Faculty

Keynote Speakers

Professor Dean Ho

Provost’s Chair Professor
National University of Singapore

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Professor Tracey Thornley

Professor of Health Policy
University of Nottingham
United Kingdom

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Professor Nick Watts

Director, Centre for Sustainable Medicine
National University of Singapore

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A/Prof Camilla Ming Lee Wong

Chief Pharmacist
Chief Pharmacist’s Office
Ministry of Health, Singapore

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Moderators and Speakers

A/Prof Hairil Rizal Abdullah

Director
Office of Value Driven Care
SingHealth

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Dr Lucia Rizka Andalucia

Director General
Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices
Ministry of Health
Indonesia

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Mr Ang Wei Chang

Pharmacy Technician Executive
Oncology Pharmacy
National Cancer Centre Singapore

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Mr James Cheong

Ex-CEO
Management
George Clinical

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Ms Grace Chew

Principal Pharmacist
Pharmacy
Guardian Health & Beauty

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Ms Chia Hui Shan

Senior Pharmacist (Clinical)
Pharmacy
NHG Pharmacy

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Mr Philip Chiu

Head of Professional Service
Professional Service Team
Mannings – DFI Retail Group
Hong Kong

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Dr Praveen Devanandan

Head, Pharmacy Practice
St Peter’s Institute of Pharmaceutical
Sciences

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Ms Feng Ou Yuan

Senior Pharmacist
Pharmacy
Singapore General Hospital

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Dr Goh Han Leong

Senior Principal Specialist
Data Analytics and AI
Synapxe

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Professor Jamie Hayes

Director
Welsh Medicines Resource Centre
NHS Wales

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Mr Dawei Ho

Pharmacist
National Cancer Centre
Singapore

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A/Prof Priscilla How

Associate Professor/
Principal Clinical Pharmacist
NUS Dept of Pharmacy/
NUH Dept of Medicine (Nephrology)
National University of Singapore/
National University Hospital

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Mr Alisdair Jones

Advanced Pharmacist
Virtual Wards
Kent Community Health
NHS Foundation Trust
United Kingdom

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Ms Kng Kwee Keng

Principal Pharmacist (Clinical)
Pharmacy
Tan Tock Seng Hospital

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Dr Stephanie Ko

Consultant
Advanced Internal Medicine
National University Hospital

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Dr Lai Yi Feng

Acting Deputy Director
MOH Office for Healthcare Transformation
Singapore

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Ms Loh Chee Pheng

Senior Pharmacist,
Outpatient Pharmacy
KK Women’s & Children’s Hospital

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Dr Lum Zheng Kang

CEO and Founder
Collabring Health
Collabring Pte Ltd

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A/Prof Mai Chun Wai

Associate Professor
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
UCSI University, Malaysia

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A/Prof Surakit Nathisuwan

Dean
Pharmacy
Faculty of Pharmacy
Mahidol University

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Ms Anne Hui Ting Neo

Senior Pharmacist
Tan Tock Seng Hospital
Singapore

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Dr Valerie Yun Ting Ng

Senior Manager
Integrated General Hospital
MOH Office for Healthcare Transformation
Singapore

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A/Prof Giorgia Pastorin

Head of Department
Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
National University of Singapore

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A/Prof Puah Ser Hon

Senior Consultant
Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
Tan Tock Seng Hospital

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Mr Roman Lester Rosales

Head of Pharmacy, Pharmacy Practice
Guardian Health & Beauty
Singapore

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Dr Lars-Åke Söderlund

Vice President, The FIP Bureau
The International Pharmaceutical Federation
The Netherlands

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Ms Abigail Tan

Pharmacy Technician Executive
Pharmacy
KK Women's and Children's Hospital

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Dr Tan Poh Leng

Founder, CEO, Director
PharLyfe+ Pte Ltd
Singapore

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Dr Suvit Teerakulchon

Vice President
The Pharmacy Council of Thailand

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Dr Jayapal Show Reddy Thumma

Chairman
St Peter's Institute of Pharmaceutical
Sciences

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Dr Yvette van der Eijk

Assistant Professor
Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health
National University of Singapore

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Dr Wang Ai Wen

Senior Principal Clinical Pharmacist
Pharmacy
Singapore General Hospital

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A/Prof Wee Hwee Lin

Director
Centre for Health Intervention and Policy Evaluation Research
Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health
National University of Singapore

