alexandre Chan’s research group. Details of the winners below:

 

Dr Zhao Yingjiao

CE1-CLINICAL OUTCOMES AND COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF NOVEL ORAL ANTICOAGULANTS INCORPORATING REAL-WORLD ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH ATRIAL FIBRILLATION

Zhao YJ¹, Lin L¹, Zhou HJ¹, Khoo AL¹, Tan KT², Chew AP³, Foo CG⁴, Oh CT⁵, Lim WS³, Lim BP¹

¹Pharmacy and Therapeutics Office, Group Corporate Development, National Healthcare Group, Singapore, Singapore,²Department of Pharmacy, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore, Singapore, ³Department of Geriatric Medicine, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore, Singapore, ⁴Department of Cardiology, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore, Singapore, ⁵Department of Neurology, National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

 

Mr Kwan Yu Heng

RM4-RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY OF THE HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE (HAQ) IN PATIENTS WITH SPONDYLOARTHRITIS

Kwan YH¹, Yong ST², Fong W², Lui NL², Malhotra R¹, Thumboo J³, Ostbye T¹

¹Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore, ²Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore, ³Singhealth, Singapore, Singapore

 

Ms Wang Wei Vivian

RM3-COMPARISON OF CAREGIVER-RATED 3-LEVEL EUROQOL-5D (EQ-5D-3L) AND HEALTH UTILITIES INDEX MARK 3 (HUI3) IN PATIENTS WITH DEMENTIA IN SINGAPORE

Wang VW¹, Kandiah N², Lin X², Wee HL^1
1National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, ²National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore, Singapore

 

Mr Sreemanee Dorajoo

HC4-DERIVATION AND EXTERNAL VALIDATION OF AN EARLY READMISSION RISK PREDICTION MODEL

Dorajoo SR¹, See V¹, Chan CT¹, Tan ZY², Koomanan N³, Ong TT⁴, Razak SM⁴, Yap CW¹, Chan A¹

¹National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, ²Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Singapore, Singapore, ³Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore, ⁴Temasek Polytechnic, Singapore, Singapore