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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Singapore can’t afford to let sudden layoffs become the norm

Singapore can’t afford to let sudden layoffs become the norm

Speaker: Asst Prof Ng Weiyi, Department of Strategy and Policy, NUS Business School 13 Nov 2024

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