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A/Prof Yau Wai Ping

Associate Professor
Department of Pharmacy and
Pharmaceutical Sciences
National University of Singapore

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Professor Dean Ho

Provost’s Chair Professor
National University of Singapore

Professor Dean Ho is director of The Institute for Digital Medicine (WisDM) at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, director of the N.1 Institute for Health, and head of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the National University of Singapore (NUS). Along with his collaborators, he manages over 10 clinical trials and developed CURATE.AI, an artificial intelligence platform personalising treatment for a broad spectrum of indications, and IDentif.AI, which optimises therapy against SARS-CoV-2 and antimicrobial resistance.
He is an elected fellow of the US National Academy of Inventors, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, and the Royal Society of Chemistry. He leads a World Health Organization working subgroup for the regulation AI for Health. He authored the best-seller Medicine Without Meds, a blueprint on accelerating innovation for patients and caregivers; proceeds benefit the WisDM Patient Impact Fund at NUS.
Professor Ho and his discoveries have been featured on National Geographics, Channel News Asia, CNN, The Economist, The Straits Times, National Geographic, Forbes, The Washington Post, and NPR. He has received numerous awards, including the Tech Heroes from Crisis Pathfinder Award from the Singapore Computer Society and the NSF CAREER Award.

Professor Tracey Thornley

Professor of Health Policy, University of Nottingham
United Kingdom

Professor Tracey Thornley is a qualified pharmacist and health economist specialising in supporting outcomes evidence across healthcare policy and practice.
At an international level, Professor Thornley is chair-elect of the Data and Intelligence Commission and a part of the executive committee for the community pharmacy section of the International Pharmaceutical Federation, where she supports work on antimicrobial stewardship and mechanisms to combat resistance.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, she acted as an advisor to support managed responses at national and localised levels. She was loaned to the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) to take a more active lead with variant intelligence and surveillance, as head of both the Research Innovations Partnerships team and the Health Innovation and Policy Integration team.
As professor of Health Policy at the University of Nottingham, Professor Thornley is seconded out across government, acting as scientific advisor for surveillance transformation and the national biosurveillance network for UKHSA.

Professor Nick Watts

Director, Centre for Sustainable Medicine
National University of Singapore

Professor Nick Watts is the director of the Centre for Sustainable Medicine, leading the efforts of the National University of Singapore (NUS) to accelerate the transition to net zero and resilient healthcare systems across the world.
Prior to working with NUS, Professor Watts worked as the chief sustainability officer for the National Health Service (NHS) in the UK, where he spearheaded efforts to deliver low-carbon healthcare, leading the Greener NHS team with a budget of almost SGD 1 billion.
Professor Watts is a medical doctor, a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians’ Faculty of Public Health, and has worked as the executive director of the Lancet Countdown and as the founder of the Global Climate and Health Alliance and the UK Health Alliance on Climate Change.

A/Prof Camilla Ming Lee Wong​

Chief Pharmacist
Chief Pharmacist’s Office
Ministry of Health, Singapore

A/Prof Camilla Wong has 30 years of experience in healthcare and is currently the chief pharmacist at the Ministry of Health and director of allied health at the Sengkang General Hospital. Recognised as a leader in healthcare, she has been appointed to numerous committees spanning a variety of portfolios that encompass quality and safety.
A/Prof Wong plays an integral role in the development of career pathways and competency frameworks for pharmacists and allied health professionals. She has been a role model and mentor to numerous healthcare professionals, with many helming leadership and headship positions. As chief pharmacist, A/Prof Wong oversees the National Pharmacy Strategy and PharmForce initiative that focuses on establishing a healthy, motivated and resilient pharmacy workforce to deliver value-added services.

A/Prof Hairil Rizal Abdullah

Director
Office of Value Driven Care
SingHealth

A/Prof Hairil Rizal Abdullah is a senior consultant anaesthesiologist and clinician scientist at the Singapore General Hospital (SGH). After completing his advanced specialist training in Singapore, he underwent fellowship training in the subspecialty area of Perioperative Medicine at the University of Toronto, Canada, followed by an MSc in the same area from University College London, UK. He holds a PhD from Duke-NUS Medical School Singapore on the utilisation of data science in healthcare, a topic that he deeply believes in. His passion for lifelong learning has earned for him a National Medical Research Council Research Training Fellowship in 2020 and the prestigious Lee Kuan Yew Scholarship by the Public Service Commission, Singapore, in 2022.
Since 2020, A/Prof Abdullah has been the appointed value lead for SGH. He is tasked with guiding a cross-functional and multidisciplinary team in scaling up and operationalising value-driven care initiatives across all clinical specialties.

