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Mini Symposium on Health Longevity and Ageing

Date:    4 August, Monday
Time:    9:00 AM to 6:00 PM

Venue:  Amphitheatre, Level 2

PROGRAMME SCHEDULE

9:00 - 9:15 Welcome Remarks
Prof. Patrick Tan
Professor, Office of Research
Senior Vice Dean, Office of Research
Dean (Designate), Dean's Office
 
9:15 - 9:45 Keynote Speaker
Chair : Assoc Professor Samuel Chew, CGH  
 
Title talk:
Sarcopenia: An Emerging Syndrome in Older Adults 
Roger Fielding
Professor of Nutrition and Medicine
Nutrition Research Center on Aging
Tufts University
 
Session 1:

Moderator :  Assist Prof Mihir Gandhi
15 min presentation; 5 min Q & A

9:45 – 10:05 Talk title:  Overview of CARE
Rahul Malhotra
Associate Professor, Centre for Ageing Research & Education
Executive Director, Centre for Ageing Research & Education
Assistant Professor, Health Services and Systems Research
 
10:05 – 10:25 Talk title:  Harnessing Technology to Address Falls Prevention in the Community
Angelique Chan
Associate Professor, Centre for Ageing Research & Education
Associate Professor, Health Services & Systems Research
 
10:25 – 10:45 Title: Adding value to grant proposals: How we incorporated implementation science into the SenseHealth Research Program
Elaine Lum
Assistant Professor, Signature Research Programme in Health Services & Systems Research
 
10:45 – 11:00

Morning Coffee Break

Sesson 2:

Moderator : Assoc Prof Lena Ho
15 min presentation; 5 min Q & A

11:00 – 11:20 Talk title: Anti-ageing interventions
Babita Madan
Assistant Professor, Signature Research Programme in Cancer & Stem Cell Biology
 
11:20 – 11:40 Talk title: Ageing Better Together with CVMD at Duke-NUS
Anissa Widjaja
Assistant Professor, Signature Research Programme in Cardiovascular & Metabolic Disorders
 
11.40 – 12:00 Talk Title: Decoding Longevity from Bats
Ahn Matae
Assistant Professor, NTU/DukeNUS/SingHealth
 
12:00 – 12:20 Talk Title: T cell in antiviral and tumour control: impact of age
Anthony Tan
Assistant Professor, Signature Research Programme in Emerging Infectious Diseases
 
12:20 – 13:30 Lunch (Buffet)
Session 3

Moderator : Assoc Prof Ashley Lauren St. John
15 min presentation; 5 min Q & A

13:30 – 13:50 Talk title: Ageing in Vascular and Eye Health
Wang Xiaomeng
Associate Professor, Centre for Vision Research, CVMD
 
13:50 – 14:10 Talk title: Mechanisms underlying neurodegenerative diseases (focus on Parkinson's
Cao Mian
Assistant Professor, Signature Research Programme in Neuroscience & Behavioural Disorders
 
14:10 – 14:30 Title Talk: The Silent Conversation: Aging, Muscles, and the Signals We Miss
Tang Hong-Wen
Assistant Professor, Signature Research Programme in Cancer & Stem Cell Biology
 
14:30 – 14:50 Title:  BCAA Catabolism in Cardiac Ageing and Heart Failure Therapy
Chen Gao
Assistant Professor, University of Cincinnati
 
14:50- 15:10 Title: Clonal Haematopoiesis. What We Know
Ong Sin Tiong
Professor, Signature Research Programme in Cancer & Stem Cell Biology
 
15:10 – 15:30

Afternoon break

Panel Session

Strategies, Gaps, Policy
Moderator: Assoc Prof Rahul Malhotra (Duke-NUS)

15:30 – 16:30 Panellists:
Prof Lim Wee Shiong
Professor and Director, IGA, TTSH
 
Prof Barry Halliwell
Distinguished Professor, NUS, Chairman, BMAC
 
Ms Tan Zhi Xu
Director, Successful Ageing, Ageing Planning Office, MOH
 
 16:30 – 17:30 MAGNET Special Session


 
 

 


Date and Time


04 Aug 2025 @ 09:00 - 04 Aug 2025 @ 18:00

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