About CARE

ABOUT CARE

Ageing research and geriatric medicine event

VISION

To achieve health, social inclusion and a high quality of life for our ageing population.

WHO WE ARE

CARE is an academic research centre based in Duke-NUS Medical School. It aims to harness the potentials of population ageing geriatric medicine both in Singapore and the region through its interdisciplinary expertise and collaborations across medical, social, psychological, economics and environmental perspectives.

Recognising the need for a consolidated and long term approach towards longevity, CARE spearheads educational programmes to build competencies on ageing amongst researchers, policy and programme professionals. CARE also actively engages with government and industry partners to meet the needs of population ageing.

MISSION

Provide an environment that enables interdisciplinary research and education on ageing
Implement and evaluate best practices to improve health and function of older adults
Inform policy and practice agenda on ageing

OUR OBJECTIVES

To undertake multidisciplinary ageing research with a focus on the social and psychological dimensions for a holistic understanding of the potentials and challenges of ageing
To develop the research capability to generate the evidence base for policy required to produce an affirmative response to population ageing
To undertake evidence based research which facilitates the development of programmes, services and products for an ageing population
To organize platforms for knowledge development of key stakeholders in research, policy and practice

ADVISORY BOARD

PROFESSOR ALINE WONG (CHAIRPERSON)

Advisor to SR Nathan School of Human Development,
Singapore University of Social Sciences

MS CHAN SU YEE

Chief Executive Officer, NTUC Health Co-operative Limited

MS CHARLENE CHANG

Group Director (Ageing Planning Office), Ministry of Health

PROFESSOR MARCUS ONG

Director (Health Services & Systems Research Programme), Duke-NUS Medical School

PROFESSOR PANG WENG SUN

Deputy Group Chief Executive Officer (Population Health),
National Healthcare Group

MR RICHARD SIM

PROFESSOR BRENDA YEOH

Director, Humanities & Social Science Research Office of Deputy President (Research & Technology),
National University of Singapore

PROFESSOR THOMAS COFFMAN (EX-OFFICIO MEMBER)

Dean, Duke-NUS Medical School

INTERNATIONAL ADVISORS

PROFESSOR HARVEY JAY COHEN

Walter Kempner Distinguished
Professor of Medicine in the School of Medicine
And Emeritus Director Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development, Duke University

PROFESSOR HIROKO AKIYAMA

Institute of Gerontology
Institute of Future Initiatives
University of Tokyo