Dr Lucia Rizka Andalucia

Director General
Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices
Ministry of Health
Indonesia

Since December 2021, Dr Lucia Rizka Andalucia has served as director general of Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices at the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Indonesia, which got her involved in policy-making related to administering pharmaceutical services, provisioning medicines and vaccines for government programmes, and the development and manufacturing of medicines, vaccines, and medical devices.
Prior to this, she served as director of Drug Registration at the Indonesian Food and Drug Supervisory Agency, during which she also became spokesperson for COVID-19 vaccination. Dr Andalucia also has experience in the clinical field, as she became the head of Pharmacy at Dharmais Cancer Hospital.

Mr Ang Wei Chang

Pharmacy Technician Executive
Oncology Pharmacy
National Cancer Centre Singapore

Mr Ang Wei Chang is an experienced pharmacy technician with 14 years of experience in public healthcare. He graduated with a Diploma in Biotechnology from Singapore Polytechnic and went on to complete his Certified Pharmacy Technician Course and Bachelor of Science in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology from the University of Western Australia.
His interest in procurement and aseptic compounding led him to specialise in these areas. Known for his expertise in ensuring pharmaceutical safety and quality, Mr Ang has consistently contributed to optimising pharmacy operations and delivering exceptional patient care.

Mr James Cheong

Ex-CEO
Management
George Clinical

Mr James Cheong obtained his Pharmacy degree from the National University of Singapore (NUS) in 1993 and practised as a pharmacist at Guardian Pharmacy and Mt Alvernia Hospital before embarking on a career that has now spanned more than 25 years in the pharmaceutical industry in the areas of drug regulatory affairs, clinical research, and general management.
His first industry position was with Rhône-Poulenc Rorer, a French pharmaceutical company that is now part of Sanofi, where he was responsible for drug registration and clinical trials in Singapore. His time at Rhône-Poulenc Rorer exposed him to diverse possibilities within drug regulatory affairs and clinical research for someone with a pharmacy background. From there, he proceeded to take on various roles in contract research organisations and pharma companies such as ICON, Parexel, and Boehringer Ingelheim.
Mr Cheong’s last role in the industry was with George Clinical, an Asia-Pacific–based contract research organisation. As its CEO, he led business transition, strategic repositioning, and global expansion; he recently stepped down from that position, having achieved what he had set out to do at the company.
He is currently taking a break from the corporate world to spend more time with his family and is also providing advisory and mentoring activities where his experience can be helpful.

Ms Grace Chew

Principal Pharmacist
Pharmacy
Guardian Health & Beauty

Ms Grace Chew is a seasoned community pharmacist and advocate for health promotion. Ms Chew’s journey in the world of healthcare began with a personal interest in how community pharmacies can provide one-stop solutions for multiple ailments and further to other health promotion activities like smoking cessation and vaccination. Joining PSS and her stint as department head provided the catalyst for Ms Chew to meet like-minded pharmacists and work on the management and national levels to gain invaluable insights.

Ms Chia Hui Shan

Senior Pharmacist (Clinical)
Pharmacy
NHG Pharmacy

Ms Chia Hui Shan is a geriatric specialist pharmacist and also a board-certified ambulatory care pharmacist. She graduated from the National University of Singapore and attained her Master in Clinical Pharmacy degree from the University of South Australia.
She works at Yishun Polyclinic, seeing patients at the Medication Therapy Management clinic. She enjoys interaction with patients and caregivers, and she works with other healthcare professionals to optimise medications. She also reviews medications and works with the multidisciplinary team at nursing homes.
She has published a few papers, including ‘Deprescribing in Primary Care in Singapore: Barriers and Facilitators’ and ‘Pharmacist Review and Its Impact on Singapore Nursing Homes’.

Mr Philip Chiu

Head of Professional Service
Professional Service Team
Mannings – DFI Retail Group
Hong Kong

Mr Philip Chiu holds a Bachelor of Pharmacy (Hons) from The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and an MSc in Community Pharmacy from Queen’s University Belfast, UK. He has made significant contributions to the pharmaceutical field as past president of The Pharmaceutical Society of Hong Kong, from 2015 to 2017, and as member of the Steering Committee on Primary Healthcare Development, the Expert Committee on Antimicrobial Resistance for the HKSAR Government, and advisory boards for the Schools of Pharmacy at The University of Hong Kong (HKU) and CUHK. He is a founding fellow of the College of Pharmacy Practice and contributes to pharmacy education as an adjunct tutor at the School of Pharmacy, CUHK, and an honorary tutor in the Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy at HKU.

