Thought Leadership

Some of the world’s leaders, and leading thinkers from NUS and overseas, regularly gather and add to the rich diversity of thoughts and ideas on our campuses, in Singapore and across the globe.
Here’s what they had to share.

Singapore’s dengue problem won’t go away without a vaccine

Singapore’s dengue problem won’t go away without a vaccine

Speaker: Ooi Eng Eong and Shirin Kalimuddin 30 Nov 2023

There have been big outbreaks of dengue every year since 2019 in Singapore. Our success in controlling the number of Aedes mosquitoes is no longer sufficient, opines Duke-NUS Medical School’s Professor Ooi Eng Eong and Assistant Shirin Kalimuddin. A sliver lining to this rather sombre outlook is that we now have newer and better dengue vaccines. Although these vaccines are not perfect, they can play a crucial role in our fight against dengue.

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Preparing for rising sea levels before it’s too late: Singapore looking into strengthening and adding coastline protection structures

Preparing for rising sea levels before it’s too late: Singapore looking into strengthening and adding coastline protection structures

Speaker: Assistant Professor Chew Soon Hoe 19 Dec 2024

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