Dr Praveen Devanandan

Head, Pharmacy Practice
St Peter’s Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Dr Praveen Devanandan, PharmD, PhD, is a distinguished pharmacy professional and academic leader. He serves as the head of the Department of Pharmacy Practice at St Peter’s Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences and coordinates the ADR Monitoring Centre under the NCC-PvPI, Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission. His research focuses on patient care in diseases like tuberculosis, COVID-19, and diabetes mellitus, and he has authored over 100 publications.
Dr Devanandan has been honoured with the FIP Ton Hoek Scholarship in 2024 and the FIP Early Career Leadership Development Scholarship in 2023. As an observer in the FIP SEARPharm Forum and the Leadership Development Coordinator for FIP Early Career Pharmaceutical Group, he continues to contribute significantly to pharmacy practice and education.
Dr Devanandan actively participates in academic and professional events, serving as a resource person, panellist, and organiser for various conferences and workshops, demonstrating his commitment to advancing global health literacy and patient care.

Ms Feng Ou Yuan

Senior Pharmacist
Pharmacy
Singapore General Hospital

Ms Feng Ou Yuan is a senior pharmacist with the Pharmacy Division at Singapore General Hospital.
She received her Bachelor of Pharmacy (Honours) degree from the National University of Singapore in 2019. She did her preregistration training in Singapore General Hospital in 2019. In 2020 she joined the Drug Information Services, where she answers drug enquiries from the healthcare team, provides evidence-based reviews to the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee, and participates in various education and research activities.

Dr Goh Han Leong

Senior Principal Specialist
Data Analytics and AI
Synapxe

Dr Goh Han Leong is the senior principal specialist at Synapxe, Singapore’s national health tech agency. He spearheads the development of AI and data analytics solutions to enhance healthcare services and guides stakeholders in advancing these technologies. His notable projects include using machine learning to monitor hospital readmissions and applying deep learning to chest X-rays to detect severe pneumonia and COVID-19.
In recognition of his exceptional contributions during the COVID-19 pandemic, he was given the National Commendation Medal in 2022.
With over 15 years of experience as a data scientist, Dr Goh also serves as an adjunct senior lecturer at the National University of Singapore, teaching ‘Healthcare Transformation with Analytics’ to students in the Master of Science in Business Analytics program.

Professor Jamie Hayes

Director
Welsh Medicines Resource Centre
NHS Wales

Professor Jamie Hayes is a pharmacist and director at NHS Wales and an honorary professor of Medicines Optimisation at Cardiff Metropolitan University, School of Sport and Health Sciences.
A clinical pharmacist by background, Professor Hayes has a 30-year career in healthcare leadership. He is an experienced medical educator, with interests in patient and medicine safety, behavioural change, decision-making, and influencing skills.
In 2017, Professor Hayes founded JMH Collaborations Ltd, an executive coaching, leadership, and performance consultancy offering one-to-one and team coaching to executives, leaders, and managers from organisations across private and public sectors.
Professor Hayes is co-host of The Aural Apothecary, a podcast about medicines, people, and stories. The podcast is downloaded in over 60 countries across the world and frequently features in the Apple Top Ten for Medical Podcasts.

Mr Dawei Ho

Pharmacist
National Cancer Centre
Singapore

Mr Dawei Ho started as an inpatient pharmacist at Ng Teng Fong General Hospital and went on to the Outpatient Oncology Pharmacy of the National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS). At NCCS, Mr Ho plays a key role in patient care and education, contributing to the training and orientation of new staff members and pharmacists. Mr Ho is a board-certified pharmacotherapy specialist and is the recipeint of the Singhealth Associate in Education award. He is a PharmD candidate and continues to advance his knowledge and skills in the field of pharmacy.

A/Prof Priscilla How

Associate Professor/Principal Clinical Pharmacist
NUS Dept of Pharmacy/NUH Dept of Medicine (Nephrology)
National University of Singapore/National University Hospital

A/Prof Priscilla How received her Pharmacy degree from the National University of Singapore (NUS) and subsequently completed her PharmD, residency, and nephrology research fellowship training at the University of Illinois in Chicago.
She is currently an associate professor at the NUS Department of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, where she fulfils her passion in teaching undergraduate and postgraduate pharmacy students.
She previously chaired the NUS PharmD program and is currently the director of the Master of Pharmacy (Clinical Pharmacy) program. She was also instrumental in the early development and design of the National Collaborative Prescribing Program for pharmacists and APNs in Singapore.
A/Prof How is a principal clinical pharmacist at the National University Hospital, where she has set up several multidisciplinary clinics focusing on the care and management of chronic kidney disease and dialysis patients. She has authored several original research and review articles, as well as book chapters in Applied Therapeutics – The Clinical Use of Drugs and the Handbook of Dialysis.

Mr Alisdair Jones

Advanced Pharmacist
Virtual Wards, Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
United Kingdom

Mr Alisdair Jones is a pharmacist with a background in hospital and primary care, with specialist interests in frailty and oncology. He is a prescriber and has nearly completed his master’s degree in Advanced Clinical Practice. His primary position currently is within a frailty virtual ward, providing pharmacy services as well as delivering treatment to frail patients who need hospital-level care in their own home. He is also a board member and treasurer of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society.

Ms Kng Kwee Keng

Principal Pharmacist (Clinical)
Pharmacy
Tan Tock Seng Hospital

Ms Kng Kwee Keng is a principal pharmacist (clinical) from Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH). She is a board-certified ambulatory care pharmacist (USA) who received her Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy with Honours from the National University of Singapore and her Master of Science in Clinical Pharmacy from Queen’s University of Belfast, UK.
Currently, Ms Kng is the unit head overseeing the Pharmacy Clinical team-based services, such as ambulatory care, community health team, and smoking cessation, in TTSH. She also runs the Anticoagulation Clinic, the Risk Factors Management Clinic, and the Smoking Cessation Clinic, as well as supports the inpatient anticoagulation service. Ms Kng is also a collaborative prescribing practitioner and prescribes independently at the Anticoagulation Clinic and the Smoking Cessation Clinic.
She was the NHG World No-Tobacco Day 2023 organising committee chairperson and is a member of the MOH ACE Smoking Cessation Expert Group.

Dr Stephanie Ko

Consultant
Advanced Internal Medicine
National University Hospital

Dr Stephanie Ko is a consultant in Advanced Internal Medicine at the National University Hospital and the lead of NUHS@Home. She started the NUHS@Home program in 2020 as an alternative to inpatient hospitalisation and has since then been advancing the boundaries of clinical care that can be delivered at home.

Dr Lai Yi Feng

Acting Deputy Director
MOH Office for Healthcare Transformation
Singapore

A pharmacist by training, Dr Lai Yi Feng is currently an acting deputy director at the Ministry of Health (MOH) Office for Healthcare Transformation (MOHT) in Singapore, where he leads the Care Solutions team that is responsible for hospital care redesign and evaluation, scoping of care delivery issues for improvement, piloting acute and postdischarge care innovations, building mindshare, consolidating collaboration with partner institutions, and profiling of patients based on care needs.
Concurrent to his role at the MOHT, Dr Lai also holds several other joint appointments, including associate at Alexandra Hospital, adjunct lecturer at the National University of Singapore, independent clinical advisor with VentureBlick, and appointed member of PharmForce with the MOH and Community Therapeutics Workgroup at the Singapore General Hospital.
As a clinical, public health, and health services researcher, Dr Lai regularly reviews and contributes manuscripts to many peer-reviewed journals, including the Cochrane Library, BMJ Open, and Frontiers in Public Health.

Ms Loh Chee Pheng

Senior Pharmacist, Outpatient Pharmacy
KK Women’s & Children’s Hospital

Ms Loh Chee Pheng is a senior pharmacist serving at the KK Women’s & Children’s Hospital Outpatient Pharmacy. She is a board-certified ambulatory pharmacist with special interests in patient safety, education, and training, as well as healthcare sustainability.
Besides being actively involved in the training of pharmacy assistants and technicians at the hospital, Ms Loh serves as a trainer for the WSQ Advanced Certificate in Healthcare Support (Pharmacy Support). As a member of the SingHealth Pharmacy Assistant Career Development Planning Workgroup, she played a role in developing the competency framework for pharmacy assistants, harmonising career development and training for pharmacy assistants across the cluster.
Joining forces with co-pharmacists Deborah Chia and Anne Neo, who are also very passionate about healthcare sustainability, Ms Loh co-founded SG Green Pharma with the hope to promote healthcare sustainability in the community and among healthcare workers.

Dr Lum Zheng Kang

CEO and Founder
Collabring Health
Collabring Pte Ltd

Dr Lum Zheng Kang is the CEO and founder of Collabring Pte Ltd, a health services research and training company. Dr Lum earned his Doctor of Philosophy from the National University of Singapore (NUS). He was also given the Best Graduate Researcher Award by the NUS for his research in interprofessional collaborative care.
Dr Lum received his clinical training from the National University Hospital and National Heart Centre in Singapore. He has co-authored publications in cardiovascular and chronic respiratory disease management, vaccination services, and pandemic preparedness with the International Pharmaceutical Federation. He has also been invited to speak at regional and international conferences on implementation research and person-centred care.

A/Prof Mai Chun Wai

Associate Professor
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
UCSI University, Malaysia

A/Prof Dr Mai Chun Wai, head of Pharmaceutical Chemistry at UCSI University, holds a postdoctoral certificate from Shanghai Jiao Tong University and was a visiting researcher to the British Antarctic Survey (Cambridge), University of Strathclyde (Glasgow), and the National Research Council (Naples).
His research focuses on applying genomic and proteomic techniques in cancer drug discovery. He has secured research grants and consultancy projects exceeding USD 1.2 million. With over 90 publications and an H-index of 27, Dr Mai’s contributions have earned over 2,000 citations and more than 200 cumulative impact factors.
Recognised as a chartered scientist by the Royal Society of Chemistry, Dr Mai chairs the Focus Group Pharmacology at the International Pharmaceutical Federation and holds leadership roles in the Malaysian Pharmacists Society. He has also received numerous prestigious awards, including the FIP Early Career in Pharmaceutical Science Award.

A/Prof Surakit Nathisuwan

Dean
Pharmacy
Faculty of Pharmacy
Mahidol University

A/Prof Surakit Nathisuwan received his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Florida, completed specialized residency in Pharmacotherapy from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, and became a US board certified pharmacotherapy specialist in 2000. A/Prof Nathisuwan is currently the dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy, Mahidol University, Thailand. His research interest encompasses pharmacy practice, outcome research, applied pharmacology research with a focus on cardiovascular drugs. He has been actively working with professional organisations and government to support pharmacists’ role in the health system along with the overall improvement of drug policy of Thailand. A/Prof Nathisuwan serves in various administrative roles for Mahidol University, the Pharmacy Council of Thailand, and the Ministry of Public Health, Thailand. Internationally, he plays an active role in supporting developing countries to advance pharmacist competency toward patient-centred care through various networks such as the ASEAN PharmNET, the ACCP, and the FIP.

Ms Anne Hui Ting Neo

Senior Pharmacist
Pharmacy, Tan Tock Seng Hospital
Singapore

Ms Anne Hui Ting Neo has 5 years of working experience as a pharmacist in the Sterile Compounding Lab at Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH). She is also an active member of the Future Young Leader’s Innovation Guild (FLYING) at TTSH and is involved in facilitating various hackathon events with other hospitals, social agencies, and tertiary institutions, to brainstorm ideas for sustainability.
Ms Neo also sits on several sustainability workgroups such as the Environmental Sustainability Council at CHI, Eco Pharmers at TTSH, and SG Green Pharma (interhospital) to brainstorm and implement initiatives related to healthcare sustainability and green prescribing practices.

Dr Valerie Yun Ting Ng

Senior Manager, Integrated General Hospital
MOH Office for Healthcare Transformation
Singapore

Dr Valerie Ng is a member of the Integrated General Hospital Programmes team at the MOH Office for Healthcare Transformation (MOHT) and is involved in strategy and planning for care model redesign. Her main area of focus is on Mobile Inpatient Care-at-Home (MIC@Home), to establish MIC@Home as a clinically viable, financially sustainable, and value-driven care modality that is an alternative to regular inpatient care for both acute generalist and specialist care.
Prior to her role in MOHT, Dr Ng was a clinical pharmacist at the Singapore General Hospital, with collaborative prescribing rights for inflammatory bowel disease and other disciplines. She provided longitudinal care for patients in multidisciplinary teams and worked closely with the teams for service expansion, process improvement, research, and education.

A/Prof Giorgia Pastorin

Head of Department
Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
National University of Singapore

A pharmacist by training, A/Prof Giorgia Pastorin received her PhD in Pharmaceutical Chemistry in 2004 from the University of Trieste, Italy. After serving as a research fellow at the CNRS in France, she joined the National University of Singapore (NUS) as assistant professor in the Department of Pharmacy. She was promoted to associate professor in 2011, and she is currently head of the Department of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences at the Faculty of Science in NUS.
Her main research interests include production, characterisation and evaluation of cell-derived nanovesicles as novel biocompatible and targeted drug delivery systems of bioactive molecules such as Pt-based anticancer complexes.
For the work performed by her bionanotechnology group, she holds numerous patents and invention disclosures and has received both university and international awards.

A/Prof Puah Ser Hon

Senior Consultant
Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
Tan Tock Seng Hospital

Dr Puah Ser Hon is a senior consultant respiratory physician and intensivist. He is currently the head of the Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine Department and a member of the Clinical Board of Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH), Singapore. He is the lead for the NHG Smoking Cessation Workgroup and TTSH. He is an adjunct associate professor for the Nanyang Technological University Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine and an adjunct assistant professor for the National University of Singapore Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine. He is a keen educator and has done research in the fields of intensive care and bronchiectasis.

Mr Roman Lester Rosales

Head of Pharmacy, Pharmacy Practice
Guardian Health & Beauty
Singapore

Mr Roman Lester Rosales is head of pharmacy at Guardian Health & Beauty. He graduated with a BSc (Pharm) (Hons) from the National University of Singapore in 2011. He is an active member of the Pharmaceutical Society of Singapore (PSS) and has been involved in various chapters and workgroups since 2012 (e.g., co-chairperson of the PSS Pharmacy Week 2021, chairperson of the Public Education Chapter from 2016 to 2018). In recognition of his contributions to community pharmacy practice, Mr Rosales was granted the PSS-DCH Auriga Community Pharmacist of the Year Award 2022. He has also received multiple Singapore Retailers Association Excellent Service Awards for his exceptional customer service.
Mr Rosales is passionate about people development, project management, exploring possibilities of collaborations, and building relationships. He has a keen interest in promoting health education, fostering stronger community engagement and seizing opportunities for the community pharmacy practice to progress.

Dr Lars-Åke Söderlund

Vice President, The FIP Bureau
The International Pharmaceutical Federation
The Netherlands

Dr Lars-Åke Söderlund has held notable positions in the pharmaceutical field, including vice president of the Swedish Pharmaceutical Society and various executive roles at Apoteket AB, where he currently serves as executive advisor. He led the national project “Check My Medicines” from 2012 to 2020, enhancing senior healthcare in Sweden.
Internationally, Dr Söderlund is the vice president of the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) and has held multiple other roles within FIP, including immediate past president of the Community Pharmacy Section and chair of the Congress Programme Committee. He has been a lecturer for pharmacy students in China and the USA since 2008 and 2012, respectively.
For his contributions to the field, Dr Söderlund has received several awards, including Pharmaceutical Profile of the Year (Sweden, 2014), Great Individual Support to Healthcare in China (2017), FIP Fellow (2018), and Pharmacist of the Year (Sweden, 2020). In 2024, he became an honorary member of the Swedish Pharmaceutical Society.

Ms Abigail Tan

Pharmacy Technician Executive
Pharmacy
KK Women's and Children's Hospital

Ms Abigail Tan has been working as a pharmacy technician since 2013 and currently oversees the Emergency Pharmacy at the KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH).
In 2019, she was nominated to represent her institution in the Chief Pharmacist–Pharmacy Technician Leaders Group. In April 2021, she started the KKH Pharmacy Technician’s Workgroup to better disseminate information at the operational level.
In December 2021, the Pharmacy Technician’s Community of Practice (PTCoP) was formed; in December 2023, Ms Tan was nominated to chair it.
In 2022, she submitted her project to FIP’s Pharmacy Congress and was selected for poster presentation at the congress in Seville, Spain. In 2023, the project she submitted to ASHP was selected for poster presentation at the Pharmacy Congress held in Anaheim, California.

Dr Tan Poh Leng

Founder, CEO, Director
PharLyfe+ Pte Ltd
Singapore

Dr Tan Poh Leng was a community pharmacist for several years before returning to the National University of Singapore (NUS) in 2019 to pursue postgraduate studies. Her PhD research was on identifying challenges of medication dysphagia and developing solutions to address them. This led to her founding the startup PharLyfe+ with her PhD supervisor A/Prof Chan Sui Yung and then–fellowship program student Ms Chua Qi Shan, to supply medicated oral films and their premixes.
PharLyfe+ has received investment from NUS Enterprise and a grant from Enterprise SG. It was among the top 3 teams in the 2023 Shanghai Yangpu Startups Competition Singapore Division Finals and among the top 5 teams in The Big Spark, a reality programme on Channel News Asia. It has also received widespread media attention locally, in Asia, North American, and Europe.

Dr Suvit Teerakulchon

Vice President
The Pharmacy Council of Thailand

Dr Suvit Teerakulchon, first vice president of the Pharmacy Council of Thailand and president of the Alumni Association of Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences Chulalongkorn University, held senior director positions for Thai Herbal Products, Covidien, Abbott, AstraZeneca, Baxter, Bayer, and SmithKlineBeecham for over 40 years.
His job positions such as General Manager, Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia, & Laos; Country Manager; or Asia Pacific Vaccine Director have contributed to his vast experience in developing markets and managing more than 1,000 employees. He has been certified as a trainer for the American Marketing Association (AMA) and has been invited to be a speaker for many universities and organisations.
Dr Teerakulchon holds a Bachelor of Pharmacy degree, an MBA, and a PhD in Business Management.

Dr Jayapal Show Reddy Thumma

Chairman
St Peter's Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Dr Jayapal Show Reddy Thumma is chairman of St Peter’s Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Warangal, Telangana; president of Pharmacy Colleges; national director of the Indian Association of Colleges of Pharmacy; and EC and convenor of the Indian Pharmaceutical Congress Association.

Dr Yvette van der Eijk

Assistant Professor
Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health
National University of Singapore

Dr Yvette van der Eijk is an assistant professor at the NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health. She leads research to support tobacco policies in Singapore. She also works on global tobacco control, commercial determinants of health, and maternal health.

Dr Wang Ai Wen

Senior Principal Clinical Pharmacist
Pharmacy
Singapore General Hospital

Dr Wang Ai Wen graduated with a pharmacy degree from the National University of Singapore (NUS) in 2007 and completed her PharmD from the University of Chicago at Illinois, USA, in 2015.
She is a board-certified drug information pharmacist at the Singapore General Hospital, promoting evidence-based medicine practices through consultations, and drug formulary reviews. As a passionate and committed educator, she is also a lecturer at the NUS Department of Pharmacy.
Dr Wang actively contributes to safe and effective medication practices through her various workgroup commitments at the hospital, healthcare cluster, and initiatives at the Ministry of Health. In 2020, she was awarded the AM.EI Golden Apple Award (Young Educator) and the National Day Award – Efficiency Medal by the Prime Minister Office.

A/Prof Wee Hwee Lin

Director, Centre for Health Intervention and Policy Evaluation Research
Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health
National University of Singapore

A/Prof Wee Hwee Lin is director of the Centre for Health Intervention and Policy Evaluation Research (HIPER) at the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore.
HIPER’s mission is to empower evidence-based healthcare-policy making. HIPER develops capacity in health technology assessments (HTA) in the ASEAN through short courses and project mentoring.
A/Prof Wee is a member of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research Health Sciences Policy Council, the International Editorial Advisory Board for the Journal of Patient Reported Outcomes, and the National Advisory Committee on Cancer in Singapore. A/Prof Wee’s current work focuses on the use of real-world evidence in HTA. Specifically, this entails mining both structured and unstructured data in electronic medical records to evaluate cost-effectiveness of health technologies.

A/Prof Yau Wai Ping

Associate Professor
Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
National University of Singapore

A/Prof Yau Wai Ping is deputy head (Education – Undergraduate Matters) of the Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore (NUS). She graduated with a BSc (Pharm) (Hons) and PhD from NUS and received postdoctoral training at the Harvard School of Public Health, USA. She is a registered pharmacist with the Singapore Pharmacy Council.
As an educator with more than a decade of teaching experience, A/Prof Yau is firmly committed to nurturing the next generation of pharmacists and pharmaceutical scientists. Over the years, she has received multiple faculty- and university-level teaching-excellence awards. She is also an elected fellow of the NUS Teaching Academy, working alongside other passionate educators towards making positive contributions to the university’s educational landscape.
She has authored and co-authored papers in the fields of clinical pharmacokinetics, pharmacogenetics, pharmacoepidemiology, public health, and pharmacy education. She also serves as invited peer reviewer for various international journals.